The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 22 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 Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Rank 114 129 115
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -14
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 8 7 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.326% 0.218% 0.513%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.010% 1.620% 3.356%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 5
Average daily rate £369 £370 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.33% -2.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £175 £341
10% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £375 £422
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £380 £425
% change year-on-year
+1.97% -10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
- +27.77%
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
398 432 447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 16.23% 13.47% 15.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 196 153
Average daily rate £350 £314 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.55% -10.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £218 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 40
Average hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.25 £14.55 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
WebSphere Application Server
South East

WebSphere Application Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire WebSphere Application Server Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Application Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire WebSphere Application Server Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +15 7 £350 +100.00%
WebSphere Application Server
South East

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited WebSphere Application Server.

1 14 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 9 (64.29%) Web Services
3 8 (57.14%) J2EE
3 8 (57.14%) IBM
4 6 (42.86%) Windows
5 5 (35.71%) IIS
5 5 (35.71%) .NET
5 5 (35.71%) HP
5 5 (35.71%) LAN
5 5 (35.71%) HTTP
5 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
5 5 (35.71%) ITIL
5 5 (35.71%) Apache
5 5 (35.71%) Tomcat
5 5 (35.71%) SAN
5 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (35.71%) Foglight
5 5 (35.71%) Workflow
5 5 (35.71%) VMware
5 5 (35.71%) IBM HTTP Server
5 5 (35.71%) Clustering
5 5 (35.71%) Content Management
5 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (35.71%) Windows 7
5 5 (35.71%) HP SIM
5 5 (35.71%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (28.57%) soapUI
6 4 (28.57%) REST
6 4 (28.57%) Web Testing

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited WebSphere Application Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 9 (64.29%) Web Services
3 8 (57.14%) J2EE
4 5 (35.71%) .NET
5 4 (28.57%) soapUI
5 4 (28.57%) REST
5 4 (28.57%) SOAP
5 4 (28.57%) XML
6 2 (14.29%) Java EE
7 1 (7.143%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) IIS
1 5 (35.71%) Apache
1 5 (35.71%) Tomcat
1 5 (35.71%) IBM HTTP Server
2 4 (28.57%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 4 (28.57%) WebLogic
3 2 (14.29%) FileNet
4 1 (7.143%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) LAN
1 5 (35.71%) HTTP
1 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
1 5 (35.71%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 3 (21.43%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Ant
1 3 (21.43%) StarTeam
2 1 (7.143%) Cucumber
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (7.143%) Banking
3 1 (7.143%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Test Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) Applications Support
2 3 (21.43%) WebSphere Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Systems Support
4 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Test Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Lead Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Clustering
2 3 (21.43%) Handset
3 1 (7.143%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (7.143%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (35.71%) Windows 7
3 3 (21.43%) UNIX
4 1 (7.143%) AIX
4 1 (7.143%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) ITIL
1 5 (35.71%) Workflow
1 5 (35.71%) Content Management
2 4 (28.57%) Web Testing
2 4 (28.57%) System Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.143%) OOD
5 1 (7.143%) SOA
5 1 (7.143%) UML
5 1 (7.143%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.143%) Integration Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Multithreading
5 1 (7.143%) Test Scripting
5 1 (7.143%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Java
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 3 (21.43%) Jython
2 3 (21.43%) Groovy
3 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
1 2 (14.29%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (7.143%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (35.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Foglight
1 5 (35.71%) HP SIM
2 4 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) IBM
2 5 (35.71%) HP
2 5 (35.71%) VMware
3 4 (28.57%) JBoss
3 4 (28.57%) Oracle
4 2 (14.29%) ReadSoft
5 1 (7.143%) Sun