The first table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Architect role 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 Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WebSphere Architect
Rank 69 - 74
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a WebSphere Architect 4 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.494% - 0.190%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.531% - 0.200%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £406 £550 £438
% change year-on-year
-26.13% +25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
754 943 1000
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 93.09% 93.92% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 410 385
Average daily rate £313 £315 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.79% -7.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £165 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 74 99
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.43 £11.89 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
WebSphere Architect
South East

WebSphere Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire WebSphere Architect Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire WebSphere Architect Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Architect within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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
Milton Keynes - 1 £450 -
WebSphere Architect
South East

WebSphere Architect
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited WebSphere Architect 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 Architect in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 7 (87.50%) Retail
2 7 (87.50%) E-Commerce
3 6 (75.00%) J2EE
4 5 (62.50%) Java
5 2 (25.00%) SOA
6 1 (12.50%) B2C
6 1 (12.50%) IBM
6 1 (12.50%) Commerce Server
6 1 (12.50%) UML
6 1 (12.50%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (12.50%) SEO
6 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (12.50%) Analytics
6 1 (12.50%) Ajax
6 1 (12.50%) Web Analytics
6 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (12.50%) Marketing

WebSphere Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited WebSphere Architect 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 6 (75.00%) J2EE
3 1 (12.50%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Commerce Server
General
1 7 (87.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) E-Commerce
2 2 (25.00%) SOA
3 1 (12.50%) B2C
3 1 (12.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (12.50%) SEO
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Web Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) IBM