Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WebSphere 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 over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Berkshire region.

 IBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank80106115
Rank change year-on-year
Up+26Up+9
Matching permanent IT job ads9765182
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire2.476 %1.380 %1.562 %
As % of the Application Development category6.694 %4.818 %5.852 %
Salaries quoted8249153
Average salary£47,500£42,750£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-14.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£33,000£32,000£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£50,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£45,000£42,500
% change year-on-year
-+5.880 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
144913493110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire36.98 %28.64 %26.70 %
Salaries quoted126711482671
Average salary£37,500£39,000£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.840 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£52,500£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
WebSphere South EastWebSphere
South East

WebSphere
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire WebSphere Demand Trend

WebSphere
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire WebSphere Salary Trend

WebSphere
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

Berkshire WebSphere Salary Histogram

WebSphere
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+3739£50,000+25.00 %
SloughUp+134£37,000-20.43 %
NewburyNew entry-4£35,000-
BracknellDown-62£65,000+35.41 %
WebSphere South EastWebSphere
South East

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing WebSphere 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.

1114 (60.64 %)Java
2104 (55.32 %)WebLogic
384 (44.68 %)UNIX
473 (38.83 %)Windows
473 (38.83 %)J2EE
567 (35.64 %)Oracle
657 (30.32 %)Tomcat
754 (28.72 %)Linux
850 (26.60 %)XML
945 (23.94 %)JBoss
1042 (22.34 %)IIS
1141 (21.81 %).NET
1141 (21.81 %)IBM
1240 (21.28 %)SQL
1339 (20.74 %)Web Services
1435 (18.62 %)Apache
1534 (18.09 %)QA
1633 (17.55 %)SQL Server
1633 (17.55 %)Firewall
1731 (16.49 %)French Language
1830 (15.96 %)Finance
1830 (15.96 %)Intrusion Detection
1830 (15.96 %)WebSphere Application Server
1927 (14.36 %)LAN
2026 (13.83 %)Servlets
2125 (13.30 %)JSP
2125 (13.30 %)DB2
2125 (13.30 %)JavaScript
2125 (13.30 %)C#
2224 (12.77 %)Windows NT

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing WebSphere 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
173 (38.83 %)J2EE
250 (26.60 %)XML
341 (21.81 %).NET
439 (20.74 %)Web Services
526 (13.83 %)Servlets
625 (13.30 %)JSP
724 (12.77 %)Hibernate
822 (11.70 %)AJAX
919 (10.11 %)Spring
919 (10.11 %)Struts
919 (10.11 %)HTML
1015 (7.979 %)SOAP
1112 (6.383 %)JDBC
129 (4.787 %)DHTML
138 (4.255 %)ASP.NET
147 (3.723 %)Swing
147 (3.723 %)XSLT
147 (3.723 %)WSDL
147 (3.723 %)XHTML
147 (3.723 %)Dojo
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1104 (55.32 %)WebLogic
257 (30.32 %)Tomcat
342 (22.34 %)IIS
435 (18.62 %)Apache
530 (15.96 %)WebSphere Application Server
622 (11.70 %)Lotus Notes
719 (10.11 %)WebSphere Portal
815 (7.979 %)AquaLogic
913 (6.915 %)WebLogic Portal
913 (6.915 %)GlassFish
1012 (6.383 %)ESB
119 (4.787 %)SAS
128 (4.255 %)Oracle Application Server
137 (3.723 %)BizTalk Server
137 (3.723 %)CICS
144 (2.128 %)WebSphere Message Broker
153 (1.596 %)WebSphere MQ
162 (1.064 %)SharePoint
162 (1.064 %)Commerce Server
162 (1.064 %)Lotus Domino
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (2.128 %)MS Excel
21 (0.532 %)MS Project
21 (0.532 %)FastStats
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (3.723 %)BusinessWorks
25 (2.660 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.532 %)SAP CRM
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
133 (17.55 %)Firewall
230 (15.96 %)Intrusion Detection
327 (14.36 %)LAN
419 (10.11 %)Internet
517 (9.043 %)TCP/IP
517 (9.043 %)DNS
517 (9.043 %)WAN
517 (9.043 %)LDAP
68 (4.255 %)NAS
68 (4.255 %)SAN
76 (3.191 %)SSL
84 (2.128 %)HTTP
93 (1.596 %)RFID
101 (0.532 %)IntruShield
101 (0.532 %)Network Security
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (17.55 %)SQL Server
225 (13.30 %)DB2
316 (8.511 %)RDBMS
412 (6.383 %)OLAP
59 (4.787 %)Oracle OLAP
68 (4.255 %)Informix
74 (2.128 %)ETL
74 (2.128 %)MySQL
83 (1.596 %)DB2 UDB
83 (1.596 %)SQL Server 2005
83 (1.596 %)DataStage
83 (1.596 %)QualityStage
83 (1.596 %)Datawarehouse
83 (1.596 %)BusinessObjects
92 (1.064 %)Data Cleansing
92 (1.064 %)Oracle 9i
92 (1.064 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (0.532 %)GIS
101 (0.532 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.532 %)SAP BW
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
117 (9.043 %)Eclipse
214 (7.447 %)Ant
310 (5.319 %)JUnit
310 (5.319 %)Cactus
47 (3.723 %)Maven
47 (3.723 %)VisualAge Generator
56 (3.191 %)Subversion
65 (2.660 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
74 (2.128 %)JIRA
83 (1.596 %)PVCS
83 (1.596 %)RequisitePro
83 (1.596 %)Team Foundation Server
92 (1.064 %)ClearCase
92 (1.064 %)Rational Rose
92 (1.064 %)ClearQuest
92 (1.064 %)CruiseControl
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (15.96 %)Finance
219 (10.11 %)Retail
35 (2.660 %)Pensions
35 (2.660 %)Health
44 (2.128 %)Telecoms
53 (1.596 %)Education
53 (1.596 %)Government
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
159 (31.38 %)Consultant
251 (27.13 %)Developer
342 (22.34 %)Technical Support
433 (17.55 %)Java Developer
531 (16.49 %)Support Engineer
628 (14.89 %)Technical Support Engineer
628 (14.89 %)Technical Engineer
720 (10.64 %)Java Consultant
816 (8.511 %)J2EE Consultant
915 (7.979 %)Senior Consultant
1014 (7.447 %)Analyst
1113 (6.915 %)Support Analyst
1212 (6.383 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1212 (6.383 %)Support Consultant
1212 (6.383 %)J2EE Developer
1310 (5.319 %)Senior J2EE Consultant
149 (4.787 %)WebSphere Consultant
149 (4.787 %)Technical Analyst
149 (4.787 %)Team Leader
149 (4.787 %)Technical Support Analyst
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
131 (16.49 %)French Language
219 (10.11 %)Computer Science
219 (10.11 %)German Language
311 (5.851 %)Spanish Language
47 (3.723 %)VSAM
47 (3.723 %)Web 2.0
55 (2.660 %)Mainframe
63 (1.596 %)Biometrics
63 (1.596 %)Smartcard
63 (1.596 %)Thin Client
63 (1.596 %)Fat Client
72 (1.064 %)RIA
72 (1.064 %)IBM Mainframe
72 (1.064 %)Blackberry
72 (1.064 %)Clustering
81 (0.532 %)Statistics
81 (0.532 %)Management Information System
81 (0.532 %)Handset
81 (0.532 %)Visualisation
81 (0.532 %)Open Source
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
184 (44.68 %)UNIX
273 (38.83 %)Windows
354 (28.72 %)Linux
424 (12.77 %)Windows NT
522 (11.70 %)Windows 2000
522 (11.70 %)Mac OS
612 (6.383 %)Solaris
79 (4.787 %)AIX
85 (2.660 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (1.596 %)HPUX
93 (1.596 %)Red Hat Linux
101 (0.532 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (11.70 %)Agile Software Development
122 (11.70 %)SOA
218 (9.574 %)Project Management
317 (9.043 %)Business Intelligence
416 (8.511 %)OO
514 (7.447 %)UML
613 (6.915 %)E-Commerce
613 (6.915 %)ITIL
613 (6.915 %)Software Engineering
712 (6.383 %)Business Analysis
811 (5.851 %)CRM
811 (5.851 %)B2C
910 (5.319 %)B2B
107 (3.723 %)Scrum
116 (3.191 %)RAD
116 (3.191 %)TDD
125 (2.660 %)Web Development
125 (2.660 %)Unified Process
134 (2.128 %)RUP
143 (1.596 %)User Acceptance Testing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1114 (60.64 %)Java
240 (21.28 %)SQL
325 (13.30 %)JavaScript
325 (13.30 %)C#
413 (6.915 %)C
59 (4.787 %)C++
67 (3.723 %)COBOL
67 (3.723 %)T-SQL
67 (3.723 %)JCL
72 (1.064 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.532 %)PHP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (6.915 %)Security Cleared
212 (6.383 %)Degree
36 (3.191 %)SC Cleared
42 (1.064 %)DV Cleared
51 (0.532 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (18.09 %)QA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
117 (9.043 %)NFS
117 (9.043 %)Nmap
215 (7.979 %)Active Directory
34 (2.128 %)VMware Infrastructure
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
117 (9.043 %)Nessus
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
167 (35.64 %)Oracle
245 (23.94 %)JBoss
341 (21.81 %)IBM
424 (12.77 %)Lotus
522 (11.70 %)Novell
620 (10.64 %)BEA
717 (9.043 %)Microsoft
814 (7.447 %)VMware
912 (6.383 %)ATG
912 (6.383 %)SAP
1010 (5.319 %)Blue Martini
117 (3.723 %)TIBCO
124 (2.128 %)Citrix
124 (2.128 %)Red Hat
133 (1.596 %)Business Objects
133 (1.596 %)Cognos
142 (1.064 %)hybris
142 (1.064 %)ILOG
142 (1.064 %)Infovista
142 (1.064 %)Perforce