The first table below looks at the demand for ESB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ESB 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 Platforms category for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing ESB 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-18.18% +10.00%
All Application Platforms
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
227 141 211
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 19.62% 19.67% 19.85%
Number of salaries quoted 182 129 193
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £40,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
ESB
South East

ESB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent ESB Jobs Demand Trend

ESB
Salary Trend

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

Kent ESB Salary Trend

ESB
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing ESB 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 ESB.

1 2 (66.67%) webMethods
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) QA

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing ESB 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 ESB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) webMethods