The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 17 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 Bracknell 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 22 26 24
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 14 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 6.009% 0.694% 1.676%
As % of the Application Development category 41.18% 4.000% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 1
Average daily rate £425 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -22.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £413
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.50 £57.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-48.69% +53.33%
All Application Development
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
34 25 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 14.59% 17.36% 23.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 3 9
Average daily rate £425 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
Average hourly rate £17.33 £28.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.12% +86.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
Berkshire

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 15 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 14 (93.33%) JMS
2 14 (93.33%) IBM
2 14 (93.33%) HTML
2 14 (93.33%) Java
2 14 (93.33%) JavaScript
2 14 (93.33%) SQL
2 14 (93.33%) J2EE
2 14 (93.33%) JUnit
2 14 (93.33%) EJB
2 14 (93.33%) CSS
2 14 (93.33%) JSP
2 14 (93.33%) XML
2 14 (93.33%) Ajax
2 14 (93.33%) JSTL
3 11 (73.33%) Retail
4 3 (20.00%) Automated Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Testing
5 2 (13.33%) SCOM
5 2 (13.33%) DB2
5 2 (13.33%) Adobe
5 2 (13.33%) ETL
5 2 (13.33%) UNIX
5 2 (13.33%) RAD
6 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (6.667%) Project Management
6 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
6 1 (6.667%) HOOD

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 14 (93.33%) HTML
1 14 (93.33%) J2EE
1 14 (93.33%) EJB
1 14 (93.33%) CSS
1 14 (93.33%) JSP
1 14 (93.33%) XML
1 14 (93.33%) JMS
1 14 (93.33%) Ajax
1 14 (93.33%) JSTL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 14 (93.33%) JUnit
General
1 11 (73.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Developer
2 12 (80.00%) WebSphere Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Systems Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (20.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (13.33%) RAD
3 2 (13.33%) ETL
4 1 (6.667%) Project Management
4 1 (6.667%) HOOD
4 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) Java
1 14 (93.33%) JavaScript
1 14 (93.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) IBM
2 2 (13.33%) Adobe