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The table below looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere skills within the Birmingham 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank3937
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads324
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.030 %
As % of the category below3.093 %14.12 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£500£430
Average daily rate£500£430
% change on same period last year+16.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£430
UK excluding London average daily rate£418£397
% change on same period last year+5.20 %
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£31.88£29.59
% change on same period last year+7.76 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads97170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.194 %0.213 %
Daily rates quoted3037
Average minimum daily rate£359£267
Average daily rate£394£301
% change on same period last year+30.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
Hourly rates quoted117
Average minimum hourly rate£24.23£27.78
Average hourly rate£28.30£32.64
% change on same period last year-13.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.37£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.27£31.42
% change on same period last year-10.04 %
WebSphere West MidlandsWebSphere
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
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham WebSphere Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

112 (80.00 %)Java
210 (66.67 %)J2EE
37 (46.67 %)Hibernate
46 (40.00 %)Spring
46 (40.00 %)XML
55 (33.33 %)Struts
55 (33.33 %)Oracle
55 (33.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
55 (33.33 %)WPS
55 (33.33 %)Middleware
64 (26.67 %)Apache
64 (26.67 %)ESB
64 (26.67 %)WebLogic
64 (26.67 %)EJB
64 (26.67 %)SQL
64 (26.67 %)XSLT
73 (20.00 %)JMS
73 (20.00 %)JSP
73 (20.00 %)Servlets
73 (20.00 %)Ant
73 (20.00 %)XPath
73 (20.00 %)Tomcat
82 (13.33 %)WebLogic Portal
82 (13.33 %)Banking
82 (13.33 %)Retail
82 (13.33 %)BPEL
82 (13.33 %)Retail Banking
82 (13.33 %)Insurance
82 (13.33 %)Oracle Application Server
82 (13.33 %)JDBC

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (66.67 %)J2EE
27 (46.67 %)Hibernate
36 (40.00 %)Spring
36 (40.00 %)XML
45 (33.33 %)Middleware
45 (33.33 %)Struts
54 (26.67 %)EJB
54 (26.67 %)XSLT
63 (20.00 %)JMS
63 (20.00 %)JSP
63 (20.00 %)Servlets
72 (13.33 %)JDBC
72 (13.33 %)JAXB
72 (13.33 %)XSD
81 (6.667 %)JPA
81 (6.667 %)HTML
81 (6.667 %).NET
81 (6.667 %)WebServices
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (33.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
15 (33.33 %)WPS
24 (26.67 %)Apache
24 (26.67 %)WebLogic
24 (26.67 %)ESB
33 (20.00 %)Tomcat
42 (13.33 %)Oracle Application Server
42 (13.33 %)WebLogic Portal
51 (6.667 %)OpenCms
51 (6.667 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (6.667 %)IIS
51 (6.667 %)JBoss
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (13.33 %)SQL Server
12 (13.33 %)DB2
21 (6.667 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (6.667 %)RDBMS
21 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (6.667 %)MySQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (20.00 %)Ant
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (13.33 %)Banking
12 (13.33 %)Retail
12 (13.33 %)Insurance
12 (13.33 %)Retail Banking
21 (6.667 %)Finance
21 (6.667 %)Government
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (60.00 %)Developer
24 (26.67 %)Java Developer
24 (26.67 %)J2EE Developer
24 (26.67 %)WebSphere Developer
33 (20.00 %)Consultant
42 (13.33 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (13.33 %)WebSphere Portal Developer
42 (13.33 %)WebSphere Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Enterprise Consultant
51 (6.667 %)WebSphere Specialist
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)DataPower
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (6.667 %)Windows
11 (6.667 %)Linux
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (13.33 %)BPEL
21 (6.667 %)Unit Testing
21 (6.667 %)Integration Testing
21 (6.667 %)Time Management
21 (6.667 %)UML
21 (6.667 %)EAI
21 (6.667 %)Identity Management
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (80.00 %)Java
24 (26.67 %)SQL
33 (20.00 %)XPath
42 (13.33 %)PL/SQL
51 (6.667 %)Ruby
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)Sun Certification
11 (6.667 %)Degree
11 (6.667 %)Security Cleared
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (6.667 %)Tivoli
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (6.667 %)IBM
21 (6.667 %)Sun
21 (6.667 %)NEC