J2EE Job Trends in Manchester

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring J2EE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 149 168
Rank change year-on-year +18 +19 +78
Permanent jobs citing J2EE 1 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.031% 0.12% 0.057%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.26% 0.51% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £61,375
25th Percentile £46,250 - £61,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £63,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £66,563
90th Percentile - - £67,125
North West median annual salary £47,500 - £63,750
% change year-on-year - - -5.56%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Manchester

J2EE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 388 587 978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 11.87% 23.05% 27.83%
Number of salaries quoted 329 357 814
10th Percentile £29,950 £41,400 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £84,989
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

J2EE
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing J2EE relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

J2EE job vacancy trend in Manchester

J2EE
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing J2EE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing J2EE

J2EE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) JBoss
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cognos
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) VMware