Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java EE skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java EE over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the South West region.

 Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank155187246
Rank change year-on-year
Up+32Up+59
Matching permanent IT job ads25618
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West0.496 %0.096 %0.156 %
As % of the Application Development category1.172 %0.264 %0.501 %
Salaries quoted24511
Average salary£39,000£38,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.630 %+1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£30,500£17,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£58,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,000£45,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-8.880 %+12.50 %
South West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
213422723594
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West42.37 %36.35 %31.19 %
Salaries quoted195819793092
Average salary£32,500£34,000£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.410 %+1.490 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£26,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Java EE EnglandJava EE
England

Java EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Java EE across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South West Java EE Demand Trend

Java EE
Salary Trend

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

South West Java EE Salary Trend

Java EE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java EE across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SomersetUp+2515£39,000+2.63 %
WiltshireNew entry-5£35,000-
BristolNew entry-5£47,500-
Java EE EnglandJava EE
England

Java EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the South 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.

153 (100.00 %)Java
245 (84.91 %)J2EE
328 (52.83 %).NET
426 (49.06 %)ASP.NET
426 (49.06 %)C#
426 (49.06 %)Java SE
525 (47.17 %)SQL
622 (41.51 %)Spring
718 (33.96 %)XML
817 (32.08 %)Security Cleared
911 (20.75 %)Hibernate
911 (20.75 %)JSF
911 (20.75 %)UML
911 (20.75 %)Pensions
108 (15.09 %)Insurance
108 (15.09 %)Spring Web Flow
108 (15.09 %)Health
108 (15.09 %)E-business
117 (13.21 %)JPA
126 (11.32 %)Subversion
126 (11.32 %)JBoss
126 (11.32 %)Web Services
126 (11.32 %)Linux
126 (11.32 %)EJB
135 (9.434 %)Government
144 (7.547 %)TDD
144 (7.547 %)WebLogic
144 (7.547 %)N-Tier
144 (7.547 %)SOA
144 (7.547 %)Tomcat

Java EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the South 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
145 (84.91 %)J2EE
228 (52.83 %).NET
326 (49.06 %)ASP.NET
326 (49.06 %)Java SE
422 (41.51 %)Spring
518 (33.96 %)XML
611 (20.75 %)Hibernate
611 (20.75 %)JSF
78 (15.09 %)Spring Web Flow
87 (13.21 %)JPA
96 (11.32 %)Web Services
96 (11.32 %)EJB
103 (5.660 %)JMS
103 (5.660 %)XSD
103 (5.660 %)XSLT
103 (5.660 %)HTML
103 (5.660 %)Lucene
103 (5.660 %)JTA
103 (5.660 %)Facelets
112 (3.774 %)RESTful
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (7.547 %)WebLogic
14 (7.547 %)Tomcat
23 (5.660 %)WebLogic Portal
23 (5.660 %)Apache Solr
32 (3.774 %)Apache
41 (1.887 %)Oracle Workflow
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (5.660 %)Internet
22 (3.774 %)NAS
22 (3.774 %)Network Security
22 (3.774 %)SAN
22 (3.774 %)DNS
31 (1.887 %)SSL
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (5.660 %)MySQL
13 (5.660 %)SQL Server
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (11.32 %)Subversion
23 (5.660 %)Eclipse
23 (5.660 %)Ant
23 (5.660 %)Maven
31 (1.887 %)CruiseControl
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (20.75 %)Pensions
28 (15.09 %)Insurance
28 (15.09 %)Health
35 (9.434 %)Government
41 (1.887 %)Telecoms
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
146 (86.79 %)Developer
244 (83.02 %)Java Developer
324 (45.28 %)Software Engineer
423 (43.40 %)Software Developer
423 (43.40 %)Java Software Developer
520 (37.74 %)Java Software Engineer
612 (22.64 %)Java/J2EE Developer
612 (22.64 %)J2EE Developer
76 (11.32 %)Applications Developer
85 (9.434 %)XML Developer
94 (7.547 %)Java Applications Developer
103 (5.660 %)J2EE Applications Developer
112 (3.774 %)Graduate Java Developer
112 (3.774 %)Senior Developer
112 (3.774 %)Senior Java Developer
112 (3.774 %)Graduate Developer
112 (3.774 %)Graduate
121 (1.887 %)Support Analyst
121 (1.887 %)Analyst
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (7.547 %)N-Tier
23 (5.660 %)Open Source
23 (5.660 %)Semantic Web
32 (3.774 %)Mathematics
41 (1.887 %)Client/Server
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (11.32 %)Linux
23 (5.660 %)CentOS
23 (5.660 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (1.887 %)Windows
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (20.75 %)UML
28 (15.09 %)E-business
34 (7.547 %)TDD
34 (7.547 %)SOA
43 (5.660 %)RDF
43 (5.660 %)Unit Testing
52 (3.774 %)Load Balancing
52 (3.774 %)DRM
52 (3.774 %)Scrum
61 (1.887 %)Workflow
61 (1.887 %)Continuous Integration
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
153 (100.00 %)Java
226 (49.06 %)C#
325 (47.17 %)SQL
43 (5.660 %)C
43 (5.660 %)SPARQL
52 (3.774 %)C++
52 (3.774 %)VB.NET
52 (3.774 %)Perl
52 (3.774 %)PHP
52 (3.774 %)Embedded C++
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
117 (32.08 %)Security Cleared
23 (5.660 %)Degree
23 (5.660 %)SC Cleared
32 (3.774 %)DV Cleared
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (11.32 %)JBoss
23 (5.660 %)Oracle
23 (5.660 %)ILOG
23 (5.660 %)Red Hat
31 (1.887 %)TIBCO