The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Platforms category for the Buckinghamshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Rank 69 57 70
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +13
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 5 16 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.543% 1.665% 0.547%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.106% 11.94% 3.974%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 6
Average daily rate £404 £110 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+267.50% -71.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £142 £110 £355
10% offered a daily rate of more than £491 £110 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £378 £421
% change year-on-year
+2.64% -10.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
- +27.77%
All Application Platforms
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
161 134 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 17.50% 13.94% 13.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 49 62
Average daily rate £369 £265 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.15% -11.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 15
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.25 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.88% -28.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.60 £13.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.80 £17.61 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
WebSphere Application Server
South East

WebSphere Application Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire WebSphere Application Server Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Buckinghamshire WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Application Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes -9 3 £340 +209.09%
WebSphere Application Server
South East

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing WebSphere Application Server 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 Application Server.

1 8 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 5 (62.50%) IBM
3 4 (50.00%) Java
3 4 (50.00%) Web Services
3 4 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (50.00%) WebSphere Portal
3 4 (50.00%) IBM InfoSphere
4 3 (37.50%) Information Management
4 3 (37.50%) Retail
5 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (25.00%) Data Management
5 2 (25.00%) Spanish Language
5 2 (25.00%) OO
5 2 (25.00%) SOAP
5 2 (25.00%) LDAP
5 2 (25.00%) DTS
5 2 (25.00%) Master Data Management
6 1 (12.50%) Spring
6 1 (12.50%) Marketing
6 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
6 1 (12.50%) SOA
6 1 (12.50%) Eclipse
6 1 (12.50%) HTML
6 1 (12.50%) Sun
6 1 (12.50%) Middleware
6 1 (12.50%) JBoss
6 1 (12.50%) RAD
6 1 (12.50%) RUP
6 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 1 (12.50%) SQL

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing WebSphere Application Server 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 Application Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (50.00%) Web Services
3 2 (25.00%) SOAP
4 1 (12.50%) Middleware
4 1 (12.50%) Hibernate
4 1 (12.50%) Spring
4 1 (12.50%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) J2EE
4 1 (12.50%) CSS
4 1 (12.50%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) WebSphere Portal
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) IBM InfoSphere
2 2 (25.00%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (37.50%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Spanish Language
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Deployment Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Information Management
3 2 (25.00%) Master Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (12.50%) RAD
4 1 (12.50%) RUP
4 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
4 1 (12.50%) SOA
4 1 (12.50%) E-business
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Product Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Sun
2 1 (12.50%) ATG
2 1 (12.50%) JBoss