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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank2821
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads1050114272
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.119 %6.378 %
As % of the category below15.94 %19.98 %
Salaries quoted873111329
Average minimum salary£44,092£45,213
Average salary£48,662£49,748
% change on same period last year-2.18 %
Average maximum salary£53,233£54,283
UK excluding London average salary£42,999£43,492
% change on same period last year-1.13 %
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6588071417
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.11 %31.91 %
Salaries quoted5587158773
Average minimum salary£37,334£38,453
Average salary£41,047£42,292
% change on same period last year-2.94 %
Average maximum salary£44,760£46,131
UK excluding London average salary£36,011£36,651
% change on same period last year-1.74 %

J2EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing J2EE across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing J2EE across the UK.

J2EE Salary Trend

J2EE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2EE across the UK over the past 3 months.

J2EE Salary Histogram

J2EE
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-79984£48,685-2.74 %
2LondonDown-45034£55,168-1.34 %
3South EastDown-141937£45,460-2.84 %
4City of LondonUp+11426£56,736-6.74 %
5North WestUp+6713£40,843-9.62 %
6BerkshireDown-12636£47,521-2.37 %
7YorkshireDown-10626£38,579+5.94 %
8East of EnglandDown-16569£42,704+3.39 %
9South WestDown-14553£39,826+5.47 %
10West YorkshireDown-11372£38,453+5.97 %
11SurreyDown-31348£48,179+1.83 %
12ManchesterDown-2335£40,912-12.12 %
13LeedsDown-9305£39,952+9.18 %
14ScotlandDown-2303£38,812-1.53 %
15HampshireDown-15297£41,723-0.11 %
16West MidlandsDown-17283£44,180+12.52 %
17BuckinghamshireDown-2261£42,478-8.43 %
18North YorkshireNo change0234£39,387+7.41 %
19CheshireUp+21207£39,063-13.72 %
20HertfordshireUp+5200£45,816+9.72 %
21East MidlandsUp+22176£37,247-3.91 %
21ReadingDown-9176£49,950+10.70 %
22DorsetUp+35159£46,017+11.83 %
23CambridgeshireDown-23149£39,149+1.30 %
24Milton KeynesUp+14141£41,991-5.89 %
25BirminghamDown-10127£49,226+32.24 %
26BristolDown-27126£35,813-3.82 %
27HarrogateDown-2122£40,296+8.70 %
28SuffolkDown-3118£44,523+2.40 %
29OxfordshireUp+27114£35,054-9.17 %

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing J2EE also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing J2EE.

118128 (84.09 %)Java
27851 (36.42 %)Oracle
36316 (29.30 %)XML
45681 (26.35 %)SQL
55167 (23.97 %)Finance
64547 (21.09 %)Spring
74542 (21.07 %)JSP
84157 (19.28 %)Hibernate
93840 (17.81 %)Unix
103657 (16.96 %).NET
113535 (16.40 %)WebLogic
123499 (16.23 %)WebSphere
133354 (15.56 %)UML
143152 (14.62 %)OO
152954 (13.70 %)EJB
162865 (13.29 %)Struts
172741 (12.71 %)HTML
182680 (12.43 %)Degree
192630 (12.20 %)WebServices
202623 (12.17 %)JBoss
212452 (11.37 %)SQL Server
222337 (10.84 %)Linux
232312 (10.72 %)Banking
242277 (10.56 %)Servlets
252264 (10.50 %)JavaScript
261988 (9.221 %)C#
271927 (8.938 %)JMS
281878 (8.711 %)Tomcat
291877 (8.706 %)C++
301758 (8.154 %)Windows

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing J2EE also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
16316 (29.30 %)XML
24547 (21.09 %)Spring
34542 (21.07 %)JSP
44157 (19.28 %)Hibernate
53657 (16.96 %).NET
63499 (16.23 %)WebSphere
72954 (13.70 %)EJB
82865 (13.29 %)Struts
92741 (12.71 %)HTML
102630 (12.20 %)WebServices
112277 (10.56 %)Servlets
121927 (8.938 %)JMS
131618 (7.505 %)JDBC
141273 (5.905 %)CSS
151269 (5.886 %)AJAX
161058 (4.907 %)J2SE
171057 (4.903 %)SOAP
181028 (4.768 %)XSLT
19919 (4.263 %)Swing
20811 (3.762 %)JSF
Application Platforms
13535 (16.40 %)WebLogic
22623 (12.17 %)JBoss
31878 (8.711 %)Tomcat
41605 (7.445 %)Apache
5737 (3.419 %)WebSphere Application Server
6471 (2.185 %)MQSeries
7450 (2.087 %)IIS
8432 (2.004 %)CMS
9333 (1.545 %)WebLogic Portal
10242 (1.123 %)Oracle Application Server
11226 (1.048 %)ESB
12213 (0.988 %)BizTalk Server
13184 (0.853 %)NetWeaver
14155 (0.719 %)WebSphere MQ
15144 (0.668 %)Documentum
16131 (0.608 %)SharePoint
17128 (0.594 %)Oracle Workflow
18117 (0.543 %)ColdFusion
19102 (0.473 %)WPS
2098 (0.455 %)Oracle 9iAS
Applications
1482 (2.236 %)MS Excel
2323 (1.498 %)MS Visio
3146 (0.677 %)MS Office
487 (0.404 %)Photoshop
560 (0.278 %)MS Project
630 (0.139 %)Adobe Illustrator
713 (0.060 %)Paint Shop Pro
810 (0.046 %)MS PowerPoint
810 (0.046 %)Fireworks
810 (0.046 %)Quicktime
99 (0.042 %)RoboHelp
107 (0.032 %)PrintSoft PReS
116 (0.028 %)CA Clarity
121 (0.005 %)Adobe Director
121 (0.005 %)MATLAB
121 (0.005 %)FrameMaker
Business Applications
1229 (1.062 %)Oracle Applications
2112 (0.520 %)Oracle 11i
377 (0.357 %)SAP Oil and Gas
474 (0.343 %)Oracle EBS
533 (0.153 %)Oracle Financials
624 (0.111 %)Staffware
721 (0.097 %)Oracle HRMS
817 (0.079 %)SAP CRM
916 (0.074 %)MAXIMO
1015 (0.070 %)WebTrends
1113 (0.060 %)Navision
1212 (0.056 %)Pivotal CRM
1212 (0.056 %)FLEXCUBE
1311 (0.051 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
149 (0.042 %)VisionPLUS
157 (0.032 %)BusinessWorks
166 (0.028 %)SAP R/3
166 (0.028 %)SAP ERP
175 (0.023 %)SAP Analytics
184 (0.019 %)Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
11242 (5.761 %)Internet
2424 (1.967 %)HTTP
3236 (1.095 %)TCP/IP
4219 (1.016 %)Intranet
5206 (0.956 %)LDAP
6133 (0.617 %)Broadband
6133 (0.617 %)WINS
7125 (0.580 %)Wireless
8117 (0.543 %)Firewall
9111 (0.515 %)DNS
1094 (0.436 %)SSL
1188 (0.408 %)SAN
1280 (0.371 %)BSS
1364 (0.297 %)LAN
1364 (0.297 %)WAN
1460 (0.278 %)SMS
1553 (0.246 %)SMTP
1645 (0.209 %)FTP
1737 (0.172 %)Extranet
1836 (0.167 %)CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
12452 (11.37 %)SQL Server
21671 (7.751 %)RDBMS
31097 (5.088 %)MySQL
4905 (4.198 %)Oracle 10g
5826 (3.831 %)DB2
6636 (2.950 %)Oracle 9i
7497 (2.305 %)Oracle 8/8i
8319 (1.480 %)Datawarehouse
9254 (1.178 %)Oracle Reports
10227 (1.053 %)ETL
11214 (0.993 %)SQL Server 2000
12203 (0.942 %)SQL Server 2005
13166 (0.770 %)BusinessObjects
14162 (0.751 %)SQL Server 7
1597 (0.450 %)GIS
1689 (0.413 %)SQLPlus
1776 (0.353 %)Oracle Discoverer
1855 (0.255 %)PostgreSQL
1855 (0.255 %)TOAD
1941 (0.190 %)OLAP
Development Applications
11358 (6.299 %)Eclipse
21225 (5.682 %)JUnit
31199 (5.561 %)Ant
4429 (1.990 %)Subversion
5285 (1.322 %)Oracle Forms
6249 (1.155 %)JDeveloper
7188 (0.872 %)Flash
8170 (0.789 %)ClearCase
9152 (0.705 %)Rational Rose
10138 (0.640 %)PVCS
11134 (0.622 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
12129 (0.598 %)VSS/SourceSafe
13109 (0.506 %)TestDirector
14108 (0.501 %)JIRA
15103 (0.478 %)Visual Studio
1690 (0.417 %)JBuilder
1779 (0.366 %)Log4j
1871 (0.329 %)QuickTest Pro
1967 (0.311 %)LoadRunner
1967 (0.311 %)ClearQuest
General
15167 (23.97 %)Finance
22312 (10.72 %)Banking
31140 (5.288 %)Telecoms
41044 (4.843 %)Insurance
5941 (4.365 %)Investment Banking
6882 (4.091 %)Retail
7833 (3.864 %)Pensions
8820 (3.804 %)Front Office
9761 (3.530 %)Government
10752 (3.488 %)Health
11513 (2.380 %)Education
12366 (1.698 %)Publishing
13278 (1.289 %)Marketing
14271 (1.257 %)Games
15259 (1.201 %)Financial Institution
16252 (1.169 %)Back Office
17152 (0.705 %)Music
18136 (0.631 %)Retail Banking
19101 (0.468 %)Billing
2088 (0.408 %)Construction
Job Titles
112116 (56.20 %)Developer
28335 (38.66 %)Java Developer
34460 (20.69 %)Java/J2EE Developer
44451 (20.65 %)J2EE Developer
53313 (15.37 %)Architect
62342 (10.86 %)Senior Developer
71620 (7.514 %)Senior Java Developer
81394 (6.466 %)Consultant
91359 (6.304 %)Analyst
101342 (6.225 %)Technical Architect
11917 (4.253 %)J2EE Architect
12851 (3.947 %)Software Engineer
13838 (3.887 %)Java Architect
14818 (3.794 %)Senior J2EE Developer
15723 (3.354 %)Project Manager
16713 (3.307 %)Team Leader
17699 (3.242 %)Programmer
18672 (3.117 %)Software Developer
19665 (3.085 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
20656 (3.043 %)Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1932 (4.323 %)Derivative
2858 (3.980 %)Computer Science
3392 (1.818 %)Equities
4358 (1.661 %)N-Tier
5283 (1.313 %)Fixed Income
6281 (1.303 %)Mathematics
7277 (1.285 %)Credit Derivative
8274 (1.271 %)Client/Server
9263 (1.220 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
10236 (1.095 %)Equity Derivative
11228 (1.058 %)Multithreading
12170 (0.789 %)Mainframe
13163 (0.756 %)Web 2.0
14159 (0.738 %)Asset Management
15132 (0.612 %)Spread Betting
16130 (0.603 %)Clustering
17123 (0.571 %)AS400
18117 (0.543 %)Management Information System
1998 (0.455 %)IVR
2087 (0.404 %)Data Integration
Operating Systems
13840 (17.81 %)Unix
22337 (10.84 %)Linux
31758 (8.154 %)Windows
41024 (4.750 %)Solaris
5190 (0.881 %)Windows 2000
5190 (0.881 %)AIX
6185 (0.858 %)Windows NT
771 (0.329 %)HPUX
858 (0.269 %)Windows XP
950 (0.232 %)Windows Server 2003
950 (0.232 %)Windows Mobile
1044 (0.204 %)SUSE
1120 (0.093 %)Debian
1210 (0.046 %)Embedded Linux
1210 (0.046 %)FreeBSD
1210 (0.046 %)VMS
139 (0.042 %)Tru64
144 (0.019 %)Fedora
153 (0.014 %)Mandriva Linux
153 (0.014 %)Slackware
Processes & Methodologies
13354 (15.56 %)UML
23152 (14.62 %)OO
31715 (7.955 %)SOA
41520 (7.050 %)Agile Software Development
51473 (6.832 %)E-Commerce
61198 (5.557 %)RUP
71020 (4.731 %)Project Management
8804 (3.729 %)EAI
9746 (3.460 %)Scrum
10697 (3.233 %)MVC
11664 (3.080 %)Web Development
12641 (2.973 %)OOA/OOD
13572 (2.653 %)PRINCE2
14550 (2.551 %)CRM
15533 (2.472 %)OOD
16525 (2.435 %)Content Management
17508 (2.356 %)Software Engineering
18482 (2.236 %)Technical Architecture
19418 (1.939 %)Unit Testing
20417 (1.934 %)TDD
Programming Languages
118128 (84.09 %)Java
25681 (26.35 %)SQL
32264 (10.50 %)JavaScript
41988 (9.221 %)C#
51877 (8.706 %)C++
61331 (6.174 %)PL/SQL
7727 (3.372 %)VB
8715 (3.316 %)C
9643 (2.983 %)Perl
10500 (2.319 %)Shell Script
11480 (2.226 %)PHP
12388 (1.800 %)DHTML
13225 (1.044 %)Ruby
14198 (0.918 %)VB.NET
15175 (0.812 %)Python
16141 (0.654 %)VBA
17111 (0.515 %)Transact-SQL
18104 (0.482 %)VB6
19100 (0.464 %)XPath
2091 (0.422 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
12680 (12.43 %)Degree
2327 (1.517 %)Sun Certification
3148 (0.686 %)ISEB
4127 (0.589 %)PRINCE2 Certification
574 (0.343 %)Microsoft Certification
662 (0.288 %)Oracle Certification
746 (0.213 %)OCP
746 (0.213 %)PMI Certification
841 (0.190 %)PhD
940 (0.186 %)IBM Certification
1027 (0.125 %)SCJD
1125 (0.116 %)ITIL Certification
1125 (0.116 %)MCSD
1224 (0.111 %)SCWCD
1321 (0.097 %)ISTQB
1420 (0.093 %)PMP
1519 (0.088 %)SCBCD
1519 (0.088 %)HND
1618 (0.083 %)MCDBA
1714 (0.065 %)CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1419 (1.944 %)QA
2106 (0.492 %)SLA
321 (0.097 %)ISO9001
419 (0.088 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
419 (0.088 %)WAI
512 (0.056 %)ISO8583
68 (0.037 %)BS7799
75 (0.023 %)Basel II
75 (0.023 %)ISO12207
84 (0.019 %)HL7
92 (0.009 %)DICOM
92 (0.009 %)ISO/IEC 20000
101 (0.005 %)GAMP
101 (0.005 %)GxP
System Software
1257 (1.192 %)AquaLogic
281 (0.376 %)Oracle RAC
342 (0.195 %)Active Directory
441 (0.190 %)MSMQ
534 (0.158 %)Oracle RMAN
629 (0.135 %)Samba
711 (0.051 %)NetBackup
89 (0.042 %)MetaFrame
98 (0.037 %)Orbix
107 (0.032 %)Xen
114 (0.019 %)NFS
123 (0.014 %)Squid
132 (0.009 %)Artix
141 (0.005 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
141 (0.005 %)Novell eDirectory
141 (0.005 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
157 (0.264 %)MOM
238 (0.176 %)Tivoli
331 (0.144 %)OpenView
425 (0.116 %)CA SiteMinder
524 (0.111 %)AutoSys
68 (0.037 %)EMC NetWorker
77 (0.032 %)Oracle Statspack
77 (0.032 %)Netcool
85 (0.023 %)Legato
85 (0.023 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
94 (0.019 %)Netcool/Proviso
103 (0.014 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
103 (0.014 %)Nagios
112 (0.009 %)SCOM
121 (0.005 %)OVPI
121 (0.005 %)HP Data Protector
121 (0.005 %)BMC PATROL
121 (0.005 %)CONTROL-M
121 (0.005 %)TIBCO Hawk
121 (0.005 %)TIBCO InConcert
Vendors
17851 (36.42 %)Oracle
21229 (5.701 %)Sybase
31196 (5.548 %)IBM
4981 (4.550 %)BEA
5900 (4.175 %)Microsoft
6679 (3.149 %)Sun
7526 (2.440 %)SAP
8398 (1.846 %)TIBCO
9387 (1.795 %)Vignette
10275 (1.276 %)Red Hat
11199 (0.923 %)webMethods
12174 (0.807 %)Siebel
13166 (0.770 %)Business Objects
14148 (0.686 %)ATG
15104 (0.482 %)HP
1692 (0.427 %)Perforce
1784 (0.390 %)JD Edwards
1878 (0.362 %)Reuters
1976 (0.353 %)Adobe
2066 (0.306 %)Chordiant
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