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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 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 J2SE over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank340303
Rank change on same period last yearDown-37
Matching permanent IT job ads10551293
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.514 %0.578 %
As % of the category below1.601 %1.810 %
Salaries quoted9281080
Average minimum salary£45,866£45,308
Average salary£50,752£51,210
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Average maximum salary£55,639£57,113
UK excluding London average salary£39,462£37,002
% change on same period last year+6.64 %
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 %

J2SE
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing J2SE across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

J2SE Demand Trend

J2SE
Salary Trend

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

J2SE Salary Trend

J2SE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2SE across the UK over the past 3 months.

J2SE Salary Histogram

J2SE
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE 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-381007£51,291-0.40 %
2LondonDown-22731£56,107+1.09 %
3City of LondonDown-26235£58,335+8.03 %
4South EastUp+105137£40,950-4.40 %
5HampshireUp+841£36,528-8.68 %
6YorkshireDown-3532£34,361-16.14 %
7South WestDown-7630£49,259+55.75 %
8ScotlandUp+5228£34,476+29.57 %
9SurreyUp+4827£52,735+7.62 %
10BerkshireUp+2625£43,478+4.61 %
11North WestUp+624£33,792+7.96 %
12East of EnglandDown-3221£36,917+2.94 %
13HertfordshireUp+1419£37,313+12.33 %
14East MidlandsNew entry-18£36,368-
15NottinghamshireNew entry-17£36,529-
16NottinghamNew entry-16£37,125-
17RomseyNew entry-15£37,500-
17ManchesterUp+2415£34,133-7.43 %
18BuckinghamshireNew entry-14£35,000-
18WiltshireDown-214£46,500+43.07 %
18South WalesDown-1114£36,429-12.57 %
18WalesNo change014£36,429-12.57 %
19GlasgowNew entry-13£46,563-
19CardiffDown-413£37,115-11.46 %
20St AlbansNew entry-12£38,500-
21ReadingDown-710£41,875-18.68 %
21East YorkshireUp+1110£32,570-22.45 %
21EdinburghUp+2710£25,611-3.74 %
22West YorkshireDown-279£36,244-11.28 %
23SwindonNew entry-8£46,500-

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing J2SE 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 J2SE.

12023 (95.38 %)Java
21058 (49.88 %)J2EE
3826 (38.94 %)Finance
4670 (31.59 %)SQL
5595 (28.05 %)Spring
6557 (26.26 %)XML
7516 (24.33 %)Oracle
8505 (23.81 %)Swing
9502 (23.67 %)Hibernate
10475 (22.40 %)Unix
11431 (20.32 %)JDBC
12388 (18.29 %)Banking
13381 (17.96 %)JSP
14366 (17.26 %)UML
15322 (15.18 %)OO
16319 (15.04 %)WebLogic
17308 (14.52 %)Degree
18289 (13.63 %)JMS
19276 (13.01 %)JUnit
20271 (12.78 %)Linux
20271 (12.78 %)Front Office
21241 (11.36 %)Derivative
22240 (11.32 %)SQL Server
23239 (11.27 %)Struts
24235 (11.08 %)RDBMS
25228 (10.75 %)C++
26217 (10.23 %)Tomcat
27212 (9.995 %)Ant
28194 (9.147 %)Investment Banking
29193 (9.099 %)Agile Software Development

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing J2SE 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 J2SE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11058 (49.88 %)J2EE
2595 (28.05 %)Spring
3557 (26.26 %)XML
4505 (23.81 %)Swing
5502 (23.67 %)Hibernate
6431 (20.32 %)JDBC
7381 (17.96 %)JSP
8289 (13.63 %)JMS
9239 (11.27 %)Struts
10188 (8.864 %)Servlets
11182 (8.581 %)WebServices
12157 (7.402 %)HTML
13144 (6.789 %)WebSphere
14125 (5.893 %)EJB
15107 (5.045 %)CSS
1697 (4.573 %)Middleware
1793 (4.385 %)JMX
1891 (4.290 %)Java EE
1988 (4.149 %)XHTML
2084 (3.960 %).NET
Application Platforms
1319 (15.04 %)WebLogic
2217 (10.23 %)Tomcat
3163 (7.685 %)JBoss
457 (2.687 %)Apache
555 (2.593 %)MQSeries
620 (0.943 %)ESB
719 (0.896 %)WebSphere Application Server
816 (0.754 %)Oracle Application Server
914 (0.660 %)Rendezvous
1012 (0.566 %)TIBCO EMS
1111 (0.519 %)Oracle HTTP Server
128 (0.377 %)Oracle 9iAS
136 (0.283 %)WebSphere MQ
144 (0.189 %)MS Exchange
144 (0.189 %)ATG Dynamo
152 (0.094 %)WebLogic Portal
152 (0.094 %)CMS
152 (0.094 %)Oracle 10gAS
152 (0.094 %)GlassFish
152 (0.094 %)Mule
Applications
133 (1.556 %)MS Excel
25 (0.236 %)MS Visio
31 (0.047 %)MATLAB
Business Applications
114 (0.660 %)Fidessa
25 (0.236 %)RMDS
34 (0.189 %)Oracle 11i
42 (0.094 %)Oracle EBS
42 (0.094 %)Oracle Applications
42 (0.094 %)Retail-J
51 (0.047 %)MarketView
51 (0.047 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.047 %)SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
179 (3.725 %)Internet
248 (2.263 %)HTTP
315 (0.707 %)TCP/IP
47 (0.330 %)LDAP
56 (0.283 %)SMS
65 (0.236 %)WAN
65 (0.236 %)CTI
65 (0.236 %)LAN
74 (0.189 %)Firewall
83 (0.141 %)RTCP
83 (0.141 %)RTP
83 (0.141 %)Intranet
83 (0.141 %)HTTPS
92 (0.094 %)GPRS
92 (0.094 %)SMPP
92 (0.094 %)Wireless
92 (0.094 %)RTSP
101 (0.047 %)SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1240 (11.32 %)SQL Server
2235 (11.08 %)RDBMS
3101 (4.762 %)MySQL
475 (3.536 %)Oracle 10g
537 (1.744 %)DB2
619 (0.896 %)Oracle 9i
716 (0.754 %)Oracle 8/8i
815 (0.707 %)SQL Server 2000
911 (0.519 %)Informix
911 (0.519 %)PostgreSQL
108 (0.377 %)SQL Server 2005
108 (0.377 %)SQL Server 7
117 (0.330 %)Oracle OWB
126 (0.283 %)GIS
135 (0.236 %)KDB
135 (0.236 %)Datawarehouse
144 (0.189 %)Crystal Reports
144 (0.189 %)Oracle Reports
144 (0.189 %)TOAD
153 (0.141 %)SQLPlus
Development Applications
1276 (13.01 %)JUnit
2212 (9.995 %)Ant
3172 (8.109 %)Eclipse
458 (2.735 %)Subversion
545 (2.122 %)JBuilder
639 (1.839 %)JDeveloper
730 (1.414 %)Log4j
826 (1.226 %)ClearCase
923 (1.084 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1021 (0.990 %)Selenium
1119 (0.896 %)CruiseControl
1215 (0.707 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1314 (0.660 %)IntelliJ
1413 (0.613 %)Flash
1512 (0.566 %)PVCS
1611 (0.519 %)ClearQuest
178 (0.377 %)JIRA
178 (0.377 %)RequisitePro
185 (0.236 %)Borland Together
194 (0.189 %)WATIR
General
1826 (38.94 %)Finance
2388 (18.29 %)Banking
3271 (12.78 %)Front Office
4194 (9.147 %)Investment Banking
5104 (4.903 %)Games
681 (3.819 %)Education
756 (2.640 %)Government
851 (2.405 %)Telecoms
936 (1.697 %)Insurance
1033 (1.556 %)Marketing
1132 (1.509 %)Financial Institution
1225 (1.179 %)Health
1324 (1.132 %)Pharmaceutical
1324 (1.132 %)Pensions
1422 (1.037 %)Publishing
1520 (0.943 %)Retail
1617 (0.802 %)Billing
1714 (0.660 %)Browser Games
1813 (0.613 %)Mobile Games
1910 (0.471 %)Back Office
Job Titles
11743 (82.18 %)Developer
21477 (69.64 %)Java Developer
3282 (13.30 %)Senior Developer
4273 (12.87 %)Java/J2EE Developer
5241 (11.36 %)Senior Java Developer
6216 (10.18 %)J2EE Developer
7136 (6.412 %)Java Swing Developer
8104 (4.903 %)Programmer
999 (4.668 %)Architect
1093 (4.385 %)Software Developer
1093 (4.385 %)Team Leader
1185 (4.008 %)Java Programmer
1185 (4.008 %)Java Team Leader
1281 (3.819 %)Software Engineer
1379 (3.725 %)Analyst
1440 (1.886 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1538 (1.792 %)Java Architect
1538 (1.792 %)J2EE Team Leader
1538 (1.792 %)Junior
1538 (1.792 %)Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1241 (11.36 %)Derivative
2169 (7.968 %)Multithreading
3159 (7.496 %)Computer Science
4124 (5.846 %)Equities
5117 (5.516 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
693 (4.385 %)Mathematics
786 (4.055 %)Fixed Income
873 (3.442 %)Equity Derivative
956 (2.640 %)Credit Derivative
1052 (2.452 %)Spread Betting
1135 (1.650 %)Physics
1230 (1.414 %)Grid Computing
1325 (1.179 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1424 (1.132 %)N-Tier
1521 (0.990 %)Credit Risk
1618 (0.849 %)Data Integration
1618 (0.849 %)Mainframe
1716 (0.754 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1814 (0.660 %)Smartcard
1912 (0.566 %)Market Risk
Operating Systems
1475 (22.40 %)Unix
2271 (12.78 %)Linux
3133 (6.271 %)Windows
437 (1.744 %)Solaris
514 (0.660 %)Windows NT
613 (0.613 %)AIX
711 (0.519 %)Windows Mobile
89 (0.424 %)HPUX
97 (0.330 %)Windows 2000
106 (0.283 %)SUSE
112 (0.094 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1366 (17.26 %)UML
2322 (15.18 %)OO
3193 (9.099 %)Agile Software Development
4116 (5.469 %)Algorithmic Trading
5111 (5.233 %)SOA
691 (4.290 %)E-Commerce
784 (3.960 %)RUP
878 (3.678 %)Unit Testing
976 (3.583 %)OOD
1072 (3.395 %)MVC
1160 (2.829 %)OOA/OOD
1257 (2.687 %)Software Engineering
1356 (2.640 %)EAI
1448 (2.263 %)Scrum
1546 (2.169 %)Extreme Programming
1546 (2.169 %)Project Management
1546 (2.169 %)Electronic Trading
1640 (1.886 %)Web Development
1738 (1.792 %)TDD
1832 (1.509 %)Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
12023 (95.38 %)Java
2670 (31.59 %)SQL
3228 (10.75 %)C++
4175 (8.251 %)JavaScript
5165 (7.779 %)PL/SQL
6164 (7.732 %)C#
7101 (4.762 %)C
855 (2.593 %)Shell Script
927 (1.273 %)VB
1025 (1.179 %)Perl
1121 (0.990 %)Ruby
1220 (0.943 %)XPath
1318 (0.849 %)PHP
1415 (0.707 %)DHTML
1415 (0.707 %)Smalltalk
1514 (0.660 %)VBA
1611 (0.519 %)VB.NET
179 (0.424 %)ActionScript
186 (0.283 %)AWK
194 (0.189 %)PHP4
Qualifications
1308 (14.52 %)Degree
255 (2.593 %)Sun Certification
344 (2.074 %)PhD
48 (0.377 %)Microsoft Certification
48 (0.377 %)MCSE
48 (0.377 %)SCEA
52 (0.094 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
112 (0.566 %)QA
23 (0.141 %)HL7
23 (0.141 %)DICOM
32 (0.094 %)ISO9001
System Software
130 (1.414 %)AquaLogic
21 (0.047 %)Novell eDirectory
Vendors
1516 (24.33 %)Oracle
2151 (7.119 %)Sybase
3124 (5.846 %)BEA
460 (2.829 %)IBM
460 (2.829 %)Sun
543 (2.027 %)Microsoft
641 (1.933 %)TIBCO
720 (0.943 %)Borland
813 (0.613 %)Perforce
912 (0.566 %)Calypso
1010 (0.471 %)Portware
119 (0.424 %)Red Hat
128 (0.377 %)Tangosol
137 (0.330 %)Reuters
137 (0.330 %)HP
146 (0.283 %)Symbian
155 (0.236 %)Vignette
164 (0.189 %)ATG
164 (0.189 %)webMethods
173 (0.141 %)Citrix
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