West Midlands JSF Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for JavaServer Faces (JSF) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited JSF over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

JavaServer Faces (JSF)
Location Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Crewe Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Egham England Essex Glasgow Goole Halesowen Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Hull Leamington Spa Leeds Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Newbury North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Reading Romsey Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Helens Surrey Swansea Swindon UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	204	211
Rank change on same period last year	+7
Matching permanent IT job ads	18	13
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.010 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.683 %	0.499 %
Salaries quoted	15	13
Average minimum salary	£36,543	£34,077
Average salary	£40,355	£35,808
% change on same period last year	+12.69 %
Average maximum salary	£44,167	£37,538
UK excluding London average salary	£39,932	£39,012
% change on same period last year	+2.35 %
Application Development West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads	2637	2604
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.459 %	1.092 %
Salaries quoted	2357	2343
Average minimum salary	£29,947	£29,940
Average salary	£32,519	£32,682
% change on same period last year	-0.49 %
Average maximum salary	£35,092	£35,425
UK excluding London average salary	£35,934	£36,795
% change on same period last year	-2.33 %
JSF England

JSF
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing JSF across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

JSF
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing JSF across the West Midlands region.

JSF
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing JSF across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

JSF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JSF within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Warwickshire	+8	12	£39,464	+4.08 %
Birmingham	+6	2	£40,195	+37.02 %
Herefordshire	-	2	£50,000	-
Halesowen	-	1	£43,500	-
Worcestershire	-	1	-	-

JSF England

JSF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing JSF 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 JSF.

1 78 (92.86 %) Java 2 72 (85.71 %) Spring 3 69 (82.14 %) XML 4 66 (78.57 %) XPath 5 60 (71.43 %) Linux 6 54 (64.29 %) JavaScript 7 53 (63.10 %) Hibernate 8 50 (59.52 %) Java SE 9 46 (54.76 %) Finance 10 45 (53.57 %) Java EE 10 45 (53.57 %) JPA 11 43 (51.19 %) HTML 12 26 (30.95 %) Struts 13 25 (29.76 %) Construction 14 24 (28.57 %) XQuery

15 21 (25.00 %) J2EE 16 17 (20.24 %) UML 17 16 (19.05 %) Degree 18 13 (15.48 %) WebSphere 19 10 (11.90 %) SOA 20 9 (10.71 %) OO 20 9 (10.71 %) Oracle 21 8 (9.524 %) WebServices 22 7 (8.333 %) DHTML 23 6 (7.143 %) C# 23 6 (7.143 %) .NET 23 6 (7.143 %) SQL Server 23 6 (7.143 %) ASP.NET 24 5 (5.952 %) JSP 24 5 (5.952 %) Servlets

JSF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing JSF 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 JSF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 72 (85.71 %) Spring 2 69 (82.14 %) XML 3 53 (63.10 %) Hibernate 4 50 (59.52 %) Java SE 5 45 (53.57 %) Java EE 5 45 (53.57 %) JPA 6 43 (51.19 %) HTML 7 26 (30.95 %) Struts 8 21 (25.00 %) J2EE 9 13 (15.48 %) WebSphere 10 8 (9.524 %) WebServices 11 6 (7.143 %) ASP.NET 11 6 (7.143 %) .NET 12 5 (5.952 %) JSP 12 5 (5.952 %) Servlets 12 5 (5.952 %) .NET Framework 13 3 (3.571 %) EJB 14 2 (2.381 %) XSLT 14 2 (2.381 %) J2SE 15 1 (1.190 %) MVC	Application Platforms 1 4 (4.762 %) WebLogic 1 4 (4.762 %) JBoss 1 4 (4.762 %) Tomcat 2 3 (3.571 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 2 (2.381 %) WebSphere MQ 4 1 (1.190 %) Oracle Application Server
Applications 1 2 (2.381 %) MS Excel	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (7.143 %) SQL Server 2 2 (2.381 %) SQL Server 2000 2 2 (2.381 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (1.190 %) RDBMS 3 1 (1.190 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 2 (2.381 %) JUnit 1 2 (2.381 %) JDeveloper 2 1 (1.190 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 46 (54.76 %) Finance 2 25 (29.76 %) Construction 3 5 (5.952 %) Pensions 4 1 (1.190 %) Education 4 1 (1.190 %) Advertising 4 1 (1.190 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 44 (52.38 %) Team Leader 1 44 (52.38 %) Java Team Leader 2 38 (45.24 %) Developer 3 30 (35.71 %) Java Developer 4 9 (10.71 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 8 (9.524 %) J2EE Developer 6 6 (7.143 %) .NET Developer 6 6 (7.143 %) Senior Developer 7 5 (5.952 %) Senior J2EE Developer 8 3 (3.571 %) Java Consultant 8 3 (3.571 %) Consultant 8 3 (3.571 %) Architect 8 3 (3.571 %) J2EE Architect 8 3 (3.571 %) Java Architect 8 3 (3.571 %) CRM Consultant 8 3 (3.571 %) J2EE Consultant 8 3 (3.571 %) Chordiant Consultant 9 2 (2.381 %) WebSphere Developer 9 2 (2.381 %) Administrator 9 2 (2.381 %) Oracle Developer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.190 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 60 (71.43 %) Linux 2 2 (2.381 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (20.24 %) UML 2 10 (11.90 %) SOA 3 9 (10.71 %) OO 4 4 (4.762 %) Project Management 4 4 (4.762 %) Web Development 4 4 (4.762 %) E-Commerce 5 3 (3.571 %) CRM 5 3 (3.571 %) OOP 6 1 (1.190 %) Service Delivery 6 1 (1.190 %) BPEL 6 1 (1.190 %) EAI 6 1 (1.190 %) Unit Testing 6 1 (1.190 %) SC Cleared 6 1 (1.190 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 78 (92.86 %) Java 2 66 (78.57 %) XPath 3 54 (64.29 %) JavaScript 4 24 (28.57 %) XQuery 5 7 (8.333 %) DHTML 6 6 (7.143 %) C# 7 4 (4.762 %) SQL 8 1 (1.190 %) C 8 1 (1.190 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 16 (19.05 %) Degree
Systems Management 1 2 (2.381 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 9 (10.71 %) Oracle 2 3 (3.571 %) Chordiant