The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 22 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 Platforms category for the Cheshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Rank - 43 65
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 0 23 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - 2.840% 0.625%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 15.54% 4.138%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 16 6
Average daily rate - £443 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £380 £425
% change year-on-year
+1.97% -10.58%
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
128 148 145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.41% 18.27% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 75 88
Average daily rate £325 £338 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £288 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.75 £14.00 £31.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.50 £30.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
WebSphere Application Server
North West

WebSphere Application Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire WebSphere Application Server Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) UNIX
2 3 (60.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) IBM HTTP Server
3 2 (40.00%) AIX
3 2 (40.00%) HTTP
3 2 (40.00%) IBM
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (40.00%) IBM WebSphere Certification
3 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Process Server
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Middleware

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (40.00%) IBM HTTP Server
2 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Process Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) HTTP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Implementation Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
2 2 (40.00%) AIX
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (40.00%) IBM WebSphere Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) IBM