The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Rank 197 204 138
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -66
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 20 17 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.383% 0.272% 0.993%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.792% 1.749% 6.513%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 37
Average salary £63,750 £55,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.90% +37.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £44,700 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £81,000 £46,350
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1116 972 783
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 21.37% 15.53% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 895 885 662
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,600 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
WebSphere Application Server
South East

WebSphere Application Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Berkshire WebSphere Application Server Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire WebSphere Application Server Salary Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire WebSphere Application Server Salary Histogram

WebSphere Application Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +11 18 £65,000 +18.18%
WebSphere Application Server
South East

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing WebSphere Application Server 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 WebSphere Application Server.

1 63 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 47 (74.60%) IBM
3 44 (69.84%) Java
4 37 (58.73%) J2EE
5 36 (57.14%) DB2
6 30 (47.62%) Spring
7 29 (46.03%) Hibernate
8 27 (42.86%) JavaScript
8 27 (42.86%) HTML
9 26 (41.27%) JSP
10 24 (38.10%) Ajax
11 23 (36.51%) Linux
12 22 (34.92%) Struts
13 21 (33.33%) Degree
14 20 (31.75%) UML
15 19 (30.16%) JBoss
15 19 (30.16%) Finance
15 19 (30.16%) JPA
16 18 (28.57%) Spring Security
16 18 (28.57%) Spring Web Flow
16 18 (28.57%) JSF
16 18 (28.57%) OOD
17 17 (26.98%) OO
17 17 (26.98%) Multithreading
18 16 (25.40%) WebLogic
18 16 (25.40%) Oracle
19 14 (22.22%) Windows
19 14 (22.22%) V-Model
19 14 (22.22%) Waterfall
20 13 (20.63%) SQL Server

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing WebSphere Application Server 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 WebSphere Application Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 63 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 37 (58.73%) J2EE
3 30 (47.62%) Spring
4 29 (46.03%) Hibernate
5 27 (42.86%) HTML
6 26 (41.27%) JSP
7 24 (38.10%) Ajax
8 22 (34.92%) Struts
9 19 (30.16%) JPA
10 18 (28.57%) Spring Security
10 18 (28.57%) Spring Web Flow
10 18 (28.57%) JSF
11 12 (19.05%) Web Services
12 9 (14.29%) SOAP
13 8 (12.70%) REST
13 8 (12.70%) XML
14 6 (9.524%) JRules
15 5 (7.937%) AWT
15 5 (7.937%) Swing
15 5 (7.937%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 16 (25.40%) WebLogic
2 13 (20.63%) Apache
3 11 (17.46%) Tomcat
4 9 (14.29%) Lotus Notes
4 9 (14.29%) IBM Connections
5 4 (6.349%) GlassFish
6 3 (4.762%) WebSphere MQ
6 3 (4.762%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 1 (1.587%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.87%) DNS
2 9 (14.29%) LDAP
2 9 (14.29%) DHCP
2 9 (14.29%) Kerberos
2 9 (14.29%) SAN
2 9 (14.29%) VRRP
2 9 (14.29%) OSPF
2 9 (14.29%) BGP
2 9 (14.29%) VLAN
3 2 (3.175%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.587%) SSL
4 1 (1.587%) FTP
4 1 (1.587%) HTTP
4 1 (1.587%) ATM
4 1 (1.587%) PSTN
4 1 (1.587%) VoIP
4 1 (1.587%) SMTP
4 1 (1.587%) Firewall
4 1 (1.587%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (57.14%) DB2
2 13 (20.63%) SQL Server
3 7 (11.11%) MySQL
4 4 (6.349%) Big Data
4 4 (6.349%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (15.87%) ClearCase
2 9 (14.29%) Eclipse
2 9 (14.29%) Subversion
2 9 (14.29%) Git (software)
3 6 (9.524%) ClearQuest
4 5 (7.937%) Eclipse RCP
5 4 (6.349%) JProbe
General
1 19 (30.16%) Finance
2 5 (7.937%) Games
3 1 (1.587%) Financial Institution
3 1 (1.587%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (26.98%) Developer
2 12 (19.05%) Lead Developer
3 9 (14.29%) Administrator
3 9 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
4 8 (12.70%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 8 (12.70%) Java Developer
5 7 (11.11%) Team Leader
5 7 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 7 (11.11%) Architect
6 6 (9.524%) Front-End Developer
6 6 (9.524%) UI Programmer
6 6 (9.524%) UI Developer
7 4 (6.349%) Software Developer
7 4 (6.349%) Support Specialist
7 4 (6.349%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.349%) Software Engineer
7 4 (6.349%) Consultant
7 4 (6.349%) Technical Consultant
8 3 (4.762%) Development Team Leader
8 3 (4.762%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
2 8 (12.70%) Open Source
3 7 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (9.524%) DataPower
4 6 (9.524%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (4.762%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.175%) Handset
7 1 (1.587%) EMV
7 1 (1.587%) Thin Client
7 1 (1.587%) Fat Client
7 1 (1.587%) Cryptography
7 1 (1.587%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 23 (36.51%) Linux
2 14 (22.22%) Windows
3 9 (14.29%) UNIX
4 2 (3.175%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.75%) UML
2 18 (28.57%) OOD
3 17 (26.98%) OO
3 17 (26.98%) Multithreading
4 14 (22.22%) V-Model
4 14 (22.22%) Waterfall
5 13 (20.63%) Scrum
6 12 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
6 12 (19.05%) RUP
7 9 (14.29%) ITIL
8 8 (12.70%) Network Design
8 8 (12.70%) Unit Testing
8 8 (12.70%) Time Management
8 8 (12.70%) Infrastructure Management
9 7 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (9.524%) TDD
10 6 (9.524%) MVC
11 5 (7.937%) E-Commerce
11 5 (7.937%) Regression Testing
11 5 (7.937%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 44 (69.84%) Java
2 27 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 13 (20.63%) SQL
4 9 (14.29%) Python
4 9 (14.29%) Perl
4 9 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 9 (14.29%) Ruby
5 1 (1.587%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (33.33%) Degree
2 9 (14.29%) RHCE
3 3 (4.762%) IBM Certification
4 2 (3.175%) ISTQB
4 2 (3.175%) ISEB
5 1 (1.587%) IBM WebSphere Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.349%) QA
2 1 (1.587%) SLA
2 1 (1.587%) ISO 8583
2 1 (1.587%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (14.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 9 (14.29%) Nagios
1 9 (14.29%) Puppet
1 9 (14.29%) Cacti
1 9 (14.29%) WSUS
2 2 (3.175%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (1.587%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 47 (74.60%) IBM
2 19 (30.16%) JBoss
3 16 (25.40%) Oracle
4 11 (17.46%) Microsoft
5 9 (14.29%) VMware
5 9 (14.29%) Lotus
6 7 (11.11%) Sybase
7 6 (9.524%) Niku
7 6 (9.524%) ILOG
8 5 (7.937%) BEA
9 3 (4.762%) Sun
10 1 (1.587%) Avaya