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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress Sonic ESB
Rank 851 911 853
Rank change year-on-year
+60 -58
Permanent jobs citing Sonic ESB 8 1 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.007% 0.001% 0.009%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.035% 0.004% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 10
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £82,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -39.39%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 - £40,000
All Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
23017 24810 23270
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 21.44% 20.49% 19.12%
Number of salaries quoted 19551 21581 20036
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 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -

Sonic ESB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sonic ESB Jobs Demand Trend

Sonic ESB
Salary Trend

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

Sonic ESB Salary Trend

Sonic ESB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sonic ESB over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

Sonic ESB Salary Histogram

Sonic ESB
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sonic ESB within the UK 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
England +33 8 £47,500 -5.00%
London +49 6 £47,500 -5.00%
Middlesex - 2 £32,500 -
South East - 2 £32,500 -
City of London +6 1 £55,000 +10.00%

Sonic ESB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Sonic 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 Sonic ESB.

1 41 (100.00%) ESB
2 39 (95.12%) Java
3 37 (90.24%) XSLT
4 36 (87.80%) XML
4 36 (87.80%) SQL
5 34 (82.93%) Web Services
6 32 (78.05%) SOA
7 31 (75.61%) SonicMQ
8 29 (70.73%) Linux
9 28 (68.29%) JMS
10 26 (63.41%) XML Schema
10 26 (63.41%) UNIX
10 26 (63.41%) JDBC
10 26 (63.41%) Ant
11 22 (53.66%) Degree
12 10 (24.39%) Ajax
12 10 (24.39%) Gentran
12 10 (24.39%) ActionScript 2.0
12 10 (24.39%) GIS
12 10 (24.39%) EDIFACT
12 10 (24.39%) EAI
12 10 (24.39%) B2B
12 10 (24.39%) HTTPS
12 10 (24.39%) FTP
12 10 (24.39%) HTTP
12 10 (24.39%) HTML
12 10 (24.39%) CSS
12 10 (24.39%) ActionScript
12 10 (24.39%) JavaScript
12 10 (24.39%) XHTML

Sonic ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Sonic 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 Sonic ESB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 37 (90.24%) XSLT
2 36 (87.80%) XML
3 34 (82.93%) Web Services
4 28 (68.29%) JMS
5 26 (63.41%) XML Schema
5 26 (63.41%) JDBC
6 10 (24.39%) HTML
6 10 (24.39%) CSS
6 10 (24.39%) EDIFACT
6 10 (24.39%) Ajax
6 10 (24.39%) XHTML
6 10 (24.39%) EDI
7 9 (21.95%) J2EE
8 2 (4.878%) XSL
9 1 (2.439%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 41 (100.00%) ESB
2 31 (75.61%) SonicMQ
3 10 (24.39%) Gentran
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) FTP
1 10 (24.39%) HTTP
1 10 (24.39%) HTTPS
2 7 (17.07%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (24.39%) GIS
Development Applications
1 26 (63.41%) Ant
General
1 3 (7.317%) Manufacturing
2 2 (4.878%) Banking
2 2 (4.878%) Finance
Job Titles
1 41 (100.00%) Consultant
2 20 (48.78%) Technical Consultant
3 16 (39.02%) Java Consultant
4 10 (24.39%) SOA Consultant
5 7 (17.07%) Junior
5 7 (17.07%) Senior Consultant
5 7 (17.07%) Junior Consultant
6 6 (14.63%) J2EE Consultant
6 6 (14.63%) Junior Java Consultant
7 2 (4.878%) EDI Consultant
7 2 (4.878%) SAP EDI Consultant
7 2 (4.878%) Integration Consultant
7 2 (4.878%) SAP Consultant
8 1 (2.439%) Junior Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 29 (70.73%) Linux
2 26 (63.41%) UNIX
3 3 (7.317%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (78.05%) SOA
2 10 (24.39%) B2B
2 10 (24.39%) EAI
3 7 (17.07%) Risk Analysis
4 6 (14.63%) Migration
5 2 (4.878%) Logistics
5 2 (4.878%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (4.878%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 39 (95.12%) Java
2 36 (87.80%) SQL
3 10 (24.39%) ActionScript
3 10 (24.39%) JavaScript
3 10 (24.39%) ActionScript 2.0
4 9 (21.95%) XPath
5 3 (7.317%) Shell Script
5 3 (7.317%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (53.66%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) SAP
2 3 (7.317%) Red Hat