The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 21 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Rank 67 - 100
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 18 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.678% - 0.328%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.452% - 2.370%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 3
Average salary £38,248 - £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-4.44% +5.88%
All Application Platforms
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
279 261 211
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 26.00% 19.01% 13.85%
Number of salaries quoted 176 197 155
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
WebSphere Application Server
Scotland

WebSphere Application Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh WebSphere Application Server Salary Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 22 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 18 (81.82%) Finance
3 14 (63.64%) J2EE
4 13 (59.09%) Java
4 13 (59.09%) Web Services
5 12 (54.55%) UML
5 12 (54.55%) Oracle
5 12 (54.55%) Software Engineering
5 12 (54.55%) BPMN
5 12 (54.55%) WebSphere Portal
6 11 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 11 (50.00%) SQL Server
6 11 (50.00%) ASP.NET
6 11 (50.00%) C#
6 11 (50.00%) .NET
7 8 (36.36%) UNIX
7 8 (36.36%) IBM
7 8 (36.36%) IBM HTTP Server
7 8 (36.36%) WebSphere Process Server
8 7 (31.82%) Linux
8 7 (31.82%) zOS
8 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (31.82%) AIX
8 7 (31.82%) HTTP
8 7 (31.82%) Business Analysis
9 6 (27.27%) jQuery
9 6 (27.27%) SOA
9 6 (27.27%) XML
9 6 (27.27%) XSLT
9 6 (27.27%) SQL

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 22 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 14 (63.64%) J2EE
3 13 (59.09%) Web Services
4 11 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 11 (50.00%) .NET
5 6 (27.27%) jQuery
5 6 (27.27%) XML
5 6 (27.27%) XSLT
5 6 (27.27%) HTML
6 5 (22.73%) CSS
6 5 (22.73%) JSF
7 4 (18.18%) Dojo
7 4 (18.18%) Ajax
8 1 (4.545%) JMS
8 1 (4.545%) WSDL
8 1 (4.545%) Servlets
8 1 (4.545%) SOAP
8 1 (4.545%) Struts
8 1 (4.545%) Spring
8 1 (4.545%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 12 (54.55%) WebSphere Portal
2 8 (36.36%) IBM HTTP Server
2 8 (36.36%) WebSphere Process Server
3 4 (18.18%) Adobe CQ
4 3 (13.64%) Apache
5 1 (4.545%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 11 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) JUnit
2 4 (18.18%) Fiddler
2 4 (18.18%) Canoo WebTest
3 1 (4.545%) Eclipse
3 1 (4.545%) Ant
General
1 18 (81.82%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Advertising
2 3 (13.64%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Developer
1 12 (54.55%) Analyst
2 8 (36.36%) Senior Developer
2 8 (36.36%) Technical Analyst
3 7 (31.82%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 7 (31.82%) Senior Systems Analyst
3 7 (31.82%) Developer Analyst
3 7 (31.82%) Senior Analyst
3 7 (31.82%) Systems Analyst
4 5 (22.73%) Java Developer
5 4 (18.18%) WebSphere Specialist
5 4 (18.18%) J2EE Developer
5 4 (18.18%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 4 (18.18%) Web Analyst
6 3 (13.64%) WebSphere Technical Specialist
6 3 (13.64%) Technical Specialist
7 1 (4.545%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (4.545%) WebSphere Administrator
7 1 (4.545%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) UNIX
2 7 (31.82%) Linux
2 7 (31.82%) zOS
2 7 (31.82%) AIX
3 4 (18.18%) Windows
4 2 (9.091%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) UML
1 12 (54.55%) Software Engineering
1 12 (54.55%) BPMN
2 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (31.82%) Business Analysis
3 6 (27.27%) SOA
4 5 (22.73%) MVC
5 4 (18.18%) Content Management
6 1 (4.545%) Configuration Management
6 1 (4.545%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) Java
2 11 (50.00%) C#
3 6 (27.27%) SQL
3 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 3 (13.64%) Python
4 3 (13.64%) Perl
4 3 (13.64%) Shell Script
4 3 (13.64%) Jython
5 1 (4.545%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.545%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Oracle
2 8 (36.36%) IBM
3 4 (18.18%) Adobe
3 4 (18.18%) JBoss
3 4 (18.18%) Canoo