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This section looks at the demand for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE) 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 Java EE over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank572697
Rank change on same period last yearUp+125
Matching permanent IT job ads393329
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.207 %0.135 %
As % of the category below0.638 %0.428 %
Salaries quoted331268
Average minimum salary£43,154£43,321
Average salary£48,112£46,900
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Average maximum salary£53,070£50,479
UK excluding London average salary£42,181£43,419
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6155976866
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.50 %31.48 %
Salaries quoted5260762991
Average minimum salary£37,021£38,868
Average salary£40,612£42,676
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Average maximum salary£44,203£46,485
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£36,830
% change on same period last year-2.59 %

Java EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Java EE within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Java EE Demand Trend

Java EE
Salary Trend

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

Java EE Salary Trend

Java EE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java EE over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 within the UK.

Java EE Salary Histogram

Java EE
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java EE within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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
EnglandUp+101387£47,918+2.17 %
LondonUp+75220£53,163+8.76 %
South EastUp+5772£44,419-2.30 %
BerkshireUp+7550£45,500+2.15 %
South WestUp+3440£35,419-0.22 %
City of LondonDown-1033£55,152+1.77 %
BristolUp+621£34,000+4.61 %
West MidlandsUp+1121£40,000-
WarwickshireNew entry-20£40,000-
WiltshireNew entry-19£36,917-
HampshireDown-216£37,643+3.13 %
HammersmithUp+1316£44,375-19.31 %
BasingstokeDown-2410£35,000-
ChippenhamNew entry-10£38,500-
Leamington SpaNew entry-8£39,688-
East MidlandsUp+168£33,000-5.71 %
SwindonNew entry-7£35,000-
LeedsDown-106£41,250+5.31 %
YorkshireDown-326£41,250+2.19 %
HertfordshireNew entry-6£64,167-
West YorkshireDown-116£41,250+3.12 %
East of EnglandNew entry-6£64,167-
BuckinghamshireUp+185£48,500-2.02 %
LeicestershireNew entry-5£35,000-
Tyne and WearDown-45--
North EastDown-45--
LeicesterNew entry-5£35,000-
Newcastle Upon TyneDown-15--
ManchesterUp+323£35,000-26.31 %
DerbyNew entry-3£31,000-

Java EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Java EE 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 Java EE.

1840 (97.79 %)Java
2508 (59.14 %)Spring
3470 (54.71 %)J2EE
4422 (49.13 %)Hibernate
5342 (39.81 %)XML
6317 (36.90 %)Finance
7284 (33.06 %)SQL
8251 (29.22 %)Oracle
8251 (29.22 %)AJAX
9243 (28.29 %)WebLogic
10213 (24.80 %)Degree
11206 (23.98 %)Agile Software Development
11206 (23.98 %)JavaScript
12204 (23.75 %)OO
13187 (21.77 %)Linux
14180 (20.95 %)Ant
15174 (20.26 %)UML
16170 (19.79 %)WebServices
17165 (19.21 %)JMS
18147 (17.11 %)JSF
19144 (16.76 %)RDBMS
20137 (15.95 %)HTML
21134 (15.60 %)TDD
22131 (15.25 %)Java SE
22131 (15.25 %)JBoss
23126 (14.67 %)PL/SQL
24123 (14.32 %)UNIX
25120 (13.97 %)SQL Server
26117 (13.62 %).NET
27115 (13.39 %)JSP

Java EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Java EE 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 Java EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1508 (59.14 %)Spring
2470 (54.71 %)J2EE
3422 (49.13 %)Hibernate
4342 (39.81 %)XML
5251 (29.22 %)AJAX
6170 (19.79 %)WebServices
7165 (19.21 %)JMS
8147 (17.11 %)JSF
9137 (15.95 %)HTML
10131 (15.25 %)Java SE
11117 (13.62 %).NET
12115 (13.39 %)JSP
13100 (11.64 %)EJB
1495 (11.06 %)JDBC
1584 (9.779 %)WebSphere
1681 (9.430 %)Struts
1779 (9.197 %)CSS
1871 (8.265 %)Servlets
1970 (8.149 %)J2SE
2058 (6.752 %)JPA
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1243 (28.29 %)WebLogic
2131 (15.25 %)JBoss
365 (7.567 %)Tomcat
453 (6.170 %)Apache
546 (5.355 %)MQSeries
641 (4.773 %)Resin
729 (3.376 %)IIS
828 (3.260 %)Jetty
918 (2.095 %)WebLogic Portal
1014 (1.630 %)SharePoint
1111 (1.281 %)WebSphere Application Server
1210 (1.164 %)ESB
137 (0.815 %)SharePoint Server 2007
146 (0.698 %)Oracle Workflow
146 (0.698 %)IBM HTTP Server
155 (0.582 %)TeamSite
164 (0.466 %)CICS
173 (0.349 %)BizTalk Server
173 (0.349 %)WebLogic Integration
182 (0.233 %)ArcGIS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (1.630 %)MS Visio
27 (0.815 %)MS Office
27 (0.815 %)MS Excel
31 (0.116 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
121 (2.445 %)Navision
121 (2.445 %)Oracle Applications
24 (0.466 %)Oracle EBS
33 (0.349 %)SAP Oil and Gas
42 (0.233 %)SAP ERP
42 (0.233 %)SAP HR
51 (0.116 %)BusinessWorks
51 (0.116 %)Summit
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (4.191 %)Internet
230 (3.492 %)HTTP
323 (2.678 %)SSL
47 (0.815 %)Intranet
56 (0.698 %)LDAP
61 (0.116 %)HTTPS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1144 (16.76 %)RDBMS
2120 (13.97 %)SQL Server
3100 (11.64 %)MySQL
469 (8.033 %)Oracle 10g
561 (7.101 %)DB2
660 (6.985 %)SQL Server 2000
753 (6.170 %)Oracle 9i
818 (2.095 %)SQL Server 2005
98 (0.931 %)SQL Server 7
107 (0.815 %)ETL
107 (0.815 %)SQL Server Integration Services
114 (0.466 %)GIS
123 (0.349 %)Datawarehouse
132 (0.233 %)OLAP
132 (0.233 %)PostgreSQL
132 (0.233 %)SAP BW
132 (0.233 %)Star Schema
132 (0.233 %)Oracle OLAP
141 (0.116 %)Data Cleansing
141 (0.116 %)Oracle Reports
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1180 (20.95 %)Ant
285 (9.895 %)JUnit
377 (8.964 %)Eclipse
474 (8.615 %)Subversion
538 (4.424 %)IntelliJ
637 (4.307 %)Selenium
637 (4.307 %)FitNesse
717 (1.979 %)XDoclet
88 (0.931 %)HttpUnit
95 (0.582 %)ClearCase
95 (0.582 %)Visual Studio
102 (0.233 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
111 (0.116 %)Rational Rose
111 (0.116 %)ClearQuest
111 (0.116 %)Oracle Forms
111 (0.116 %)Flash
111 (0.116 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1317 (36.90 %)Finance
2100 (11.64 %)Education
365 (7.567 %)Banking
439 (4.540 %)Investment Banking
528 (3.260 %)Games
623 (2.678 %)Pensions
720 (2.328 %)Government
817 (1.979 %)Construction
817 (1.979 %)Insurance
914 (1.630 %)Front Office
1011 (1.281 %)Online Games
118 (0.931 %)Retail
127 (0.815 %)Manufacturing
136 (0.698 %)Health
145 (0.582 %)Telecoms
153 (0.349 %)Financial Institution
153 (0.349 %)Music
162 (0.233 %)Billing
162 (0.233 %)Local Government
171 (0.116 %)Online Gambling
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1649 (75.55 %)Developer
2503 (58.56 %)Java Developer
3165 (19.21 %)Java/J2EE Developer
4151 (17.58 %)Senior Developer
5131 (15.25 %)Senior Java Developer
6110 (12.81 %)J2EE Developer
789 (10.36 %)Software Developer
876 (8.847 %)Architect
965 (7.567 %)Java Software Developer
1051 (5.937 %)Senior Java Software Developer
1051 (5.937 %)Consultant
1051 (5.937 %)Team Leader
1051 (5.937 %)Senior Software Developer
1148 (5.588 %)Java Architect
1242 (4.889 %)Java Team Leader
1334 (3.958 %)Senior J2EE Developer
1432 (3.725 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1531 (3.609 %)Technical Architect
1629 (3.376 %)Web Developer
1727 (3.143 %)Applications Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
167 (7.800 %)Web 2.0
245 (5.239 %)Derivative
344 (5.122 %)Computer Science
420 (2.328 %)Spread Betting
514 (1.630 %)Fixed Income
612 (1.397 %)Equities
78 (0.931 %)N-Tier
87 (0.815 %)Management Information System
95 (0.582 %)Replication
95 (0.582 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
95 (0.582 %)Mathematics
104 (0.466 %)W3C
104 (0.466 %)Mainframe
104 (0.466 %)AS400
104 (0.466 %)German Language
104 (0.466 %)RIA
113 (0.349 %)Credit Derivative
122 (0.233 %)Equity Derivative
122 (0.233 %)Client/Server
122 (0.233 %)Japanese Language
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1187 (21.77 %)Linux
2123 (14.32 %)UNIX
346 (5.355 %)Windows
417 (1.979 %)Windows NT
516 (1.863 %)Solaris
69 (1.048 %)AIX
73 (0.349 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.233 %)FreeBSD
82 (0.233 %)SUSE
82 (0.233 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1206 (23.98 %)Agile Software Development
2204 (23.75 %)OO
3174 (20.26 %)UML
4134 (15.60 %)TDD
591 (10.59 %)E-Commerce
674 (8.615 %)Continuous Integration
766 (7.683 %)SOA
836 (4.191 %)Web Development
932 (3.725 %)Web Design
932 (3.725 %)Software Engineering
1029 (3.376 %)Scrum
1125 (2.910 %)Configuration Management
1224 (2.794 %)Content Management
1224 (2.794 %)Security Cleared
1323 (2.678 %)ERP
1420 (2.328 %)RUP
1519 (2.212 %)CRM
1519 (2.212 %)Unit Testing
1617 (1.979 %)Workflow
1715 (1.746 %)System Testing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1840 (97.79 %)Java
2284 (33.06 %)SQL
3206 (23.98 %)JavaScript
4126 (14.67 %)PL/SQL
559 (6.868 %)XPath
653 (6.170 %)C#
739 (4.540 %)Shell Script
837 (4.307 %)C++
923 (2.678 %)C
923 (2.678 %)XQuery
109 (1.048 %)PHP
118 (0.931 %)Ruby
127 (0.815 %)Perl
134 (0.466 %)COBOL
134 (0.466 %)Groovy
143 (0.349 %)Jython
143 (0.349 %)VB
152 (0.233 %)ActionScript
152 (0.233 %)Transact-SQL
152 (0.233 %)DHTML
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1213 (24.80 %)Degree
222 (2.561 %)Sun Certification
37 (0.815 %)SCWCD
44 (0.466 %)SCBCD
44 (0.466 %)SCJP
44 (0.466 %)SCJA
53 (0.349 %)CITP
53 (0.349 %)MBCS
62 (0.233 %)SCJD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (1.513 %)QA
23 (0.349 %)SLA
31 (0.116 %)GAMP
31 (0.116 %)GxP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (1.397 %)AquaLogic
22 (0.233 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (1.048 %)Tivoli
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1251 (29.22 %)Oracle
269 (8.033 %)BEA
334 (3.958 %)Sun
427 (3.143 %)SAP
521 (2.445 %)IBM
618 (2.095 %)Microsoft
79 (1.048 %)Sybase
87 (0.815 %)Red Hat
95 (0.582 %)Symbian
104 (0.466 %)TIBCO
104 (0.466 %)Mercator
104 (0.466 %)Adobe
104 (0.466 %)Infragistics
113 (0.349 %)BMC
113 (0.349 %)NetApp
113 (0.349 %)HP
113 (0.349 %)EMC
122 (0.233 %)Interwoven
122 (0.233 %)ESRI
122 (0.233 %)FatWire
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