The first table below looks at the demand for the J2EE Developer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
J2EE Developer
Rank 590 401 325
Rank change year-on-year
-189 -76
Permanent jobs requiring a J2EE Developer 283 649 888
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.263% 0.538% 0.705%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.279% 0.567% 0.748%
Number of salaries quoted 265 600 815
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,000 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

J2EE Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

J2EE Developer Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing J2EE Developer within the UK.

J2EE Developer Salary Trend

J2EE Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2EE Developer over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

J2EE Developer Salary Histogram

J2EE Developer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England -191 263 £42,500 -5.55%
London -101 100 £48,750 +2.63%
South East -94 79 £47,500 -5.00%
City of London -39 32 £46,000 +2.22%
Surrey -21 31 £42,500 -15.00%
North West -41 27 £36,000 -10.00%
Guildford -3 20 £42,500 +6.25%
Bristol -12 18 £37,500 -9.09%
South West -23 18 £37,500 -6.25%
Manchester -23 17 £36,000 +20.00%
Yorkshire -18 15 £32,500 -16.12%
West Midlands -37 14 £37,500 -11.76%
Hampshire +3 13 £47,500 -5.00%
Oxfordshire -1 13 £50,000 +5.26%
Scotland -6 13 £41,500 +7.79%
Oxford -8 13 £50,000 +5.26%
Northamptonshire +3 11 £37,500 +15.38%
Northampton -4 11 £37,500 +45.63%
East Midlands -6 11 £37,500 +15.38%
Coventry -16 11 £37,500 +50.00%
Buckinghamshire -21 11 £55,000 +10.00%
Cheshire -1 10 £42,500 +6.25%
Berkshire -44 10 £50,000 +11.11%
Leicester - 10 £37,500 -
Leicestershire - 10 £37,500 -
York +9 9 £32,500 -18.75%
North Yorkshire +6 9 £32,500 -18.75%
East of England -19 9 £40,000 +2.56%
West Yorkshire -19 8 £32,500 -18.75%
Chester -23 8 £42,500 +6.25%

J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited 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 J2EE Developer in their job title.

1 704 (100.00%) J2EE
2 685 (97.30%) Java
3 410 (58.24%) Spring
4 401 (56.96%) Hibernate
5 331 (47.02%) SQL
6 306 (43.47%) JavaScript
7 270 (38.35%) XML
8 251 (35.65%) JSP
9 239 (33.95%) Oracle
10 216 (30.68%) CSS
11 207 (29.40%) HTML
12 186 (26.42%) JBoss
13 179 (25.43%) Tomcat
14 172 (24.43%) Struts
15 165 (23.44%) Web Services
16 159 (22.59%) OO
17 141 (20.03%) TDD
18 140 (19.89%) MySQL
19 130 (18.47%) JUnit
20 127 (18.04%) JDBC
21 124 (17.61%) Ajax
22 122 (17.33%) MVC
22 122 (17.33%) Servlets
23 120 (17.05%) WebSphere
24 117 (16.62%) Java EE
25 115 (16.34%) Apache
26 114 (16.19%) Linux
27 113 (16.05%) UML
28 111 (15.77%) Agile Software Development
29 109 (15.48%) Scrum

J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited 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 J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 704 (100.00%) J2EE
2 410 (58.24%) Spring
3 401 (56.96%) Hibernate
4 270 (38.35%) XML
5 251 (35.65%) JSP
6 216 (30.68%) CSS
7 207 (29.40%) HTML
8 172 (24.43%) Struts
9 165 (23.44%) Web Services
10 127 (18.04%) JDBC
11 124 (17.61%) Ajax
12 122 (17.33%) Servlets
13 120 (17.05%) WebSphere
14 117 (16.62%) Java EE
15 109 (15.48%) JMS
16 103 (14.63%) EJB
17 102 (14.49%) jQuery
17 102 (14.49%) JPA
18 86 (12.22%) XSLT
19 77 (10.94%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 179 (25.43%) Tomcat
2 115 (16.34%) Apache
3 67 (9.517%) WebLogic
4 45 (6.392%) WebSphere Application Server
5 26 (3.693%) Apache Solr
6 15 (2.131%) Jetty
6 15 (2.131%) CMS
7 12 (1.705%) ESB
8 11 (1.563%) Liferay
8 11 (1.563%) GlassFish
9 10 (1.420%) IIS
10 9 (1.278%) SharePoint
11 6 (0.852%) ActiveMQ
12 5 (0.710%) Force.com
12 5 (0.710%) WebSphere Portal
12 5 (0.710%) LiveLink
13 4 (0.568%) NetWeaver
13 4 (0.568%) SAP Portal
13 4 (0.568%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.426%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 4 (0.568%) MS Office
2 3 (0.426%) MS Excel
3 2 (0.284%) Weka
4 1 (0.142%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 2 (0.284%) Staffware
2 1 (0.142%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.545%) HTTP
2 23 (3.267%) TCP/IP
3 10 (1.420%) SNMP
4 7 (0.994%) Internet
5 4 (0.568%) LDAP
6 3 (0.426%) TELNET
7 2 (0.284%) SSH
8 1 (0.142%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.142%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (19.89%) MySQL
2 88 (12.50%) RDBMS
3 78 (11.08%) SQL Server
4 46 (6.534%) DB2
5 44 (6.250%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (5.114%) Oracle 10g
7 35 (4.972%) NoSQL
8 17 (2.415%) TOAD
9 16 (2.273%) Data Mining
10 15 (2.131%) Big Data
11 13 (1.847%) Hadoop
12 8 (1.136%) MarkLogic
13 4 (0.568%) SQL Server 2005
13 4 (0.568%) Hazelcast
13 4 (0.568%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.426%) Apache Cassandra
14 3 (0.426%) CouchDB
14 3 (0.426%) Oracle 9i
15 2 (0.284%) Oracle Reports
15 2 (0.284%) DB2 UDB
Development Applications
1 130 (18.47%) JUnit
2 92 (13.07%) Eclipse
3 90 (12.78%) Maven
4 66 (9.375%) Ant
5 57 (8.097%) Subversion
6 25 (3.551%) Selenium
7 17 (2.415%) Rational Application Developer
7 17 (2.415%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
8 11 (1.563%) Git (software)
8 11 (1.563%) Hudson
9 10 (1.420%) JBehave
10 7 (0.994%) jMock
11 6 (0.852%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.852%) ClearCase
11 6 (0.852%) JIRA
11 6 (0.852%) Rhino Mocks
11 6 (0.852%) Moq
11 6 (0.852%) Mockito
11 6 (0.852%) Spring Roo
12 5 (0.710%) Oracle APEX
General
1 107 (15.20%) Finance
2 47 (6.676%) Games
2 47 (6.676%) Retail
3 25 (3.551%) Banking
4 22 (3.125%) Telecoms
5 15 (2.131%) Music
5 15 (2.131%) Front Office
5 15 (2.131%) Back Office
6 14 (1.989%) Publishing
7 13 (1.847%) Advertising
7 13 (1.847%) Investment Banking
8 8 (1.136%) Marketing
9 3 (0.426%) Interactive Media
9 3 (0.426%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.284%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.284%) Billing
11 1 (0.142%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.659%) Open Source
2 54 (7.670%) Computer Science
3 31 (4.403%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (2.983%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.415%) iPhone
6 16 (2.273%) Web 2.0
6 16 (2.273%) SaaS
7 11 (1.563%) Mobile Games
8 9 (1.278%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.278%) Online Games
9 8 (1.136%) N-Tier
9 8 (1.136%) Semantic Web
10 6 (0.852%) Mobile Payment
10 6 (0.852%) Kindle
11 5 (0.710%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.710%) Blackberry
11 5 (0.710%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.568%) Thin Client
12 4 (0.568%) IPTV
12 4 (0.568%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 114 (16.19%) Linux
2 97 (13.78%) UNIX
3 27 (3.835%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (3.409%) Windows
5 22 (3.125%) Android
6 11 (1.563%) Solaris
7 8 (1.136%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.710%) Windows Phone
9 4 (0.568%) Windows Phone 7
10 3 (0.426%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (22.59%) OO
2 141 (20.03%) TDD
3 122 (17.33%) MVC
4 113 (16.05%) UML
5 111 (15.77%) Agile Software Development
6 109 (15.48%) Scrum
7 69 (9.801%) E-Commerce
8 51 (7.244%) Web Development
9 46 (6.534%) Content Management
10 41 (5.824%) BDD
11 39 (5.540%) Multithreading
12 38 (5.398%) Continuous Integration
13 34 (4.830%) OOA/OOD
14 33 (4.688%) SOA
15 32 (4.545%) Unit Testing
16 27 (3.835%) Pair Programming
16 27 (3.835%) Software Architecture
16 27 (3.835%) Use Case
17 25 (3.551%) Project Management
18 24 (3.409%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 685 (97.30%) Java
2 331 (47.02%) SQL
3 306 (43.47%) JavaScript
4 53 (7.528%) PL/SQL
5 31 (4.403%) C++
6 27 (3.835%) Python
7 24 (3.409%) Perl
8 19 (2.699%) Groovy
9 18 (2.557%) Bash shell
10 17 (2.415%) PHP
11 16 (2.273%) Ruby
11 16 (2.273%) Scala
12 9 (1.278%) XQuery
12 9 (1.278%) C#
13 7 (0.994%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.994%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.852%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.710%) JPQL
15 5 (0.710%) VB
15 5 (0.710%) C
Qualifications
1 101 (14.35%) Degree
2 35 (4.972%) Sun Certification
3 25 (3.551%) Security Cleared
4 22 (3.125%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.699%) SCJP
5 19 (2.699%) SCJA
6 17 (2.415%) SCJD
7 16 (2.273%) SCWCD
8 14 (1.989%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.409%) QA
2 6 (0.852%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.142%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 8 (1.136%) Squid
2 4 (0.568%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.568%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 4 (0.568%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (0.142%) Nagios
Vendors
1 239 (33.95%) Oracle
2 186 (26.42%) JBoss
3 64 (9.091%) IBM
4 37 (5.256%) Sun
5 31 (4.403%) Microsoft
6 21 (2.983%) Red Hat
7 10 (1.420%) Google
8 9 (1.278%) BEA
9 8 (1.136%) Sybase
10 7 (0.994%) Salesforce.com
10 7 (0.994%) SAP
11 6 (0.852%) Adobe
12 4 (0.568%) VMware
12 4 (0.568%) Canoo
13 3 (0.426%) hybris
13 3 (0.426%) ATG
13 3 (0.426%) TIBCO
14 2 (0.284%) Wall Street Systems
15 1 (0.142%) VocaLink
15 1 (0.142%) Venda
Bristol, Avon
Java/J2EE Engineers required to develop high quality software in a dynamic company in Bristol... Skills required for the successful Java Software Engineer: Java JavaScript RDMS SQL BSc...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
You will have good solid Java/J2EE skills EJB, XML SQL and good knowledge of Unit Testing would be useful, although NOT essential as the client offers full...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 45,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
You will have good solid Java/J2EE skills EJB, XML SQL and good knowledge of Unit Testing would be useful, although NOT essential as the client offers full...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 45,000
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
My client is looking for an experienced Java J2ee Developer to join their development team of 25 people... Familiarity with Agile (Scrum based) methodology would be useful... Development...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Midlands
Our prestigious client is looking for a solid Java J2EE Developer to be based in either Birmingham or London. You will have solid development experience within Java EE...
Jumar Solutions
Salary: £38k-£42kpa + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
Essential IT: - JAVA / J2EE / JEE - SPRING MVC / HIBERNATE - SQL - JAVASCRIPT - AJAX - JQUERY - AGILE This is a key development project making it an essential appointment for the company’s...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum Plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
You should have experience with at least some of the following technologies - Struts, Spring, Hibernate, Apache, EJB, XML and SQL or Oracle databases... Experience as a Java / J2EE...
IT Connections
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key Skills / Experience Required: - J2EE / Java - Design Patterns - Test Driven Development (TDD) - Spring - Maven - SVN - Oracle - Excellent Written / Oral Communication Skills This is a rare opportunity to join...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: £Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
Essential Skills 6yrs+ Java / J2EE web application development skills... Spring / Hibernate. Oracle / SQL Scripting. Linux / Apache platforms... Java / J2EE Development work on JBOSS Apps Server for high profile...
KV Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
Buckinghamshire
JAVA/J2EE Web Developer - JAVA, J2EE, HTML5, CSS, Javascript, Struts, Liferay, Web Development, Web Applications - Buckinghamshire - Up to £42k + Benefits!!... Essential Skills Expert skills with JAVA/J2EE. Strong...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + amazing benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Chester, North West
Senior Java Developer -Chester- £40,000 - £45,000 - fantastic benefits package and pension scheme A strong java J2EE developer is required to join a market leader within the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Key Skills: - Java / J2EE- Spring- Agile- Javascript / JQuery- Web Service Desirable Skills: - GIT and JIRA- Struts- Hibernate- Oracle- Eclipse- Tomcat The role itself: * Design and development of new...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £46000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Java J2EE Developer (Spring MVC,JSP, HTML)... Deploying the company’s software products onto clients systems and ongoing support & maintenance of software products implemented at clients The key...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 45,00 + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Strong knowledge in all of JSP, Servlet, JDBC, JavaScript, SQL and HTML technologies. Good knowledge of CSS, XML and DHTML... AJAX. (Asynchronous JavaScript XML) Experience with IBM DB2.
Parham Consulting
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Maximum £50,000 plus discretionary b
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
This software has been gaining market share and beating off all competitor products for some years and the recognition they receive from FTSE100 companies is testament to their...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Health, benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cwmbran, Gwent
Key Skills: Developer, JAVA, JEE, J2EE, JAVA EE, Ant, LINUX, Windows, SQL, Python, Ruby, Scripting... As an experienced JAVA/J2EE Developer, you must be proficient in the following:...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £38K + up to 10% Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Candidates must meet the following requirements:- Excellent communication and customer facing ability Strong Java/J2EE experience Familiar with Application Frameworks, Spring, JBoss, JCA, SOAP, XML/XSLT Relational Databases,...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Epsom, Surrey
Key Words: Java, J2EE, JEE, Spring, Agile, Apache, JSF, Tapestry, JBoss, MySQL, Saas, service management, service desk solutions, SOAP, HTML, JavaScript, AJAX The company are the market leaders...
Think IT Recruitment
Salary: £45000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hertford, South East
Java, J2ee, Developer, Web, Senior, ApplicationI am looking for two talented Senior Developers with a strong Java/J2EE background to work for a rapidly expanding company who specialise...
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Applicants must have strong experience of Java J2EE application development combined with exposure to SQL databases (MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server), web servers (Glassfish, Weblogic, JBOSS or similar)...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Due to continued growth in their client base they are now seeking an additional Java J2EE Software Developer to join their Bristol based team and assist in the...
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
For the role you will need relevant commercial experience developing J2EE, JMS soultions in conjunction with Spring, Hibernate on the Linux/UNIX OS in an agile fashion (TDD,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Extensive Package + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Experience and understanding of J2EE application servers Oracle RDBMS 10g and SQL... - The candidate must be educated to degree level and have worked in the UK for a...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £27,000 to £45,000 per annum plus outstanding package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Their main services are Electronic Service Delivery (ESD), Electronic Forms for both on-line and off-line data capture, Casework and Assessment Systems, Content Management Solutions, Systems Integration,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 40,000 - 45,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Must Have: ExtensiveJava/J2EE Web Development... Core Skill: J2EE, JSP/JSF, EJB, JDBC, XML, HTML, JAVASCRIPT. Desirable: SOAP, AXIS, SEAM, SQL, JBOSS, TOMCAT, UNIX, LINUX, Design Methodologies: OOAD,...
JPS Selection
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
You will also work on enhancing their core ERP Business System and integrating 3rd party products with their websites/CMS.You must possess a strong grounding in Java,...
Salary: £15000 - £18000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
The environment includes a mixture of J2EE, Weblogic / Spring, XML and Oracle... Key skills/experience required :- * experience of Spring, J2EE, JSP/Servlet/Struts, JMS, JDBC and XML on...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + bonus, pension, medical, etc.
Posted: 21 May 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
Essential Skills: - JAVA 1.6+ with a thorough knowledge of Spring and JUnit - An interest in the development of complex and high performing trading and settlement systems. - Knowledge...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 45,000 + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Any exposure to content management systems would be beneficial but not essential - including Adobe CQ, WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Oracle UCM, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server, OpenText WCM, Alfresco, Sitecore.
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £40,000 to £60,000 per annum Based on experience. Package also in
Posted: 21 May 2013