Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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 19 March 2010 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.

LinkIBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank176127119
Rank change year-on-year
Down-49Down-8
Matching permanent IT job ads99613933416
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.159 %1.642 %1.674 %
As % of the Application Development category3.179 %4.724 %5.178 %
Salaries quoted74410832578
Average salary£50,000£45,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£35,000£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£46,000£45,000£42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.220 %+5.880 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
313272948765977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.77 %32.33 %
Salaries quoted272762516156137
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

WebSphere
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 19 March 2010 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 19 March 2010. 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-44948£50,000+11.11 %
LondonDown-41406£55,000+4.76 %
South EastUp+13291£45,000-2.17 %
BerkshireUp+36104£48,750+14.03 %
City of LondonDown-62101£60,000-
SurreyUp+3967£46,000+8.23 %
HampshireUp+1759£35,250-11.87 %
East of EnglandDown-2558£50,000+11.11 %
West MidlandsDown-2850£45,000+5.88 %
North WestDown-6145£39,000-13.33 %
ReadingUp+3738£50,000+25.00 %
EastleighUp+135£37,500-6.25 %
East MidlandsDown-2634£50,000+26.58 %
HertfordshireDown-429£52,500+11.70 %
BuckinghamshireUp+427£36,250-26.76 %
ManchesterDown-2227£41,000-20.00 %
South WestDown-1925£35,000-12.50 %
NottinghamshireUp+1322£52,500+35.48 %
NottinghamUp+2016£52,500+35.48 %
WarwickshireUp+415£40,000-5.88 %
CambridgeshireDown-1415£50,000+33.33 %
CheshireDown-4714£39,250-11.79 %
SuffolkUp+113£50,000-
IpswichNo change013£50,000-
ScotlandDown-6813£40,000-9.09 %
Docklands, LondonUp+712£55,000-12.00 %
MidlandsUp+711£72,500-9.37 %
YorkshireNo change011£32,500-18.75 %
WiltshireNew entry-11£30,000-
BirminghamUp+139£50,000-25.92 %

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

11058 (56.22 %)Java
2628 (33.37 %)Oracle
3622 (33.05 %)J2EE
4600 (31.88 %)Finance
5549 (29.17 %)IBM
6530 (28.16 %)WebLogic
7528 (28.06 %)UNIX
8434 (23.06 %)XML
9424 (22.53 %)SQL
10417 (22.16 %)Windows
11386 (20.51 %)Spring
12374 (19.87 %)WebSphere MQ
13348 (18.49 %)JBoss
14338 (17.96 %)SQL Server
15336 (17.85 %)Linux
16333 (17.69 %)SOA
17326 (17.32 %)Tomcat
18324 (17.22 %)WebSphere Application Server
19278 (14.77 %)Middleware
20272 (14.45 %)JavaScript
21255 (13.55 %)JSP
22253 (13.44 %).NET
23252 (13.39 %)Hibernate
24229 (12.17 %)HTML
25228 (12.11 %)OO
26227 (12.06 %)UML
27224 (11.90 %)Web Services
28223 (11.85 %)Apache
29212 (11.26 %)Banking
30192 (10.20 %)JMS

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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
1622 (33.05 %)J2EE
2434 (23.06 %)XML
3386 (20.51 %)Spring
4278 (14.77 %)Middleware
5255 (13.55 %)JSP
6253 (13.44 %).NET
7252 (13.39 %)Hibernate
8229 (12.17 %)HTML
9224 (11.90 %)Web Services
10192 (10.20 %)JMS
11159 (8.448 %)Struts
12151 (8.023 %)EJB
13113 (6.004 %)CSS
13113 (6.004 %)AJAX
14108 (5.739 %)Servlets
15107 (5.685 %)XSLT
1682 (4.357 %)DHTML
1781 (4.304 %)JDBC
1880 (4.251 %)ASP.NET
1965 (3.454 %)Java EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1530 (28.16 %)WebLogic
2374 (19.87 %)WebSphere MQ
3326 (17.32 %)Tomcat
4324 (17.22 %)WebSphere Application Server
5223 (11.85 %)Apache
6152 (8.077 %)WebSphere Message Broker
7142 (7.545 %)WebSphere Process Server
8127 (6.748 %)WebSphere Portal
9114 (6.057 %)MQSeries
1094 (4.995 %)IIS
1169 (3.666 %)ESB
1266 (3.507 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1346 (2.444 %)AquaLogic
1445 (2.391 %)Rendezvous
1544 (2.338 %)WebLogic Portal
1640 (2.125 %)GlassFish
1739 (2.072 %)Lotus Notes
1838 (2.019 %)SharePoint
1934 (1.807 %)SAS
2032 (1.700 %)BizTalk Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
147 (2.497 %)MS Excel
236 (1.913 %)MS Visio
328 (1.488 %)MS Office
412 (0.638 %)MS Project
59 (0.478 %)MS PowerPoint
66 (0.319 %)Fireworks
66 (0.319 %)Photoshop
75 (0.266 %)FastStats
82 (0.106 %)CA Clarity
91 (0.053 %)MATLAB
91 (0.053 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
115 (0.797 %)BusinessWorks
214 (0.744 %)Oracle EBS
214 (0.744 %)Oracle BPM
311 (0.584 %)RMDS
47 (0.372 %)Oracle Applications
55 (0.266 %)TIBCO iProcess
63 (0.159 %)Apache OFBiz
63 (0.159 %)SAP CRM
63 (0.159 %)Pivotal CRM
63 (0.159 %)ProfileStage
72 (0.106 %)SAP MDM
72 (0.106 %)Enfinity
72 (0.106 %)GoldMine
72 (0.106 %)Algo Collateral
81 (0.053 %)SAP GTS
81 (0.053 %)AquaLogic BPM
81 (0.053 %)Oracle General Ledger
81 (0.053 %)Adaptiv
81 (0.053 %)Oracle CRM
81 (0.053 %)SAP R/3
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1133 (7.067 %)Internet
287 (4.623 %)HTTP
351 (2.710 %)TCP/IP
450 (2.657 %)Firewall
540 (2.125 %)LDAP
633 (1.753 %)SAN
728 (1.488 %)FTP
728 (1.488 %)Intrusion Detection
826 (1.382 %)LAN
923 (1.222 %)WAN
1020 (1.063 %)NAS
1118 (0.956 %)DNS
1216 (0.850 %)SSL
1313 (0.691 %)Intranet
1412 (0.638 %)SMPP
159 (0.478 %)VPN
166 (0.319 %)Network Security
175 (0.266 %)AMQP
184 (0.213 %)BSS
184 (0.213 %)Extranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1338 (17.96 %)SQL Server
2158 (8.395 %)DB2
3115 (6.111 %)ETL
4101 (5.367 %)RDBMS
562 (3.294 %)MySQL
637 (1.966 %)Datawarehouse
733 (1.753 %)SQL Server 2005
831 (1.647 %)OLAP
924 (1.275 %)Oracle 10g
924 (1.275 %)BusinessObjects
1022 (1.169 %)Oracle 8/8i
1022 (1.169 %)Oracle OLAP
1121 (1.116 %)DataStage
1214 (0.744 %)SQL Server 2000
1214 (0.744 %)Ingres
1214 (0.744 %)SQL Server 2008
1313 (0.691 %)Reference Data
1313 (0.691 %)Oracle Reports
149 (0.478 %)SQL Server Integration Services
158 (0.425 %)Informix
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1159 (8.448 %)Eclipse
2151 (8.023 %)JUnit
3109 (5.792 %)Ant
458 (3.082 %)Maven
547 (2.497 %)Subversion
634 (1.807 %)QuickTest Pro
723 (1.222 %)Visual Studio
723 (1.222 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
820 (1.063 %)ClearCase
917 (0.903 %)LoadRunner
1016 (0.850 %)Selenium
1113 (0.691 %)JMeter
1212 (0.638 %)Log4j
1212 (0.638 %)CruiseControl
1212 (0.638 %)ClearQuest
1212 (0.638 %)Rational Rose
1311 (0.584 %)Cactus
149 (0.478 %)JIRA
158 (0.425 %)VisualAge Generator
158 (0.425 %)JDeveloper
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1600 (31.88 %)Finance
2212 (11.26 %)Banking
3130 (6.908 %)Retail
4124 (6.589 %)Pensions
595 (5.048 %)Insurance
694 (4.995 %)Investment Banking
790 (4.782 %)Financial Institution
873 (3.879 %)Health
955 (2.922 %)Back Office
1043 (2.285 %)Telecoms
1142 (2.232 %)Construction
1142 (2.232 %)Government
1233 (1.753 %)Front Office
1331 (1.647 %)Marketing
1418 (0.956 %)Education
1516 (0.850 %)Manufacturing
1612 (0.638 %)Publishing
1612 (0.638 %)Pharmaceutical
1710 (0.531 %)Local Government
186 (0.319 %)Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1581 (30.87 %)Developer
2307 (16.31 %)Java Developer
3304 (16.15 %)Architect
4233 (12.38 %)Consultant
5204 (10.84 %)Analyst
6161 (8.555 %)Senior Developer
796 (5.101 %)Senior Java Developer
890 (4.782 %)Java/J2EE Developer
988 (4.676 %)Technical Architect
1075 (3.985 %)Solutions Architect
1171 (3.773 %)Administrator
1270 (3.719 %)Software Engineer
1369 (3.666 %)Applications Support
1468 (3.613 %)Technical Support
1468 (3.613 %)J2EE Developer
1566 (3.507 %)Technical Consultant
1665 (3.454 %)Designer
1764 (3.401 %)Support Analyst
1859 (3.135 %)Support Engineer
1956 (2.976 %)Programmer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
198 (5.207 %)Client/Server
260 (3.188 %)Computer Science
358 (3.082 %)Mainframe
457 (3.029 %)N-Tier
544 (2.338 %)iSeries
639 (2.072 %)Open Source
736 (1.913 %)French Language
834 (1.807 %)Derivative
933 (1.753 %)Fixed Income
1029 (1.541 %)Equities
1126 (1.382 %)AS400
1224 (1.275 %)German Language
1323 (1.222 %)Replication
1420 (1.063 %)Clustering
1517 (0.903 %)Web 2.0
1615 (0.797 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1713 (0.691 %)Spanish Language
1812 (0.638 %)Smartphone
1911 (0.584 %)Handset
1911 (0.584 %)DataPower
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1528 (28.06 %)UNIX
2417 (22.16 %)Windows
3336 (17.85 %)Linux
4137 (7.279 %)Solaris
5103 (5.473 %)AIX
638 (2.019 %)Red Hat Linux
736 (1.913 %)Windows XP
834 (1.807 %)Windows Server 2003
929 (1.541 %)Windows 2000
929 (1.541 %)HPUX
1027 (1.435 %)VMS
1124 (1.275 %)Windows NT
1221 (1.116 %)Mac OS
1318 (0.956 %)zOS
1414 (0.744 %)Ubuntu
1512 (0.638 %)OS/400
167 (0.372 %)OpenVMS
167 (0.372 %)i5/OS
167 (0.372 %)Windows Server 2008
174 (0.213 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1333 (17.69 %)SOA
2228 (12.11 %)OO
3227 (12.06 %)UML
4182 (9.671 %)E-Commerce
5150 (7.970 %)Agile Software Development
691 (4.835 %)TDD
785 (4.516 %)ITIL
878 (4.145 %)EAI
977 (4.091 %)RUP
1076 (4.038 %)Project Management
1076 (4.038 %)Scrum
1171 (3.773 %)Migration
1171 (3.773 %)Web Development
1265 (3.454 %)RAD
1265 (3.454 %)CRM
1362 (3.294 %)Content Management
1461 (3.241 %)Enterprise Architecture
1554 (2.869 %)OOA/OOD
1653 (2.816 %)Data Modelling
1750 (2.657 %)OOD
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11058 (56.22 %)Java
2424 (22.53 %)SQL
3272 (14.45 %)JavaScript
4153 (8.130 %)C++
5149 (7.917 %)C
6116 (6.164 %)C#
771 (3.773 %)Perl
771 (3.773 %)VB
869 (3.666 %)Shell Script
961 (3.241 %)PL/SQL
1047 (2.497 %)Python
1143 (2.285 %)T-SQL
1234 (1.807 %)COBOL
1331 (1.647 %)PHP
1428 (1.488 %)VB.NET
1520 (1.063 %)RPG
1617 (0.903 %)Jython
1716 (0.850 %)VBA
1716 (0.850 %)VC++
1716 (0.850 %)Bash shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1158 (8.395 %)Degree
245 (2.391 %)Security Cleared
338 (2.019 %)IBM Certification
418 (0.956 %)DV Cleared
515 (0.797 %)PRINCE2 Certification
614 (0.744 %)SC Cleared
712 (0.638 %)ITIL Certification
811 (0.584 %)ISEB
99 (0.478 %)MCSE
99 (0.478 %)Microsoft Certification
108 (0.425 %)CISSP
108 (0.425 %)Sun Certification
115 (0.266 %)PMI Certification
124 (0.213 %)PMP
124 (0.213 %)Cisco Certification
124 (0.213 %)CCNP
124 (0.213 %)CCNA
124 (0.213 %)RHCE
133 (0.159 %)CISM
133 (0.159 %)CTC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
177 (4.091 %)QA
213 (0.691 %)ISO27001
35 (0.266 %)BS7799
44 (0.213 %)PCI DSS
44 (0.213 %)SLA
52 (0.106 %)WCAG
61 (0.053 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1129 (6.854 %)MSMQ
246 (2.444 %)Active Directory
316 (0.850 %)NFS
316 (0.850 %)Nmap
316 (0.850 %)VMware Infrastructure
413 (0.691 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
54 (0.213 %)ISA Server
54 (0.213 %)VMware ESX
54 (0.213 %)Veritas Volume Manager
62 (0.106 %)VMware Server
71 (0.053 %)VMware Workstation
71 (0.053 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
141 (2.179 %)Tivoli
216 (0.850 %)Nessus
315 (0.797 %)OpenView
49 (0.478 %)CA Wily
57 (0.372 %)Unicenter
65 (0.266 %)BMC PATROL
65 (0.266 %)Tivoli Monitoring
65 (0.266 %)Backup Exec
74 (0.213 %)OVSD
74 (0.213 %)NetBackup
83 (0.159 %)CONTROL-M
92 (0.106 %)HP Quality Center
101 (0.053 %)WSUS
101 (0.053 %)EMC NetWorker
101 (0.053 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
101 (0.053 %)MOM
101 (0.053 %)TIBCO Hawk
101 (0.053 %)Norton AntiVirus
101 (0.053 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1628 (33.37 %)Oracle
2549 (29.17 %)IBM
3348 (18.49 %)JBoss
4151 (8.023 %)Microsoft
5107 (5.685 %)BEA
6104 (5.526 %)Sybase
786 (4.570 %)TIBCO
875 (3.985 %)SAP
959 (3.135 %)Lotus
1055 (2.922 %)Sun
1055 (2.922 %)HP
1154 (2.869 %)Red Hat
1253 (2.816 %)VMware
1351 (2.710 %)ATG
1439 (2.072 %)Vignette
1534 (1.807 %)FileNet
1628 (1.488 %)Siebel
1724 (1.275 %)Business Objects
1724 (1.275 %)Unisys
1724 (1.275 %)Informatica