The first part of the table below looks at the demand for J2ME skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2ME over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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.

Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank690528596
Rank change year-on-year
Down-162Up+68
Matching permanent IT job ads187372157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.155 %0.303 %0.164 %
As % of the Application Development category0.371 %0.757 %0.431 %
Number of salaries quoted176344144
Average salary£37,500£45,000£41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66 %+9.09 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,000£31,500£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£57,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
-+7.14 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
504084911936413
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK41.80 %40.06 %38.14 %
Number of salaries quoted447934339731363
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

J2ME
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing J2ME within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

J2ME Demand Trend

J2ME
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing J2ME within the UK.

J2ME Salary Trend

J2ME
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2ME over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

J2ME Salary Histogram

J2ME
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2ME within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandDown-148170£39,500-12.22 %
LondonDown-55121£40,000-20.00 %
East of EnglandUp+1219£37,500-
South EastDown-8916£36,500-33.63 %
HampshireDown-1014£23,500-37.33 %
City of LondonDown-2313£55,000+10.00 %
EssexNew entry-12£37,500-
ScotlandUp+911£35,000-6.66 %
BasingstokeDown-611£23,500-37.33 %
ColchesterNew entry-9£37,500-
West MidlandsDown-178£45,000-
EdinburghUp+156£32,000-14.66 %
South WalesDown-336£36,250-9.37 %
WalesDown-356£36,250-9.37 %
GlasgowUp+55£35,000-6.66 %
CardiffDown-55£40,000-
NorwichNew entry-4£34,750-
NorfolkNew entry-4£34,750-
HertfordshireUp+112£52,500+55.55 %
BerkshireDown-512£55,000-
MaidenheadNew entry-2£55,000-
YorkshireNew entry-2£30,000-
West YorkshireNew entry-2£30,000-
SouthamptonNew entry-2£36,500-
MidlandsNew entry-2£38,750-
East MidlandsDown-81--
LeicestershireDown-121--
South WestDown-151£55,000+10.00 %
WarwickshireNew entry-1£50,000-
BedfordshireNew entry-1£40,000-

J2ME
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing J2ME 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 J2ME.

1399 (77.93 %)Android
2327 (63.87 %)Java
3270 (52.73 %)iPhone
4204 (39.84 %)Web Services
5195 (38.09 %)Blackberry
6187 (36.52 %)J2EE
7178 (34.77 %)Hibernate
8150 (29.30 %)Spring
9149 (29.10 %)Agile Software Development
9149 (29.10 %)XML
10148 (28.91 %)Objective-C
11142 (27.73 %)JSP
12133 (25.98 %)CSS
13121 (23.63 %)HTML
14120 (23.44 %)Tomcat
15119 (23.24 %)J2SE
15119 (23.24 %)JBoss
16114 (22.27 %)RESTful
17112 (21.88 %)Servlets
18108 (21.09 %)Symbian
19106 (20.70 %)JavaScript
19106 (20.70 %)XPath
20105 (20.51 %)XSL
21100 (19.53 %)Apple iOS
2294 (18.36 %)JBoss Seam
2393 (18.16 %)SQL
2486 (16.80 %)Windows
2583 (16.21 %)C++
2679 (15.43 %)PHP
2777 (15.04 %)Web Development

J2ME
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing J2ME 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 J2ME. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1204 (39.84 %)Web Services
2187 (36.52 %)J2EE
3178 (34.77 %)Hibernate
4150 (29.30 %)Spring
5149 (29.10 %)XML
6142 (27.73 %)JSP
7133 (25.98 %)CSS
8121 (23.63 %)HTML
9119 (23.24 %)J2SE
10114 (22.27 %)RESTful
11112 (21.88 %)Servlets
12105 (20.51 %)XSL
1394 (18.36 %)JBoss Seam
1476 (14.84 %)WSDL
1575 (14.65 %)XSD
1673 (14.26 %)Ajax
1772 (14.06 %).NET
1866 (12.89 %)SOAP
1965 (12.70 %)jQuery
2063 (12.30 %)Cocoa
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1120 (23.44 %)Tomcat
233 (6.445 %)CMS
315 (2.930 %)Apache
413 (2.539 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
413 (2.539 %)WebLogic
511 (2.148 %)Jetty
511 (2.148 %)RabbitMQ
69 (1.758 %)GlassFish
77 (1.367 %)IIS
86 (1.172 %)Drupal
92 (0.391 %)WordPress
101 (0.195 %)ColdFusion
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
127 (5.273 %)Photoshop
215 (2.930 %)Adobe Illustrator
312 (2.344 %)MS Excel
49 (1.758 %)MS Visio
57 (1.367 %)MS Project
65 (0.977 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.195 %)Google Analytics
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
165 (12.70 %)HTTP
248 (9.375 %)TCP/IP
318 (3.516 %)Internet
413 (2.539 %)SSL
511 (2.148 %)NFC
69 (1.758 %)DNS
77 (1.367 %)VPN
77 (1.367 %)Firewall
85 (0.977 %)Bluetooth
93 (0.586 %)SMS
93 (0.586 %)Intranet
102 (0.391 %)IMAP4
102 (0.391 %)POP3
102 (0.391 %)SMTP
102 (0.391 %)HTTPS
102 (0.391 %)Wireless
111 (0.195 %)2.5G
111 (0.195 %)Wi-Fi
111 (0.195 %)3G
111 (0.195 %)DVB
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
163 (12.30 %)MySQL
251 (9.961 %)SQL Server
322 (4.297 %)SQLite
417 (3.320 %)GIS
516 (3.125 %)SQL Server 2008
613 (2.539 %)MongoDB
711 (2.148 %)SQL Server 2000
711 (2.148 %)SQL Server 2005
810 (1.953 %)RDBMS
97 (1.367 %)Data Warehouse
106 (1.172 %)PostgreSQL
115 (0.977 %)DTS
115 (0.977 %)SQL Server Integration Services
124 (0.781 %)Oracle 8/8i
133 (0.586 %)Oracle 10g
133 (0.586 %)Hadoop
133 (0.586 %)NoSQL
142 (0.391 %)TOAD
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
163 (12.30 %)Subversion
253 (10.35 %)Eclipse
332 (6.250 %)Bugzilla
429 (5.664 %)JUnit
527 (5.273 %)Visual Studio
623 (4.492 %)Ant
722 (4.297 %)Xcode
818 (3.516 %)Maven
916 (3.125 %)JIRA
1011 (2.148 %)Git (software)
1110 (1.953 %)Redmine
129 (1.758 %)Hudson
138 (1.563 %)EasyMock
147 (1.367 %)Team Foundation Server
156 (1.172 %)NetBeans
165 (0.977 %)TestNG
173 (0.586 %)Selenium
173 (0.586 %)Cucumber
182 (0.391 %)PhoneGap
182 (0.391 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
156 (10.94 %)Finance
230 (5.859 %)Marketing
328 (5.469 %)Banking
421 (4.102 %)Games
518 (3.516 %)Telecoms
610 (1.953 %)Legal
79 (1.758 %)Multimedia
87 (1.367 %)Investment Banking
96 (1.172 %)Retail
104 (0.781 %)Publishing
104 (0.781 %)Financial Institution
113 (0.586 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.391 %)Back Office
131 (0.195 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1446 (87.11 %)Developer
2170 (33.20 %)Android Developer
3109 (21.29 %)Java Developer
4104 (20.31 %)J2EE Developer
5101 (19.73 %)Senior Developer
5101 (19.73 %)iPhone Developer
688 (17.19 %)Mobile Developer
775 (14.65 %)Senior iPhone Developer
775 (14.65 %)Senior J2EE Developer
837 (7.227 %)iOS Developer
934 (6.641 %)Applications Developer
1027 (5.273 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1125 (4.883 %)Mobile Applications Developer
1219 (3.711 %)Software Developer
1317 (3.320 %)Web Developer
1317 (3.320 %)Java Mobile Developer
1416 (3.125 %)CSS Developer
1416 (3.125 %)HTML Developer
1515 (2.930 %)Blackberry Developer
1515 (2.930 %)Junior
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1270 (52.73 %)iPhone
2195 (38.09 %)Blackberry
343 (8.398 %)Open Source
440 (7.813 %)iPad
535 (6.836 %)Cryptography
631 (6.055 %)Computer Science
723 (4.492 %)Social Media
822 (4.297 %)Social Network
916 (3.125 %)Handset
1012 (2.344 %)Mobile Games
1012 (2.344 %)Smartphone
1111 (2.148 %)Streaming Video
1210 (1.953 %)SaaS
139 (1.758 %)Digital Media
147 (1.367 %)Hedge funds
156 (1.172 %)PDA
156 (1.172 %)Animation
164 (0.781 %)Spread Betting
164 (0.781 %)Web 2.0
164 (0.781 %)Social Gaming
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1399 (77.93 %)Android
2100 (19.53 %)Apple iOS
386 (16.80 %)Windows
462 (12.11 %)Windows Mobile
531 (6.055 %)Linux
630 (5.859 %)Windows Phone 7
726 (5.078 %)BlackBerry OS
814 (2.734 %)UNIX
95 (0.977 %)MeeGo
103 (0.586 %)LiMo
112 (0.391 %)Solaris
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1149 (29.10 %)Agile Software Development
277 (15.04 %)Web Development
362 (12.11 %)OO
452 (10.16 %)Scrum
536 (7.031 %)Multithreading
635 (6.836 %)DRM
726 (5.078 %)MVC
825 (4.883 %)Project Management
924 (4.688 %)E-Commerce
1018 (3.516 %)UML
1116 (3.125 %)TDD
1116 (3.125 %)Load Balancing
1215 (2.930 %)Memory Management
1215 (2.930 %)Web Design
1314 (2.734 %)Web Accessibility
1413 (2.539 %)Unit Testing
1413 (2.539 %)Test Scripting
1511 (2.148 %)OOP
1511 (2.148 %)SOA
169 (1.758 %)User Acceptance Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1327 (63.87 %)Java
2148 (28.91 %)Objective-C
3106 (20.70 %)XPath
3106 (20.70 %)JavaScript
493 (18.16 %)SQL
583 (16.21 %)C++
679 (15.43 %)PHP
768 (13.28 %)C#
832 (6.250 %)C
99 (1.758 %)Scala
99 (1.758 %)Python
107 (1.367 %)Ruby
116 (1.172 %)T-SQL
122 (0.391 %)VB.NET
122 (0.391 %)PowerHouse
131 (0.195 %)Perl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
163 (12.30 %)Degree
220 (3.906 %)Security Cleared
36 (1.172 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.195 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (0.195 %)Oracle Certification
41 (0.195 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.195 %)Sun Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
127 (5.273 %)QA
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (1.367 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.391 %)HP Quality Center
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1119 (23.24 %)JBoss
2108 (21.09 %)Symbian
337 (7.227 %)Facebook
435 (6.836 %)Oracle
528 (5.469 %)Apple
617 (3.320 %)Google
714 (2.734 %)ATG
812 (2.344 %)Microsoft
812 (2.344 %)Twitter
94 (0.781 %)Sun
94 (0.781 %)Telerik
103 (0.586 %)Adobe
112 (0.391 %)Cognizant
112 (0.391 %)Nokia
112 (0.391 %)Perforce
112 (0.391 %)Sencha
121 (0.195 %)Syclo
121 (0.195 %)Appcelerator
121 (0.195 %)Sony
121 (0.195 %)ESRI