The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 20 June 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 138 131 82
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -49
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere 112 125 189
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.507% 1.739% 2.701%
As % of the Application Development category 3.102% 3.537% 6.109%
Number of salaries quoted 102 102 176
Average salary £43,500 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.75% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,500 £60,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+4.44% -
All Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3610 3534 3094
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 48.59% 49.16% 44.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3220 3247 2823
Average salary £34,000 £34,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.44% +1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
WebSphere
England

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West WebSphere Salary Trend

WebSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +12 59 £42,500 +3.65% 3
Manchester -32 36 £45,000 +12.50%
Merseyside +20 9 £47,500 +20.25% 1
Lancashire +9 5 £40,000 +21.21% 3
WebSphere
England

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 114 (56.16%) Java
2 110 (54.19%) Finance
3 97 (47.78%) IBM
4 74 (36.45%) Oracle
5 72 (35.47%) UNIX
6 68 (33.50%) Linux
7 66 (32.51%) WebSphere MQ
8 62 (30.54%) SQL
9 57 (28.08%) Web Services
10 53 (26.11%) Agile Software Development
11 50 (24.63%) J2EE
12 49 (24.14%) AIX
13 43 (21.18%) SAN
14 42 (20.69%) CSS
14 42 (20.69%) High Availability
15 41 (20.20%) Red Hat
16 40 (19.70%) HP
17 39 (19.21%) PHP
18 38 (18.72%) JavaScript
18 38 (18.72%) SOAP
19 37 (18.23%) WebSphere Application Server
19 37 (18.23%) Configuration Management
19 37 (18.23%) Banking
20 36 (17.73%) DB2
21 35 (17.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
22 34 (16.75%) Perl
22 34 (16.75%) C
22 34 (16.75%) Clustering
22 34 (16.75%) Replication
23 33 (16.26%) Hibernate

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 66 (32.51%) WebSphere MQ
2 57 (28.08%) Web Services
3 50 (24.63%) J2EE
4 42 (20.69%) CSS
5 38 (18.72%) SOAP
6 33 (16.26%) Hibernate
7 31 (15.27%) Ajax
7 31 (15.27%) JSP
8 29 (14.29%) Servlets
8 29 (14.29%) XML
8 29 (14.29%) WSDL
9 28 (13.79%) Spring
9 28 (13.79%) Java EE
10 27 (13.30%) Middleware
11 25 (12.32%) Apache Axis
11 25 (12.32%) JAX-RPC
12 23 (11.33%) HTML
12 23 (11.33%) JMS
13 21 (10.34%) .NET
14 19 (9.360%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 37 (18.23%) WebSphere Application Server
2 33 (16.26%) Apache
3 25 (12.32%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 21 (10.34%) ESB
4 21 (10.34%) WebLogic
5 16 (7.882%) CICS
6 12 (5.911%) GlassFish
7 10 (4.926%) Tomcat
8 6 (2.956%) MQSeries
9 4 (1.970%) AquaLogic Service Bus
9 4 (1.970%) WebLogic Portal
9 4 (1.970%) WebLogic Integration
9 4 (1.970%) WebSphere Process Server
9 4 (1.970%) AquaLogic
10 3 (1.478%) IBM HTTP Server
10 3 (1.478%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.985%) iPlanet
11 2 (0.985%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.493%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.493%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (1.478%) MS Office
2 2 (0.985%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.493%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.493%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.970%) Oracle BPM
1 4 (1.970%) AquaLogic BPM
Communications & Networking
1 43 (21.18%) SAN
2 12 (5.911%) WAN
3 11 (5.419%) Firewall
4 10 (4.926%) Internet
5 8 (3.941%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (2.463%) SSL
6 5 (2.463%) FTP
6 5 (2.463%) HTTP
7 4 (1.970%) LDAP
7 4 (1.970%) LAN
8 1 (0.493%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (17.73%) DB2
2 14 (6.897%) SQL Server
3 13 (6.404%) MySQL
4 11 (5.419%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.493%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (0.493%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (0.493%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.493%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 13 (6.404%) JUnit
2 11 (5.419%) Eclipse
3 6 (2.956%) LoadRunner
3 6 (2.956%) Subversion
4 4 (1.970%) Git (software)
5 3 (1.478%) ClearCase
6 2 (0.985%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.493%) Xcode
7 1 (0.493%) MSI
7 1 (0.493%) MyEclipse
General
1 110 (54.19%) Finance
2 37 (18.23%) Banking
3 30 (14.78%) Legal
4 22 (10.84%) Retail
5 7 (3.448%) Back Office
6 6 (2.956%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.970%) Advertising
8 3 (1.478%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.478%) Marketing
9 2 (0.985%) Publishing
9 2 (0.985%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.493%) Games
Job Titles
1 58 (28.57%) Developer
2 57 (28.08%) Java Developer
3 34 (16.75%) Systems Administrator
3 34 (16.75%) Administrator
4 33 (16.26%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 33 (16.26%) Linux Administrator
5 25 (12.32%) Consultant
6 20 (9.852%) Architect
7 19 (9.360%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 16 (7.882%) Applications Support
9 15 (7.389%) Support Specialist
10 13 (6.404%) UNIX Systems Administrator
10 13 (6.404%) UNIX Administrator
10 13 (6.404%) Applications Support Specialist
10 13 (6.404%) Applications Specialist
11 10 (4.926%) Analyst
12 9 (4.433%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
12 9 (4.433%) Pre Sales Consultant
12 9 (4.433%) Technical Consultant
12 9 (4.433%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.75%) Clustering
1 34 (16.75%) Replication
2 23 (11.33%) Mainframe
3 18 (8.867%) IBM Mainframe
4 17 (8.374%) PMI
5 13 (6.404%) Web 2.0
6 12 (5.911%) Management Information System
7 10 (4.926%) Computer Science
8 7 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (3.448%) Mathematics
9 6 (2.956%) Online Banking
10 4 (1.970%) Open Source
10 4 (1.970%) SaaS
10 4 (1.970%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.985%) SWIFT
11 2 (0.985%) iSeries
11 2 (0.985%) Tandem
11 2 (0.985%) AS400
11 2 (0.985%) Cryptography
12 1 (0.493%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 72 (35.47%) UNIX
2 68 (33.50%) Linux
3 49 (24.14%) AIX
4 35 (17.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (6.897%) Windows
6 4 (1.970%) VMS
6 4 (1.970%) OpenVMS
6 4 (1.970%) zOS
6 4 (1.970%) SUSE
7 3 (1.478%) Solaris
8 1 (0.493%) Android
8 1 (0.493%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.493%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (26.11%) Agile Software Development
2 42 (20.69%) High Availability
3 37 (18.23%) Configuration Management
4 32 (15.76%) Data Management
5 29 (14.29%) Unit Testing
6 28 (13.79%) System Testing
7 26 (12.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (12.32%) Project Management
9 23 (11.33%) Software Engineering
10 21 (10.34%) Validation
10 21 (10.34%) Business Continuity
10 21 (10.34%) ITIL
11 19 (9.360%) E-Commerce
11 19 (9.360%) PRINCE2
12 15 (7.389%) SOA
13 14 (6.897%) Incident Management
13 14 (6.897%) Problem Management
13 14 (6.897%) CMMI
14 13 (6.404%) ERP
14 13 (6.404%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 114 (56.16%) Java
2 62 (30.54%) SQL
3 39 (19.21%) PHP
4 38 (18.72%) JavaScript
5 34 (16.75%) Perl
5 34 (16.75%) C
6 25 (12.32%) PL/SQL
7 17 (8.374%) C#
8 12 (5.911%) XPath
9 7 (3.448%) COBOL
10 3 (1.478%) C++
10 3 (1.478%) VBA
10 3 (1.478%) JCL
11 2 (0.985%) RPG IV
11 2 (0.985%) RPG
11 2 (0.985%) Python
12 1 (0.493%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.493%) VBScript
12 1 (0.493%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (8.867%) Degree
2 17 (8.374%) PMI Certification
3 8 (3.941%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.448%) Sun Certification
5 2 (0.985%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.985%) SCJP
5 2 (0.985%) SCJA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.493%) QA
System Software
1 10 (4.926%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (4.433%) Xen
3 4 (1.970%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (7.389%) Tivoli
2 9 (4.433%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 2 (0.985%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 97 (47.78%) IBM
2 74 (36.45%) Oracle
3 41 (20.20%) Red Hat
4 40 (19.70%) HP
5 15 (7.389%) Microsoft
6 14 (6.897%) JBoss
7 10 (4.926%) Sun
7 10 (4.926%) VMware
8 9 (4.433%) Cognos
8 9 (4.433%) Lotus
8 9 (4.433%) EMC
9 8 (3.941%) Cisco
9 8 (3.941%) Juniper
9 8 (3.941%) Isilon
9 8 (3.941%) Riverbed
10 7 (3.448%) Siebel
10 7 (3.448%) SAP
11 5 (2.463%) Citrix
12 2 (0.985%) Infor
12 2 (0.985%) Pega
Blackburn, North West
Java / Web developer (Java/J2EE/JScript/HTML) nr Blackburn (off M65)Key skills: Java/J2EE development, web development (HTML/Javascript/CSS), SOA/web services Java developer sought by...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
Cheshire
The key skills for the Technical Architect (Application Integration, Java, J2EE, JMS) are: - J2EE (particularly JSP, JDBC, JMS) - Java application servers (Websphere, Weblogic) - Systems Integration experience - End-to-...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum + flexible benefits + bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
Blackburn, Lancashire
The Role The requires skills for a Java Developer are: - Java / J2EE (Working in a multi-user environment) - Front-End web Development skills (HTML/JavaScript/CSS) - SOA Design...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Blackburn, North West
The Role The requires skills for a Java Developer are:- Java / J2EE (Working in a multi-user environment)- Front-End web Development skills (HTML/JavaScript/CSS)- SOA Design...
JAM
Salary: £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Northern England, North West
Our Client is looking for a Technical SME with strong C# ASP.NET development experience gained in a large scale enterprise environment.Key Responsibilities:•liaising extensively with external...
Church International
Salary: £35-50k per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Foresight Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum excellent holidays and benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum + much more benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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