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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2SE over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank110107
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads104
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.253 %0.493 %
Salaries quoted64
Average minimum salary£34,182£33,500
Average salary£36,712£37,000
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Average maximum salary£39,241£40,500
UK excluding London average salary£36,798£37,111
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads798812
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.430 %0.338 %
Salaries quoted677709
Average minimum salary£30,685£28,492
Average salary£33,567£30,462
% change on same period last year+10.19 %
Average maximum salary£36,450£32,432
UK excluding London average salary£35,926£36,840
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
J2SE YorkshireJ2SE
Yorkshire

J2SE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing J2SE across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South Yorkshire J2SE Demand Trend

J2SE
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing J2SE across the South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire J2SE Salary Trend

J2SE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2SE across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

South Yorkshire J2SE Salary Histogram

J2SE
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SheffieldUp+310£36,712-6.66 %
J2SE YorkshireJ2SE
Yorkshire

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

115 (100.00 %)Java
115 (100.00 %)SQL
115 (100.00 %)XML
115 (100.00 %)XSLT
115 (100.00 %)J2EE
214 (93.33 %)Tomcat
310 (66.67 %)C
48 (53.33 %)WML
48 (53.33 %)JavaScript
48 (53.33 %)Perl
48 (53.33 %)PHP
48 (53.33 %)PL/SQL
48 (53.33 %)XHTML
48 (53.33 %)CSS
48 (53.33 %)JSP
48 (53.33 %)HTML
57 (46.67 %)WebSphere
57 (46.67 %)QA
57 (46.67 %)Finance
57 (46.67 %)MQSeries
57 (46.67 %)N-Tier
57 (46.67 %)OOD
57 (46.67 %)Smalltalk
57 (46.67 %)HTTP
57 (46.67 %)Oracle HTTP Server
57 (46.67 %)MySQL
57 (46.67 %)Oracle
57 (46.67 %)WebLogic
57 (46.67 %)C++
57 (46.67 %)UNIX

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (100.00 %)J2EE
115 (100.00 %)XML
115 (100.00 %)XSLT
28 (53.33 %)XHTML
28 (53.33 %)CSS
28 (53.33 %)JSP
28 (53.33 %)HTML
28 (53.33 %)WML
37 (46.67 %)WebSphere
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (93.33 %)Tomcat
27 (46.67 %)MQSeries
27 (46.67 %)Oracle HTTP Server
27 (46.67 %)WebLogic
27 (46.67 %)Apache
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (46.67 %)HTTP
23 (20.00 %)Internet
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (46.67 %)MySQL
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (46.67 %)Finance
23 (20.00 %)Pensions
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (46.67 %)Architect
17 (46.67 %)Software Engineer
17 (46.67 %)Applications Architect
17 (46.67 %)Software Support Engineer
17 (46.67 %)Support Engineer
21 (6.667 %)3rd Line Support
21 (6.667 %)Java Architect
21 (6.667 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
21 (6.667 %)Analyst
21 (6.667 %)Support Analyst
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (46.67 %)N-Tier
26 (40.00 %)E-Learning
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (46.67 %)UNIX
17 (46.67 %)Windows
17 (46.67 %)Linux
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (46.67 %)UML
17 (46.67 %)OOA/OOD
17 (46.67 %)OO
17 (46.67 %)OOD
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (100.00 %)Java
115 (100.00 %)SQL
210 (66.67 %)C
38 (53.33 %)JavaScript
38 (53.33 %)Perl
38 (53.33 %)PHP
38 (53.33 %)PL/SQL
47 (46.67 %)C++
47 (46.67 %)Smalltalk
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (13.33 %)Degree
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (46.67 %)QA
South Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (46.67 %)Oracle