I am in the US. Here are some personal observations although my sense of smell could be wrong:
1. There are less new large scale
JEE projects and more JEE projects maintenance work.
2. The
Struts framework is losing battle to
JSF.
3. There are less projects want to build a portal in comparison with the portal popularity two or three years ago.
4. Web services, identity management, systems integration seem to become more in demand.
5. The Infosys and Accenture are recruiting in the US.
Will the Ajax eventually replace the Struts and JSF? Web services, identity management and systems integration need to use very little
Java coding. What is the Java/JEE job market going to look like?