The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank500370429
Rank change year-on-year
Down-130Up+59
Matching permanent IT job ads423683366
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.351 %0.557 %0.383 %
As % of the Application Platforms category1.719 %2.930 %2.218 %
Number of salaries quoted309475278
Average salary£50,000£45,000£49,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-8.16 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£39,000£35,000£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£67,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88 %-5.55 %
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
246122331416502
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.41 %19.01 %17.28 %
Number of salaries quoted213852008713741
Average salary£42,500£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£36,000
% change year-on-year
-+4.16 %

WebSphere Application Server
Demand Trend

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

WebSphere Application Server Demand Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server within the UK.

WebSphere Application Server Salary Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

WebSphere Application Server Salary Histogram

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-118407£50,000+11.11 %
LondonDown-17177£60,000-
East of EnglandDown-6278£42,500-10.52 %
HertfordshireDown-2066£50,000-2.43 %
WatfordDown-162£35,000-26.31 %
South EastDown-13453£45,000+4.65 %
North WestDown-1347£39,500+1.28 %
City of LondonUp+3042£60,000-
CheshireUp+538£40,000-5.88 %
HampshireDown-1830£45,000+20.00 %
BasingstokeDown-624£45,000-2.70 %
West MidlandsDown-223£57,500+48.38 %
KnutsfordDown-321£39,000-5.45 %
BerkshireDown-6316£51,250+28.12 %
NorthamptonshireUp+1211£47,500-38.70 %
East MidlandsUp+811£47,500+5.55 %
EssexDown-911£42,500-
WarwickshireNew entry-9£57,500-
ColchesterDown-48£42,500-2.85 %
GloucestershireDown-188--
South WestDown-288--
YorkshireDown-368£36,000-15.29 %
GloucesterNew entry-8--
ManchesterDown-77£34,250+5.38 %
ReadingDown-157£55,000-15.38 %
CreweNew entry-7£41,000-
West YorkshireDown-186£36,000+20.00 %
LeedsDown-236£36,000+20.00 %
SurreyDown-236£47,500-
BirminghamNew entry-6£37,000-

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing WebSphere Application Server 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 Application Server.

1828 (100.00 %)WebSphere
2522 (63.04 %)Java
3455 (54.95 %)IBM
4436 (52.66 %)J2EE
5409 (49.40 %)Oracle
6330 (39.86 %)SQL
7286 (34.54 %)Finance
8274 (33.09 %)UNIX
9249 (30.07 %)Windows
10247 (29.83 %)DB2
11243 (29.35 %)Linux
12228 (27.54 %)JavaScript
13225 (27.17 %)Tomcat
14223 (26.93 %)E-Commerce
15216 (26.09 %)Middleware
16204 (24.64 %)XML
17200 (24.15 %)HTML
18193 (23.31 %)Spring
19191 (23.07 %)JBoss
20177 (21.38 %)AIX
21169 (20.41 %)HTTP
22161 (19.44 %)CSS
23160 (19.32 %)WebLogic
24158 (19.08 %)Retail
24158 (19.08 %)Hibernate
25151 (18.24 %)Internet
26150 (18.12 %)Servlets
27147 (17.75 %)JSP
28146 (17.63 %)Web Services
29140 (16.91 %)IBM HTTP Server

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing WebSphere Application Server 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 Application Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1828 (100.00 %)WebSphere
2436 (52.66 %)J2EE
3216 (26.09 %)Middleware
4204 (24.64 %)XML
5200 (24.15 %)HTML
6193 (23.31 %)Spring
7161 (19.44 %)CSS
8158 (19.08 %)Hibernate
9150 (18.12 %)Servlets
10147 (17.75 %)JSP
11146 (17.63 %)Web Services
12130 (15.70 %)Ajax
1397 (11.71 %)JMS
1496 (11.59 %)JDBC
1590 (10.87 %)Struts
1686 (10.39 %)Java EE
1776 (9.179 %)EJB
1852 (6.280 %)SOAP
1947 (5.676 %).NET
2044 (5.314 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1225 (27.17 %)Tomcat
2160 (19.32 %)WebLogic
3140 (16.91 %)IBM HTTP Server
4123 (14.86 %)Apache
5116 (14.01 %)WebSphere Process Server
6114 (13.77 %)WebSphere MQ
7112 (13.53 %)IIS
869 (8.333 %)MQSeries
965 (7.850 %)WebSphere Portal
1060 (7.246 %)ESB
1149 (5.918 %)GlassFish
1247 (5.676 %)CMS
1337 (4.469 %)SharePoint
1435 (4.227 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1532 (3.865 %)Apache Solr
1631 (3.744 %)JRun
1729 (3.502 %)TeamSite
1729 (3.502 %)Alfresco
1827 (3.261 %)FileNet
1926 (3.140 %)BizTalk Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
125 (3.019 %)MS Excel
216 (1.932 %)MS Office
315 (1.812 %)MS Visio
410 (1.208 %)MS Project
57 (0.845 %)Photoshop
61 (0.121 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (1.208 %)Tridion
110 (1.208 %)SunGard Stream Clearvision
24 (0.483 %)Oracle BPM
24 (0.483 %)WebTrends
33 (0.362 %)BusinessWorks
33 (0.362 %)TIBCO iProcess
41 (0.121 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.121 %)Oracle ERP
41 (0.121 %)SAP ERP
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1169 (20.41 %)HTTP
2151 (18.24 %)Internet
346 (5.556 %)LDAP
440 (4.831 %)SSL
535 (4.227 %)TCP/IP
630 (3.623 %)HTTPS
727 (3.261 %)SAN
822 (2.657 %)VLAN
920 (2.415 %)Firewall
1018 (2.174 %)LAN
1018 (2.174 %)VoIP
1018 (2.174 %)WAN
119 (1.087 %)FTP
127 (0.845 %)Broadband
136 (0.725 %)DNS
144 (0.483 %)OpenLDAP
152 (0.242 %)NAS
152 (0.242 %)LTE
152 (0.242 %)Reverse Proxy
161 (0.121 %)NFC
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1247 (29.83 %)DB2
299 (11.96 %)SQL Server
353 (6.401 %)MySQL
444 (5.314 %)RDBMS
524 (2.899 %)Oracle 10g
621 (2.536 %)Oracle 8/8i
712 (1.449 %)Oracle 9i
811 (1.329 %)DataStage
910 (1.208 %)Oracle 11g
106 (0.725 %)Oracle Reports
106 (0.725 %)OLTP
106 (0.725 %)Oracle Exadata
115 (0.604 %)Data Mining
123 (0.362 %)InterSystems Cache
123 (0.362 %)Data Warehouse
132 (0.242 %)MS Access
132 (0.242 %)Crystal Reports
132 (0.242 %)Informix
132 (0.242 %)BusinessObjects XI
141 (0.121 %)Adabas
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1126 (15.22 %)Ant
2100 (12.08 %)Eclipse
363 (7.609 %)Rational Application Developer
460 (7.246 %)Maven
541 (4.952 %)JUnit
635 (4.227 %)Subversion
733 (3.986 %)LoadRunner
825 (3.019 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
921 (2.536 %)Team Foundation Server
1011 (1.329 %)Hudson
1110 (1.208 %)Log4j
126 (0.725 %)Visual Studio
135 (0.604 %)Oracle Forms
143 (0.362 %)Introscope
152 (0.242 %)Build Forge
152 (0.242 %)Selenium
152 (0.242 %)Eclipse RCP
152 (0.242 %)ClearCase
152 (0.242 %)XDE
152 (0.242 %)JDeveloper
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1286 (34.54 %)Finance
2158 (19.08 %)Retail
396 (11.59 %)Banking
426 (3.140 %)Back Office
522 (2.657 %)Front Office
621 (2.536 %)Music
717 (2.053 %)Financial Institution
814 (1.691 %)Telecoms
814 (1.691 %)Manufacturing
98 (0.966 %)Investment Banking
107 (0.845 %)Marketing
116 (0.725 %)Music Industry
122 (0.242 %)Advertising
122 (0.242 %)Publishing
131 (0.121 %)Automotive
131 (0.121 %)Legal
131 (0.121 %)Pharmaceutical
131 (0.121 %)Retail Banking
131 (0.121 %)German Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1277 (33.45 %)Developer
2208 (25.12 %)Java Developer
3172 (20.77 %)Architect
4112 (13.53 %)Analyst
574 (8.937 %)Solutions Architect
574 (8.937 %)Administrator
665 (7.850 %)Java/J2EE Developer
752 (6.280 %)Senior Developer
846 (5.556 %)Support Analyst
846 (5.556 %)Senior Java Developer
944 (5.314 %)J2EE Developer
1040 (4.831 %)WebSphere Administrator
1139 (4.710 %)Applications Support
1237 (4.469 %)Consultant
1333 (3.986 %)Infrastructure Specialist
1426 (3.140 %)Server Administrator
1524 (2.899 %)Lead Architect
1621 (2.536 %)Technical Manager
1621 (2.536 %)Technical Services Manager
1621 (2.536 %)WebSphere Specialist
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
161 (7.367 %)DataPower
248 (5.797 %)Open Source
339 (4.710 %)Online Banking
434 (4.106 %)Web 2.0
525 (3.019 %)Computer Science
624 (2.899 %)Clustering
721 (2.536 %)Mainframe
818 (2.174 %)Enterprise Storage
917 (2.053 %)Tandem
1016 (1.932 %)SWIFT
1111 (1.329 %)AS400
1111 (1.329 %)Mathematics
1210 (1.208 %)Inversion of Control
139 (1.087 %)HACMP
147 (0.845 %)PACS
147 (0.845 %)SaaS
147 (0.845 %)iSeries
156 (0.725 %)PKI
156 (0.725 %)N-Tier
164 (0.483 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1274 (33.09 %)UNIX
2249 (30.07 %)Windows
3243 (29.35 %)Linux
4177 (21.38 %)AIX
579 (9.541 %)Solaris
642 (5.072 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
734 (4.106 %)HPUX
828 (3.382 %)SUSE
926 (3.140 %)Windows 2000 Server
1019 (2.295 %)Windows Server 2008
1019 (2.295 %)Windows Server 2003
1118 (2.174 %)Windows XP
1118 (2.174 %)Windows 7
122 (0.242 %)Windows Mobile
122 (0.242 %)Android
131 (0.121 %)zOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1223 (26.93 %)E-Commerce
2117 (14.13 %)UML
381 (9.783 %)ITIL
475 (9.058 %)OO
566 (7.971 %)Content Management
659 (7.126 %)Web Development
753 (6.401 %)Agile Software Development
850 (6.039 %)Service Delivery
850 (6.039 %)Performance Testing
949 (5.918 %)Scrum
1044 (5.314 %)Root Cause Analysis
1143 (5.193 %)RAD
1143 (5.193 %)SOA
1237 (4.469 %)Capacity Planning
1333 (3.986 %)E-business
1431 (3.744 %)OOP
1528 (3.382 %)Time Management
1627 (3.261 %)Unit Testing
1725 (3.019 %)MVC
1725 (3.019 %)Validation
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1522 (63.04 %)Java
2330 (39.86 %)SQL
3228 (27.54 %)JavaScript
4105 (12.68 %)Perl
557 (6.884 %)PL/SQL
652 (6.280 %)C
652 (6.280 %)Ruby
746 (5.556 %)Shell Script
842 (5.072 %)Jython
929 (3.502 %)Bash shell
1028 (3.382 %)Python
1123 (2.778 %)Korn
1220 (2.415 %)PHP
1318 (2.174 %)C++
1415 (1.812 %)AWK
1514 (1.691 %)XPath
1611 (1.329 %)ActionScript 2.0
1611 (1.329 %)ActionScript
179 (1.087 %)C#
187 (0.845 %)PowerShell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1106 (12.80 %)Degree
221 (2.536 %)Sun Certification
317 (2.053 %)ISEB
413 (1.570 %)IBM Certification
56 (0.725 %)ITIL Certification
65 (0.604 %)Security Cleared
72 (0.242 %)IBM WebSphere Certification
72 (0.242 %)SC Cleared
81 (0.121 %)RHCE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
146 (5.556 %)QA
28 (0.966 %)SLA
35 (0.604 %)Data Quality
41 (0.121 %)ISO 9000
41 (0.121 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.121 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
120 (2.415 %)Active Directory
219 (2.295 %)VMware ESX
318 (2.174 %)VMware Workstation
48 (0.966 %)Oracle RAC
57 (0.845 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
65 (0.604 %)VMware Infrastructure
73 (0.362 %)Tivoli Directory Server
82 (0.242 %)OpenSSO
82 (0.242 %)VMware ESXi
82 (0.242 %)Sendmail
82 (0.242 %)vSphere
91 (0.121 %)Veritas Cluster Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
192 (11.11 %)Tivoli
230 (3.623 %)Tivoli Monitoring
326 (3.140 %)CA Wily
422 (2.657 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
511 (1.329 %)CA SiteMinder
69 (1.087 %)Data Guard
76 (0.725 %)OMEGAMON
84 (0.483 %)Sun Identity Manager
93 (0.362 %)Oracle Identity Manager
93 (0.362 %)Oracle Identity Management
102 (0.242 %)HP Quality Center
111 (0.121 %)Puppet
111 (0.121 %)OpenView
111 (0.121 %)EMC NetWorker
111 (0.121 %)OVSD
111 (0.121 %)Nagios
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1455 (54.95 %)IBM
2409 (49.40 %)Oracle
3191 (23.07 %)JBoss
4127 (15.34 %)Sun
577 (9.300 %)hybris
669 (8.333 %)HP
767 (8.092 %)ATG
853 (6.401 %)Red Hat
947 (5.676 %)VMware
1044 (5.314 %)Demandware
1134 (4.106 %)LogLogic
1231 (3.744 %)Endeca
1231 (3.744 %)Microsoft
1327 (3.261 %)Dell
1421 (2.536 %)Cisco
1421 (2.536 %)Citrix
1421 (2.536 %)Stellent
1519 (2.295 %)EMC
1618 (2.174 %)FatWire
1717 (2.053 %)SAP