The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 23 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 for the Watford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Rank 32 16 17
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +1
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 14 66 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 4.878% 18.86% 15.08%
As % of the Application Platforms category 21.88% 51.56% 48.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 18
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -26.31%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Application Platforms
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
64 128 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 22.30% 36.57% 31.26%
Number of salaries quoted 46 58 79
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,600 £30,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
WebSphere Application Server
Hertfordshire

WebSphere Application Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford WebSphere Application Server Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Watford region.

Watford WebSphere Application Server Salary Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region citing WebSphere Application Server 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 Application Server.

1 83 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 78 (93.98%) Finance
3 77 (92.77%) Retail
4 76 (91.57%) IBM
5 68 (81.93%) Oracle
6 67 (80.72%) Java
6 67 (80.72%) E-Commerce
7 66 (79.52%) DB2
7 66 (79.52%) J2EE
8 59 (71.08%) Linux
9 57 (68.67%) UNIX
10 52 (62.65%) Windows
10 52 (62.65%) AIX
10 52 (62.65%) SQL
10 52 (62.65%) HTTP
11 47 (56.63%) Games
12 42 (50.60%) Tomcat
13 41 (49.40%) IIS
13 41 (49.40%) IBM HTTP Server
14 37 (44.58%) MQSeries
15 36 (43.37%) Sun
16 31 (37.35%) JSP
16 31 (37.35%) JavaScript
16 31 (37.35%) CSS
17 29 (34.94%) HTML
17 29 (34.94%) MVC
18 27 (32.53%) Internet
19 26 (31.33%) Perl
20 25 (30.12%) Web Development
21 23 (27.71%) Servlets

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region citing WebSphere Application Server 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 Application Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 83 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 66 (79.52%) J2EE
3 31 (37.35%) JSP
3 31 (37.35%) CSS
4 29 (34.94%) HTML
5 23 (27.71%) Servlets
6 20 (24.10%) EJB
6 20 (24.10%) XHTML
7 18 (21.69%) JDBC
8 15 (18.07%) .NET
9 13 (15.66%) XML
10 10 (12.05%) Middleware
11 9 (10.84%) Struts
11 9 (10.84%) JSTL
12 4 (4.819%) Ajax
13 2 (2.410%) Web Services
13 2 (2.410%) Spring
13 2 (2.410%) Hibernate
13 2 (2.410%) Spring Security
13 2 (2.410%) Spring Web Flow
Application Platforms
1 42 (50.60%) Tomcat
2 41 (49.40%) IIS
2 41 (49.40%) IBM HTTP Server
3 37 (44.58%) MQSeries
4 12 (14.46%) Apache
5 2 (2.410%) Liferay
6 1 (1.205%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (10.84%) MS Office
2 2 (2.410%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 52 (62.65%) HTTP
2 27 (32.53%) Internet
3 12 (14.46%) Firewall
4 11 (13.25%) HTTPS
5 9 (10.84%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (79.52%) DB2
2 2 (2.410%) Informix
Development Applications
1 14 (16.87%) Rational Application Developer
2 13 (15.66%) Ant
3 12 (14.46%) Jenkins
3 12 (14.46%) Subversion
4 11 (13.25%) Eclipse
4 11 (13.25%) JUnit
5 9 (10.84%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
1 78 (93.98%) Finance
2 77 (92.77%) Retail
3 47 (56.63%) Games
4 14 (16.87%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (33.73%) Analyst
2 19 (22.89%) Support Analyst
3 18 (21.69%) Architect
4 12 (14.46%) Developer
4 12 (14.46%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 12 (14.46%) Java Developer
4 12 (14.46%) J2EE Developer
4 12 (14.46%) Infrastructure Architect
5 11 (13.25%) WebSphere Consultant
5 11 (13.25%) Consultant
6 9 (10.84%) Tester
6 9 (10.84%) Service Manager
6 9 (10.84%) Services Delivery Manager
6 9 (10.84%) Performance Tester
6 9 (10.84%) Technical Services Manager
6 9 (10.84%) Developer Analyst
6 9 (10.84%) Technical Manager
6 9 (10.84%) Operations Analyst
6 9 (10.84%) Delivery Manager
6 9 (10.84%) Operations Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.024%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.819%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 59 (71.08%) Linux
2 57 (68.67%) UNIX
3 52 (62.65%) Windows
3 52 (62.65%) AIX
4 16 (19.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (19.28%) SUSE
5 9 (10.84%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (80.72%) E-Commerce
2 29 (34.94%) MVC
3 25 (30.12%) Web Development
4 17 (20.48%) ITIL
5 16 (19.28%) Project Management
5 16 (19.28%) Performance Testing
6 11 (13.25%) Service Delivery
7 9 (10.84%) RAD
7 9 (10.84%) Content Management
7 9 (10.84%) Continuous Integration
8 8 (9.639%) Capacity Planning
9 7 (8.434%) Data Analysis
10 5 (6.024%) UML
10 5 (6.024%) Performance Management
11 3 (3.614%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (3.614%) Automated Testing
12 2 (2.410%) TDD
12 2 (2.410%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 67 (80.72%) Java
2 52 (62.65%) SQL
3 31 (37.35%) JavaScript
4 26 (31.33%) Perl
5 18 (21.69%) Bash shell
6 1 (1.205%) AWK
6 1 (1.205%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (10.84%) Sun Certification
2 2 (2.410%) Degree
Vendors
1 76 (91.57%) IBM
2 68 (81.93%) Oracle
3 36 (43.37%) Sun
4 16 (19.28%) Red Hat
4 16 (19.28%) HP
4 16 (19.28%) Dell
5 11 (13.25%) JBoss
6 9 (10.84%) Microsoft
7 2 (2.410%) Perforce
8 1 (1.205%) Endeca