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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 77 86 72
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -14
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere 11 1 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 1.055% 0.103% 1.354%
As % of the Application Development category 2.540% 0.272% 3.209%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 12
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% -5.55%
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £46,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year
+2.17% +3.37%
All Application Development
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
433 368 374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 41.51% 37.90% 42.21%
Number of salaries quoted 400 326 347
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,850 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £55,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WebSphere
Wales

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales WebSphere Salary Trend

WebSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cardiff -14 6 £30,250 -28.82%
Bridgend - 5 £30,000 -
WebSphere
Wales

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 12 (80.00%) Java
1 12 (80.00%) Spring
2 9 (60.00%) J2EE
3 8 (53.33%) IBM
3 8 (53.33%) SQL
3 8 (53.33%) Scrum
4 7 (46.67%) Hibernate
4 7 (46.67%) Subversion
4 7 (46.67%) Tomcat
5 5 (33.33%) UML
6 4 (26.67%) Struts
6 4 (26.67%) Web Services
6 4 (26.67%) XML
6 4 (26.67%) J2SE
6 4 (26.67%) VB.NET
6 4 (26.67%) .NET
6 4 (26.67%) JUnit
6 4 (26.67%) TDD
6 4 (26.67%) Java SE
6 4 (26.67%) C#
7 3 (20.00%) Project Management
7 3 (20.00%) FileNet
7 3 (20.00%) Information Security
7 3 (20.00%) JSF
7 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (20.00%) Jenkins
7 3 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (20.00%) MS Office
7 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
7 3 (20.00%) Microsoft

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 12 (80.00%) Spring
2 9 (60.00%) J2EE
3 7 (46.67%) Hibernate
4 4 (26.67%) .NET
4 4 (26.67%) Struts
4 4 (26.67%) Web Services
4 4 (26.67%) XML
4 4 (26.67%) J2SE
4 4 (26.67%) Java SE
5 3 (20.00%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 7 (46.67%) Tomcat
2 3 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (20.00%) FileNet
3 2 (13.33%) Apache
4 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) INSURE/90
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) LAN
1 1 (6.667%) WAN
1 1 (6.667%) DHCP
1 1 (6.667%) Ethernet
1 1 (6.667%) MPLS
1 1 (6.667%) Firewall
1 1 (6.667%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Subversion
2 4 (26.67%) JUnit
3 3 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
1 1 (6.667%) Advertising
1 1 (6.667%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Java Developer
1 9 (60.00%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Development Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Operations Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Java Development Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Software Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Scrum
2 5 (33.33%) UML
3 4 (26.67%) TDD
4 3 (20.00%) Project Management
4 3 (20.00%) Information Security
5 2 (13.33%) Time Management
6 1 (6.667%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) Java
2 8 (53.33%) SQL
3 4 (26.67%) VB.NET
3 4 (26.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) IBM
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Adobe
2 3 (20.00%) ILOG
3 2 (13.33%) JBoss
4 1 (6.667%) Cisco
4 1 (6.667%) VMware
4 1 (6.667%) Intel
4 1 (6.667%) Avaya