West Midlands WebSphere Specialist Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Specialist role in IT jobs within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

WebSphere Specialist
Location Blackburn Cheshire City of London Clydebank East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Knutsford Lancashire Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands North West Northampton Northamptonshire Potters Bar Scotland South East South Yorkshire UK Watford West Dunbartonshire West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	216	223
Rank change on same period last year	+7
Matching permanent IT job ads	6	1
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.077 %	0.012 %
Salaries quoted	6	1
Average minimum salary	£48,667	£50,000
Average salary	£54,833	£55,000
% change on same period last year	-0.30 %
Average maximum salary	£61,000	£60,000
UK excluding London average salary	£46,560	£64,455
% change on same period last year	-27.76 %
Job Titles West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads	7756	8345
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	4.292 %	3.500 %
Salaries quoted	6604	7255
Average minimum salary	£32,846	£33,931
Average salary	£35,714	£36,685
% change on same period last year	-2.64 %
Average maximum salary	£38,583	£39,438
UK excluding London average salary	£38,058	£39,448
% change on same period last year	-3.52 %
WebSphere Specialist England

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WebSphere Specialist across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebSphere Specialist across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Specialist within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Herefordshire	+2	6	£54,833	-0.30 %

WebSphere Specialist England

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Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited WebSphere Specialist in their job title 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 with WebSphere Specialist in their job title.

1 8 (100.00 %) C 1 8 (100.00 %) EAI 1 8 (100.00 %) IBM 1 8 (100.00 %) WebSphere MQ 1 8 (100.00 %) WebSphere 1 8 (100.00 %) WebSphere Message Broker 1 8 (100.00 %) SC Cleared 1 8 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 5 (62.50 %) Integration Testing 2 5 (62.50 %) MQSeries 3 3 (37.50 %) Regression Testing 3 3 (37.50 %) FTP 3 3 (37.50 %) HTTP 3 3 (37.50 %) Java 3 3 (37.50 %) SQL

3 3 (37.50 %) Oracle 3 3 (37.50 %) DB2 3 3 (37.50 %) Ant 3 3 (37.50 %) WebServices 3 3 (37.50 %) XML 3 3 (37.50 %) UML 3 3 (37.50 %) OO

WebSphere Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited WebSphere Specialist in their job title 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 with WebSphere Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 8 (100.00 %) WebSphere 2 3 (37.50 %) WebServices 2 3 (37.50 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 8 (100.00 %) WebSphere MQ 1 8 (100.00 %) WebSphere Message Broker 2 5 (62.50 %) MQSeries
Communications & Networking 1 3 (37.50 %) FTP 1 3 (37.50 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (37.50 %) DB2
Development Applications 1 3 (37.50 %) Ant	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (100.00 %) EAI 1 8 (100.00 %) SC Cleared 1 8 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 5 (62.50 %) Integration Testing 3 3 (37.50 %) Regression Testing 3 3 (37.50 %) UML 3 3 (37.50 %) OO
Programming Languages 1 8 (100.00 %) C 2 3 (37.50 %) Java 2 3 (37.50 %) SQL	Vendors 1 8 (100.00 %) IBM 2 3 (37.50 %) Oracle