The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere 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 over the 3 months to 21 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 Development 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 107 113 119
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +6
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 101 112 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.572% 1.425% 1.240%
As % of the Application Development category 5.486% 5.614% 4.469%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 71 87
Average daily rate £475 £413 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.15% -13.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £325 £366
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £525 £595
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £413 £413
% change year-on-year
-6.06% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £39.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-47.82% +64.28%
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1841 1995 2685
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.65% 25.38% 27.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1452 1472 2083
Average daily rate £413 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 28 21
Average hourly rate £41.50 £25.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.00% -44.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.58 £15.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £44.75 £125.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
London

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 21 May 2013.

City of London WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 21 May 2013, 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.

1 78 (48.75%) Banking
2 72 (45.00%) Java
3 59 (36.88%) IBM
3 59 (36.88%) WebSphere MQ
4 53 (33.13%) Oracle
5 52 (32.50%) Finance
6 50 (31.25%) SQL
7 47 (29.38%) SQL Server
8 39 (24.38%) Linux
9 37 (23.13%) .NET
10 35 (21.88%) C#
11 33 (20.63%) WebSphere Application Server
12 29 (18.13%) XML
13 28 (17.50%) UNIX
14 27 (16.88%) IIS
15 25 (15.63%) Windows
16 24 (15.00%) J2EE
16 24 (15.00%) Investment Banking
17 23 (14.38%) MSMQ
18 22 (13.75%) MS Excel
18 22 (13.75%) MySQL
18 22 (13.75%) WebLogic
18 22 (13.75%) WebSphere Message Broker
19 21 (13.13%) Middleware
20 20 (12.50%) OO
20 20 (12.50%) WCF
20 20 (12.50%) Open Source
21 19 (11.88%) MVC
22 18 (11.25%) Front Office
22 18 (11.25%) Apache

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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
1 37 (23.13%) .NET
2 29 (18.13%) XML
3 24 (15.00%) J2EE
4 21 (13.13%) Middleware
5 20 (12.50%) WCF
6 16 (10.00%) Spring
6 16 (10.00%) XSLT
7 15 (9.375%) Lucene
7 15 (9.375%) NHibernate
7 15 (9.375%) .NET Remoting
7 15 (9.375%) Spring.NET
7 15 (9.375%) WPF
7 15 (9.375%) Unity DI Container
8 14 (8.750%) HTML
9 13 (8.125%) Web Services
10 9 (5.625%) .NET Framework
11 8 (5.000%) JSP
12 6 (3.750%) JRules
12 6 (3.750%) Hibernate
12 6 (3.750%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 59 (36.88%) WebSphere MQ
2 33 (20.63%) WebSphere Application Server
3 27 (16.88%) IIS
4 23 (14.38%) MSMQ
5 22 (13.75%) WebLogic
5 22 (13.75%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 18 (11.25%) Apache
6 18 (11.25%) Tomcat
7 8 (5.000%) Adobe CQ
7 8 (5.000%) SharePoint
8 7 (4.375%) WebSphere Process Server
9 5 (3.125%) MQSeries
9 5 (3.125%) ESB
9 5 (3.125%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.500%) Alfresco
10 4 (2.500%) IBM HTTP Server
11 3 (1.875%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (1.875%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (1.250%) WebSphere Portal
12 2 (1.250%) FileNet
Applications
1 22 (13.75%) MS Excel
2 8 (5.000%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.125%) MS Office
4 4 (2.500%) MS Project
5 1 (0.625%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (5.000%) Misys Equation
1 8 (5.000%) Misys Midas
2 6 (3.750%) RMDS
3 2 (1.250%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.625%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.750%) Internet
2 7 (4.375%) HTTP
3 6 (3.750%) NAS
3 6 (3.750%) SAN
4 3 (1.875%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.875%) SSL
4 3 (1.875%) LDAP
5 2 (1.250%) Firewall
5 2 (1.250%) X.509
5 2 (1.250%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.625%) DNS
6 1 (0.625%) DMZ
6 1 (0.625%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (29.38%) SQL Server
2 22 (13.75%) MySQL
3 14 (8.750%) DB2
4 8 (5.000%) Oracle 8/8i
5 7 (4.375%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (4.375%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (3.125%) MS Access
7 3 (1.875%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.250%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (1.250%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.625%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.625%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 15 (9.375%) Subversion
1 15 (9.375%) Rhino Mocks
2 11 (6.875%) Ant
3 7 (4.375%) Maven
4 6 (3.750%) Git (software)
4 6 (3.750%) Jenkins
5 5 (3.125%) NUnit
5 5 (3.125%) TeamCity
6 4 (2.500%) JIRA
6 4 (2.500%) WinDbg
6 4 (2.500%) CruiseControl
6 4 (2.500%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 4 (2.500%) ClearCase
6 4 (2.500%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.875%) MSI
7 3 (1.875%) Mercurial
7 3 (1.875%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (1.875%) Gerrit
7 3 (1.875%) FishEye
7 3 (1.875%) AnthillPro
General
1 78 (48.75%) Banking
2 52 (32.50%) Finance
3 24 (15.00%) Investment Banking
4 18 (11.25%) Front Office
5 12 (7.500%) Retail
6 8 (5.000%) Private Banking
7 5 (3.125%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.500%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.875%) Back Office
10 2 (1.250%) German Language
10 2 (1.250%) Publishing
11 1 (0.625%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.625%) Advertising
11 1 (0.625%) Electronics
11 1 (0.625%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.625%) Marketing
11 1 (0.625%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.625%) French Language
11 1 (0.625%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 73 (45.63%) Developer
2 34 (21.25%) Architect
3 20 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 19 (11.88%) Analyst
5 17 (10.63%) WebSphere Developer
6 16 (10.00%) .NET Developer
7 14 (8.750%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (5.625%) Administrator
9 8 (5.000%) Programmer
9 8 (5.000%) Support Analyst
9 8 (5.000%) Consultant
10 7 (4.375%) Project Manager
10 7 (4.375%) Applications Support
10 7 (4.375%) Applications Support Analyst
11 6 (3.750%) JRules Developer
11 6 (3.750%) Business Analyst
11 6 (3.750%) WebSphere Administrator
11 6 (3.750%) Infrastructure Architect
12 5 (3.125%) C# Developer
12 5 (3.125%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.50%) Open Source
2 15 (9.375%) Inversion of Control
3 13 (8.125%) Online Banking
4 12 (7.500%) AS400
4 12 (7.500%) iSeries
5 11 (6.875%) SWIFT
6 8 (5.000%) DataPower
7 6 (3.750%) Mainframe
8 4 (2.500%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.875%) Derivative
9 3 (1.875%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.875%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.250%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.250%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.250%) PKI
10 2 (1.250%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.625%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.625%) DTV
11 1 (0.625%) Equities
11 1 (0.625%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 39 (24.38%) Linux
2 28 (17.50%) UNIX
3 25 (15.63%) Windows
4 13 (8.125%) Solaris
5 8 (5.000%) AIX
6 7 (4.375%) zOS
7 4 (2.500%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (2.500%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.875%) Debian
9 2 (1.250%) HPUX
10 1 (0.625%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (12.50%) OO
2 19 (11.88%) MVC
3 17 (10.63%) Multithreading
4 16 (10.00%) Scrum
5 15 (9.375%) Memory Management
6 12 (7.500%) Agile Software Development
6 12 (7.500%) Migration
7 9 (5.625%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (5.000%) E-Commerce
9 7 (4.375%) SOA
9 7 (4.375%) TDD
9 7 (4.375%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (3.750%) Unit Testing
10 6 (3.750%) Complex Event Processing
10 6 (3.750%) ETL
10 6 (3.750%) Benchmarking
11 5 (3.125%) Document Management
11 5 (3.125%) Matrix Management
11 5 (3.125%) Release Management
12 4 (2.500%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 72 (45.00%) Java
2 50 (31.25%) SQL
3 35 (21.88%) C#
4 17 (10.63%) JavaScript
5 8 (5.000%) RPG
5 8 (5.000%) Shell Script
6 7 (4.375%) Bash shell
7 5 (3.125%) Perl
8 4 (2.500%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.500%) VBScript
9 3 (1.875%) C
10 2 (1.250%) Groovy
10 2 (1.250%) ActionScript 2.0
10 2 (1.250%) C-shell
10 2 (1.250%) Jython
10 2 (1.250%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.625%) Python
11 1 (0.625%) VBA
11 1 (0.625%) C++
11 1 (0.625%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 7 (4.375%) Security Cleared
2 6 (3.750%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.250%) Degree
3 2 (1.250%) ISEB
4 1 (0.625%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.625%) IBM Certification
4 1 (0.625%) MCSE
4 1 (0.625%) LPIC
4 1 (0.625%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.625%) QA
2 1 (0.625%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.625%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (3.125%) vCloud
2 2 (1.250%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.625%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (3.125%) Puppet
2 4 (2.500%) Tivoli
3 3 (1.875%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 2 (1.250%) Splunk
4 2 (1.250%) Control-M
5 1 (0.625%) CA SiteMinder
5 1 (0.625%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 59 (36.88%) IBM
2 53 (33.13%) Oracle
3 12 (7.500%) Microsoft
4 9 (5.625%) Sybase
5 8 (5.000%) Misys
6 7 (4.375%) JBoss
6 7 (4.375%) hybris
7 6 (3.750%) 29West
7 6 (3.750%) DataSynapse
7 6 (3.750%) EMC
7 6 (3.750%) Cisco
7 6 (3.750%) NetApp
8 5 (3.125%) Mercator
8 5 (3.125%) VMware
9 4 (2.500%) ILOG
9 4 (2.500%) Lotus
9 4 (2.500%) Plumtree
9 4 (2.500%) HP
10 3 (1.875%) Sun
11 2 (1.250%) Pega
City, London
My client is looking for an MQ Developer for the Development, Configuration and Support for IBM MQ/Websphere and Connect:Direct technologies... group of companies, the fourth largest...
TEKsystems
Posted: 15 May 2013
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
My client, a leading investment bank based in the City of London, urgently require an experienced Technical Programme Manager with strong skills in Weblogic, Java, Linux, Apache, Tomcat,...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Rate: £650 - £850 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Our London based client is looking for an experienced Solution Architect for a range of design and integration projects mainly around BizTalk. You will be responsible for leading...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Our London based client is looking for an experienced Solution Architect for a range of design and integration projects mainly around BizTalk. You will be responsible for leading...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 1 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
Posted: 18 May 2013