The first table below looks at the demand for the Java/J2EE Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java J2EE Developer
Rank 35 41 49
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Java/J2EE Developer 19 15 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 4.822% 3.275% 2.954%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.135% 3.356% 3.011%
Number of salaries quoted 19 15 14
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -3.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £19,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £52,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-9.41% +6.25%
All Job Titles
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
370 447 465
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 93.91% 97.60% 98.10%
Number of salaries quoted 325 427 435
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,700 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java/J2EE Developer
Northamptonshire

Java/J2EE Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Northampton Java/J2EE Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Salary Trend

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

Northampton Java/J2EE Developer Salary Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton region that cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title 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 with Java/J2EE Developer in their job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Java
1 26 (100.00%) J2EE
1 26 (100.00%) Struts
2 18 (69.23%) Apache
2 18 (69.23%) Spring
3 17 (65.38%) SCJP
3 17 (65.38%) SCJD
3 17 (65.38%) SCJA
3 17 (65.38%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (65.38%) EJB
3 17 (65.38%) Sun
3 17 (65.38%) Sun Certification
4 16 (61.54%) SCWCD
5 10 (38.46%) Hibernate
5 10 (38.46%) SQL
6 9 (34.62%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (30.77%) TDD
7 8 (30.77%) Scrum
7 8 (30.77%) MVC
7 8 (30.77%) JSP
7 8 (30.77%) OOP
7 8 (30.77%) JBoss
7 8 (30.77%) OOD
7 8 (30.77%) BSS
7 8 (30.77%) JSF
7 8 (30.77%) Selenium
7 8 (30.77%) FitNesse
7 8 (30.77%) Java EE
8 4 (15.38%) Web Development
8 4 (15.38%) JUnit

Java/J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton region that cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title 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 with Java/J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (100.00%) J2EE
1 26 (100.00%) Struts
2 18 (69.23%) Spring
3 17 (65.38%) EJB
4 10 (38.46%) Hibernate
5 8 (30.77%) JSP
5 8 (30.77%) JSF
5 8 (30.77%) Java EE
6 1 (3.846%) Web Services
6 1 (3.846%) XML
Application Platforms
1 18 (69.23%) Apache
2 1 (3.846%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) BSS
Development Applications
1 8 (30.77%) Selenium
1 8 (30.77%) FitNesse
2 4 (15.38%) JUnit
General
1 1 (3.846%) Banking
1 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.846%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 17 (65.38%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.846%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.846%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (30.77%) TDD
2 8 (30.77%) Scrum
2 8 (30.77%) MVC
2 8 (30.77%) OOP
2 8 (30.77%) OOD
3 4 (15.38%) Web Development
4 1 (3.846%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) Java
2 10 (38.46%) SQL
3 4 (15.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (65.38%) SCJP
1 17 (65.38%) SCJD
1 17 (65.38%) SCJA
1 17 (65.38%) Sun Certification
2 16 (61.54%) SCWCD
3 1 (3.846%) Degree
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Sun
2 8 (30.77%) JBoss
3 2 (7.692%) Oracle