The first table below looks at the demand for Java EE 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 Java EE over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Rank 192 147 190
Rank change year-on-year
-45 +43
Permanent jobs citing Java EE 51 103 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.710% 1.451% 0.641%
As % of the Application Development category 1.442% 2.950% 1.452%
Number of salaries quoted 50 95 41
Average salary £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
All Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3536 3491 3030
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 49.21% 49.18% 44.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3150 3162 2776
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%
Java EE
England

Java EE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Java EE Jobs Demand Trend

Java EE
Salary Trend

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

North West Java EE Salary Trend

Java EE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java EE across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Java EE Salary Histogram

Java EE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java EE within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheshire +9 31 £28,500 -32.14%
Manchester -41 18 £32,125 -9.50%
Merseyside -13 1 £41,500 -7.77%
Lancashire - 1 £35,000 -
Java EE
England

Java EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Java EE 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 Java EE.

1 103 (100.00%) Java
2 66 (64.08%) Spring
3 63 (61.17%) J2EE
4 52 (50.49%) SQL
4 52 (50.49%) Web Services
5 51 (49.51%) Hibernate
6 49 (47.57%) Oracle
7 42 (40.78%) CSS
8 39 (37.86%) JavaScript
8 39 (37.86%) Agile Software Development
9 30 (29.13%) Ajax
9 30 (29.13%) SOAP
10 29 (28.16%) Apache
10 29 (28.16%) Unit Testing
11 28 (27.18%) Servlets
11 28 (27.18%) HTML
11 28 (27.18%) WebSphere
12 27 (26.21%) Finance
13 24 (23.30%) WSDL
14 23 (22.33%) OO
14 23 (22.33%) JAX-RPC
14 23 (22.33%) PL/SQL
14 23 (22.33%) Legal
14 23 (22.33%) System Testing
14 23 (22.33%) Apache Axis
15 22 (21.36%) JSP
16 21 (20.39%) Data Management
17 20 (19.42%) XML
18 19 (18.45%) E-Commerce
18 19 (18.45%) JSF

Java EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Java EE 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 Java EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 66 (64.08%) Spring
2 63 (61.17%) J2EE
3 52 (50.49%) Web Services
4 51 (49.51%) Hibernate
5 42 (40.78%) CSS
6 30 (29.13%) Ajax
6 30 (29.13%) SOAP
7 28 (27.18%) Servlets
7 28 (27.18%) HTML
7 28 (27.18%) WebSphere
8 24 (23.30%) WSDL
9 23 (22.33%) JAX-RPC
9 23 (22.33%) Apache Axis
10 22 (21.36%) JSP
11 20 (19.42%) XML
12 19 (18.45%) JSF
13 13 (12.62%) jQuery
14 12 (11.65%) Struts
15 11 (10.68%) XSLT
16 10 (9.709%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 29 (28.16%) Apache
2 16 (15.53%) Tomcat
3 6 (5.825%) WebLogic
4 5 (4.854%) ActiveMQ
5 2 (1.942%) SAS
5 2 (1.942%) CMS
6 1 (0.971%) ESB
6 1 (0.971%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (0.971%) Mule
6 1 (0.971%) GlassFish
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.767%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.825%) MySQL
3 5 (4.854%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (4.854%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.971%) DB2
4 1 (0.971%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (13.59%) JUnit
2 12 (11.65%) Maven
3 11 (10.68%) Eclipse
4 6 (5.825%) Subversion
4 6 (5.825%) NetBeans
5 5 (4.854%) Git (software)
6 4 (3.883%) Mockito
6 4 (3.883%) JIRA
6 4 (3.883%) JBuilder
6 4 (3.883%) Ant
7 1 (0.971%) Xcode
7 1 (0.971%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.971%) MyEclipse
7 1 (0.971%) GitHub
7 1 (0.971%) Hudson
General
1 27 (26.21%) Finance
2 23 (22.33%) Legal
3 4 (3.883%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (3.883%) Publishing
4 3 (2.913%) Automotive
5 2 (1.942%) Retail
5 2 (1.942%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.942%) Back Office
6 1 (0.971%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (81.55%) Developer
2 74 (71.84%) Java Developer
3 15 (14.56%) Software Engineer
3 15 (14.56%) Senior Developer
4 14 (13.59%) Java Software Engineer
4 14 (13.59%) Senior Java Developer
5 13 (12.62%) C# Software Engineer
6 8 (7.767%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 6 (5.825%) Senior J2EE Developer
7 6 (5.825%) Web Developer
7 6 (5.825%) J2EE Developer
8 5 (4.854%) Java Web Developer
9 4 (3.883%) Graduate
9 4 (3.883%) Oracle Developer
10 3 (2.913%) Lead Developer
10 3 (2.913%) Graduate Developer
10 3 (2.913%) Junior Java Developer
10 3 (2.913%) Junior Developer
10 3 (2.913%) Junior
10 3 (2.913%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.59%) Computer Science
2 12 (11.65%) Web 2.0
2 12 (11.65%) Open Source
3 8 (7.767%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (6.796%) Mobile App
5 5 (4.854%) LIMS
5 5 (4.854%) Life Science
6 4 (3.883%) iPad
6 4 (3.883%) iPhone
6 4 (3.883%) Handset
7 2 (1.942%) SaaS
7 2 (1.942%) EPoS
7 2 (1.942%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.971%) iSeries
8 1 (0.971%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (15.53%) Linux
2 12 (11.65%) UNIX
3 7 (6.796%) Android
4 5 (4.854%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.971%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.971%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (37.86%) Agile Software Development
2 29 (28.16%) Unit Testing
3 23 (22.33%) OO
3 23 (22.33%) System Testing
4 21 (20.39%) Data Management
5 19 (18.45%) E-Commerce
6 16 (15.53%) TDD
7 13 (12.62%) Software Engineering
7 13 (12.62%) Scrum
8 9 (8.738%) MVC
9 8 (7.767%) Waterfall
10 6 (5.825%) OOD
11 5 (4.854%) Workflow
11 5 (4.854%) Project Management
11 5 (4.854%) Kanban
11 5 (4.854%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (4.854%) Performance Testing
11 5 (4.854%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (3.883%) Root Cause Analysis
13 3 (2.913%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 103 (100.00%) Java
2 52 (50.49%) SQL
3 39 (37.86%) JavaScript
4 23 (22.33%) PL/SQL
5 13 (12.62%) C#
6 11 (10.68%) XPath
7 8 (7.767%) Ruby
7 8 (7.767%) C
8 6 (5.825%) C++
9 5 (4.854%) Objective-C
9 5 (4.854%) Python
10 2 (1.942%) Scala
10 2 (1.942%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.942%) Prolog
11 1 (0.971%) Perl
11 1 (0.971%) PHP
11 1 (0.971%) Groovy
11 1 (0.971%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 19 (18.45%) Degree
2 3 (2.913%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 49 (47.57%) Oracle
2 6 (5.825%) IBM
3 3 (2.913%) JBoss
4 1 (0.971%) Apple
Manchester, Lancashire
Java Developer required with skills across J EE / J2EE, Spring, Hibernate for an expanding software leader, both technically and within it's field, seeking to appoint a key...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £28000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cheshire
Ideally you will have experience of most of the following: * Java (Java EE preferred) * Experience in web service development using JAXRPC, WSDL, SOAP, Apache AXIS, Websphere * Experience of...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cheshire
Ideally you will have experience of most of the following: * Java (Java EE) and JSF * Experience in web service development using JAXRPC, WSDL, SOAP, Apache AXIS, Websphere * Experience...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Successful candidates will receive intense technical training (approximately 16 weeks) in technologies including C++, C#, VB .Net, Java EE, UNIX, dependant on whether they choose to train in...
FDM Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 29 April 2013
Manchester, North West
Working directly with the company directors and responsible for specifying, maintaining, coding and continuous improvement of existing state of the art, in-house systems. This is a senior...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £65000 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