The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 24 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 80 53 42
Rank change year-on-year
-27 -11
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere 62 105 166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 2.515% 4.168% 4.921%
As % of the Application Development category 7.268% 9.795% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 35 35 78
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £35,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £45,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year
+4.44% +1.12%
All Application Development
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
853 1072 1145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 34.60% 42.56% 33.95%
Number of salaries quoted 712 882 970
Average salary £42,000 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.17% +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £58,350 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WebSphere
East of England

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire WebSphere Salary Trend

WebSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Watford -12 22 £60,000 +71.42%
Hertford 0 13 £50,000 +11.11%
Hemel Hempstead - 6 £53,500 -
Rickmansworth -7 3 £61,500 -
St Albans - 2 £27,500 -
WebSphere
East of England

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 137 (78.74%) Java
2 130 (74.71%) J2EE
3 127 (72.99%) IBM
4 124 (71.26%) Oracle
5 119 (68.39%) Retail
6 105 (60.34%) Finance
7 94 (54.02%) SQL
7 94 (54.02%) UNIX
8 91 (52.30%) WebSphere Application Server
9 87 (50.00%) E-Commerce
10 80 (45.98%) Tomcat
11 75 (43.10%) DB2
12 74 (42.53%) Linux
13 66 (37.93%) AIX
14 65 (37.36%) HTTP
15 63 (36.21%) JavaScript
16 61 (35.06%) WebLogic
17 58 (33.33%) JSP
18 56 (32.18%) Windows
19 52 (29.89%) JBoss
20 51 (29.31%) Ant
21 49 (28.16%) Servlets
21 49 (28.16%) MQSeries
22 47 (27.01%) Games
22 47 (27.01%) Web Development
23 45 (25.86%) JDBC
24 44 (25.29%) XML
25 43 (24.71%) Sun
26 42 (24.14%) IBM HTTP Server
27 41 (23.56%) Middleware

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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
1 130 (74.71%) J2EE
2 58 (33.33%) JSP
3 49 (28.16%) Servlets
4 45 (25.86%) JDBC
5 44 (25.29%) XML
6 41 (23.56%) Middleware
7 37 (21.26%) Struts
8 35 (20.11%) HTML
9 34 (19.54%) CSS
10 30 (17.24%) Spring
11 28 (16.09%) Web Services
12 26 (14.94%) XML Schema
13 25 (14.37%) XSLT
13 25 (14.37%) Hibernate
14 22 (12.64%) EJB
15 20 (11.49%) JiBX
15 20 (11.49%) XMLBeans
15 20 (11.49%) Castor
15 20 (11.49%) XHTML
15 20 (11.49%) JAXB
Application Platforms
1 91 (52.30%) WebSphere Application Server
2 80 (45.98%) Tomcat
3 61 (35.06%) WebLogic
4 49 (28.16%) MQSeries
5 42 (24.14%) IBM HTTP Server
6 41 (23.56%) IIS
7 33 (18.97%) Apache
8 21 (12.07%) Oracle Workflow
9 11 (6.322%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 10 (5.747%) WebSphere MQ
11 2 (1.149%) Liferay
12 1 (0.575%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.575%) Tuxedo
12 1 (0.575%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 9 (5.172%) MS Office
2 2 (1.149%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.575%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 65 (37.36%) HTTP
2 29 (16.67%) Internet
3 13 (7.471%) HTTPS
4 12 (6.897%) Firewall
5 10 (5.747%) SAN
6 9 (5.172%) FTP
7 3 (1.724%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.724%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (43.10%) DB2
2 26 (14.94%) SQL Server
2 26 (14.94%) MySQL
3 10 (5.747%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (2.299%) DbVisualizer
5 2 (1.149%) Informix
Development Applications
1 51 (29.31%) Ant
2 36 (20.69%) Eclipse
3 32 (18.39%) Subversion
4 23 (13.22%) Maven
5 14 (8.046%) Rational Application Developer
6 12 (6.897%) JUnit
6 12 (6.897%) Jenkins
7 9 (5.172%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
8 4 (2.299%) QuickTest Pro
8 4 (2.299%) LoadRunner
General
1 119 (68.39%) Retail
2 105 (60.34%) Finance
3 47 (27.01%) Games
4 20 (11.49%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.149%) Automotive
5 2 (1.149%) Banking
6 1 (0.575%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (23.56%) Developer
2 38 (21.84%) Java Developer
3 32 (18.39%) Architect
4 30 (17.24%) Analyst
5 24 (13.79%) Senior Developer
6 22 (12.64%) Senior Java Developer
7 20 (11.49%) Support Analyst
8 18 (10.34%) Infrastructure Architect
9 16 (9.195%) Java/J2EE Developer
10 15 (8.621%) Tester
11 14 (8.046%) J2EE Developer
12 13 (7.471%) Consultant
13 11 (6.322%) Performance Tester
13 11 (6.322%) WebSphere Consultant
14 10 (5.747%) Operations Analyst
14 10 (5.747%) Operations Support Analyst
15 9 (5.172%) Technical Delivery Manager
15 9 (5.172%) Middleware Engineer
15 9 (5.172%) Technical Manager
15 9 (5.172%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.195%) Mobile App
2 5 (2.874%) PKI
2 5 (2.874%) Computer Science
2 5 (2.874%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.299%) Web 2.0
4 3 (1.724%) HACMP
5 2 (1.149%) SWIFT
6 1 (0.575%) DataPower
6 1 (0.575%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 94 (54.02%) UNIX
2 74 (42.53%) Linux
3 66 (37.93%) AIX
4 56 (32.18%) Windows
5 40 (22.99%) Solaris
6 21 (12.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 19 (10.92%) SUSE
8 17 (9.770%) Android
8 17 (9.770%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.724%) OS/400
10 2 (1.149%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 47 (27.01%) Web Development
3 38 (21.84%) MVC
4 35 (20.11%) ITIL
5 25 (14.37%) SOA
6 23 (13.22%) CRM
7 22 (12.64%) Project Management
8 21 (12.07%) Workflow
8 21 (12.07%) ERP
9 20 (11.49%) Multithreading
10 18 (10.34%) Service Delivery
10 18 (10.34%) Performance Testing
11 16 (9.195%) Mobile Application Development
12 15 (8.621%) Web Application Development
13 14 (8.046%) Capacity Planning
14 12 (6.897%) Unit Testing
15 9 (5.172%) Continuous Integration
15 9 (5.172%) Content Management
15 9 (5.172%) RAD
16 8 (4.598%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 137 (78.74%) Java
2 94 (54.02%) SQL
3 63 (36.21%) JavaScript
4 32 (18.39%) Perl
5 25 (14.37%) Bash shell
6 20 (11.49%) Shell Script
7 10 (5.747%) Python
7 10 (5.747%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
8 8 (4.598%) PHP
9 6 (3.448%) Korn
10 5 (2.874%) PL/SQL
11 4 (2.299%) Ruby
12 1 (0.575%) AWK
12 1 (0.575%) C
12 1 (0.575%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (5.172%) Sun Certification
2 7 (4.023%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.747%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (10.92%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 3 (1.724%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.724%) PowerHA
2 3 (1.724%) VMware ESX
2 3 (1.724%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 22 (12.64%) Tivoli
2 3 (1.724%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (1.724%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.149%) OpenView
3 2 (1.149%) Nagios
Vendors
1 127 (72.99%) IBM
2 124 (71.26%) Oracle
3 52 (29.89%) JBoss
4 43 (24.71%) Sun
5 32 (18.39%) Red Hat
6 23 (13.22%) HP
7 16 (9.195%) Dell
8 10 (5.747%) Microsoft
9 9 (5.172%) hybris
9 9 (5.172%) ATG
10 6 (3.448%) Cisco
11 4 (2.299%) VocaLink
12 3 (1.724%) Brocade
12 3 (1.724%) Pega
12 3 (1.724%) VMware
13 2 (1.149%) Perforce
13 2 (1.149%) BEA
14 1 (0.575%) Endeca
14 1 (0.575%) Unica
14 1 (0.575%) TIBCO
Hertfordshire, South East
Exciting company in the Financial Services sector are currently recruiting for a Middleware Engineer.Essential skills:3-4 years experience in a demanding, high availability environment Oracle Weblogic...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £60000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Hertford, South East
Java, J2ee, Developer, Web, Senior, ApplicationI am looking for two talented Senior Developers with a strong Java/J2EE background to work for a rapidly expanding company who specialise...
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
This role will include liaisons with other technical teams under I.T Infrastructure & Networks such as Unix Services, Database Services, Essential: *3-4 years' experience in a demanding,...
RDF Resources
Salary: £50000 per annum + £59,000 package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Core skills and experience *Strong Java programming skills including the use of Java 1.5+ language features *Database Development on MSSQL, Oracle or MySQL using SQL and JDBC *...
Computer People
Salary: £55000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013