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This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank14598
Rank change on same period last yearDown-47
Matching contract IT job ads76112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.100 %0.119 %
As % of the category below3.535 %6.926 %
Daily rates quoted3536
Average minimum daily rate£437£411
Average daily rate£462£437
% change on same period last year+5.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£488£464
UK excluding London average daily rate£408£394
% change on same period last year+3.41 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£17.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£43.24£40.07
% change on same period last year+7.89 %
Application Development City of LondonApplication Development
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads21501617
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.835 %1.715 %
Daily rates quoted1189704
Average minimum daily rate£401£457
Average daily rate£436£493
% change on same period last year-11.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£471£529
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted4829
Average minimum hourly rate£28.48£26.98
Average hourly rate£30.45£30.26
% change on same period last year+0.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.42£33.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
WebSphere LondonWebSphere
London

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.

WebSphere
Demand Trend

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

City of London WebSphere Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the City of London region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

City of London WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere across the City of London region.

City of London WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1116 (58.88 %)Java
280 (40.61 %)Banking
280 (40.61 %)J2EE
364 (32.49 %)Unix
364 (32.49 %)Finance
459 (29.95 %)WebSphere MQ
554 (27.41 %)XML
554 (27.41 %)Oracle
653 (26.90 %)SQL
741 (20.81 %)Windows
741 (20.81 %)Investment Banking
839 (19.80 %)C++
938 (19.29 %)Middleware
1037 (18.78 %)Solaris
1037 (18.78 %)IBM
1136 (18.27 %)MQSeries
1235 (17.77 %)Linux
1334 (17.26 %)WebLogic
1433 (16.75 %)OO
1531 (15.74 %)WebSphere Application Server
1630 (15.23 %)JSP
1728 (14.21 %)Sybase
1826 (13.20 %)Fixed Income
1826 (13.20 %)EJB
1925 (12.69 %)Spring
2024 (12.18 %)Multithreading
2024 (12.18 %)Hibernate
2120 (10.15 %)UML
2120 (10.15 %)Servlets
2120 (10.15 %)HTML

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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
180 (40.61 %)J2EE
254 (27.41 %)XML
338 (19.29 %)Middleware
430 (15.23 %)JSP
526 (13.20 %)EJB
625 (12.69 %)Spring
724 (12.18 %)Hibernate
820 (10.15 %)HTML
820 (10.15 %).NET
820 (10.15 %)Servlets
916 (8.122 %)MFC
916 (8.122 %)XSLT
1015 (7.614 %)Struts
118 (4.061 %)CSS
127 (3.553 %)Swing
127 (3.553 %)Java RMI
136 (3.046 %)COM+
136 (3.046 %)AJAX
145 (2.538 %)JDBC
145 (2.538 %)ASP.NET
Application Platforms
159 (29.95 %)WebSphere MQ
236 (18.27 %)MQSeries
334 (17.26 %)WebLogic
431 (15.74 %)WebSphere Application Server
517 (8.629 %)Tomcat
517 (8.629 %)WebSphere Message Broker
616 (8.122 %)IIS
715 (7.614 %)Apache
814 (7.107 %)MQSI
98 (4.061 %)SmartSockets
106 (3.046 %)Rendezvous
115 (2.538 %)JBoss
115 (2.538 %)WPS
123 (1.523 %)CICS
132 (1.015 %)IBM HTTP Server
132 (1.015 %)ESB
132 (1.015 %)TIBCO EMS
141 (0.508 %)WMQI
141 (0.508 %)Oracle Application Server
141 (0.508 %)NetWeaver
Applications
13 (1.523 %)CA Clarity
22 (1.015 %)MS Project
22 (1.015 %)Open Workbench
Business Applications
12 (1.015 %)Misys Midas
21 (0.508 %)BusinessWorks
21 (0.508 %)Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
111 (5.584 %)Firewall
28 (4.061 %)Internet
37 (3.553 %)TCP/IP
45 (2.538 %)SSL
54 (2.030 %)BIG-IP
63 (1.523 %)Intranet
63 (1.523 %)LDAP
63 (1.523 %)FTP
72 (1.015 %)HTTP
72 (1.015 %)SAN
81 (0.508 %)DNS
81 (0.508 %)SNMP
81 (0.508 %)LAN
81 (0.508 %)WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
113 (6.599 %)RDBMS
29 (4.569 %)DB2
38 (4.061 %)SQL Server
47 (3.553 %)Oracle 10g
53 (1.523 %)Oracle Reports
53 (1.523 %)Oracle 8/8i
53 (1.523 %)Reference Data
53 (1.523 %)Datawarehouse
53 (1.523 %)ETL
53 (1.523 %)TOAD
61 (0.508 %)Oracle 9i
61 (0.508 %)DataStage
61 (0.508 %)SQLPlus
61 (0.508 %)Oracle OWB
61 (0.508 %)Data Cleansing
Development Applications
118 (9.137 %)ClearCase
214 (7.107 %)Eclipse
313 (6.599 %)JUnit
49 (4.569 %)Ant
54 (2.030 %)LoadRunner
63 (1.523 %)Subversion
63 (1.523 %)Cactus
72 (1.015 %)WebLogic Workshop
72 (1.015 %)ClearQuest
72 (1.015 %)NUnit
81 (0.508 %)IntelliJ
81 (0.508 %)TestDirector
81 (0.508 %)FrontPage
81 (0.508 %)jMock
81 (0.508 %)AppScan
General
180 (40.61 %)Banking
264 (32.49 %)Finance
341 (20.81 %)Investment Banking
412 (6.091 %)Front Office
510 (5.076 %)Retail
68 (4.061 %)Retail Banking
76 (3.046 %)Financial Institution
83 (1.523 %)Insurance
83 (1.523 %)Back Office
92 (1.015 %)Construction
92 (1.015 %)Corporate Banking
101 (0.508 %)Online Banking
101 (0.508 %)Marketing
101 (0.508 %)Government
101 (0.508 %)Publishing
Job Titles
1112 (56.85 %)Developer
258 (29.44 %)Java Developer
327 (13.71 %)J2EE Developer
424 (12.18 %)Administrator
522 (11.17 %)Java/J2EE Developer
618 (9.137 %)C++ Developer
618 (9.137 %)Senior Developer
618 (9.137 %)Analyst
710 (5.076 %)Consultant
710 (5.076 %)WebSphere Developer
88 (4.061 %)WebSphere Administrator
97 (3.553 %)Senior Java Developer
105 (2.538 %)WebSphere Consultant
105 (2.538 %)Calypso Developer
105 (2.538 %)Architect
105 (2.538 %)Programmer
105 (2.538 %)Support Analyst
105 (2.538 %)Wintel Engineer
114 (2.030 %)Web Analyst
114 (2.030 %)Project Manager
Miscellaneous
126 (13.20 %)Fixed Income
224 (12.18 %)Multithreading
39 (4.569 %)Asset Management
39 (4.569 %)Derivative
47 (3.553 %)Grid Computing
56 (3.046 %)Equities
65 (2.538 %)Fat Client
65 (2.538 %)Thin Client
74 (2.030 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
74 (2.030 %)Clustering
74 (2.030 %)Credit Derivative
83 (1.523 %)N-Tier
83 (1.523 %)Mainframe
92 (1.015 %)Contract for Difference
101 (0.508 %)Credit Risk
101 (0.508 %)Market Risk
101 (0.508 %)PKI
101 (0.508 %)AS400
101 (0.508 %)HACMP
101 (0.508 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
164 (32.49 %)Unix
241 (20.81 %)Windows
337 (18.78 %)Solaris
435 (17.77 %)Linux
59 (4.569 %)Windows 2000
67 (3.553 %)Windows NT
73 (1.523 %)AIX
73 (1.523 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (0.508 %)HPUX
81 (0.508 %)VMS
81 (0.508 %)OpenVMS
81 (0.508 %)OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
133 (16.75 %)OO
220 (10.15 %)UML
312 (6.091 %)RAD
47 (3.553 %)E-Commerce
56 (3.046 %)Data Modelling
65 (2.538 %)SOA
65 (2.538 %)Load Testing
74 (2.030 %)Load Balancing
83 (1.523 %)User Acceptance Testing
83 (1.523 %)MVC
83 (1.523 %)BPEL
83 (1.523 %)TDD
83 (1.523 %)OOD
83 (1.523 %)RUP
83 (1.523 %)CRM
83 (1.523 %)PRINCE2
92 (1.015 %)ITIL
92 (1.015 %)Project Management
92 (1.015 %)E-business
92 (1.015 %)Web Development
Programming Languages
1116 (58.88 %)Java
253 (26.90 %)SQL
339 (19.80 %)C++
418 (9.137 %)C#
517 (8.629 %)VC++
68 (4.061 %)JavaScript
77 (3.553 %)VBScript
86 (3.046 %)PL/SQL
95 (2.538 %)Perl
95 (2.538 %)Korn
104 (2.030 %)Shell Script
113 (1.523 %)Groovy
113 (1.523 %)Python
113 (1.523 %)VB
113 (1.523 %)RPG
113 (1.523 %)C
113 (1.523 %)COBOL
122 (1.015 %)DHTML
122 (1.015 %)VBA
122 (1.015 %)XQuery
Qualifications
14 (2.030 %)MCSE
14 (2.030 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.508 %)CNE
21 (0.508 %)Novell Certification
21 (0.508 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (0.508 %)IBM Certification
21 (0.508 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.508 %)SLA
System Software
19 (4.569 %)VMware ESX
23 (1.523 %)Active Directory
23 (1.523 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.508 %)NetBackup
31 (0.508 %)Oracle RAC
Systems Management
118 (9.137 %)AutoSys
25 (2.538 %)CA SiteMinder
33 (1.523 %)MOM
42 (1.015 %)CONTROL-M
51 (0.508 %)BMC PATROL
51 (0.508 %)Netcool
51 (0.508 %)Tivoli
51 (0.508 %)Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
154 (27.41 %)Oracle
237 (18.78 %)IBM
328 (14.21 %)Sybase
419 (9.645 %)Sun
513 (6.599 %)Microsoft
513 (6.599 %)Red Hat
513 (6.599 %)TIBCO
612 (6.091 %)VMware
612 (6.091 %)HP
711 (5.584 %)Citrix
89 (4.569 %)DataSynapse
97 (3.553 %)Infragistics
105 (2.538 %)SeeBeyond
105 (2.538 %)ILOG
105 (2.538 %)Calypso
105 (2.538 %)EMC
105 (2.538 %)Actuate
114 (2.030 %)CA
114 (2.030 %)Murex
114 (2.030 %)VERITAS
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