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The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the Wiltshire region 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 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank104121
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching permanent IT job ads85
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.394 %0.681 %
Salaries quoted85
Average minimum salary£28,000£21,000
Average salary£29,500£30,500
% change on same period last year-3.27 %
Average maximum salary£31,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,667£39,324
% change on same period last year-4.21 %
Wiltshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Wiltshire
Matching permanent IT job ads574734
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.327 %
Salaries quoted538635
Average minimum salary£30,783£31,856
Average salary£33,862£34,363
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Average maximum salary£36,941£36,869
UK excluding London average salary£36,023£36,564
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
J2SE South WestJ2SE
South West

J2SE
Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire J2SE Demand Trend

J2SE
Salary Trend

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

Wiltshire J2SE Salary Trend

J2SE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2SE across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Wiltshire J2SE Salary Histogram

J2SE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
SalisburyNew entry-5£27,700-
J2SE South WestJ2SE
South West

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Wiltshire region citing J2SE 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 J2SE.

18 (100.00 %)Java
18 (100.00 %)J2EE
27 (87.50 %)SQL
36 (75.00 %)JSP
36 (75.00 %)XML
44 (50.00 %)Servlets
44 (50.00 %)MySQL
44 (50.00 %)Grails
53 (37.50 %)Groovy
62 (25.00 %)Ruby
62 (25.00 %)Spring
62 (25.00 %)Smalltalk
62 (25.00 %)Hibernate
62 (25.00 %)OOA/OOD
62 (25.00 %)OO
62 (25.00 %)Python
71 (12.50 %)OOD
71 (12.50 %)Quality Management
71 (12.50 %)Finance
71 (12.50 %)Games
71 (12.50 %)JavaScript
71 (12.50 %)Perl
71 (12.50 %)Windows
71 (12.50 %)Linux
71 (12.50 %)NetBeans
71 (12.50 %)Software Engineering
71 (12.50 %)Subversion
71 (12.50 %)AJAX
71 (12.50 %)Web 2.0
71 (12.50 %)Degree

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Wiltshire region citing J2SE 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 J2SE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wiltshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (100.00 %)J2EE
26 (75.00 %)JSP
26 (75.00 %)XML
34 (50.00 %)Servlets
34 (50.00 %)Grails
42 (25.00 %)Spring
42 (25.00 %)Hibernate
51 (12.50 %)NetBeans
51 (12.50 %)AJAX
Wiltshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (50.00 %)MySQL
Wiltshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)Subversion
Wiltshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Finance
11 (12.50 %)Games
Wiltshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
14 (50.00 %)Developer
14 (50.00 %)Java Developer
22 (25.00 %)Java Software Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Wiltshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Web 2.0
11 (12.50 %)Computer Science
11 (12.50 %)French Language
Wiltshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)Windows
11 (12.50 %)Linux
Wiltshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)OOA/OOD
12 (25.00 %)OO
21 (12.50 %)OOD
21 (12.50 %)Quality Management
21 (12.50 %)Software Engineering
Wiltshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)Java
27 (87.50 %)SQL
33 (37.50 %)Groovy
42 (25.00 %)Python
42 (25.00 %)Smalltalk
42 (25.00 %)Ruby
51 (12.50 %)JavaScript
51 (12.50 %)Perl
Wiltshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Degree