The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Process 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 Process 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 Process Server (WPS)
Rank 193 209 238
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +29
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Process Server 6 10 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.094% 0.127% 0.070%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.552% 0.829% 0.476%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
Average daily rate £600 £400 £411
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -2.73%
UK excluding London average daily rate £431 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
+1.47% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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 Process Server
London

WebSphere Process Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London WebSphere Process Server Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Process Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebSphere Process Server across the City of London region.

City of London WebSphere Process Server Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Process 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 Process 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 Process Server.

1 9 (100.00%) Banking
1 9 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 8 (88.89%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (77.78%) Internet
3 7 (77.78%) DataPower
3 7 (77.78%) Online Banking
4 6 (66.67%) ESB
4 6 (66.67%) Oracle
5 5 (55.56%) DB2
6 4 (44.44%) Tivoli
6 4 (44.44%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 4 (44.44%) BAPI
7 3 (33.33%) LogLogic
7 3 (33.33%) HP
7 3 (33.33%) TeamSite
7 3 (33.33%) C
8 2 (22.22%) Java
8 2 (22.22%) IBM
8 2 (22.22%) Publishing
8 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (22.22%) Retail
8 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
9 1 (11.11%) Lombardi
9 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
9 1 (11.11%) QA
9 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
9 1 (11.11%) Change Control
9 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
9 1 (11.11%) Content Management

WebSphere Process 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 Process 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 Process Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (44.44%) BAPI
3 1 (11.11%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 8 (88.89%) WebSphere Application Server
2 6 (66.67%) ESB
3 3 (33.33%) TeamSite
4 1 (11.11%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) DB2
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) MS Access
General
1 9 (100.00%) Banking
2 8 (88.89%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Publishing
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Advertising
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Architect
1 7 (77.78%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) DataPower
1 7 (77.78%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
2 1 (11.11%) Change Control
2 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Content Management
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C
2 2 (22.22%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Tivoli
1 4 (44.44%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle
2 3 (33.33%) LogLogic
2 3 (33.33%) HP
3 2 (22.22%) IBM
4 1 (11.11%) Lombardi
City of London
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