The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 60 33 21
Rank change year-on-year
-27 -12
Permanent jobs citing J2EE 4 56 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.825% 8.333% 10.58%
As % of the Application Development category 1.674% 16.09% 24.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4 49 35
Average salary £33,750 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.62% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,250 £30,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Application Development
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
239 348 210
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 49.28% 51.79% 43.57%
Number of salaries quoted 216 325 164
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £47,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
J2EE
North West

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing J2EE across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Merseyside J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing J2EE across the Merseyside region.

Merseyside J2EE Salary Trend

J2EE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Wirral +3 2 £37,500 -25.00% 1
Liverpool -29 2 £28,750 -28.12% 2
J2EE
North West

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing J2EE also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited J2EE.

1 14 (93.33%) Java
2 12 (80.00%) Spring
3 9 (60.00%) Oracle
4 8 (53.33%) Hibernate
4 8 (53.33%) Degree
5 6 (40.00%) Retail
5 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
5 6 (40.00%) UNIX
6 5 (33.33%) HND
6 5 (33.33%) EJB
6 5 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
6 5 (33.33%) Swing
6 5 (33.33%) Scrum
6 5 (33.33%) TDD
6 5 (33.33%) JIRA
6 5 (33.33%) Java EE
6 5 (33.33%) Use Case
6 5 (33.33%) jQuery
6 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
6 5 (33.33%) EJB 3.0
6 5 (33.33%) BDD
7 4 (26.67%) Apache Flex
7 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
7 4 (26.67%) NetBeans
7 4 (26.67%) Tomcat
7 4 (26.67%) JBuilder
7 4 (26.67%) Eclipse
7 4 (26.67%) JSP
7 4 (26.67%) Web Services
8 3 (20.00%) HTML

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing J2EE also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (80.00%) Spring
2 8 (53.33%) Hibernate
3 5 (33.33%) EJB
3 5 (33.33%) Swing
3 5 (33.33%) Java EE
3 5 (33.33%) jQuery
3 5 (33.33%) EJB 3.0
4 4 (26.67%) Apache Flex
4 4 (26.67%) JSP
4 4 (26.67%) Web Services
5 3 (20.00%) HTML
6 2 (13.33%) Struts
6 2 (13.33%) CSS
7 1 (6.667%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) JIRA
2 4 (26.67%) NetBeans
2 4 (26.67%) JBuilder
2 4 (26.67%) Eclipse
3 1 (6.667%) JUnit
3 1 (6.667%) Xcode
3 1 (6.667%) MyEclipse
General
1 6 (40.00%) Retail
2 1 (6.667%) Publishing
2 1 (6.667%) Banking
2 1 (6.667%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (86.67%) Developer
1 13 (86.67%) Java Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Java Software Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Software Developer
3 5 (33.33%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Mid-Level Java Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Graduate
6 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Java Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) UNIX
2 2 (13.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
3 1 (6.667%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.667%) Windows
3 1 (6.667%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Scrum
1 5 (33.33%) TDD
1 5 (33.33%) Use Case
1 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 5 (33.33%) BDD
2 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
3 2 (13.33%) Web Development
4 1 (6.667%) ITIL V2
4 1 (6.667%) Customer Insight
4 1 (6.667%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (6.667%) UML
4 1 (6.667%) OOA/OOD
4 1 (6.667%) ITIL
4 1 (6.667%) Workflow
4 1 (6.667%) Problem Management
4 1 (6.667%) Database Marketing
4 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.667%) Direct Marketing
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) Java
2 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (13.33%) SQL
4 1 (6.667%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.667%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) Apple
Wirral, Merseyside
As our successful Java Developer you will have: * Strong Java Development experience * Full SDLC experience * Ideally some exposure to Struts/Hibernate/Spring This is an important hire for...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Liverpool, North West
Java, J2EE, SQL, HTML, JavaScript, CSS - An excellent opportunity for a Java Software Developer has arose with one of our leading clients in Liverpool... We are looking for...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Senior Java Developer - Java - Opensource - JUnit - Webservices - Agile - TDD - Liverpool... They are seeking experience of Java based technologies, across an opensource environment with any previous exposure to PHP,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013