The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere 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 over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 79 114 99
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -15
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 41 21 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.712% 0.668% 1.008%
As % of the Application Development category 7.900% 3.882% 4.104%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 18 10
Average daily rate £425 £375 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -0.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £381 £280 £359
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £424 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £415 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.12% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £45.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-33.70% +39.23%
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
519 541 731
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 21.67% 17.20% 24.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 247 310
Average daily rate £388 £340 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.97% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 11 64
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -49.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
South East

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire WebSphere Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bracknell +1 15 £425 +21.42%
Reading +20 11 £363 +45.00%
Slough -6 4 - -
WebSphere
South East

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited WebSphere.

1 43 (66.15%) XML
2 36 (55.38%) J2EE
3 35 (53.85%) HTML
4 34 (52.31%) JavaScript
5 32 (49.23%) SQL
6 31 (47.69%) Java
6 31 (47.69%) IBM
7 29 (44.62%) E-Commerce
8 25 (38.46%) JMS
8 25 (38.46%) JUnit
8 25 (38.46%) EJB
8 25 (38.46%) CSS
8 25 (38.46%) JSP
8 25 (38.46%) Ajax
8 25 (38.46%) JSTL
9 20 (30.77%) Retail
10 18 (27.69%) UNIX
11 17 (26.15%) Software Testing
12 14 (21.54%) DB2
12 14 (21.54%) WebSphere Application Server
13 11 (16.92%) RAD
13 11 (16.92%) ETL
14 10 (15.38%) Web Services
14 10 (15.38%) Oracle
15 9 (13.85%) Workflow
15 9 (13.85%) CMS
15 9 (13.85%) Open Text
15 9 (13.85%) Windows
15 9 (13.85%) Dreamweaver
15 9 (13.85%) Web 2.0

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited WebSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 43 (66.15%) XML
2 36 (55.38%) J2EE
3 35 (53.85%) HTML
4 25 (38.46%) JMS
4 25 (38.46%) EJB
4 25 (38.46%) CSS
4 25 (38.46%) JSP
4 25 (38.46%) Ajax
4 25 (38.46%) JSTL
5 10 (15.38%) Web Services
6 9 (13.85%) jQuery
7 7 (10.77%) .NET
8 4 (6.154%) soapUI
8 4 (6.154%) REST
8 4 (6.154%) SOAP
9 3 (4.615%) Middleware
10 2 (3.077%) Java EE
11 1 (1.538%) SyncML
11 1 (1.538%) J2ME
11 1 (1.538%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 14 (21.54%) WebSphere Application Server
2 9 (13.85%) CMS
3 8 (12.31%) WebSphere MQ
4 6 (9.231%) WebLogic
4 6 (9.231%) Apache
5 5 (7.692%) IBM HTTP Server
5 5 (7.692%) Tomcat
5 5 (7.692%) IIS
6 4 (6.154%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 4 (6.154%) Commerce Server
6 4 (6.154%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (4.615%) FileNet
8 1 (1.538%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 1 (1.538%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.231%) TCP/IP
2 5 (7.692%) SAN
2 5 (7.692%) HTTP
2 5 (7.692%) LAN
3 1 (1.538%) RTCP
3 1 (1.538%) RTP
3 1 (1.538%) RFID
3 1 (1.538%) GSM
3 1 (1.538%) SMS
3 1 (1.538%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (21.54%) DB2
2 8 (12.31%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.615%) DataStage
3 3 (4.615%) TOAD
3 3 (4.615%) DbVisualizer
4 1 (1.538%) GIS
4 1 (1.538%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (1.538%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.538%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 25 (38.46%) JUnit
2 9 (13.85%) Dreamweaver
3 4 (6.154%) StarTeam
4 3 (4.615%) ERwin
4 3 (4.615%) Ant
5 1 (1.538%) Cucumber
General
1 20 (30.77%) Retail
2 8 (12.31%) Finance
3 2 (3.077%) Banking
4 1 (1.538%) Electronics
4 1 (1.538%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (47.69%) Developer
2 17 (26.15%) WebSphere Developer
3 10 (15.38%) Architect
4 7 (10.77%) Systems Developer
4 7 (10.77%) Web Architect
5 5 (7.692%) Analyst
5 5 (7.692%) Applications Support
5 5 (7.692%) Consultant
6 4 (6.154%) WebSphere Architect
6 4 (6.154%) Test Analyst
6 4 (6.154%) WebSphere Consultant
7 3 (4.615%) Team Leader
7 3 (4.615%) Configuration Engineer
8 2 (3.077%) AS400 Developer
8 2 (3.077%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.077%) Applications Developer
8 2 (3.077%) Administrator
8 2 (3.077%) Java Developer
9 1 (1.538%) Ab Initio Developer
9 1 (1.538%) Applications Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Web 2.0
2 5 (7.692%) Clustering
2 5 (7.692%) iSeries
3 3 (4.615%) Handset
4 2 (3.077%) Mainframe
4 2 (3.077%) AS400
5 1 (1.538%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.538%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.538%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (1.538%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.538%) Open Source
5 1 (1.538%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 18 (27.69%) UNIX
2 9 (13.85%) Windows
3 5 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (7.692%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.077%) Linux
5 1 (1.538%) Windows CE
5 1 (1.538%) AIX
5 1 (1.538%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (44.62%) E-Commerce
2 17 (26.15%) Software Testing
3 11 (16.92%) RAD
3 11 (16.92%) ETL
4 9 (13.85%) Workflow
4 9 (13.85%) Automated Testing
5 8 (12.31%) ITIL
6 7 (10.77%) Content Management
7 6 (9.231%) Performance Testing
8 5 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (7.692%) Problem Management
9 4 (6.154%) System Testing
9 4 (6.154%) Web Testing
9 4 (6.154%) Project Management
10 3 (4.615%) Configuration Management
10 3 (4.615%) PRINCE2
10 3 (4.615%) SOA
10 3 (4.615%) Web Application Development
10 3 (4.615%) Waterfall
11 2 (3.077%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 34 (52.31%) JavaScript
2 32 (49.23%) SQL
3 31 (47.69%) Java
4 5 (7.692%) RPG
4 5 (7.692%) RPG IV
5 4 (6.154%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.615%) Jython
6 3 (4.615%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 2 (3.077%) ISTQB
1 2 (3.077%) Degree
1 2 (3.077%) ISEB
2 1 (1.538%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (1.538%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.077%) SLA
2 1 (1.538%) ISO 8583
2 1 (1.538%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (7.692%) Foglight
1 5 (7.692%) HP SIM
2 4 (6.154%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (3.077%) SCOM
Vendors
1 31 (47.69%) IBM
2 10 (15.38%) Oracle
3 9 (13.85%) Open Text
4 8 (12.31%) Macromedia
5 6 (9.231%) VMware
6 5 (7.692%) Adobe
6 5 (7.692%) HP
6 5 (7.692%) JBoss
7 3 (4.615%) RedDot
8 2 (3.077%) SAP
8 2 (3.077%) ReadSoft
9 1 (1.538%) Ab Initio
9 1 (1.538%) ATG
9 1 (1.538%) ESRI
9 1 (1.538%) Sun
9 1 (1.538%) Mapinfo
9 1 (1.538%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.538%) hybris
9 1 (1.538%) VocaLink
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