The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 23 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 City of London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Rank 184 203 222
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +19
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 15 16 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.236% 0.203% 0.231%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.380% 1.326% 1.565%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 15
Average daily rate £563 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.35% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £347 £366
10% offered a daily rate of more than £603 £485 £495
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
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1087 1207 1470
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 17.11% 15.33% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 757 816 1040
Average daily rate £403 £400 £435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.68% -8.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £260 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 35 63
Average hourly rate £32.58 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.90% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.00 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.20 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
WebSphere Application Server
London

WebSphere Application Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London WebSphere Application Server Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 34 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 17 (50.00%) Oracle
3 15 (44.12%) Java
3 15 (44.12%) Banking
4 12 (35.29%) Finance
5 11 (32.35%) IBM
6 9 (26.47%) Internet
7 8 (23.53%) WebSphere Process Server
8 7 (20.59%) Tomcat
8 7 (20.59%) SQL
8 7 (20.59%) Linux
8 7 (20.59%) Online Banking
8 7 (20.59%) DataPower
9 6 (17.65%) ESB
9 6 (17.65%) UNIX
9 6 (17.65%) Windows
9 6 (17.65%) DB2
9 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
10 5 (14.71%) XML
10 5 (14.71%) IIS
10 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
10 5 (14.71%) JMS
10 5 (14.71%) Tivoli
10 5 (14.71%) Shell Script
11 4 (11.76%) Tivoli Monitoring
11 4 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
11 4 (11.76%) Spring
11 4 (11.76%) BAPI
11 4 (11.76%) Apache
11 4 (11.76%) WebSphere MQ

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 34 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 5 (14.71%) XML
2 5 (14.71%) JMS
3 4 (11.76%) Spring
3 4 (11.76%) BAPI
3 4 (11.76%) JSP
3 4 (11.76%) J2EE
4 3 (8.824%) HTML
4 3 (8.824%) Web Services
4 3 (8.824%) Middleware
5 2 (5.882%) FIXML
5 2 (5.882%) OLE DB
5 2 (5.882%) JSF
5 2 (5.882%) ODBC
5 2 (5.882%) WSDL
5 2 (5.882%) ASP
5 2 (5.882%) XSL
5 2 (5.882%) .NET
5 2 (5.882%) .NET Framework
5 2 (5.882%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 8 (23.53%) WebSphere Process Server
2 7 (20.59%) Tomcat
3 6 (17.65%) ESB
4 5 (14.71%) IIS
4 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
5 4 (11.76%) Apache
5 4 (11.76%) WebSphere MQ
6 3 (8.824%) TeamSite
7 2 (5.882%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (5.882%) CICS
7 2 (5.882%) WebSphere Portal
7 2 (5.882%) Alfresco
8 1 (2.941%) TIBCO EMS
8 1 (2.941%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 1 (2.941%) MQSeries
8 1 (2.941%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (2.941%) FileNet
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) MS Office
2 2 (5.882%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.941%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (5.882%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) Internet
2 3 (8.824%) SSL
3 2 (5.882%) HTTP
4 1 (2.941%) DMZ
4 1 (2.941%) DNS
4 1 (2.941%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.941%) LDAP
4 1 (2.941%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) DB2
2 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
3 3 (8.824%) MS Access
4 2 (5.882%) MySQL
5 1 (2.941%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (2.941%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) ClearCase
1 2 (5.882%) Eclipse
1 2 (5.882%) WinDbg
2 1 (2.941%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (2.941%) Subversion
2 1 (2.941%) Introscope
General
1 15 (44.12%) Banking
2 12 (35.29%) Finance
3 4 (11.76%) Investment Banking
4 2 (5.882%) Publishing
4 2 (5.882%) Financial Institution
4 2 (5.882%) Retail
5 1 (2.941%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.941%) Dutch Language
5 1 (2.941%) German Language
5 1 (2.941%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Architect
2 7 (20.59%) Administrator
2 7 (20.59%) Developer
2 7 (20.59%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (11.76%) Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) WebSphere Administrator
4 3 (8.824%) WebSphere Application Server Administrator
4 3 (8.824%) Senior Architect
4 3 (8.824%) Middleware Engineer
4 3 (8.824%) Middleware Architect
4 3 (8.824%) Systems Architect
4 3 (8.824%) Senior Systems Architect
4 3 (8.824%) Server Administrator
4 3 (8.824%) Support Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Applications Support
5 2 (5.882%) Technical Architect
5 2 (5.882%) Java Developer
5 2 (5.882%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Lead Architect
6 1 (2.941%) Portal Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Online Banking
1 7 (20.59%) DataPower
2 3 (8.824%) Open Source
3 2 (5.882%) Mainframe
3 2 (5.882%) SWIFT
4 1 (2.941%) Data Integration
4 1 (2.941%) Web 2.0
4 1 (2.941%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.941%) Statistics
4 1 (2.941%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.941%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.59%) Linux
2 6 (17.65%) UNIX
2 6 (17.65%) Windows
3 4 (11.76%) AIX
3 4 (11.76%) Solaris
4 2 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.941%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.941%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (11.76%) OO
2 3 (8.824%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (8.824%) Document Management
2 3 (8.824%) Change Management
3 2 (5.882%) Migration
3 2 (5.882%) Content Management
3 2 (5.882%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (2.941%) Multithreading
4 1 (2.941%) Load Balancing
4 1 (2.941%) Incident Management
4 1 (2.941%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (2.941%) Problem Management
4 1 (2.941%) Change Control
4 1 (2.941%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (2.941%) Web Design
4 1 (2.941%) TDD
4 1 (2.941%) TOGAF
4 1 (2.941%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (44.12%) Java
2 7 (20.59%) SQL
3 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
4 5 (14.71%) Shell Script
5 4 (11.76%) C
6 2 (5.882%) VBScript
7 1 (2.941%) C#
7 1 (2.941%) C++
7 1 (2.941%) COBOL
7 1 (2.941%) Perl
7 1 (2.941%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.941%) Python
7 1 (2.941%) Jython
Qualifications
1 1 (2.941%) Degree
1 1 (2.941%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.941%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) Tivoli
2 4 (11.76%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 1 (2.941%) CA Endevor
3 1 (2.941%) CA SiteMinder
Vendors
1 17 (50.00%) Oracle
2 11 (32.35%) IBM
3 3 (8.824%) LogLogic
3 3 (8.824%) HP
4 2 (5.882%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.882%) Plumtree
4 2 (5.882%) CA
4 2 (5.882%) Lotus
4 2 (5.882%) JBoss
5 1 (2.941%) Lombardi
5 1 (2.941%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.941%) Informatica
5 1 (2.941%) Chordiant
5 1 (2.941%) TIBCO
City of London
Location: London Essential Skills: Java (server), C# (client), XML, XSLT Nice to have skills: WebSphere or similar application server, Agile, Test Driven Development (TDD) Middle Office, client/server.
Huxley Associates
Rate: £450 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
A new Solutions Architecture requirement has just arisen with a key Financial Services Client based in London. Working as part of the wider group IT function, experienced candidates...
Head Resourcing
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Experience with some of the following technologies; DataPower, WebSphere application server, WebSphere process server, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, Internet Banking Foundation Servers and BAPIs, Oracle, DB2, WebSphere content...
Rate: £550 - £650 per annum
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