The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 21 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 Development category for the West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 26 25 14
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -11
Permanent jobs citing WebSphere 4 1 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 3.571% 0.806% 13.31%
As % of the Application Development category 13.33% 2.778% 45.88%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 24
Average salary - £37,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -21.05%
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £45,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year
+4.44% +1.12%
All Application Development
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
30 36 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 26.79% 29.03% 29.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2 30 53
Average salary £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.79% -1.42%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WebSphere
Scotland

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian WebSphere Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere
Salary Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Livingston -6 3 - -
WebSphere
Scotland

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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.

1 7 (70.00%) Oracle
1 7 (70.00%) Solaris
2 6 (60.00%) UNIX
3 5 (50.00%) IBM
4 4 (40.00%) SQLPlus
4 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
4 4 (40.00%) Linux
4 4 (40.00%) MQSeries
4 4 (40.00%) Ant
4 4 (40.00%) Perl
4 4 (40.00%) SQL
4 4 (40.00%) Ab Initio
4 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Process Server
4 4 (40.00%) Subversion
4 4 (40.00%) WMQI
4 4 (40.00%) Hudson
4 4 (40.00%) Jenkins
5 3 (30.00%) QA
5 3 (30.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 3 (30.00%) Performance Testing
5 3 (30.00%) WebSphere Portal
5 3 (30.00%) XPath
5 3 (30.00%) J2EE
5 3 (30.00%) JDBC
5 3 (30.00%) SOAP
5 3 (30.00%) Web Services
5 3 (30.00%) XML
5 3 (30.00%) JMS
5 3 (30.00%) SOA
5 3 (30.00%) Windows

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) J2EE
1 3 (30.00%) JDBC
1 3 (30.00%) SOAP
1 3 (30.00%) Web Services
1 3 (30.00%) XML
1 3 (30.00%) JMS
1 3 (30.00%) WSDL
2 1 (10.00%) Dojo
2 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) MQSeries
1 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Process Server
1 4 (40.00%) WMQI
2 3 (30.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 3 (30.00%) WebSphere Portal
2 3 (30.00%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (10.00%) Tomcat
3 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (10.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Ant
1 4 (40.00%) Subversion
1 4 (40.00%) Hudson
1 4 (40.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (10.00%) Billing
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
1 4 (40.00%) Support Specialist
1 4 (40.00%) Deployment Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Developer
3 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Solaris
2 6 (60.00%) UNIX
3 4 (40.00%) Linux
4 3 (30.00%) Windows
4 3 (30.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (30.00%) SOA
3 2 (20.00%) BPEL
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Perl
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) XPath
2 3 (30.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle
2 5 (50.00%) IBM
3 4 (40.00%) Ab Initio
4 2 (20.00%) Lombardi
5 1 (10.00%) JBoss