The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere 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 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 Development category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 48 71 86
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +15
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere 37 24 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 3.448% 1.748% 1.247%
As % of the Application Development category 8.333% 5.106% 3.838%
Number of salaries quoted 20 18 8
Average salary £41,498 £37,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.66% -21.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,650 £27,850 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £42,500 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £45,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year
+4.44% +1.12%
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
444 470 495
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 41.38% 34.23% 32.48%
Number of salaries quoted 280 369 372
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £43,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WebSphere
Scotland

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh WebSphere Salary Trend

WebSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Edinburgh WebSphere Salary Histogram

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 33 (57.89%) Finance
2 30 (52.63%) Java
3 23 (40.35%) IBM
4 22 (38.60%) J2EE
4 22 (38.60%) WebSphere Application Server
5 19 (33.33%) UNIX
6 17 (29.82%) Linux
6 17 (29.82%) Web Services
6 17 (29.82%) Oracle
6 17 (29.82%) JavaScript
7 16 (28.07%) WebSphere Portal
8 15 (26.32%) SQL Server
8 15 (26.32%) SOA
9 14 (24.56%) UML
10 13 (22.81%) ASP.NET
10 13 (22.81%) XML
10 13 (22.81%) .NET
10 13 (22.81%) C#
10 13 (22.81%) Software Engineering
10 13 (22.81%) BPMN
11 12 (21.05%) JSF
11 12 (21.05%) SQL Server 2005
11 12 (21.05%) JBoss
11 12 (21.05%) Middleware
12 11 (19.30%) SQL
12 11 (19.30%) Perl
13 10 (17.54%) HTML
13 10 (17.54%) CSS
13 10 (17.54%) WebSphere MQ
14 9 (15.79%) Shell Script

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 22 (38.60%) J2EE
2 17 (29.82%) Web Services
3 13 (22.81%) ASP.NET
3 13 (22.81%) XML
3 13 (22.81%) .NET
4 12 (21.05%) JSF
4 12 (21.05%) Middleware
5 10 (17.54%) HTML
5 10 (17.54%) CSS
6 8 (14.04%) Dojo
6 8 (14.04%) Ajax
6 8 (14.04%) XSLT
7 7 (12.28%) jQuery
8 5 (8.772%) Struts
9 4 (7.018%) EJB
9 4 (7.018%) JSP
9 4 (7.018%) Flash
9 4 (7.018%) Hibernate
10 2 (3.509%) Servlets
10 2 (3.509%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 22 (38.60%) WebSphere Application Server
2 16 (28.07%) WebSphere Portal
3 10 (17.54%) WebSphere MQ
4 8 (14.04%) IBM HTTP Server
4 8 (14.04%) WebSphere Process Server
5 7 (12.28%) MQSeries
6 4 (7.018%) WebLogic
6 4 (7.018%) Apache
6 4 (7.018%) TeamSite
6 4 (7.018%) CMS
6 4 (7.018%) Adobe CQ
7 1 (1.754%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (1.754%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (1.754%) MS Excel
1 1 (1.754%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.28%) HTTP
2 3 (5.263%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 12 (21.05%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (14.04%) DB2
4 4 (7.018%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.509%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.754%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (8.772%) JUnit
2 4 (7.018%) LoadRunner
2 4 (7.018%) Log4j
2 4 (7.018%) Fiddler
2 4 (7.018%) Canoo WebTest
3 2 (3.509%) Ant
3 2 (3.509%) Eclipse
3 2 (3.509%) Subversion
4 1 (1.754%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.754%) NUnit
4 1 (1.754%) Xcode
4 1 (1.754%) ClearCase
4 1 (1.754%) ClearQuest
4 1 (1.754%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (57.89%) Finance
2 5 (8.772%) Banking
2 5 (8.772%) Advertising
2 5 (8.772%) Publishing
3 2 (3.509%) German Language
4 1 (1.754%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.754%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.754%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (31.58%) Developer
2 17 (29.82%) Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Senior Developer
3 9 (15.79%) Middleware Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) Technical Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) Developer Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) Senior Technical Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) Senior Systems Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) Java Developer
5 7 (12.28%) Systems Analyst
6 5 (8.772%) Technical Specialist
6 5 (8.772%) Support Engineer
6 5 (8.772%) Test Analyst
7 4 (7.018%) J2EE Developer
7 4 (7.018%) Performance Tester
7 4 (7.018%) Tester
7 4 (7.018%) Consultant
7 4 (7.018%) WebSphere Specialist
7 4 (7.018%) Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) SWIFT
2 4 (7.018%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.509%) Mathematics
3 2 (3.509%) Physics
3 2 (3.509%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.754%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (33.33%) UNIX
2 17 (29.82%) Linux
3 9 (15.79%) Solaris
4 8 (14.04%) Windows
5 7 (12.28%) AIX
5 7 (12.28%) zOS
6 1 (1.754%) Android
6 1 (1.754%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.754%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.754%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) SOA
2 14 (24.56%) UML
3 13 (22.81%) Software Engineering
3 13 (22.81%) BPMN
4 8 (14.04%) Content Management
5 7 (12.28%) Business Analysis
5 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (10.53%) MVC
6 6 (10.53%) Asset Management
7 4 (7.018%) Performance Testing
8 3 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (5.263%) Project Management
8 3 (5.263%) ITIL
9 2 (3.509%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (3.509%) Software Testing
10 1 (1.754%) Analytics
10 1 (1.754%) Multithreading
10 1 (1.754%) Investment Management
10 1 (1.754%) Agile Software Development
10 1 (1.754%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (52.63%) Java
2 17 (29.82%) JavaScript
3 13 (22.81%) C#
4 11 (19.30%) SQL
4 11 (19.30%) Perl
5 9 (15.79%) Shell Script
6 3 (5.263%) Jython
6 3 (5.263%) Python
7 1 (1.754%) Objective-C
7 1 (1.754%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.754%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) Degree
2 4 (7.018%) SC Cleared
2 4 (7.018%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.263%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.754%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (7.018%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 23 (40.35%) IBM
2 17 (29.82%) Oracle
3 12 (21.05%) JBoss
4 4 (7.018%) Adobe
4 4 (7.018%) HP
4 4 (7.018%) Canoo
5 1 (1.754%) Sun
5 1 (1.754%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.754%) TIBCO
5 1 (1.754%) Red Hat