The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 20 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 Canary Wharf 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 49 43 48
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +5
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 5 4 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 1.263% 1.072% 2.004%
As % of the Application Development category 4.132% 3.252% 6.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 10
Average daily rate £600 £525 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £413
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -2.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-47.82% +53.33%
All Application Development
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
121 123 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 30.56% 32.98% 32.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 79 135
Average daily rate £600 £525 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £418
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
London

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Canary Wharf WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 7 (63.64%) Java
1 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 5 (45.45%) Workflow
3 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 4 (36.36%) Hibernate
3 4 (36.36%) Spring
3 4 (36.36%) Investment Banking
3 4 (36.36%) Degree
3 4 (36.36%) C#
3 4 (36.36%) Linux
3 4 (36.36%) WebLogic
3 4 (36.36%) IBM
3 4 (36.36%) Mathematics
4 3 (27.27%) Murex Flex
4 3 (27.27%) FATCA
4 3 (27.27%) Use Case
4 3 (27.27%) Adobe
4 3 (27.27%) Murex MxG2000
4 3 (27.27%) Murex
4 3 (27.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (27.27%) XML
4 3 (27.27%) XSLT
4 3 (27.27%) UNIX
4 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
4 3 (27.27%) MS Visio
4 3 (27.27%) UML
4 3 (27.27%) C++
4 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) Java SE
4 3 (27.27%) Java EE

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 4 (36.36%) Hibernate
1 4 (36.36%) Spring
2 3 (27.27%) Java SE
2 3 (27.27%) Java EE
2 3 (27.27%) XML
2 3 (27.27%) XSLT
2 3 (27.27%) Murex Flex
3 1 (9.091%) Spring Security
3 1 (9.091%) jQuery
3 1 (9.091%) Middleware
3 1 (9.091%) .NET
3 1 (9.091%) J2EE
3 1 (9.091%) Web Services
3 1 (9.091%) Dojo
3 1 (9.091%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) WebLogic
2 2 (18.18%) FileNet
3 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (9.091%) IIS
3 1 (9.091%) Apache
3 1 (9.091%) Tomcat
3 1 (9.091%) MQSeries
3 1 (9.091%) Documentum
3 1 (9.091%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
1 3 (27.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Murex MxG2000
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Internet
1 1 (9.091%) BIG-IP
1 1 (9.091%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) DataStage
1 1 (9.091%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Rational Rose
2 1 (9.091%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 4 (36.36%) Investment Banking
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Java Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Tester
5 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
5 1 (9.091%) UAT Tester
5 1 (9.091%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Web Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Web Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (9.091%) Applications Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Software Tester
5 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (9.091%) Web Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Mathematics
2 3 (27.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.091%) Replication
3 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
2 3 (27.27%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Workflow
2 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Use Case
2 3 (27.27%) UML
3 2 (18.18%) Document Management
4 1 (9.091%) OO
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
4 1 (9.091%) Benchmarking
4 1 (9.091%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) MVC
4 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
4 1 (9.091%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Java
2 4 (36.36%) C#
3 3 (27.27%) C++
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 1 (9.091%) Python
4 1 (9.091%) Bash shell
4 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.091%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) FATCA
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) IBM
2 3 (27.27%) Adobe
2 3 (27.27%) Murex
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle
4 1 (9.091%) JBoss