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 9 February 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
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank188127107
Rank change year-on-year
Down-61Down-20
Matching permanent IT job ads85416473717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.085 %1.629 %1.839 %
As % of the Application Development category2.978 %4.764 %5.774 %
Salaries quoted65613492862
Average salary£47,500£47,500£46,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+2.700 %
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£67,500£67,500
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
286743457164377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.42 %34.20 %31.86 %
Salaries quoted248923022554762
Average salary£37,500£37,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.350 %-1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-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 9 February 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 9 February 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-48815£47,500+5.55 %
LondonDown-32355£55,000-
South EastDown-2237£47,500+5.55 %
BerkshireUp+2585£50,000+11.11 %
City of LondonDown-1485£55,000-6.77 %
North WestDown-4360£38,500-14.44 %
HampshireUp+2954£37,500-6.25 %
East MidlandsUp+1746£45,000+12.50 %
SurreyUp+245£47,500+11.76 %
EastleighNew entry-43£40,000-
West MidlandsDown-1238£43,000-9.47 %
East of EnglandDown-2934£47,500+1.06 %
ReadingUp+3830£55,000+37.50 %
CheshireDown-3429£41,000-16.32 %
LeicestershireUp+2424£40,000+3.89 %
ManchesterDown-2824£38,500-14.44 %
Docklands, LondonUp+923£65,000+4.00 %
HertfordshireDown-1019£52,500+2.94 %
South WestDown-1919£35,000-19.54 %
BuckinghamshireDown-918£40,000-12.08 %
WiltshireUp+2117£35,000-13.04 %
YorkshireUp+1117£32,500-7.14 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-16£52,500-
WarwickshireUp+1513£43,000-4.44 %
Home CountiesDown-1612£50,000+33.33 %
NottinghamNew entry-12£52,500-
West YorkshireUp+2511£32,500-7.14 %
LeedsUp+2011£32,500-7.14 %
ChippenhamUp+811£35,000-16.66 %
WalesUp+311£27,500-

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 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.

1972 (54.15 %)Java
2624 (34.76 %)Oracle
3581 (32.37 %)J2EE
4518 (28.86 %)WebLogic
5516 (28.75 %)Finance
6505 (28.13 %)UNIX
7494 (27.52 %)IBM
8415 (23.12 %)Windows
9397 (22.12 %)SQL
10372 (20.72 %)XML
11368 (20.50 %)WebSphere MQ
12350 (19.50 %)SQL Server
13332 (18.50 %)JBoss
14324 (18.05 %)Linux
15311 (17.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
16310 (17.27 %)Spring
17294 (16.38 %)Middleware
18290 (16.16 %)Tomcat
19277 (15.43 %)SOA
20241 (13.43 %)JavaScript
21232 (12.92 %)JSP
22226 (12.59 %).NET
23224 (12.48 %)HTML
24215 (11.98 %)UML
25206 (11.48 %)Web Services
26200 (11.14 %)Hibernate
27196 (10.92 %)Banking
28195 (10.86 %)OO
29188 (10.47 %)Apache
30173 (9.638 %)DB2

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 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
1581 (32.37 %)J2EE
2372 (20.72 %)XML
3310 (17.27 %)Spring
4294 (16.38 %)Middleware
5232 (12.92 %)JSP
6226 (12.59 %).NET
7224 (12.48 %)HTML
8206 (11.48 %)Web Services
9200 (11.14 %)Hibernate
10166 (9.248 %)JMS
11128 (7.131 %)Struts
12124 (6.908 %)EJB
1398 (5.460 %)XSLT
1497 (5.404 %)CSS
1578 (4.345 %)JDBC
1677 (4.290 %)Servlets
1770 (3.900 %)AJAX
1861 (3.398 %)DHTML
1959 (3.287 %)Java EE
1959 (3.287 %)ASP.NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1518 (28.86 %)WebLogic
2368 (20.50 %)WebSphere MQ
3311 (17.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
4290 (16.16 %)Tomcat
5188 (10.47 %)Apache
6119 (6.630 %)WebSphere Message Broker
7114 (6.351 %)WebSphere Process Server
8113 (6.295 %)MQSeries
9111 (6.184 %)WebSphere Portal
1089 (4.958 %)IIS
1168 (3.788 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1238 (2.117 %)Lotus Notes
1336 (2.006 %)ESB
1433 (1.838 %)SAS
1433 (1.838 %)Rendezvous
1530 (1.671 %)BizTalk Server
1629 (1.616 %)SharePoint
1728 (1.560 %)GlassFish
1826 (1.448 %)TIBCO EMS
1923 (1.281 %)Lotus Domino
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
143 (2.396 %)MS Excel
239 (2.173 %)MS Visio
324 (1.337 %)MS Office
47 (0.390 %)MS Project
56 (0.334 %)MS PowerPoint
56 (0.334 %)Fireworks
56 (0.334 %)Photoshop
64 (0.223 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.056 %)SPSS
71 (0.056 %)MATLAB
71 (0.056 %)FastStats
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
115 (0.836 %)Oracle EBS
211 (0.613 %)RMDS
310 (0.557 %)BusinessWorks
310 (0.557 %)Oracle Applications
46 (0.334 %)TIBCO iProcess
46 (0.334 %)SAP CRM
55 (0.279 %)Adaptiv
63 (0.167 %)Apache OFBiz
63 (0.167 %)Hyperion Planning
63 (0.167 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
72 (0.111 %)SAP GTS
72 (0.111 %)Algo Collateral
72 (0.111 %)Pivotal CRM
72 (0.111 %)SAP R/3
72 (0.111 %)ProfileStage
81 (0.056 %)SAP MDM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1139 (7.744 %)Internet
298 (5.460 %)HTTP
362 (3.454 %)TCP/IP
460 (3.343 %)Firewall
544 (2.451 %)FTP
641 (2.284 %)Intrusion Detection
737 (2.061 %)LAN
831 (1.727 %)LDAP
930 (1.671 %)SAN
1028 (1.560 %)WAN
1121 (1.170 %)DNS
1220 (1.114 %)NAS
1315 (0.836 %)SSL
1414 (0.780 %)Intranet
1512 (0.669 %)Wireless
1610 (0.557 %)SMPP
179 (0.501 %)SSH
179 (0.501 %)Network Security
179 (0.501 %)AMQP
186 (0.334 %)VPN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1350 (19.50 %)SQL Server
2173 (9.638 %)DB2
3109 (6.072 %)ETL
473 (4.067 %)RDBMS
571 (3.955 %)MySQL
633 (1.838 %)Datawarehouse
633 (1.838 %)SQL Server 2005
730 (1.671 %)Oracle 10g
730 (1.671 %)OLAP
827 (1.504 %)Oracle 8/8i
922 (1.226 %)Oracle OLAP
1018 (1.003 %)BusinessObjects
1116 (0.891 %)SQL Server 2008
1116 (0.891 %)DataStage
1215 (0.836 %)Oracle Reports
1312 (0.669 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1312 (0.669 %)SQL Server 2000
1411 (0.613 %)GIS
1411 (0.613 %)DB2 UDB
1510 (0.557 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1134 (7.465 %)Eclipse
2125 (6.964 %)JUnit
385 (4.735 %)Ant
456 (3.120 %)Maven
547 (2.618 %)Subversion
624 (1.337 %)QuickTest Pro
722 (1.226 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
820 (1.114 %)Visual Studio
919 (1.058 %)ClearCase
1018 (1.003 %)Rational Rose
1111 (0.613 %)Cactus
1111 (0.613 %)Selenium
1210 (0.557 %)JMeter
1210 (0.557 %)Log4j
139 (0.501 %)ClearQuest
148 (0.446 %)PowerBuilder
157 (0.390 %)Introscope
166 (0.334 %)JDeveloper
166 (0.334 %)Dreamweaver
166 (0.334 %)JBuilder
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1516 (28.75 %)Finance
2196 (10.92 %)Banking
3127 (7.075 %)Retail
4113 (6.295 %)Pensions
589 (4.958 %)Financial Institution
687 (4.847 %)Investment Banking
781 (4.513 %)Insurance
869 (3.844 %)Health
952 (2.897 %)Construction
1041 (2.284 %)Back Office
1139 (2.173 %)Front Office
1236 (2.006 %)Telecoms
1329 (1.616 %)Marketing
1425 (1.393 %)Legal
1524 (1.337 %)Government
1616 (0.891 %)Publishing
1713 (0.724 %)Retail Banking
1811 (0.613 %)Police
1811 (0.613 %)Education
198 (0.446 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1557 (31.03 %)Developer
2281 (15.65 %)Java Developer
3266 (14.82 %)Architect
4227 (12.65 %)Consultant
5202 (11.25 %)Analyst
6168 (9.359 %)Senior Developer
794 (5.237 %)Senior Java Developer
888 (4.903 %)Java/J2EE Developer
986 (4.791 %)Applications Support
1085 (4.735 %)Solutions Architect
1183 (4.624 %)Technical Support
1279 (4.401 %)Support Engineer
1378 (4.345 %)Technical Architect
1477 (4.290 %)Administrator
1572 (4.011 %)Support Analyst
1667 (3.733 %)J2EE Developer
1764 (3.565 %)WebSphere Developer
1855 (3.064 %)Software Engineer
1954 (3.008 %)Technical Consultant
2053 (2.953 %)Technical Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
164 (3.565 %)Client/Server
258 (3.231 %)iSeries
352 (2.897 %)Computer Science
449 (2.730 %)French Language
546 (2.563 %)Mainframe
634 (1.894 %)N-Tier
733 (1.838 %)German Language
829 (1.616 %)AS400
928 (1.560 %)Spanish Language
928 (1.560 %)Open Source
1027 (1.504 %)Fixed Income
1027 (1.504 %)Clustering
1027 (1.504 %)Derivative
1116 (0.891 %)Equities
1212 (0.669 %)Web 2.0
1212 (0.669 %)Management Information System
1212 (0.669 %)Replication
1311 (0.613 %)CESG
1311 (0.613 %)RMADS
1410 (0.557 %)Smartphone
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1505 (28.13 %)UNIX
2415 (23.12 %)Windows
3324 (18.05 %)Linux
4127 (7.075 %)Solaris
5115 (6.407 %)AIX
645 (2.507 %)Windows 2000
742 (2.340 %)HPUX
838 (2.117 %)Windows Server 2003
934 (1.894 %)Windows NT
934 (1.894 %)Windows XP
1033 (1.838 %)Red Hat Linux
1131 (1.727 %)Mac OS
1219 (1.058 %)VMS
1313 (0.724 %)zOS
1412 (0.669 %)Ubuntu
1412 (0.669 %)OS/400
158 (0.446 %)i5/OS
166 (0.334 %)Windows Server 2008
175 (0.279 %)OpenVMS
175 (0.279 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1277 (15.43 %)SOA
2215 (11.98 %)UML
3195 (10.86 %)OO
4149 (8.301 %)E-Commerce
5124 (6.908 %)Agile Software Development
6109 (6.072 %)ITIL
771 (3.955 %)Migration
870 (3.900 %)CRM
968 (3.788 %)EAI
1064 (3.565 %)RAD
1163 (3.510 %)Web Development
1260 (3.343 %)TDD
1356 (3.120 %)Business Intelligence
1454 (3.008 %)OOA/OOD
1553 (2.953 %)Change Management
1553 (2.953 %)Enterprise Architecture
1652 (2.897 %)Content Management
1652 (2.897 %)Data Modelling
1751 (2.841 %)Scrum
1849 (2.730 %)Project Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1972 (54.15 %)Java
2397 (22.12 %)SQL
3241 (13.43 %)JavaScript
4133 (7.409 %)C
5118 (6.574 %)C++
6112 (6.240 %)C#
767 (3.733 %)Perl
863 (3.510 %)PL/SQL
958 (3.231 %)VB
1054 (3.008 %)Shell Script
1143 (2.396 %)Python
1233 (1.838 %)T-SQL
1332 (1.783 %)PHP
1426 (1.448 %)COBOL
1523 (1.281 %)Jython
1621 (1.170 %)VB.NET
1717 (0.947 %)VC++
1813 (0.724 %)Bash shell
1912 (0.669 %)VBScript
2011 (0.613 %)VB6
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1133 (7.409 %)Degree
258 (3.231 %)IBM Certification
352 (2.897 %)Security Cleared
416 (0.891 %)DV Cleared
416 (0.891 %)ITIL Certification
514 (0.780 %)PRINCE2 Certification
613 (0.724 %)MCSE
613 (0.724 %)Microsoft Certification
712 (0.669 %)Sun Certification
810 (0.557 %)SC Cleared
99 (0.501 %)PMI Certification
108 (0.446 %)PMP
108 (0.446 %)ISEB
114 (0.223 %)SCJP
123 (0.167 %)CISSP
123 (0.167 %)Cisco Certification
123 (0.167 %)CCNP
123 (0.167 %)CCNA
123 (0.167 %)IBM WebSphere Certification
123 (0.167 %)CISM
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1104 (5.794 %)QA
215 (0.836 %)ISO27001
314 (0.780 %)PCI DSS
45 (0.279 %)SLA
52 (0.111 %)WCAG
61 (0.056 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1108 (6.017 %)MSMQ
240 (2.228 %)Active Directory
334 (1.894 %)AquaLogic
420 (1.114 %)Nmap
420 (1.114 %)NFS
513 (0.724 %)Oracle RAC
612 (0.669 %)VMware Infrastructure
77 (0.390 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
85 (0.279 %)NetBackup
85 (0.279 %)Veritas Volume Manager
94 (0.223 %)Backup Exec
94 (0.223 %)VMware ESX
103 (0.167 %)ISA Server
112 (0.111 %)Veritas Cluster Server
121 (0.056 %)VMware Workstation
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
141 (2.284 %)Tivoli
220 (1.114 %)Nessus
319 (1.058 %)OpenView
49 (0.501 %)CA Wily
58 (0.446 %)Unicenter
65 (0.279 %)BMC PATROL
73 (0.167 %)Tivoli Monitoring
82 (0.111 %)HP Quality Center
82 (0.111 %)OMEGAMON
82 (0.111 %)OVSD
82 (0.111 %)CONTROL-M
91 (0.056 %)CA SiteMinder
91 (0.056 %)MOM
91 (0.056 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
91 (0.056 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
91 (0.056 %)TIBCO Hawk
91 (0.056 %)Norton AntiVirus
91 (0.056 %)EMC NetWorker
91 (0.056 %)WSUS
91 (0.056 %)McAfee ePO
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1624 (34.76 %)Oracle
2494 (27.52 %)IBM
3332 (18.50 %)JBoss
4133 (7.409 %)Microsoft
594 (5.237 %)BEA
685 (4.735 %)SAP
779 (4.401 %)TIBCO
868 (3.788 %)Lotus
967 (3.733 %)Sybase
1062 (3.454 %)Sun
1155 (3.064 %)HP
1247 (2.618 %)Red Hat
1346 (2.563 %)VMware
1444 (2.451 %)ATG
1532 (1.783 %)Informatica
1631 (1.727 %)Novell
1729 (1.616 %)Citrix
1824 (1.337 %)Lombardi
1923 (1.281 %)Siebel
1923 (1.281 %)Vignette