The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Portal skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Portal over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Portal
Rank 808 842 698
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -144
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere Portal 50 54 173
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.046% 0.045% 0.140%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.217% 0.218% 0.732%
Number of salaries quoted 41 43 135
Average salary £60,000 £52,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £39,550 £38,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £85,450 £68,750
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £51,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+17.07% +13.88%
All Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
23080 24715 23627
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 21.41% 20.44% 19.14%
Number of salaries quoted 19591 21498 20341
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% -

WebSphere Portal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

WebSphere Portal Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Portal
Salary Trend

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

WebSphere Portal Salary Trend

WebSphere Portal
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere Portal over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

WebSphere Portal Salary Histogram

WebSphere Portal
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Portal within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +11 31 £66,250 +26.19%
London +9 21 £72,500 +38.09%
Scotland - 16 £35,000 -
Edinburgh - 13 £35,000 -
City of London +15 10 £75,000 +22.44%
West Midlands -15 5 £60,000 -
Worcester - 5 £60,000 -
Worcestershire - 5 £60,000 -
South East +3 4 £80,000 +60.00%
Kent - 4 £80,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £40,000 -
West Lothian - 1 - -
Northamptonshire - 1 £40,000 -
Glasgow - 1 £26,000 -

WebSphere Portal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing WebSphere Portal 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 Portal.

1 78 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 47 (60.26%) IBM
3 37 (47.44%) J2EE
4 31 (39.74%) Java
5 26 (33.33%) Oracle
6 25 (32.05%) Finance
6 25 (32.05%) WebSphere Application Server
6 25 (32.05%) Linux
7 20 (25.64%) WebSphere Process Server
8 18 (23.08%) UNIX
9 17 (21.79%) Windows
9 17 (21.79%) Adobe
9 17 (21.79%) Adobe CQ
10 16 (20.51%) SOA
10 16 (20.51%) Retail
11 15 (19.23%) AIX
11 15 (19.23%) Web Services
12 14 (17.95%) E-Commerce
13 13 (16.67%) HTML
13 13 (16.67%) Content Management
13 13 (16.67%) Jython
14 12 (15.38%) IBM HTTP Server
14 12 (15.38%) XML
14 12 (15.38%) ILOG
14 12 (15.38%) Open Source
14 12 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
14 12 (15.38%) Unica
15 11 (14.10%) CSS
15 11 (14.10%) JavaScript
15 11 (14.10%) Perl

WebSphere Portal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing WebSphere Portal 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 Portal. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 78 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 37 (47.44%) J2EE
3 15 (19.23%) Web Services
4 13 (16.67%) HTML
5 12 (15.38%) XML
6 11 (14.10%) CSS
7 10 (12.82%) .NET
8 9 (11.54%) JSP
8 9 (11.54%) Dojo
9 7 (8.974%) jQuery
10 5 (6.410%) JSF
10 5 (6.410%) Servlets
10 5 (6.410%) JDBC
10 5 (6.410%) Flash
10 5 (6.410%) JMS
11 4 (5.128%) WSDL
11 4 (5.128%) Middleware
11 4 (5.128%) XSLT
11 4 (5.128%) SOAP
11 4 (5.128%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 25 (32.05%) WebSphere Application Server
2 20 (25.64%) WebSphere Process Server
3 17 (21.79%) Adobe CQ
4 12 (15.38%) IBM HTTP Server
5 10 (12.82%) CMS
6 6 (7.692%) WebSphere MQ
6 6 (7.692%) FileNet
6 6 (7.692%) Apache
6 6 (7.692%) Documentum
6 6 (7.692%) Quickr
7 5 (6.410%) Liferay
7 5 (6.410%) TeamSite
7 5 (6.410%) Lotus Domino
7 5 (6.410%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 5 (6.410%) LiveLink
8 4 (5.128%) Alfresco
8 4 (5.128%) MS Exchange
9 3 (3.846%) Commerce Server
10 2 (2.564%) MQSeries
10 2 (2.564%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (7.692%) Tridion
2 3 (3.846%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (1.282%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.82%) HTTP
2 4 (5.128%) Internet
3 3 (3.846%) Firewall
4 2 (2.564%) Intranet
5 1 (1.282%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.282%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.410%) DB2
2 4 (5.128%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.128%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (2.564%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 7 (8.974%) Ant
2 5 (6.410%) Hudson
2 5 (6.410%) Jenkins
3 4 (5.128%) JUnit
3 4 (5.128%) Fiddler
3 4 (5.128%) Build Forge
3 4 (5.128%) Canoo WebTest
4 3 (3.846%) Git (software)
4 3 (3.846%) Eclipse
4 3 (3.846%) Subversion
4 3 (3.846%) Maven
4 3 (3.846%) Rational Application Developer
5 1 (1.282%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
1 25 (32.05%) Finance
2 16 (20.51%) Retail
3 5 (6.410%) Publishing
3 5 (6.410%) Banking
4 4 (5.128%) Advertising
5 3 (3.846%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.282%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.282%) Billing
6 1 (1.282%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (33.33%) Architect
2 16 (20.51%) Developer
3 12 (15.38%) Applications Specialist
3 12 (15.38%) Applications Architect
3 12 (15.38%) E-Commerce Specialist
4 10 (12.82%) Consultant
5 8 (10.26%) Analyst
5 8 (10.26%) Web Analyst
6 6 (7.692%) Portal Developer
6 6 (7.692%) WebSphere Specialist
6 6 (7.692%) Technical Specialist
7 5 (6.410%) Java Developer
7 5 (6.410%) J2EE Developer
7 5 (6.410%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 5 (6.410%) WebSphere Portal Developer
7 5 (6.410%) WebSphere Technical Specialist
7 5 (6.410%) WebSphere Developer
8 4 (5.128%) Technical Architect
8 4 (5.128%) Senior Technical Architect
8 4 (5.128%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Open Source
2 5 (6.410%) Mainframe
3 3 (3.846%) Web 2.0
4 2 (2.564%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.564%) Equities
4 2 (2.564%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.282%) DTV
5 1 (1.282%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.282%) Social Network
5 1 (1.282%) Social Media
5 1 (1.282%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 25 (32.05%) Linux
2 18 (23.08%) UNIX
3 17 (21.79%) Windows
4 15 (19.23%) AIX
5 9 (11.54%) zOS
6 7 (8.974%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.51%) SOA
2 14 (17.95%) E-Commerce
3 13 (16.67%) Content Management
4 12 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
5 9 (11.54%) Software Engineering
6 7 (8.974%) UML
7 5 (6.410%) Performance Testing
8 4 (5.128%) BPMN
8 4 (5.128%) RAD
8 4 (5.128%) MVC
9 3 (3.846%) User Experience Design
9 3 (3.846%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (3.846%) Load Balancing
9 3 (3.846%) Release Management
10 2 (2.564%) Capacity Management
10 2 (2.564%) Analytics
10 2 (2.564%) Problem Management
10 2 (2.564%) Incident Management
10 2 (2.564%) Electronic Trading
10 2 (2.564%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 31 (39.74%) Java
2 13 (16.67%) Jython
3 11 (14.10%) JavaScript
3 11 (14.10%) Perl
4 9 (11.54%) Python
5 7 (8.974%) Shell Script
5 7 (8.974%) SQL
6 5 (6.410%) XPath
7 4 (5.128%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (2.564%) IBM Certification
3 1 (1.282%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.692%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.282%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.128%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (1.282%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 47 (60.26%) IBM
2 26 (33.33%) Oracle
3 17 (21.79%) Adobe
4 12 (15.38%) ILOG
4 12 (15.38%) Unica
5 11 (14.10%) FatWire
6 9 (11.54%) JBoss
7 7 (8.974%) Lotus
8 6 (7.692%) Vignette
9 5 (6.410%) Open Text
10 4 (5.128%) Canoo
11 3 (3.846%) Lombardi
11 3 (3.846%) Sun
12 2 (2.564%) Stellent
13 1 (1.282%) Cognizant
13 1 (1.282%) VMware
City, London
Global brokerage requires a Senior Middleware Administrator. For the brokerage, the Middleware Application Administrator is a primary resource in engineering and supporting the core middleware architecture and application...
iKas International
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
The ideal candidate will have strong familiarity with middleware architecture and it's components, with prior experience in Websphere (Application Server & Portal Server) and WebLogic. Knowledge of SpringSourceTC,...
IT Human Resources
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
My client, one of the UKs leading brokerage firms are currently looking to recruit a Senior Middleware Administrator / Engineer to join the on a permanent basis. Responsibilities * Provide...
Stott & May
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
A leading financial organisation based in the City require a Senior Middleware Administrator to join them on a permanent basis. The Middleware Application Administrator is a primary resource...
Coal IT Services
Salary: £60,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Looking for a system engineer who ideally has a financial background and experience around WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal Server, WebLogic, SpringSourceTC, RobbitMQ, Gemfire etc... - Familiarity with...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013