Java/J2EE Developer Jobs

The median annual salary for a Java/J2EE Developer was £45,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Java J2EE Developer UK
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	763	755	642
Rank change year-on-year	-8	-113
Permanent jobs requiring a Java/J2EE Developer	111	180	338
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.12%	0.18%	0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.13%	0.19%	0.32%
Number of salaries quoted	120	165	322
Median salary	£45,000	£50,000	£47,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-10.00%	+5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than	£24,000	£33,000	£32,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£62,500	£77,500	£65,225
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£47,500	£46,500
% change year-on-year	-5.26%	+2.15%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles UK
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	85316	94967	105722
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	95.94%	96.52%	96.57%
Number of salaries quoted	284135	352965	396755
Median salary	£47,000	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-1.05%	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£26,250	£26,250	£25,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£76,250	£72,500	£75,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+3.65%	+2.50%

Java/J2EE Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Java/J2EE Developer in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Java/J2EE Developer in the UK

Java/J2EE Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Java/J2EE Developer in the UK

Java/J2EE Developer
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Java/J2EE Developer in the UK

Java/J2EE Developer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-15	107	£45,000	-10.00%	20
UK excluding London	0	70	£45,000	-5.26%	17
London	-5	38	£55,000	-18.51%	3
South East	+28	21	£45,000	-	1
North of England	+3	19	£45,000	+12.50%	9
Midlands	+21	14	£40,000	-20.00%	4
East of England	-31	14	£47,500	-5.00%	2
South West	+1	12	£24,250	-44.88%	1
Scotland	+17	1	£60,000	+20.00%

Java/J2EE Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, Java/J2EE Developer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads featuring Java/J2EE Developer in the job title.

1	264 (100.00%)	Java
1	264 (100.00%)	J2EE
2	174 (65.91%)	Spring
3	156 (59.09%)	Agile Software Development
4	143 (54.17%)	Hibernate
5	112 (42.42%)	JavaScript
6	99 (37.50%)	HTML
7	92 (34.85%)	SQL
8	87 (32.95%)	TDD
9	81 (30.68%)	XML
10	72 (27.27%)	CSS
11	69 (26.14%)	Oracle
12	62 (23.48%)	JSP
13	61 (23.11%)	Scrum
14	60 (22.73%)	Maven

15	57 (21.59%)	OO
16	56 (21.21%)	SDLC
17	48 (18.18%)	Web Services
18	45 (17.05%)	JDBC
18	45 (17.05%)	Relational Database
19	44 (16.67%)	NoSQL
19	44 (16.67%)	Degree
20	43 (16.29%)	Software Engineering
21	42 (15.91%)	JPA
22	41 (15.53%)	Computer Science
22	41 (15.53%)	JUnit
23	39 (14.77%)	E-Commerce
23	39 (14.77%)	REST
23	39 (14.77%)	AngularJS
24	38 (14.39%)	JMS

Java/J2EE Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	34 (12.88%)	JBoss
2	28 (10.61%)	WebLogic
3	27 (10.23%)	WebSphere
4	24 (9.09%)	Tomcat
5	10 (3.79%)	Apache
6	8 (3.03%)	GlassFish
7	6 (2.27%)	Confluence
7	6 (2.27%)	WildFly
8	4 (1.52%)	Jetty
9	3 (1.14%)	Apache Geronimo
9	3 (1.14%)	Apache Pig
9	3 (1.14%)	Apache Spark
10	2 (0.76%)	Elasticsearch
10	2 (0.76%)	Oracle SOA Suite
11	1 (0.38%)	Alfresco
11	1 (0.38%)	Apache Solr
11	1 (0.38%)	Drupal
11	1 (0.38%)	IBM Notes
11	1 (0.38%)	WebLogic Portal
11	1 (0.38%)	WebSphere Application Server

Applications
1	3 (1.14%)	Weka

Cloud Services
1	5 (1.89%)	Amazon AWS
2	2 (0.76%)	Cloud Computing
3	1 (0.38%)	Amazon EC2
3	1 (0.38%)	AWS Lambda
3	1 (0.38%)	GitHub
3	1 (0.38%)	Microsoft Azure
3	1 (0.38%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	6 (2.27%)	SSH
2	2 (0.76%)	HTTP
2	2 (0.76%)	IMAP
2	2 (0.76%)	LDAP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	45 (17.05%)	Relational Database
2	44 (16.67%)	NoSQL
3	36 (13.64%)	SQL Server
4	32 (12.12%)	RDBMS
5	25 (9.47%)	MySQL
6	19 (7.20%)	MongoDB
7	17 (6.44%)	PostgreSQL
8	15 (5.68%)	Oracle Database
9	13 (4.92%)	Data Mining
10	12 (4.55%)	Neo4j
11	7 (2.65%)	Big Data
12	5 (1.89%)	Hadoop
13	4 (1.52%)	Blockchain
14	3 (1.14%)	Apache Hive
14	3 (1.14%)	CouchDB
14	3 (1.14%)	Mahout
14	3 (1.14%)	Sqoop
15	2 (0.76%)	Apache Cassandra
15	2 (0.76%)	SQLite
16	1 (0.38%)	SQL Server 2008

Development Applications
1	60 (22.73%)	Maven
2	41 (15.53%)	JUnit
3	36 (13.64%)	Git (software)
4	27 (10.23%)	Subversion
5	26 (9.85%)	Ant
6	21 (7.95%)	Gradle
7	20 (7.58%)	JIRA
8	19 (7.20%)	Eclipse
9	12 (4.55%)	Atlassian Bamboo
10	11 (4.17%)	Jenkins
11	10 (3.79%)	Selenium
11	10 (3.79%)	TestNG
12	6 (2.27%)	Emacs
12	6 (2.27%)	git-flow
13	4 (1.52%)	Cucumber
14	3 (1.14%)	Jasmine
14	3 (1.14%)	Karma Test Runner
14	3 (1.14%)	Protractor
14	3 (1.14%)	SoapUI
14	3 (1.14%)	TeamCity

General
1	28 (10.61%)	Finance
2	26 (9.85%)	Games
3	18 (6.82%)	Banking
4	17 (6.44%)	Back Office
4	17 (6.44%)	Front Office
4	17 (6.44%)	Music Industry
5	15 (5.68%)	Retail
6	5 (1.89%)	Marketing
7	3 (1.14%)	Local Government
7	3 (1.14%)	Publishing
8	2 (0.76%)	Legal
9	1 (0.38%)	Advertising
9	1 (0.38%)	Financial Institution
9	1 (0.38%)	Investment Banking
9	1 (0.38%)	Manufacturing
9	1 (0.38%)	Pharmaceutical
9	1 (0.38%)	Telecoms

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	264 (100.00%)	J2EE
2	174 (65.91%)	Spring
3	143 (54.17%)	Hibernate
4	99 (37.50%)	HTML
5	81 (30.68%)	XML
6	72 (27.27%)	CSS
7	62 (23.48%)	JSP
8	48 (18.18%)	Web Services
9	45 (17.05%)	JDBC
10	42 (15.91%)	JPA
11	39 (14.77%)	AngularJS
11	39 (14.77%)	REST
12	38 (14.39%)	JMS
12	38 (14.39%)	SOAP
13	35 (13.26%)	Java EE
14	32 (12.12%)	Servlets
15	30 (11.36%)	Spring Boot
16	27 (10.23%)	JSON
17	26 (9.85%)	Ajax
18	24 (9.09%)	jQuery

Miscellaneous
1	41 (15.53%)	Computer Science
2	15 (5.68%)	User Experience
3	10 (3.79%)	Online Games
4	9 (3.41%)	Greenfield Project
5	8 (3.03%)	Analytical Skills
6	6 (2.27%)	Linux Command Line
7	5 (1.89%)	Management Information System
8	3 (1.14%)	Bitcoin
8	3 (1.14%)	Enterprise Software
8	3 (1.14%)	Fintech
9	2 (0.76%)	Blog
9	2 (0.76%)	Client/Server
9	2 (0.76%)	Graphic Design
10	1 (0.38%)	Fixed Income
10	1 (0.38%)	iPhone
10	1 (0.38%)	N-Tier
10	1 (0.38%)	Online Banking
10	1 (0.38%)	Reference Data
10	1 (0.38%)	Smartphone
10	1 (0.38%)	Social Media

Operating Systems
1	19 (7.20%)	Linux
2	18 (6.82%)	Unix
3	2 (0.76%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3	2 (0.76%)	Windows
4	1 (0.38%)	AIX
4	1 (0.38%)	Mac OS
4	1 (0.38%)	Windows 7
4	1 (0.38%)	Windows Server 2012
4	1 (0.38%)	Windows Vista
4	1 (0.38%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	156 (59.09%)	Agile Software Development
2	87 (32.95%)	TDD
3	61 (23.11%)	Scrum
4	57 (21.59%)	OO
5	56 (21.21%)	SDLC
6	43 (16.29%)	Software Engineering
7	39 (14.77%)	E-Commerce
8	35 (13.26%)	BDD
8	35 (13.26%)	MVC
9	34 (12.88%)	Microservices
10	32 (12.12%)	Continuous Integration
11	28 (10.61%)	OOP
11	28 (10.61%)	Test Automation
12	25 (9.47%)	Unit Testing
13	24 (9.09%)	Mentoring
13	24 (9.09%)	Web Development
14	15 (5.68%)	Coaching
14	15 (5.68%)	Integration Testing
15	14 (5.30%)	Kanban
15	14 (5.30%)	Low Latency

Programming Languages
1	264 (100.00%)	Java
2	112 (42.42%)	JavaScript
3	92 (34.85%)	SQL
4	29 (10.98%)	PL/SQL
5	8 (3.03%)	PHP
5	8 (3.03%)	Python
6	6 (2.27%)	Shell Script
7	4 (1.52%)	Scala
7	4 (1.52%)	T-SQL
8	3 (1.14%)	Jython
9	2 (0.76%)	Bash Shell
9	2 (0.76%)	C
9	2 (0.76%)	C#
9	2 (0.76%)	C++
9	2 (0.76%)	Clojure
9	2 (0.76%)	Groovy
9	2 (0.76%)	Kotlin
9	2 (0.76%)	Perl
10	1 (0.38%)	LotusScript
10	1 (0.38%)	Ruby

Qualifications
1	44 (16.67%)	Degree
2	15 (5.68%)	Computer Science Degree
3	11 (4.17%)	Numerate Degree
4	8 (3.03%)	Sun Certification
5	4 (1.52%)	Security Cleared
6	3 (1.14%)	SC Cleared
7	2 (0.76%)	OCPJP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	28 (10.61%)	QA
2	1 (0.38%)	SLA

System Software
1	3 (1.14%)	HDFS
2	2 (0.76%)	Dovecot
3	1 (0.38%)	Docker
3	1 (0.38%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	1 (0.38%)	vSphere

Systems Management
1	1 (0.38%)	Terraform

Vendors
1	69 (26.14%)	Oracle
2	12 (4.55%)	Microsoft
3	7 (2.65%)	Sun
4	6 (2.27%)	IBM
5	5 (1.89%)	BEA
5	5 (1.89%)	hybris
6	3 (1.14%)	Alteryx
6	3 (1.14%)	Tableau
7	2 (0.76%)	Atlassian
7	2 (0.76%)	PayPal
7	2 (0.76%)	Red Hat
7	2 (0.76%)	VMware
8	1 (0.38%)	GoldenSource
8	1 (0.38%)	Guidewire
8	1 (0.38%)	Lotus
8	1 (0.38%)	Sybase