The first table below looks at the demand for ESB skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 19 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 Platforms category.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Rank 510 442 390
Rank change year-on-year
-68 -52
Permanent jobs citing ESB 398 552 687
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.365% 0.458% 0.535%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.752% 2.248% 2.870%
Number of salaries quoted 288 461 514
Average salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.00% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £38,628 £38,150
10% offered a salary of more than £85,750 £85,000 £84,250
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -
All Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
22715 24560 23940
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 20.85% 20.38% 18.65%
Number of salaries quoted 19343 21312 20722
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%

ESB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

ESB Jobs Demand Trend

ESB
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ESB within the UK.

ESB Salary Trend

ESB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ESB over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

ESB Salary Histogram

ESB
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -78 361 £57,500 -8.00% 32
London -22 202 £65,000 -7.14% 12
City of London -22 75 £60,000 -20.00% 6
South East -11 51 £50,000 -13.04% 8
Surrey +16 31 £55,000 - 4
Scotland +33 30 £38,500 -35.83%
North West -23 29 £50,000 +5.26% 4
South West +12 28 £42,750 -5.52% 2
Edinburgh +20 21 £37,500 -57.14%
Camberley - 21 £50,000 - 3
Wiltshire +17 18 £42,500 -10.99% 1
East of England -33 18 £45,000 -10.00% 3
Yorkshire +7 14 £67,500 +82.43% 2
West Yorkshire -4 14 £67,500 +84.93% 2
Leeds +1 13 £67,500 +68.75% 2
West Midlands -14 13 £46,000 -3.15%
Manchester -24 12 £60,000 +55.84% 1
Hampshire +4 9 £45,000 -28.00% 2
Bristol 0 9 £43,000 +10.60%
Swindon +11 8 £35,657 -20.76%
Merseyside +5 8 £50,000 +42.85% 1
Glasgow -3 8 £38,500 -35.83%
Liverpool -9 8 £50,000 +42.85% 1
Bedfordshire -4 6 £65,000 -1.88%
Hertfordshire -7 6 £52,500 -16.00% 3
Berkshire +15 5 £45,000 -28.00% 1
Cheshire +12 5 £60,000 -
Buckinghamshire +10 5 £52,500 - 1
Hayes - 5 £45,000 -
Basingstoke - 5 £45,000 - 1

ESB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 512 (62.44%) Java
2 510 (62.20%) SOA
3 376 (45.85%) Oracle
4 282 (34.39%) XML
5 248 (30.24%) SQL
6 223 (27.20%) Finance
7 220 (26.83%) Web Services
8 202 (24.63%) J2EE
9 188 (22.93%) JMS
10 185 (22.56%) Middleware
11 184 (22.44%) Spring
12 173 (21.10%) SQL Server
13 157 (19.15%) .NET
14 140 (17.07%) TDD
15 135 (16.46%) Agile Software Development
15 135 (16.46%) Hibernate
16 119 (14.51%) Banking
17 118 (14.39%) C#
18 117 (14.27%) WebSphere
19 116 (14.15%) SOAP
20 115 (14.02%) Linux
21 111 (13.54%) Degree
22 105 (12.80%) XSLT
23 104 (12.68%) Maven
24 100 (12.20%) UNIX
24 100 (12.20%) CRM
25 99 (12.07%) ETL
25 99 (12.07%) REST
26 98 (11.95%) IBM
26 98 (11.95%) UML

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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
1 282 (34.39%) XML
2 220 (26.83%) Web Services
3 202 (24.63%) J2EE
4 188 (22.93%) JMS
5 185 (22.56%) Middleware
6 184 (22.44%) Spring
7 157 (19.15%) .NET
8 135 (16.46%) Hibernate
9 117 (14.27%) WebSphere
10 116 (14.15%) SOAP
11 105 (12.80%) XSLT
12 99 (12.07%) REST
13 72 (8.780%) Java EE
14 69 (8.415%) Oracle Fusion
15 66 (8.049%) HTML
16 65 (7.927%) JSP
17 61 (7.439%) WCF
18 56 (6.829%) ASP.NET
19 55 (6.707%) Ajax
19 55 (6.707%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 93 (11.34%) WebLogic
2 90 (10.98%) Apache
3 55 (6.707%) WebSphere Application Server
4 53 (6.463%) CMS
5 47 (5.732%) WebSphere Process Server
6 46 (5.610%) Tomcat
7 45 (5.488%) MQSeries
8 42 (5.122%) BizTalk Server
9 36 (4.390%) AquaLogic
10 35 (4.268%) IIS
11 31 (3.780%) Oracle Service Bus
12 30 (3.659%) Sonic ESB
13 28 (3.415%) Oracle Workflow
14 25 (3.049%) Mule
14 25 (3.049%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 24 (2.927%) WebSphere Message Broker
15 24 (2.927%) Alfresco
16 22 (2.683%) Apache Solr
17 21 (2.561%) TeamSite
17 21 (2.561%) Drupal
Applications
1 33 (4.024%) MS Excel
2 5 (0.610%) MS Office
3 1 (0.122%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.122%) MS Project
3 1 (0.122%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 64 (7.805%) Oracle EBS
2 31 (3.780%) Oracle Applications
3 28 (3.415%) Oracle EBS R12
3 28 (3.415%) Oracle BPM
4 20 (2.439%) BusinessWorks
5 16 (1.951%) Oracle ERP
6 14 (1.707%) AquaLogic BPM
7 10 (1.220%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.488%) SAP BPC
9 3 (0.366%) Oracle Financials
10 1 (0.122%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (0.122%) Bond Adapt
10 1 (0.122%) Summit
10 1 (0.122%) Siebel Analytics
10 1 (0.122%) TIBCO iProcess
10 1 (0.122%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 44 (5.366%) HTTP
2 38 (4.634%) BSS
3 27 (3.293%) FTP
4 22 (2.683%) SSL
5 19 (2.317%) Internet
6 10 (1.220%) Firewall
6 10 (1.220%) LDAP
7 9 (1.098%) SMS
7 9 (1.098%) Reverse Proxy
8 8 (0.976%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.610%) SAN
10 3 (0.366%) ATM
10 3 (0.366%) 3GPP
10 3 (0.366%) SNMP
10 3 (0.366%) Wireless
10 3 (0.366%) Intranet
10 3 (0.366%) AMQP
11 2 (0.244%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.244%) WAN
11 2 (0.244%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (21.10%) SQL Server
2 71 (8.659%) MySQL
3 58 (7.073%) DB2
4 55 (6.707%) Data Warehouse
5 52 (6.341%) NoSQL
6 51 (6.220%) RDBMS
7 48 (5.854%) SQL Server 2008
8 46 (5.610%) Big Data
9 38 (4.634%) PostgreSQL
10 37 (4.512%) Oracle 11g
11 35 (4.268%) MarkLogic
12 33 (4.024%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 32 (3.902%) SQL Server 2005
14 30 (3.659%) Oracle 10g
15 26 (3.171%) Oracle BI EE
15 26 (3.171%) Oracle Reports
16 25 (3.049%) Oracle Discoverer
17 21 (2.561%) Oracle 8/8i
18 10 (1.220%) MongoDB
18 10 (1.220%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 104 (12.68%) Maven
2 72 (8.780%) Ant
3 69 (8.415%) Eclipse
4 59 (7.195%) Subversion
5 58 (7.073%) JUnit
6 46 (5.610%) JDeveloper
7 29 (3.537%) JIRA
8 21 (2.561%) Jenkins
9 19 (2.317%) NUnit
10 18 (2.195%) Visual Studio
11 17 (2.073%) IntelliJ
12 16 (1.951%) Team Foundation Server
12 16 (1.951%) Selenium
13 15 (1.829%) SpecFlow
14 13 (1.585%) TeamCity
14 13 (1.585%) Moq
14 13 (1.585%) MSBuild
15 12 (1.463%) Hudson
15 12 (1.463%) Oracle Forms
16 11 (1.341%) Mockito
General
1 223 (27.20%) Finance
2 119 (14.51%) Banking
3 56 (6.829%) Retail
4 48 (5.854%) Billing
5 34 (4.146%) Investment Banking
6 31 (3.780%) Telecoms
7 22 (2.683%) Financial Institution
8 21 (2.561%) Front Office
9 18 (2.195%) Advertising
9 18 (2.195%) Games
10 17 (2.073%) Retail Banking
11 13 (1.585%) Marketing
12 11 (1.341%) Back Office
13 9 (1.098%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (0.976%) Law
15 6 (0.732%) German Language
16 5 (0.610%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.610%) Italian Language
16 5 (0.610%) French Language
17 4 (0.488%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 294 (35.85%) Developer
2 274 (33.41%) Architect
3 168 (20.49%) Java Developer
4 112 (13.66%) Solutions Architect
5 81 (9.878%) Consultant
6 68 (8.293%) Technical Architect
7 55 (6.707%) Analyst
8 40 (4.878%) Senior Developer
9 35 (4.268%) Enterprise Architect
10 31 (3.780%) Technical Consultant
11 30 (3.659%) Support Analyst
11 30 (3.659%) Java/J2EE Developer
12 29 (3.537%) .NET Developer
13 26 (3.171%) Senior Java Developer
14 25 (3.049%) Team Leader
15 24 (2.927%) Software Architect
16 20 (2.439%) Oracle Consultant
16 20 (2.439%) Java Consultant
17 18 (2.195%) Integration Specialist
17 18 (2.195%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 92 (11.22%) Enterprise Software
2 79 (9.634%) Open Source
3 58 (7.073%) Management Information System
4 47 (5.732%) Computer Science
5 27 (3.293%) DataPower
6 21 (2.561%) Online Banking
7 19 (2.317%) Derivative
7 19 (2.317%) SWIFT
7 19 (2.317%) SaaS
8 16 (1.951%) Clustering
9 14 (1.707%) Data Integration
9 14 (1.707%) Reference Data
10 12 (1.463%) Mainframe
10 12 (1.463%) Fixed Income
11 9 (1.098%) Mobile App
12 8 (0.976%) Biotechnology
13 7 (0.854%) PMI
13 7 (0.854%) IBM Mainframe
13 7 (0.854%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.854%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 115 (14.02%) Linux
2 100 (12.20%) UNIX
3 97 (11.83%) Windows
4 16 (1.951%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (1.707%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.585%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (1.463%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (1.341%) Solaris
9 5 (0.610%) Windows Mobile
10 4 (0.488%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.488%) Android
11 2 (0.244%) CentOS
11 2 (0.244%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (0.244%) zOS
11 2 (0.244%) AIX
11 2 (0.244%) HPUX
11 2 (0.244%) Windows NT
11 2 (0.244%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.122%) Debian
12 1 (0.122%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 510 (62.20%) SOA
2 140 (17.07%) TDD
3 135 (16.46%) Agile Software Development
4 100 (12.20%) CRM
5 99 (12.07%) ETL
6 98 (11.95%) UML
7 86 (10.49%) MVC
8 85 (10.37%) Workflow
9 82 (10.00%) EAI
10 76 (9.268%) TOGAF
11 74 (9.024%) ERP
12 73 (8.902%) E-Commerce
12 73 (8.902%) OO
13 70 (8.537%) Business Intelligence
14 64 (7.805%) Scrum
15 63 (7.683%) Enterprise Architecture
16 61 (7.439%) BPEL
17 58 (7.073%) Continuous Integration
18 56 (6.829%) Content Management
19 43 (5.244%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 512 (62.44%) Java
2 248 (30.24%) SQL
3 118 (14.39%) C#
4 76 (9.268%) JavaScript
5 73 (8.902%) PL/SQL
6 45 (5.488%) Shell Script
7 33 (4.024%) Groovy
8 31 (3.780%) XPath
8 31 (3.780%) C++
9 28 (3.415%) C
10 23 (2.805%) T-SQL
11 20 (2.439%) Perl
12 19 (2.317%) XQuery
13 17 (2.073%) Ruby
14 16 (1.951%) Apex Code
15 10 (1.220%) Python
16 8 (0.976%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.854%) ActionScript
18 6 (0.732%) ActionScript 2.0
19 5 (0.610%) Scala
Qualifications
1 111 (13.54%) Degree
2 10 (1.220%) Security Cleared
2 10 (1.220%) Sun Certification
3 9 (1.098%) PMI Certification
4 5 (0.610%) SC Cleared
4 5 (0.610%) DV Cleared
5 3 (0.366%) CIPD
5 3 (0.366%) IBM Certification
5 3 (0.366%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.244%) ISEB
6 2 (0.244%) PMP
6 2 (0.244%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.244%) Postgraduate
6 2 (0.244%) PhD
7 1 (0.122%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.122%) MCP
7 1 (0.122%) HNC
7 1 (0.122%) HND
7 1 (0.122%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.122%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.610%) QA
2 9 (1.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 8 (0.976%) GCP
4 6 (0.732%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.488%) SLA
6 2 (0.244%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.244%) HL7
6 2 (0.244%) COBIT
7 1 (0.122%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 4 (0.488%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.244%) vSphere
2 2 (0.244%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.122%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.122%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 18 (2.195%) Tivoli
1 18 (2.195%) Tivoli Monitoring
2 10 (1.220%) SCOM
3 8 (0.976%) MOM
4 2 (0.244%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.122%) OpenView
5 1 (0.122%) SCCM
5 1 (0.122%) Puppet
5 1 (0.122%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 376 (45.85%) Oracle
2 98 (11.95%) IBM
2 98 (11.95%) JBoss
3 93 (11.34%) Microsoft
4 69 (8.415%) TIBCO
5 65 (7.927%) Informatica
6 28 (3.415%) Salesforce.com
6 28 (3.415%) webMethods
7 26 (3.171%) Siebel
7 26 (3.171%) Software AG
8 21 (2.561%) HP
8 21 (2.561%) SAP
9 19 (2.317%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 18 (2.195%) LogLogic
10 18 (2.195%) Red Hat
11 17 (2.073%) hybris
12 16 (1.951%) ATG
13 15 (1.829%) Hitachi
13 15 (1.829%) Cerillion
13 15 (1.829%) Demandware
Camberley, Surrey
The Integration Specialist will be responsible for specifying application/technical architecture, functionalities with solution integration and previously dealt with projects using SOA, ESB, Web Services, JAVA and J2EE...
Quindell Plc - Metaskil
Salary: upto £60k plus benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Preston, North West
You will have at least 3 years commercial Java development knowledge with ideally knowledge of the Spring framework and design patterns. You will also have good SQL knowledge...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as JEE / LAMP / Oracle / .NET. Proven expertise in Java Enterprise technologies particularly JMS implementations such as...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Senior Middleware Consultant required for an emerging software consultancy in Stevenage, Hertfordshire Providing web based solutions across a range of business sectors, you will be joining a small,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40k - 50k + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Senior Java Developer - Java - Opensource - JUnit - Webservices - Agile - TDD - Liverpool... They are seeking experience of Java based technologies, across an opensource environment with any previous exposure to PHP,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Blackburn, North West
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
IT Connections
Salary: £45,000 to £60,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
Tyne and Wear
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + pension,holidays, benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hertford, Hertfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Depending on experience
Posted: 15 June 2013
London
E-synergy Solutions
Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
Camberley, Surrey
Quindell Plc - Metaskil
Salary: From £45,000 to £60,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
West London
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 7 June 2013
South West London
Reed Business Information Ltd
Salary: From £75,000 to £85,000 per annum + 29 days holiday + pension + share
Posted: 23 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
The People Network
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Networking People
Salary: full banking benefits & bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Opilio Recruitment
Salary: 50000 - 70000 Per Annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
bridgenoble
Salary: £95000 - £105000 per annum + + £80k Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Wiltshire
Experis IT
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
UK
Ciber UK
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
PruHealth
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum plus flexible benefits and bonus
Posted: 3 June 2013
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