The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Rank - 88 96
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 0 36 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire - 1.868% 1.207%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 9.424% 5.540%
Number of salaries quoted 0 32 20
Average salary - £39,750 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.47%
UK excluding London average salary £43,375 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +5.88%
All Application Platforms
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
320 382 361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.89% 19.82% 21.79%
Number of salaries quoted 264 353 325
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £48,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
WebSphere Application Server
North West

WebSphere Application Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire WebSphere Application Server Salary Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 29 (100.00%) Middleware
1 29 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 22 (75.86%) Tivoli
3 19 (65.52%) LDAP
4 17 (58.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (44.83%) MQSeries
6 10 (34.48%) Finance
7 9 (31.03%) CA Wily
7 9 (31.03%) AIX
7 9 (31.03%) SSL
7 9 (31.03%) IBM
8 7 (24.14%) FTP
9 6 (20.69%) Sun
9 6 (20.69%) UNIX
9 6 (20.69%) Java
9 6 (20.69%) WebLogic
9 6 (20.69%) Linux
9 6 (20.69%) JBoss
9 6 (20.69%) Apache
9 6 (20.69%) Shell Script
9 6 (20.69%) IBM HTTP Server
10 4 (13.79%) WebSphere MQ
10 4 (13.79%) MSI
11 3 (10.34%) Mainframe
11 3 (10.34%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 3 (10.34%) Tivoli Monitoring
11 3 (10.34%) Internet
11 3 (10.34%) Oracle 10g
11 3 (10.34%) Tuxedo
11 3 (10.34%) CORBA

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 29 (100.00%) Middleware
1 29 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (10.34%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
2 3 (10.34%) Web Services
2 3 (10.34%) CORBA
Application Platforms
1 13 (44.83%) MQSeries
2 6 (20.69%) WebLogic
2 6 (20.69%) Apache
2 6 (20.69%) IBM HTTP Server
3 4 (13.79%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (10.34%) Tuxedo
4 3 (10.34%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (10.34%) Gentran
Communications & Networking
1 19 (65.52%) LDAP
2 9 (31.03%) SSL
3 7 (24.14%) FTP
4 3 (10.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) MSI
General
1 10 (34.48%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Designer
2 11 (37.93%) Solutions Designer
3 8 (27.59%) Architect
3 8 (27.59%) Middleware Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Graduate
4 4 (13.79%) IT Graduate
5 3 (10.34%) Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Systems Support Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Systems Support
5 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.897%) WebSphere Architect
6 2 (6.897%) Graduate Support Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Middleware Specialist
7 1 (3.448%) Integration Specialist
7 1 (3.448%) Middleware Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Integration Architect
7 1 (3.448%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Mainframe
1 3 (10.34%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) AIX
2 6 (20.69%) UNIX
2 6 (20.69%) Linux
3 3 (10.34%) Windows
3 3 (10.34%) HPUX
3 3 (10.34%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (10.34%) Content Management
2 3 (10.34%) Problem Management
2 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
2 3 (10.34%) Change Management
2 3 (10.34%) Validation
3 1 (3.448%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) Java
1 6 (20.69%) Shell Script
2 3 (10.34%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 22 (75.86%) Tivoli
2 9 (31.03%) CA Wily
3 3 (10.34%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 3 (10.34%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) IBM
2 6 (20.69%) Sun
2 6 (20.69%) JBoss
3 3 (10.34%) Oracle
3 3 (10.34%) FatWire
Cheshire
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