The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Java/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 Senior Java/J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Java J2EE Developer
Rank 783 715 699
Rank change year-on-year
-68 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java/J2EE Developer 77 173 172
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.071% 0.143% 0.141%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.151% 0.150%
Number of salaries quoted 74 168 154
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £42,000 £39,650
10% offered a salary of more than £59,250 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-10.52% +5.55%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
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%

Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Java/J2EE Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Salary Trend

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

Senior Java/J2EE Developer Salary Trend

Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Java/J2EE Developer over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior Java/J2EE Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Java/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 Senior Java/J2EE Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 -86 77 £50,000 -
London -14 45 £52,500 -
City of London +5 14 £46,000 +2.22%
South East -25 9 £55,000 +10.00%
North West -12 8 £42,750 +11.03%
Manchester -12 7 £43,000 +21.12%
Surrey +10 5 £55,000 -
South West +1 4 £41,500 -14.87%
Northamptonshire 0 4 £42,000 -20.00%
East Midlands -3 4 £42,000 -20.00%
Northampton -4 4 £42,000 -20.00%
East of England +3 3 £47,500 +11.76%
Bristol -8 3 £42,000 -13.84%
Yorkshire -10 3 £35,000 -22.22%
Cambridgeshire +6 2 £47,500 +13.09%
Berkshire +3 2 £45,250 -17.72%
Reading -4 2 £45,250 -17.72%
Hampshire -7 2 £47,500 +7.95%
North Yorkshire - 2 £38,750 -
Ealing - 2 £60,000 -
Huntingdon - 2 £47,500 -
Cheshire +9 1 £42,500 -15.00%
Southampton +2 1 £47,500 +35.23%
West Midlands -38 1 £42,500 -10.52%
Hertfordshire - 1 £50,000 -
Dorset - 1 £35,000 -
York - 1 £35,000 -
Winchester - 1 £47,500 -
Poole - 1 £35,000 -
Chester - 1 £42,500 -

Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Java/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 Senior Java/J2EE Developer in their job title.

1 234 (100.00%) Java
1 234 (100.00%) J2EE
2 141 (60.26%) Spring
3 130 (55.56%) Hibernate
4 88 (37.61%) SQL
5 79 (33.76%) Agile Software Development
6 78 (33.33%) JavaScript
7 71 (30.34%) Oracle
8 66 (28.21%) TDD
9 64 (27.35%) OO
10 60 (25.64%) XML
11 54 (23.08%) CSS
11 54 (23.08%) JSP
12 53 (22.65%) Web Services
13 50 (21.37%) JBoss
13 50 (21.37%) Linux
14 49 (20.94%) HTML
15 45 (19.23%) Scrum
16 44 (18.80%) Degree
17 43 (18.38%) jQuery
17 43 (18.38%) Ajax
18 40 (17.09%) Servlets
19 38 (16.24%) JUnit
19 38 (16.24%) Tomcat
19 38 (16.24%) Maven
20 37 (15.81%) UNIX
21 35 (14.96%) SOAP
21 35 (14.96%) Finance
21 35 (14.96%) Java EE
22 34 (14.53%) JPA

Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Java/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 Senior Java/J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 234 (100.00%) J2EE
2 141 (60.26%) Spring
3 130 (55.56%) Hibernate
4 60 (25.64%) XML
5 54 (23.08%) CSS
5 54 (23.08%) JSP
6 53 (22.65%) Web Services
7 49 (20.94%) HTML
8 43 (18.38%) jQuery
8 43 (18.38%) Ajax
9 40 (17.09%) Servlets
10 35 (14.96%) SOAP
10 35 (14.96%) Java EE
11 34 (14.53%) JPA
12 32 (13.68%) Struts
13 25 (10.68%) EJB
14 24 (10.26%) .NET
15 19 (8.120%) REST
16 18 (7.692%) RESTful
16 18 (7.692%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 38 (16.24%) Tomcat
2 34 (14.53%) Apache
3 26 (11.11%) WebLogic
4 9 (3.846%) GlassFish
5 5 (2.137%) CMS
5 5 (2.137%) WebSphere Application Server
6 4 (1.709%) Confluence
6 4 (1.709%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.709%) Apache Solr
6 4 (1.709%) IIS
7 2 (0.855%) LiveCycle
7 2 (0.855%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.855%) ESB
7 2 (0.855%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (0.427%) TIBCO EMS
8 1 (0.427%) Jetty
8 1 (0.427%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (0.427%) nginx
8 1 (0.427%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 4 (1.709%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.855%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.709%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.564%) HTTP
1 6 (2.564%) SNMP
1 6 (2.564%) Internet
2 4 (1.709%) BSS
3 3 (1.282%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.855%) LDAP
4 2 (0.855%) TELNET
5 1 (0.427%) X.500
5 1 (0.427%) DNS
5 1 (0.427%) SMTP
5 1 (0.427%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (14.53%) MySQL
2 31 (13.25%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.410%) RDBMS
4 13 (5.556%) Hadoop
4 13 (5.556%) Big Data
5 11 (4.701%) Data Mining
5 11 (4.701%) NoSQL
6 10 (4.274%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.709%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (1.709%) DB2
7 4 (1.709%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (1.282%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.855%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.855%) Oracle 11g
10 1 (0.427%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.427%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (16.24%) JUnit
1 38 (16.24%) Maven
2 17 (7.265%) Ant
3 13 (5.556%) Eclipse
4 12 (5.128%) Selenium
5 10 (4.274%) Git (software)
5 10 (4.274%) Subversion
5 10 (4.274%) JIRA
6 8 (3.419%) Jenkins
7 6 (2.564%) TeamCity
7 6 (2.564%) CruiseControl
8 4 (1.709%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.709%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (1.709%) FitNesse
9 2 (0.855%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.855%) Hudson
9 2 (0.855%) Mercurial
9 2 (0.855%) TestNG
9 2 (0.855%) MyEclipse
9 2 (0.855%) PowerBuilder
General
1 35 (14.96%) Finance
2 15 (6.410%) Games
3 13 (5.556%) Banking
4 11 (4.701%) Investment Banking
4 11 (4.701%) Telecoms
5 8 (3.419%) Retail
6 4 (1.709%) Publishing
7 3 (1.282%) Interactive Media
7 3 (1.282%) Advertising
8 1 (0.427%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.838%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (6.410%) Open Source
2 15 (6.410%) SaaS
3 12 (5.128%) Computer Science
4 10 (4.274%) Online Games
5 7 (2.991%) N-Tier
5 7 (2.991%) iPhone
6 6 (2.564%) Video on Demand
6 6 (2.564%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.709%) Inversion of Control
8 3 (1.282%) Clustering
8 3 (1.282%) Mathematics
8 3 (1.282%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.282%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.855%) Social Media
10 1 (0.427%) Derivative
10 1 (0.427%) Statistics
10 1 (0.427%) PKI
10 1 (0.427%) Web 2.0
10 1 (0.427%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 50 (21.37%) Linux
2 37 (15.81%) UNIX
3 12 (5.128%) Windows
4 10 (4.274%) Android
5 3 (1.282%) Solaris
5 3 (1.282%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.855%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.427%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (33.76%) Agile Software Development
2 66 (28.21%) TDD
3 64 (27.35%) OO
4 45 (19.23%) Scrum
5 30 (12.82%) E-Commerce
5 30 (12.82%) MVC
6 27 (11.54%) UML
7 26 (11.11%) SOA
8 22 (9.402%) Continuous Integration
9 18 (7.692%) Web Application Development
9 18 (7.692%) BDD
10 13 (5.556%) OOD
11 11 (4.701%) Web Development
11 11 (4.701%) Data Modelling
12 10 (4.274%) Project Management
12 10 (4.274%) Unit Testing
13 9 (3.846%) OOP
13 9 (3.846%) OOA/OOD
13 9 (3.846%) Dependency Injection
14 8 (3.419%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 234 (100.00%) Java
2 88 (37.61%) SQL
3 78 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 14 (5.983%) Ruby
5 11 (4.701%) C#
6 10 (4.274%) PHP
7 9 (3.846%) Perl
8 6 (2.564%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.137%) JPQL
10 4 (1.709%) Scala
10 4 (1.709%) C++
10 4 (1.709%) ActionScript
10 4 (1.709%) Python
10 4 (1.709%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.282%) Groovy
11 3 (1.282%) VB
11 3 (1.282%) Bash shell
12 2 (0.855%) XQuery
12 2 (0.855%) Korn
13 1 (0.427%) XPath
Qualifications
1 44 (18.80%) Degree
2 4 (1.709%) HND
3 1 (0.427%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.419%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.137%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.427%) NFS
2 1 (0.427%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 4 (1.709%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.427%) Nagios
2 1 (0.427%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 71 (30.34%) Oracle
2 50 (21.37%) JBoss
3 9 (3.846%) Google
3 9 (3.846%) IBM
4 5 (2.137%) VMware
4 5 (2.137%) TIBCO
5 4 (1.709%) SAP
5 4 (1.709%) Sybase
5 4 (1.709%) Microsoft
6 3 (1.282%) BEA
6 3 (1.282%) Terracotta
6 3 (1.282%) Facebook
6 3 (1.282%) Twitter
7 2 (0.855%) Salesforce.com
7 2 (0.855%) Adobe
8 1 (0.427%) Remedy
8 1 (0.427%) Sony
8 1 (0.427%) ATG
8 1 (0.427%) Chordiant
8 1 (0.427%) Cisco
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
South West London
Technical skills: Java development, JEE server side development with knowledge of EJB3.0 and JBoss, RDBMS high volume preferably MySQL, Some of the above preferably gained in the...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000-60,000
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
The successful Senior Java Developer (J2EE) will have a deep background in Java application development and experience operating in an agile environment. Sitting in an extensive internal technical...
Pentasia Ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 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, 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
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
London
Then this Senior Java Developer (J2EE, Agile, TDD) role is for you!... Agile environment... Strong web skills (JavaScript, JQuery) and knowledge of relational databases (Oracle, SQL) are also...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 17 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
London
Our client is an extremely successful technology company delivering Business Intelligence Software as a Service (SAAS). Due to rapid growth, they are seeking a resourceful, bright and experienced...
Opilio Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - 70000 Per Annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leicester, East Midlands
Java Developer, Java Programmer, Spring, Struts, Eclipse, IDE, JBuilder, J2EE, Netbeans, Tomcat, JSP... Technical environment: Java, J2EE/JEE, WEB, Spring, Struts, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Groovy and Grails To...
Salary: £42000 - £50000 per annum + Pension,
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
Java Developer, Java Programmer, Spring, Struts, Eclipse, IDE, JBuilder, J2EE, Netbeans, Tomcat, JSP. JEE, Oracle, Flex, Web Services, API - East Midlands 45-50K... Technical environment: Java, J2EE/JEE,...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £42000 - £50000 per annum + Pension,
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
You will work in predominately server side development and is based upon standard J2EE technologies, with applications deployed into Jboss and BEA WebLogic application servers... Skills required Java...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 55,000
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
You will get to work on exciting green field projects and loads of cutting edge and open source technologies. This is a role for a passionate agile java...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + Great Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Central London / West End
in your spare time The Senior Agile Java Developer / Software Engineer (J2EE, Big Data) will have exceptional communication skills and a genuine passion for learning new technologies... degree...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + bonus + pension
Posted: 15 May 2013