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The table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Developer role in IT contracts within the Birmingham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 WebSphere Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4156
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.224 %0.614 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£451£489
% change on same period last year-7.86 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£22.00
% change on same period last year-
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads447814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.892 %1.019 %
Daily rates quoted143189
Average minimum daily rate£336£347
Average daily rate£358£375
% change on same period last year-4.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.06 %
Hourly rates quoted52166
Average minimum hourly rate£19.18£17.52
Average hourly rate£21.47£18.73
% change on same period last year+14.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.75£19.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.14£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
WebSphere Developer West MidlandsWebSphere Developer
West Midlands

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 Developer
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham WebSphere Developer Demand Trend

WebSphere Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham WebSphere Developer Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham WebSphere Developer Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited WebSphere Developer 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 contract IT job ads sampled with WebSphere Developer in their job title.

14 (100.00 %)Java
14 (100.00 %)J2EE
14 (100.00 %)WebSphere
22 (50.00 %)XPath
22 (50.00 %)Banking
22 (50.00 %)Retail
22 (50.00 %)WPS
22 (50.00 %)Hibernate
22 (50.00 %)Spring
22 (50.00 %)Insurance
22 (50.00 %)Retail Banking
22 (50.00 %)WebLogic Portal
22 (50.00 %)Middleware
22 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)DB2
22 (50.00 %)Ant
22 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (50.00 %)WebLogic
22 (50.00 %)EJB
22 (50.00 %)JSP
22 (50.00 %)Servlets
22 (50.00 %)Struts
22 (50.00 %)XML
22 (50.00 %)XSD
22 (50.00 %)XSLT
31 (25.00 %)Tivoli
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)Identity Management
31 (25.00 %)Government
31 (25.00 %)BPEL

WebSphere Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited WebSphere Developer 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 contract IT job ads sampled with WebSphere Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)J2EE
14 (100.00 %)WebSphere
22 (50.00 %)EJB
22 (50.00 %)JSP
22 (50.00 %)Servlets
22 (50.00 %)Struts
22 (50.00 %)XML
22 (50.00 %)XSD
22 (50.00 %)XSLT
22 (50.00 %)Middleware
22 (50.00 %)Hibernate
22 (50.00 %)Spring
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (50.00 %)WebLogic
12 (50.00 %)WebLogic Portal
12 (50.00 %)WPS
21 (25.00 %)ESB
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)DB2
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)Ant
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Banking
12 (50.00 %)Retail
12 (50.00 %)Insurance
12 (50.00 %)Retail Banking
21 (25.00 %)Government
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Identity Management
11 (25.00 %)BPEL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)XPath
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (25.00 %)Tivoli