The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Development category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 109 81 76
Rank change year-on-year
-28 -5
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere 12 28 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.667% 1.694% 1.379%
As % of the Application Development category 1.843% 4.836% 4.429%
Number of salaries quoted 7 28 19
Average salary £60,000 £85,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% +41.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £36,500 £32,600
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £105,000 £96,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+4.44% -
All Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
651 579 429
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 36.17% 35.03% 31.13%
Number of salaries quoted 584 534 396
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
WebSphere
West Midlands

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham WebSphere Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham WebSphere Salary Trend

WebSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Birmingham WebSphere Salary Histogram

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 16 (72.73%) Oracle
2 12 (54.55%) IBM
2 12 (54.55%) Java
3 10 (45.45%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (27.27%) Open Source
4 6 (27.27%) hybris
4 6 (27.27%) Content Management
4 6 (27.27%) Drupal
4 6 (27.27%) WebLogic
4 6 (27.27%) E-Commerce
4 6 (27.27%) ATG
5 5 (22.73%) Project Management
5 5 (22.73%) SOA
5 5 (22.73%) Release Management
5 5 (22.73%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (18.18%) WebSphere Process Server
6 4 (18.18%) .NET
6 4 (18.18%) Middleware
7 3 (13.64%) Adobe
7 3 (13.64%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (13.64%) WebLogic Integration
7 3 (13.64%) CMS
7 3 (13.64%) Unified Process
7 3 (13.64%) Workflow
7 3 (13.64%) Finance
7 3 (13.64%) Advertising
7 3 (13.64%) Migration
7 3 (13.64%) J2EE
7 3 (13.64%) HTML
7 3 (13.64%) JavaScript

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 10 (45.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (18.18%) .NET
2 4 (18.18%) Middleware
3 3 (13.64%) J2EE
3 3 (13.64%) HTML
3 3 (13.64%) CSS
3 3 (13.64%) DOM
3 3 (13.64%) XHTML
3 3 (13.64%) jQuery
3 3 (13.64%) Ajax
3 3 (13.64%) CSS3
3 3 (13.64%) HTML5
4 2 (9.091%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (4.545%) Web Services
5 1 (4.545%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) Drupal
1 6 (27.27%) WebLogic
2 4 (18.18%) WebSphere Process Server
3 3 (13.64%) WebLogic Portal
3 3 (13.64%) WebLogic Integration
3 3 (13.64%) CMS
3 3 (13.64%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (13.64%) AquaLogic
3 3 (13.64%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (13.64%) ESB
3 3 (13.64%) AquaLogic Service Bus
4 1 (4.545%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (4.545%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (4.545%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle BPM
1 3 (13.64%) AquaLogic BPM
2 2 (9.091%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.091%) NAS
1 2 (9.091%) LAN
1 2 (9.091%) WAN
1 2 (9.091%) HTTP
1 2 (9.091%) SAN
2 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.545%) DNS
2 1 (4.545%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.545%) DB2
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
1 3 (13.64%) Advertising
1 3 (13.64%) Retail
2 2 (9.091%) Banking
3 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Architect
2 6 (27.27%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Web Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Front-End Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Front-End Web Developer
4 2 (9.091%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (9.091%) Project Leader
4 2 (9.091%) Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (4.545%) Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) WebSphere Specialist
5 1 (4.545%) WebSphere Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Open Source
2 5 (22.73%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.091%) UNIX
1 2 (9.091%) Windows
2 1 (4.545%) Linux
2 1 (4.545%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Content Management
1 6 (27.27%) E-Commerce
2 5 (22.73%) Project Management
2 5 (22.73%) SOA
2 5 (22.73%) Release Management
3 3 (13.64%) Unified Process
3 3 (13.64%) Workflow
3 3 (13.64%) Migration
3 3 (13.64%) ERP
3 3 (13.64%) RUP
3 3 (13.64%) Web Development
4 2 (9.091%) Change Control
4 2 (9.091%) Zachman Framework
4 2 (9.091%) TOGAF
4 2 (9.091%) EAI
4 2 (9.091%) ETL
4 2 (9.091%) ITIL
4 2 (9.091%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.545%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.545%) OO
Programming Languages
1 12 (54.55%) Java
2 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
3 2 (9.091%) SQL
3 2 (9.091%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.545%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.545%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Oracle
2 12 (54.55%) IBM
3 6 (27.27%) hybris
3 6 (27.27%) ATG
4 3 (13.64%) Adobe
4 3 (13.64%) EPiServer
4 3 (13.64%) Demandware
5 2 (9.091%) Ab Initio
5 2 (9.091%) TIBCO
5 2 (9.091%) Informatica
5 2 (9.091%) webMethods
6 1 (4.545%) Red Hat
6 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.545%) JBoss
6 1 (4.545%) Cognos
6 1 (4.545%) Twitter