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

IBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank153117152
Rank change year-on-year
Down-36Up+35
Matching permanent IT job ads198325411513
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.644 %2.072 %1.585 %
As % of the Application Development category3.934 %5.173 %4.155 %
Number of salaries quoted157720301185
Average salary£52,500£48,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.37 %-4.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£36,000£35,000£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£75,000£67,500
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£44,500£47,500
% change year-on-year
+1.12 %-6.31 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
504084911936413
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK41.80 %40.06 %38.14 %
Number of salaries quoted447934339731363
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

WebSphere
Demand Trend

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

WebSphere Demand Trend

WebSphere
Salary Trend

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

WebSphere Salary Trend

WebSphere
Salary Histogram

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

WebSphere Salary Histogram

WebSphere
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 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-351857£52,500+9.37 %
LondonDown-1932£60,000-
South EastDown-78318£52,500+19.31 %
City of LondonUp+69287£60,000+14.28 %
East of EnglandDown-59171£43,500-3.33 %
YorkshireUp+13125£40,000-9.09 %
HertfordshireDown-12107£52,500-
HampshireDown-4098£50,000+25.00 %
North WestDown-4395£41,000+2.50 %
SurreyUp+2688£55,000+15.78 %
East MidlandsDown-879£42,500-19.04 %
ScotlandDown-2973£40,000-13.51 %
West MidlandsDown-3173£52,500+23.52 %
BerkshireDown-6473£55,000+32.53 %
WatfordNo change072£47,500-
South WestDown-5464£40,000-
West YorkshireUp+2062£40,000-11.11 %
LeedsUp+652£40,000-11.11 %
CheshireDown-3351£40,000-8.04 %
NorthamptonshireUp+3549£47,500-32.14 %
BasingstokeNo change045£47,500+5.55 %
GloucestershireDown-142£40,000-11.11 %
ManchesterUp+238£38,750+29.16 %
North YorkshireUp+1834£53,250+18.33 %
YorkUp+833£40,000-11.11 %
South YorkshireDown-1326£40,000-5.88 %
EdinburghUp+1925£37,500-21.05 %
BirminghamUp+725£65,000+52.94 %
EssexDown-325£40,000-
ReadingDown-2025£52,500+16.66 %

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

12348 (60.70 %)Java
21724 (44.57 %)Oracle
31680 (43.43 %)J2EE
41223 (31.62 %)IBM
51213 (31.36 %)SQL
61186 (30.66 %)Finance
71125 (29.08 %)UNIX
81114 (28.80 %)WebLogic
9979 (25.31 %)Linux
10943 (24.38 %)XML
11920 (23.78 %)JBoss
12828 (21.41 %)WebSphere Application Server
13826 (21.35 %)Spring
14805 (20.81 %)Tomcat
15776 (20.06 %)E-Commerce
16771 (19.93 %)Windows
17723 (18.69 %)Middleware
18682 (17.63 %)Hibernate
19672 (17.37 %)WebSphere MQ
20634 (16.39 %)Web Services
21611 (15.80 %)SQL Server
22589 (15.23 %)Retail
23586 (15.15 %)HTML
23586 (15.15 %)JavaScript
24537 (13.88 %)Banking
25527 (13.62 %)DB2
26520 (13.44 %).NET
26520 (13.44 %)JSP
27496 (12.82 %)Apache
28459 (11.87 %)Degree

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11680 (43.43 %)J2EE
2943 (24.38 %)XML
3826 (21.35 %)Spring
4723 (18.69 %)Middleware
5682 (17.63 %)Hibernate
6634 (16.39 %)Web Services
7586 (15.15 %)HTML
8520 (13.44 %).NET
8520 (13.44 %)JSP
9391 (10.11 %)CSS
10390 (10.08 %)Struts
11345 (8.919 %)EJB
12337 (8.713 %)Servlets
13319 (8.247 %)Java EE
14313 (8.092 %)JMS
15284 (7.342 %)SOAP
16258 (6.670 %)Ajax
17254 (6.567 %)JDBC
18230 (5.946 %)XSLT
19149 (3.852 %)JSF
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11114 (28.80 %)WebLogic
2828 (21.41 %)WebSphere Application Server
3805 (20.81 %)Tomcat
4672 (17.37 %)WebSphere MQ
5496 (12.82 %)Apache
6245 (6.334 %)IIS
7229 (5.920 %)ESB
8216 (5.584 %)WebSphere Message Broker
9154 (3.981 %)WebSphere Process Server
9154 (3.981 %)IBM HTTP Server
10153 (3.956 %)MQSeries
10153 (3.956 %)WebSphere Portal
11146 (3.775 %)Jetty
12139 (3.594 %)GlassFish
13138 (3.568 %)BizTalk Server
14115 (2.973 %)SharePoint
1581 (2.094 %)CMS
1672 (1.861 %)Commerce Server
1769 (1.784 %)Drupal
1862 (1.603 %)Apache Solr
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1177 (4.576 %)MS Excel
2103 (2.663 %)MS Visio
359 (1.525 %)MS Office
419 (0.491 %)MS Project
58 (0.207 %)MS PowerPoint
67 (0.181 %)Photoshop
74 (0.103 %)Adobe Illustrator
83 (0.078 %)SPSS
83 (0.078 %)ProjectWise
91 (0.026 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
170 (1.810 %)Oracle BPM
238 (0.982 %)BusinessWorks
322 (0.569 %)SiteCatalyst
322 (0.569 %)Optimost
421 (0.543 %)Google Analytics
520 (0.517 %)Oracle ERP
520 (0.517 %)Maximo
617 (0.440 %)TIBCO iProcess
617 (0.440 %)SAP Retail
714 (0.362 %)Tridion
812 (0.310 %)Summit
911 (0.284 %)BASE24
1010 (0.259 %)AWD
1010 (0.259 %)SunGard Stream Clearvision
117 (0.181 %)Dynamics AX
117 (0.181 %)WebTrends
117 (0.181 %)Oracle EBS
126 (0.155 %)Oracle Applications
126 (0.155 %)Dynamics CRM
135 (0.129 %)SAP FI-CA
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1328 (8.480 %)Internet
2318 (8.221 %)HTTP
3145 (3.749 %)SAN
4124 (3.206 %)TCP/IP
5103 (2.663 %)Firewall
6101 (2.611 %)SSL
7100 (2.585 %)LDAP
867 (1.732 %)DNS
953 (1.370 %)VoIP
1042 (1.086 %)WAN
1140 (1.034 %)HTTPS
1140 (1.034 %)NAS
1236 (0.931 %)LAN
1236 (0.931 %)FTP
1325 (0.646 %)VLAN
1422 (0.569 %)CTI
1521 (0.543 %)MPLS
1521 (0.543 %)Broadband
1617 (0.440 %)Unified Communications
1716 (0.414 %)AMQP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1611 (15.80 %)SQL Server
2527 (13.62 %)DB2
3229 (5.920 %)RDBMS
4177 (4.576 %)MySQL
5104 (2.689 %)Oracle 10g
662 (1.603 %)Oracle 11g
757 (1.474 %)Oracle 8/8i
854 (1.396 %)ETL
950 (1.293 %)Data Warehouse
1042 (1.086 %)SQL Server 2000
1139 (1.008 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1139 (1.008 %)SQL Server 2008
1238 (0.982 %)DataStage
1337 (0.957 %)Oracle 9i
1427 (0.698 %)SQL Server 2005
1526 (0.672 %)OLAP
1623 (0.595 %)SQLPlus
1722 (0.569 %)Data Mining
1722 (0.569 %)TOAD
1820 (0.517 %)Oracle Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1322 (8.325 %)Eclipse
2265 (6.851 %)Ant
3249 (6.437 %)Maven
4229 (5.920 %)JUnit
5185 (4.783 %)Subversion
691 (2.353 %)Hudson
765 (1.680 %)Rational Application Developer
854 (1.396 %)ClearCase
950 (1.293 %)Team Foundation Server
1043 (1.112 %)Selenium
1141 (1.060 %)LoadRunner
1141 (1.060 %)Eclipse RCP
1236 (0.931 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1329 (0.750 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1425 (0.646 %)Visual Studio
1522 (0.569 %)Log4j
1620 (0.517 %)TortoiseSVN
1719 (0.491 %)JMeter
1818 (0.465 %)WebLOAD
1818 (0.465 %)JProfiler
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11186 (30.66 %)Finance
2589 (15.23 %)Retail
3537 (13.88 %)Banking
4134 (3.464 %)Telecoms
596 (2.482 %)Manufacturing
688 (2.275 %)Investment Banking
783 (2.146 %)Back Office
851 (1.319 %)Front Office
950 (1.293 %)Financial Institution
1038 (0.982 %)Marketing
1135 (0.905 %)Advertising
1228 (0.724 %)Games
1321 (0.543 %)Music
1321 (0.543 %)German Language
1414 (0.362 %)Legal
1511 (0.284 %)Publishing
1511 (0.284 %)Online Betting
1511 (0.284 %)French Language
169 (0.233 %)Pharmaceutical
178 (0.207 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11144 (29.58 %)Developer
2938 (24.25 %)Architect
3759 (19.62 %)Java Developer
4457 (11.81 %)Analyst
5264 (6.825 %)Solutions Architect
6262 (6.774 %)Java/J2EE Developer
7235 (6.075 %)Consultant
8224 (5.791 %)Administrator
9212 (5.481 %)Senior Developer
10205 (5.300 %)Applications Support
11149 (3.852 %)Technical Architect
12144 (3.723 %)Support Analyst
13141 (3.645 %)J2EE Developer
14137 (3.542 %)Senior Java Developer
15126 (3.257 %)Java Architect
16112 (2.896 %)Project Manager
1787 (2.249 %)Lead Architect
1882 (2.120 %)Technical Leader
1981 (2.094 %)Team Leader
2077 (1.991 %)Infrastructure Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1193 (4.990 %)Open Source
2173 (4.473 %)Computer Science
3112 (2.896 %)Web 2.0
4106 (2.740 %)Client/Server
5100 (2.585 %)Mainframe
696 (2.482 %)DataPower
791 (2.353 %)iSeries
791 (2.353 %)N-Tier
879 (2.042 %)Management Information System
969 (1.784 %)Mathematics
1067 (1.732 %)SWIFT
1159 (1.525 %)Clustering
1258 (1.499 %)Derivative
1354 (1.396 %)Online Banking
1448 (1.241 %)Digital Media
1544 (1.138 %)SaaS
1643 (1.112 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1735 (0.905 %)Data Integration
1834 (0.879 %)PMI
1834 (0.879 %)Social Media
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11125 (29.08 %)UNIX
2979 (25.31 %)Linux
3771 (19.93 %)Windows
4289 (7.472 %)AIX
5279 (7.213 %)Solaris
6236 (6.101 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
790 (2.327 %)HPUX
874 (1.913 %)Windows Server 2008
953 (1.370 %)Windows 2000 Server
1046 (1.189 %)Windows Server 2003
1134 (0.879 %)SUSE
1228 (0.724 %)Windows NT
1228 (0.724 %)Windows XP
1325 (0.646 %)Android
1424 (0.620 %)Windows 7
1424 (0.620 %)zOS
1521 (0.543 %)VMS
1620 (0.517 %)Oracle Linux
1719 (0.491 %)webOS
1719 (0.491 %)Apple iOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1776 (20.06 %)E-Commerce
2422 (10.91 %)SOA
3386 (9.979 %)UML
4382 (9.876 %)OO
5342 (8.842 %)Agile Software Development
6301 (7.782 %)ITIL
7240 (6.205 %)Scrum
8206 (5.326 %)Project Management
9205 (5.300 %)MVC
10192 (4.964 %)Service Delivery
11181 (4.679 %)Content Management
12149 (3.852 %)TDD
13145 (3.749 %)Web Development
14144 (3.723 %)Enterprise Architecture
15136 (3.516 %)EAI
16123 (3.180 %)Continuous Integration
17112 (2.896 %)Unit Testing
18103 (2.663 %)OOD
19100 (2.585 %)RUP
2096 (2.482 %)CRM
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12348 (60.70 %)Java
21213 (31.36 %)SQL
3586 (15.15 %)JavaScript
4308 (7.963 %)Perl
5261 (6.748 %)C#
6196 (5.067 %)Shell Script
7161 (4.162 %)PL/SQL
8152 (3.930 %)Python
9148 (3.826 %)C++
10141 (3.645 %)C
11139 (3.594 %)Ruby
12119 (3.077 %)PHP
13116 (2.999 %)Bash shell
1487 (2.249 %)XPath
1554 (1.396 %)Jython
1643 (1.112 %)Korn
1739 (1.008 %)VB
1828 (0.724 %)T-SQL
1828 (0.724 %)AWK
1924 (0.620 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1459 (11.87 %)Degree
2103 (2.663 %)Security Cleared
366 (1.706 %)Sun Certification
444 (1.138 %)SC Cleared
539 (1.008 %)PMI Certification
635 (0.905 %)IBM Certification
730 (0.776 %)ISEB
827 (0.698 %)ITIL Certification
913 (0.336 %)DV Cleared
1012 (0.310 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1111 (0.284 %)ISTQB
1111 (0.284 %)APMP
129 (0.233 %)Microsoft Certification
136 (0.155 %)RHCE
136 (0.155 %)MCP
136 (0.155 %)SCJP
145 (0.129 %)SCEA
145 (0.129 %)PMP
154 (0.103 %)HND
154 (0.103 %)MCSE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1128 (3.309 %)QA
230 (0.776 %)SLA
315 (0.388 %)ISO 8583
411 (0.284 %)ISO 9001
58 (0.207 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
67 (0.181 %)Data Quality
76 (0.155 %)PCI DSS
76 (0.155 %)ISO 9000
83 (0.078 %)COBIT
92 (0.052 %)ISO/IEC 27001
101 (0.026 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1112 (2.896 %)Active Directory
293 (2.404 %)VMware Infrastructure
344 (1.138 %)VMware ESX
423 (0.595 %)Oracle RAC
520 (0.517 %)vSphere
618 (0.465 %)VMware Workstation
713 (0.336 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
713 (0.336 %)XenApp
811 (0.284 %)Veritas Cluster Server
99 (0.233 %)Varnish
99 (0.233 %)Xen
108 (0.207 %)Oracle RMAN
115 (0.129 %)Veritas Volume Manager
115 (0.129 %)Veritas File System
124 (0.103 %)Tivoli Directory Server
133 (0.078 %)VMware ESXi
133 (0.078 %)Novell eDirectory
133 (0.078 %)Squid
133 (0.078 %)NFS
142 (0.052 %)OpenSSO
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1146 (3.775 %)Tivoli
247 (1.215 %)Tivoli Monitoring
341 (1.060 %)Control-M
433 (0.853 %)CA Wily
522 (0.569 %)Backup Exec
522 (0.569 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
621 (0.543 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
621 (0.543 %)CA SiteMinder
621 (0.543 %)Puppet
718 (0.465 %)Data Guard
817 (0.440 %)HP Quality Center
915 (0.388 %)Nagios
1014 (0.362 %)WSUS
118 (0.207 %)Netcool/Proviso
118 (0.207 %)SCCM
118 (0.207 %)SCOM
118 (0.207 %)Netcool
118 (0.207 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
127 (0.181 %)MOM
136 (0.155 %)McAfee ePO
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11724 (44.57 %)Oracle
21223 (31.62 %)IBM
3920 (23.78 %)JBoss
4334 (8.635 %)Microsoft
5325 (8.402 %)ATG
6241 (6.231 %)hybris
6241 (6.231 %)Red Hat
7232 (5.998 %)Sun
8184 (4.757 %)VMware
9181 (4.679 %)HP
9181 (4.679 %)TIBCO
10141 (3.645 %)SAP
11134 (3.464 %)Sybase
12126 (3.257 %)Demandware
13105 (2.715 %)BEA
1498 (2.534 %)Vignette
1589 (2.301 %)Endeca
1681 (2.094 %)Omniture
1775 (1.939 %)Cisco
1864 (1.655 %)Citrix