Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 16 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 for the Wales region.

 IBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank716366
Rank change year-on-year
Down-8Up+3
Matching permanent IT job ads6632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales0.713 %0.695 %1.981 %
As % of the Application Development category1.504 %2.034 %7.786 %
Salaries quoted6632
Average salary£27,500£30,000£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.330 %-3.220 %
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£45,000£42,500
% change year-on-year
-+5.880 %
Wales IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
399295411
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales47.39 %34.18 %25.45 %
Salaries quoted384256391
Average salary£31,500£30,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£23,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£42,500£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
WebSphere UKWebSphere
UK

WebSphere
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Wales WebSphere Demand Trend

WebSphere
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Wales region.

Wales WebSphere Salary Trend

WebSphere
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 16 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
South WalesDown-66£27,500-8.33 %
WebSphere UKWebSphere
UK

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

111 (52.38 %)ITIL
210 (47.62 %)Java
210 (47.62 %)SQL
210 (47.62 %)Change Management
210 (47.62 %)iSeries
39 (42.86 %)LPAR
39 (42.86 %)SQL Server
39 (42.86 %)OS/400
48 (38.10 %)AS400
56 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
64 (19.05 %)UNIX
73 (14.29 %)WebLogic
73 (14.29 %)CSS
73 (14.29 %)HTML
73 (14.29 %)Oracle
73 (14.29 %)JavaScript
73 (14.29 %)Perl
73 (14.29 %)PL/SQL
73 (14.29 %)Apache
73 (14.29 %)IBM
73 (14.29 %)DOM
73 (14.29 %)Telecoms
73 (14.29 %)Shell Script
73 (14.29 %)Computer Science
73 (14.29 %)Korn
73 (14.29 %)Web Development
73 (14.29 %)Degree
82 (9.524 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (9.524 %)MCSE
82 (9.524 %)WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Wales IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (14.29 %)CSS
13 (14.29 %)HTML
13 (14.29 %)DOM
21 (4.762 %)Struts
21 (4.762 %)Web Services
21 (4.762 %)J2EE
21 (4.762 %)Hibernate
21 (4.762 %)Spring
Wales IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (14.29 %)WebLogic
13 (14.29 %)Apache
22 (9.524 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (4.762 %)MS Exchange
31 (4.762 %)Exchange Server 2003
Wales IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (4.762 %)MS Excel
11 (4.762 %)MS Visio
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
21 (4.762 %)Firewall
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (42.86 %)SQL Server
21 (4.762 %)SQL Server 2005
Wales IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (14.29 %)Telecoms
Wales IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (47.62 %)Developer
110 (47.62 %)Administrator
28 (38.10 %)AS400 Administrator
37 (33.33 %)Java Developer
43 (14.29 %)Web Developer
43 (14.29 %)Front-End Developer
43 (14.29 %)Front-End Web Developer
52 (9.524 %)Senior Systems Administrator
52 (9.524 %)Systems Administrator
61 (4.762 %)Technical Consultant
61 (4.762 %)Consultant
61 (4.762 %)Infrastructure Manager
61 (4.762 %)Technical Manager
61 (4.762 %)Technical Infrastructure Manager
Wales IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (47.62 %)iSeries
29 (42.86 %)LPAR
38 (38.10 %)AS400
43 (14.29 %)Computer Science
Wales IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (42.86 %)OS/400
24 (19.05 %)UNIX
32 (9.524 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (9.524 %)Windows
41 (4.762 %)Linux
41 (4.762 %)Windows 2000
41 (4.762 %)Windows XP
41 (4.762 %)i5/OS
41 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2008
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (52.38 %)ITIL
210 (47.62 %)Change Management
33 (14.29 %)Web Development
41 (4.762 %)Service Management
41 (4.762 %)Migration
41 (4.762 %)Time Management
41 (4.762 %)Capacity Planning
Wales IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
110 (47.62 %)Java
110 (47.62 %)SQL
23 (14.29 %)JavaScript
23 (14.29 %)Perl
23 (14.29 %)PL/SQL
23 (14.29 %)Shell Script
23 (14.29 %)Korn
Wales IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (14.29 %)Degree
22 (9.524 %)MCSE
22 (9.524 %)Microsoft Certification
Wales IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (9.524 %)Active Directory
Wales IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (4.762 %)Norton AntiVirus
11 (4.762 %)Backup Exec
11 (4.762 %)WSUS
Wales IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (14.29 %)Oracle
13 (14.29 %)IBM
22 (9.524 %)Cognos
31 (4.762 %)Veritas
31 (4.762 %)CheckPoint
31 (4.762 %)Cisco
31 (4.762 %)Symantec