The first table below looks at the demand for the Java/J2EE Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java J2EE Developer
Rank 136 140 143
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Java/J2EE Developer 17 15 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.540% 0.434% 0.459%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.570% 0.459% 0.485%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 10
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £33,600 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £55,000 £47,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-9.41% +6.25%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2983 3268 3297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.79% 94.59% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1797 2372 2477
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java/J2EE Developer
UK

Java/J2EE Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Java/J2EE Developer Salary Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Java/J2EE Developer Salary Histogram

Java/J2EE Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +10 9 £41,500 -7.77%
Glasgow -24 7 £40,000 -27.27%
Fife - 1 £27,500 -
Java/J2EE Developer
UK

Java/J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 42 (100.00%) Java
1 42 (100.00%) J2EE
2 27 (64.29%) XML
3 24 (57.14%) Spring
4 22 (52.38%) SQL
5 21 (50.00%) HTML
6 20 (47.62%) XSLT
7 18 (42.86%) JavaScript
7 18 (42.86%) Oracle
8 17 (40.48%) JBoss
9 16 (38.10%) JMS
9 16 (38.10%) SOAP
10 15 (35.71%) JSP
11 14 (33.33%) Web Services
11 14 (33.33%) UML
11 14 (33.33%) SQL Server
11 14 (33.33%) SOA
11 14 (33.33%) Finance
11 14 (33.33%) WebSphere
12 13 (30.95%) Apache
12 13 (30.95%) CSS
13 12 (28.57%) WebLogic
13 12 (28.57%) Hibernate
14 11 (26.19%) Eclipse
14 11 (26.19%) Linux
14 11 (26.19%) JSF
15 9 (21.43%) jQuery
15 9 (21.43%) Windows
15 9 (21.43%) MySQL
15 9 (21.43%) Tomcat

Java/J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 42 (100.00%) J2EE
2 27 (64.29%) XML
3 24 (57.14%) Spring
4 21 (50.00%) HTML
5 20 (47.62%) XSLT
6 16 (38.10%) JMS
6 16 (38.10%) SOAP
7 15 (35.71%) JSP
8 14 (33.33%) Web Services
8 14 (33.33%) WebSphere
9 13 (30.95%) CSS
10 12 (28.57%) Hibernate
11 11 (26.19%) JSF
12 9 (21.43%) jQuery
13 8 (19.05%) Servlets
13 8 (19.05%) Ajax
14 7 (16.67%) DHTML
15 6 (14.29%) Java EE
16 5 (11.90%) Struts2
16 5 (11.90%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 13 (30.95%) Apache
2 12 (28.57%) WebLogic
3 9 (21.43%) Tomcat
4 5 (11.90%) WebSphere Portal
5 4 (9.524%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (9.524%) ESB
5 4 (9.524%) Drupal
6 2 (4.762%) ActiveMQ
7 1 (2.381%) WebSphere Process Server
7 1 (2.381%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 1 (2.381%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (2.381%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.381%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.143%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 9 (21.43%) MySQL
3 7 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (14.29%) Data Mining
5 4 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (4.762%) DB2
6 2 (4.762%) DB2 UDB
7 1 (2.381%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (2.381%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (26.19%) Eclipse
2 5 (11.90%) Subversion
2 5 (11.90%) Maven
3 4 (9.524%) JUnit
3 4 (9.524%) Fiddler
3 4 (9.524%) Canoo WebTest
General
1 14 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (4.762%) Investment Banking
2 2 (4.762%) Banking
3 1 (2.381%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Computer Science
2 4 (9.524%) IPTV
3 2 (4.762%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.381%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.19%) Linux
2 9 (21.43%) Windows
3 8 (19.05%) Solaris
3 8 (19.05%) UNIX
4 7 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) UML
1 14 (33.33%) SOA
2 8 (19.05%) BPMN
3 7 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 7 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (14.29%) Predictive Analytics
4 6 (14.29%) Analytics
5 5 (11.90%) Software Engineering
5 5 (11.90%) TDD
5 5 (11.90%) OO
6 4 (9.524%) MVC
6 4 (9.524%) Workflow
7 2 (4.762%) OOA/OOD
7 2 (4.762%) Project Management
7 2 (4.762%) V-Model
7 2 (4.762%) Waterfall
7 2 (4.762%) Capacity Planning
8 1 (2.381%) Pair Programming
8 1 (2.381%) Unit Testing
8 1 (2.381%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 42 (100.00%) Java
2 22 (52.38%) SQL
3 18 (42.86%) JavaScript
4 6 (14.29%) Perl
4 6 (14.29%) PL/SQL
5 4 (9.524%) C#
6 2 (4.762%) Python
6 2 (4.762%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 3 (7.143%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.381%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (9.524%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 18 (42.86%) Oracle
2 17 (40.48%) JBoss
3 4 (9.524%) Canoo
4 2 (4.762%) Wall Street Systems
5 1 (2.381%) Lombardi
5 1 (2.381%) IBM
5 1 (2.381%) Sun
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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