The first table below looks at the demand for J2SE skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2SE 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Rank 83 87 62
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -25
Permanent jobs citing J2SE 4 3 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.382% 0.304% 2.634%
As % of the Application Development category 0.943% 0.792% 6.316%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 19
Average salary £41,250 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.92% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,250 £31,700 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,250 £32,500 £40,300
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -19.35%
All Application Development
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
424 379 380
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 40.54% 38.36% 41.71%
Number of salaries quoted 390 334 353
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £55,000 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
J2SE
Wales

J2SE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales 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
Cardiff -12 4 £41,250 +26.92%
J2SE
Wales

J2SE
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 6 (85.71%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) J2EE
3 4 (57.14%) IBM
3 4 (57.14%) Scrum
3 4 (57.14%) WebSphere
4 3 (42.86%) Subversion
4 3 (42.86%) Spring
4 3 (42.86%) JSF
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (42.86%) Hibernate
4 3 (42.86%) Jenkins
4 3 (42.86%) FileNet
4 3 (42.86%) Adobe
4 3 (42.86%) ILOG
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
4 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (28.57%) JDBC
5 2 (28.57%) Swing
5 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
5 2 (28.57%) MS Access
5 2 (28.57%) Time Management
5 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (14.29%) Advertising
6 1 (14.29%) Welsh Language
6 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 1 (14.29%) Finance
6 1 (14.29%) J2ME

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 5 (71.43%) J2EE
2 4 (57.14%) WebSphere
3 3 (42.86%) Spring
3 3 (42.86%) JSF
3 3 (42.86%) Hibernate
4 2 (28.57%) JDBC
4 2 (28.57%) Swing
5 1 (14.29%) J2ME
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) FileNet
1 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Subversion
1 3 (42.86%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Advertising
2 1 (14.29%) Welsh Language
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Development Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Java Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Java Development Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Scrum
2 2 (28.57%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) IBM
2 3 (42.86%) Adobe
2 3 (42.86%) ILOG