The first table below looks at the demand for ESB skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 22 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Rank 171 153 149
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -4
Permanent jobs citing ESB 10 24 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.244% 0.651% 0.515%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.211% 3.061% 3.175%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 19
Average salary - £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-18.18% +10.00%
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
826 784 630
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 20.12% 21.27% 16.21%
Number of salaries quoted 704 698 589
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £61,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
ESB
North West

ESB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester ESB Salary Trend

ESB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ESB within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheadle - 4 - -
ESB
North West

ESB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 13 (92.86%) Java
2 10 (71.43%) Oracle
3 9 (64.29%) Hibernate
4 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
4 8 (57.14%) J2EE
4 8 (57.14%) SOA
5 7 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (50.00%) Spring
6 6 (42.86%) JBoss
6 6 (42.86%) SQL
6 6 (42.86%) WebLogic
6 6 (42.86%) Linux
6 6 (42.86%) jQuery
7 5 (35.71%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (35.71%) Open Source
7 5 (35.71%) Web Services
8 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
8 4 (28.57%) MVC
8 4 (28.57%) Unified Process
8 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
8 4 (28.57%) Workflow
8 4 (28.57%) Advertising
8 4 (28.57%) Information Management
8 4 (28.57%) WebSphere Process Server
8 4 (28.57%) WebSphere
8 4 (28.57%) AquaLogic
8 4 (28.57%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (28.57%) RUP
8 4 (28.57%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (28.57%) ERP

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development
1 9 (64.29%) Hibernate
2 8 (57.14%) J2EE
3 7 (50.00%) Spring
4 6 (42.86%) jQuery
5 5 (35.71%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (35.71%) Web Services
6 4 (28.57%) WebSphere
6 4 (28.57%) Spring MVC
7 3 (21.43%) Drools
7 3 (21.43%) JMS
7 3 (21.43%) SOAP
7 3 (21.43%) jBPM
7 3 (21.43%) Ajax
8 2 (14.29%) JSF
8 2 (14.29%) XML
8 2 (14.29%) HTML
8 2 (14.29%) Middleware
8 2 (14.29%) REST
8 2 (14.29%) JBoss Seam
8 2 (14.29%) RichFaces
Application Platforms
1 6 (42.86%) WebLogic
2 4 (28.57%) WebSphere Process Server
2 4 (28.57%) AquaLogic
2 4 (28.57%) WebSphere Application Server
2 4 (28.57%) WebLogic Portal
2 4 (28.57%) WebLogic Integration
2 4 (28.57%) AquaLogic Service Bus
3 2 (14.29%) Apache Solr
4 1 (7.143%) Mule
4 1 (7.143%) Apache
Business Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle BPM
1 4 (28.57%) AquaLogic BPM
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (14.29%) MySQL
3 1 (7.143%) MongoDB
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (7.143%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Gradle
2 2 (14.29%) Maven
2 2 (14.29%) CruiseControl
2 2 (14.29%) JUnit
General
1 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
1 4 (28.57%) Advertising
2 2 (14.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Java Developer
1 8 (57.14%) Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 2 (14.29%) J2EE Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Oracle Architect
5 1 (7.143%) Oracle SOA Architect
5 1 (7.143%) SOA Architect
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Integration Architect
5 1 (7.143%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Open Source
2 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.143%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) SOA
2 7 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (28.57%) MVC
3 4 (28.57%) Unified Process
3 4 (28.57%) Workflow
3 4 (28.57%) Information Management
3 4 (28.57%) RUP
3 4 (28.57%) ERP
3 4 (28.57%) Release Management
3 4 (28.57%) Communications Security
4 2 (14.29%) Web Development
4 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.143%) Test Scripting
5 1 (7.143%) UML
5 1 (7.143%) TDD
5 1 (7.143%) Pair Programming
5 1 (7.143%) Refactoring
5 1 (7.143%) Requirements Management
5 1 (7.143%) BPEL
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) Java
2 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 6 (42.86%) SQL
4 4 (28.57%) Shell Script
5 1 (7.143%) XQuery
5 1 (7.143%) XPath
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Oracle
2 6 (42.86%) JBoss
3 4 (28.57%) IBM
4 1 (7.143%) TIBCO