The first table below looks at the demand for the Java/J2EE Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java/J2EE Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java J2EE Architect
Rank 201 181 166
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Java/J2EE Architect 3 5 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.061% 0.111% 0.147%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.115% 0.153%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 6
Average salary £87,000 £52,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+65.71% +5.00%
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+2.67% +1.81%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4729 4333 3922
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.88% 95.99% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3944 3788 3354
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java/J2EE Architect
England

Java/J2EE Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Architect across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Java/J2EE Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Java/J2EE Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Architect across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Java/J2EE Architect Salary Trend

Java/J2EE Architect
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Java/J2EE Architect 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 Java/J2EE Architect in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) J2EE
2 3 (60.00%) Spring
2 3 (60.00%) WebLogic
2 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (40.00%) Apache
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) MVC
4 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (20.00%) Spring MVC
4 1 (20.00%) jQuery
4 1 (20.00%) JUnit
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) RUP
4 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) REST

Java/J2EE Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Java/J2EE Architect 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 Java/J2EE Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) J2EE
2 3 (60.00%) Spring
3 1 (20.00%) Spring MVC
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
3 1 (20.00%) REST
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (40.00%) Apache
3 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JUnit
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) MVC
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) RUP
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle