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This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker (WBIMB) skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WBIMB over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker (WBIMB)
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3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads00
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As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
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% change on same period last year-
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UK excluding London average daily rate£455£488
% change on same period last year-6.66 %
Hourly rates quoted00
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% change on same period last year-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate-£56.90
% change on same period last year-
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads2845
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted64
Average minimum daily rate£356£267
Average daily rate£362£292
% change on same period last year+24.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted52
Average minimum hourly rate£33.18£21.00
Average hourly rate£38.41£24.21
% change on same period last year+58.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.64£27.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
WBIMB CheshireWBIMB
Cheshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

WBIMB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WBIMB across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Chester WBIMB Demand Trend

WBIMB
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WBIMB across the Chester region.

Chester WBIMB Daily Rate Trend

WBIMB
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing WBIMB 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 WBIMB.

11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)AIX
11 (100.00 %)HPUX
11 (100.00 %)Solaris
11 (100.00 %)SSL
11 (100.00 %)WebSphere MQ
11 (100.00 %)Tivoli
11 (100.00 %)Shell Script
11 (100.00 %)Middleware
11 (100.00 %)Change Management
11 (100.00 %)Tandem
11 (100.00 %)WebSphere
11 (100.00 %)OMEGAMON

WBIMB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing WBIMB 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 WBIMB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)Middleware
11 (100.00 %)WebSphere
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)WebSphere MQ
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)SSL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)WebSphere Specialist
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Tandem
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)AIX
11 (100.00 %)HPUX
11 (100.00 %)Solaris
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Change Management
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Shell Script
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (100.00 %)Tivoli
11 (100.00 %)OMEGAMON