The first table below looks at the demand for J2SE skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2SE over the 3 months to 21 May 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Rank 228 215 203
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -12
Permanent jobs citing J2SE 26 30 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.360% 0.423% 0.428%
As % of the Application Development category 0.732% 0.861% 0.956%
Number of salaries quoted 26 29 27
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £49,200 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -21.05%
All Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3552 3484 3034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 49.24% 49.17% 44.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3172 3157 2780
Average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
J2SE
England

J2SE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing J2SE across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West J2SE Jobs Demand Trend

J2SE
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing J2SE across the North West region.

North West J2SE Salary Trend

J2SE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Manchester +3 26 £35,000 -1.40%
J2SE
England

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing J2SE 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 J2SE.

1 47 (100.00%) Java
2 33 (70.21%) J2EE
3 31 (65.96%) SQL
4 23 (48.94%) Spring
5 19 (40.43%) Oracle
6 18 (38.30%) Hibernate
7 17 (36.17%) TDD
8 16 (34.04%) Scrum
8 16 (34.04%) OO
8 16 (34.04%) E-Commerce
9 14 (29.79%) RDBMS
9 14 (29.79%) UNIX
9 14 (29.79%) Linux
9 14 (29.79%) JDBC
9 14 (29.79%) JSP
9 14 (29.79%) Pair Programming
9 14 (29.79%) BDD
9 14 (29.79%) JSF
10 13 (27.66%) PhD
10 13 (27.66%) Degree
11 8 (17.02%) Java EE
12 7 (14.89%) EJB
12 7 (14.89%) Eclipse
13 5 (10.64%) C++
13 5 (10.64%) Agile Software Development
13 5 (10.64%) EJB 3.0
14 4 (8.511%) Android
14 4 (8.511%) iPhone
14 4 (8.511%) JPA
14 4 (8.511%) Apple iOS

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing J2SE 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 J2SE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (70.21%) J2EE
2 23 (48.94%) Spring
3 18 (38.30%) Hibernate
4 14 (29.79%) JDBC
4 14 (29.79%) JSP
4 14 (29.79%) JSF
5 8 (17.02%) Java EE
6 7 (14.89%) EJB
7 5 (10.64%) EJB 3.0
8 4 (8.511%) JPA
8 4 (8.511%) Ajax
8 4 (8.511%) Cocoa Touch
8 4 (8.511%) Web Services
8 4 (8.511%) Swing
8 4 (8.511%) Cocoa
9 2 (4.255%) OSGi
9 2 (4.255%) XML
10 1 (2.128%) CSS
10 1 (2.128%) Servlets
10 1 (2.128%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.255%) Tomcat
1 2 (4.255%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.128%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (29.79%) RDBMS
2 3 (6.383%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.128%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.128%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Eclipse
2 4 (8.511%) NetBeans
3 2 (4.255%) JUnit
4 1 (2.128%) Subversion
4 1 (2.128%) Hudson
General
1 4 (8.511%) Back Office
2 2 (4.255%) Electronics
2 2 (4.255%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.128%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (93.62%) Developer
2 41 (87.23%) Java Developer
3 17 (36.17%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 14 (29.79%) J2EE Developer
5 7 (14.89%) Senior Java Developer
5 7 (14.89%) Senior Developer
6 4 (8.511%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
7 3 (6.383%) Lead Developer
7 3 (6.383%) iOS Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Junior Software Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Junior Java Software Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Java Software Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Software Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Junior
8 2 (4.255%) Software Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Team Leader
8 2 (4.255%) Junior Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Java Team Leader
8 2 (4.255%) Junior Java Developer
9 1 (2.128%) Senior J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.511%) iPhone
1 4 (8.511%) Mobile App
1 4 (8.511%) iPad
1 4 (8.511%) EPoS
1 4 (8.511%) Smartcard
1 4 (8.511%) Handset
2 2 (4.255%) Open Source
2 2 (4.255%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.128%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.128%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 14 (29.79%) UNIX
1 14 (29.79%) Linux
2 4 (8.511%) Android
2 4 (8.511%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.17%) TDD
2 16 (34.04%) Scrum
2 16 (34.04%) OO
2 16 (34.04%) E-Commerce
3 14 (29.79%) Pair Programming
3 14 (29.79%) BDD
4 5 (10.64%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (8.511%) Software Testing
5 4 (8.511%) Project Management
6 3 (6.383%) UML
7 2 (4.255%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.255%) CAD
7 2 (4.255%) OOD
8 1 (2.128%) MVC
8 1 (2.128%) Electronic Design Automation
8 1 (2.128%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (2.128%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 47 (100.00%) Java
2 31 (65.96%) SQL
3 5 (10.64%) C++
4 4 (8.511%) C
4 4 (8.511%) Objective-C
5 3 (6.383%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) PhD
1 13 (27.66%) Degree
2 2 (4.255%) Sun Certification
Vendors
1 19 (40.43%) Oracle
2 2 (4.255%) JBoss
3 1 (2.128%) Twitter
Manchester, North West
Within a growing eCommerce company this Java Developer / Software Engineer position is a key appointment within the design team. You'll be tasked with the development of mainly...
JAM
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Within a growing eCommerce company this Java Developer / Software Engineer position is a key appointment within the design team... Java Developer / Software Engineer - Essential skills: - Solid Java skills (...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Within a growing eCommerce company this Java Developer / Software Engineer position is a key appointment within the design team... Java Developer / Software Engineer - Essential skills: - Solid Java skills (...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Skills Required: - Java, J2SE, J2EE - Javascript and/or J Query - Spring - Hibernate - Servlets - JBoss - SQL You will be: An experienced, highly technical and enthusiastic developer with strong Java...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Collaborate with Project Managers and technical directors to provision estimates, develop overall implementation solution plan, and serve as a lead as required, to implement the installation, customization, and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The role involves developing against specifications outlining Customer requirements, which can have tight deadlines.You should be strong in mobile development technologies, particularly with knowledge and experience of...
Hudson
Salary: £34000 - £55000 per annum + bonus, benefits, flexi-time
Posted: 17 May 2013