Berkshire WebSphere Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM WebSphere
Location Ascot Ashby-de-la-Zouch Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bootle Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corby County Antrim Coventry Croydon Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Isle of Man Jersey Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peel Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Rugby Scotland Slough Solihull South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stockport Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	87	102
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	44	68
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.059 %	0.068 %
As % of the category below	6.286 %	6.733 %
Daily rates quoted	19	9
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£394
Average daily rate	£365	£413
% change on same period last year	-11.64 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£432
UK excluding London average daily rate	£396	£384
% change on same period last year	+3.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£39.50	£45.00
Average hourly rate	£42.25	£45.00
% change on same period last year	-6.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£45.00	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£41.87	£36.43
% change on same period last year	+14.93 %
Application Development Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	700	1010
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.933 %	1.008 %
Daily rates quoted	183	248
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£322
Average daily rate	£325	£337
% change on same period last year	-3.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	56	95
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.40	£35.80
Average hourly rate	£38.12	£36.95
% change on same period last year	+3.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.84	£38.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.55	£33.03
% change on same period last year	-1.44 %
WebSphere South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

WebSphere
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

WebSphere
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

WebSphere
Contract Locations

This section 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 29 August 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 Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-18	13	£374	-4.10 %
Slough	-3	10	£350	+16.66 %
Ascot	-	1	£425	-

WebSphere South East

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 (55.84 %) Java 2 35 (45.45 %) J2EE 3 33 (42.86 %) Finance 4 31 (40.26 %) SQL 4 31 (40.26 %) UNIX 5 28 (36.36 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 24 (31.17 %) DB2 7 21 (27.27 %) IBM 8 20 (25.97 %) Struts 8 20 (25.97 %) Hibernate 9 19 (24.68 %) Spring 10 18 (23.38 %) AIX 11 17 (22.08 %) AJAX 12 14 (18.18 %) Windows 12 14 (18.18 %) JSP

12 14 (18.18 %) Service Management 13 13 (16.88 %) TestDirector 13 13 (16.88 %) SQL Server 14 12 (15.58 %) Oracle 15 11 (14.29 %) ITIL 15 11 (14.29 %) SQL Server 2005 16 10 (12.99 %) DB2 UDB 17 9 (11.69 %) Servlets 17 9 (11.69 %) WebLogic 17 9 (11.69 %) IIS 17 9 (11.69 %) Project Management 18 8 (10.39 %) Solaris 18 8 (10.39 %) UML 18 8 (10.39 %) MS Excel 19 7 (9.091 %) RUP

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 35 (45.45 %) J2EE 2 20 (25.97 %) Struts 2 20 (25.97 %) Hibernate 3 19 (24.68 %) Spring 4 17 (22.08 %) AJAX 5 14 (18.18 %) JSP 6 9 (11.69 %) Servlets 7 6 (7.792 %) HTML 7 6 (7.792 %) JDBC 8 4 (5.195 %) XML 9 3 (3.896 %) SAP XI 9 3 (3.896 %) .NET 10 2 (2.597 %) COM+ 11 1 (1.299 %) EJB 11 1 (1.299 %) SOAP 11 1 (1.299 %) WebServices 11 1 (1.299 %) JRules 11 1 (1.299 %) XSD 11 1 (1.299 %) WSDL 11 1 (1.299 %) XML Schema	Application Platforms 1 28 (36.36 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 9 (11.69 %) WebLogic 2 9 (11.69 %) IIS 3 3 (3.896 %) NetWeaver 3 3 (3.896 %) WPS 4 2 (2.597 %) WebSphere MQ 4 2 (2.597 %) WebLogic Portal 4 2 (2.597 %) WebLogic Integration 5 1 (1.299 %) IBM HTTP Server 5 1 (1.299 %) JBoss 5 1 (1.299 %) Apache 5 1 (1.299 %) Tomcat 5 1 (1.299 %) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications 1 8 (10.39 %) MS Excel 2 5 (6.494 %) MS Project 3 4 (5.195 %) MS Visio 3 4 (5.195 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (1.299 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 7 (9.091 %) Internet 2 6 (7.792 %) Extranet 3 5 (6.494 %) TCP/IP 4 3 (3.896 %) GPRS 5 2 (2.597 %) Bluetooth 6 1 (1.299 %) HTTP 6 1 (1.299 %) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence 1 24 (31.17 %) DB2 2 13 (16.88 %) SQL Server 3 11 (14.29 %) SQL Server 2005 4 10 (12.99 %) DB2 UDB 5 3 (3.896 %) SAP BI 5 3 (3.896 %) Informix 6 2 (2.597 %) Oracle 9i 6 2 (2.597 %) MS Access 6 2 (2.597 %) RDBMS 6 2 (2.597 %) Oracle 10g 7 1 (1.299 %) Data Mining 7 1 (1.299 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 1 (1.299 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 13 (16.88 %) TestDirector 2 3 (3.896 %) Ant 2 3 (3.896 %) Eclipse 2 3 (3.896 %) WinRunner 3 1 (1.299 %) ClearCase 3 1 (1.299 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 3 1 (1.299 %) QuickTest Pro
General 1 33 (42.86 %) Finance 2 3 (3.896 %) Retail 3 2 (2.597 %) Insurance 3 2 (2.597 %) Marketing 3 2 (2.597 %) Telecoms 3 2 (2.597 %) Automotive 3 2 (2.597 %) Government 3 2 (2.597 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 24 (31.17 %) Developer 2 14 (18.18 %) Tester 2 14 (18.18 %) Java Developer 3 10 (12.99 %) J2EE Developer 4 9 (11.69 %) Analyst 5 6 (7.792 %) Java/J2EE Developer 6 5 (6.494 %) Test Analyst 6 5 (6.494 %) Consultant 6 5 (6.494 %) Architect 6 5 (6.494 %) Project Leader 7 4 (5.195 %) Business Analyst 7 4 (5.195 %) Functional Analyst 7 4 (5.195 %) Functional Test Analyst 8 3 (3.896 %) J2EE Applications Developer 8 3 (3.896 %) Coordinator 8 3 (3.896 %) Applications Developer 8 3 (3.896 %) Applications Support 9 2 (2.597 %) Lead Developer 9 2 (2.597 %) Oracle Developer 9 2 (2.597 %) Service Manager
Miscellaneous 1 7 (9.091 %) Management Information System 2 3 (3.896 %) Clustering 2 3 (3.896 %) CMDB 3 2 (2.597 %) Replication 3 2 (2.597 %) Mainframe 4 1 (1.299 %) HACMP	Operating Systems 1 31 (40.26 %) UNIX 2 18 (23.38 %) AIX 3 14 (18.18 %) Windows 4 8 (10.39 %) Solaris 5 4 (5.195 %) Linux 6 2 (2.597 %) Red Hat Linux 7 1 (1.299 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (1.299 %) MVS
Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (18.18 %) Service Management 2 11 (14.29 %) ITIL 3 9 (11.69 %) Project Management 4 8 (10.39 %) UML 5 7 (9.091 %) RUP 5 7 (9.091 %) V-Model 6 6 (7.792 %) Security Cleared 6 6 (7.792 %) OO 7 5 (6.494 %) E-Commerce 7 5 (6.494 %) Test Scripting 8 4 (5.195 %) Business Analysis 8 4 (5.195 %) Use Case 8 4 (5.195 %) Business Intelligence 8 4 (5.195 %) Service Delivery 9 3 (3.896 %) Migration 9 3 (3.896 %) CRM 9 3 (3.896 %) Technical Architecture 10 2 (2.597 %) Load Balancing 10 2 (2.597 %) Unit Testing 10 2 (2.597 %) SC Cleared	Programming Languages 1 43 (55.84 %) Java 2 31 (40.26 %) SQL 3 7 (9.091 %) JavaScript 4 5 (6.494 %) C 5 4 (5.195 %) PL/SQL 5 4 (5.195 %) Shell Script 6 3 (3.896 %) DHTML 7 2 (2.597 %) VBScript 7 2 (2.597 %) Jython 7 2 (2.597 %) Korn 8 1 (1.299 %) C# 8 1 (1.299 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 5 (6.494 %) ITIL Certification 1 5 (6.494 %) Degree 2 3 (3.896 %) Sun Certification 3 1 (1.299 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (3.896 %) QA 2 2 (2.597 %) SLA 3 1 (1.299 %) ISO8583
System Software 1 2 (2.597 %) VMware ESX 1 2 (2.597 %) Citrix Presentation Server 2 1 (1.299 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 2 1 (1.299 %) AquaLogic	Systems Management 1 7 (9.091 %) CONTROL-M 2 5 (6.494 %) Tivoli
Vendors 1 21 (27.27 %) IBM 2 12 (15.58 %) Oracle 3 5 (6.494 %) Sun 3 5 (6.494 %) BEA 4 4 (5.195 %) SAP 4 4 (5.195 %) Microsoft 4 4 (5.195 %) Ab Initio 5 3 (3.896 %) Siebel 5 3 (3.896 %) HP 6 2 (2.597 %) Citrix 6 2 (2.597 %) Red Hat 6 2 (2.597 %) VMware 7 1 (1.299 %) VERITAS 7 1 (1.299 %) ILOG 7 1 (1.299 %) Cognos