Dorset WebSphere Application Server Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) skills within the Dorset region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Location Ascot Ashby-de-la-Zouch Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Bootle Cambridge Cambridgeshire Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Croydon Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Farnham Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Jersey Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Potters Bar Reading Scotland Slough South East South West Southampton Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	33
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.012 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	13.95 %
Daily rates quoted	0	6
Average minimum daily rate	-	£317
Average daily rate	-	£336
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£370	£403
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£43.86	£34.00
% change on same period last year	+28.99 %
Application Platforms Dorset
Matching contract IT job ads	56	86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.078 %	0.088 %
Daily rates quoted	15	37
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£293
Average daily rate	£262	£311
% change on same period last year	-15.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£273	£329
UK excluding London average daily rate	£351	£338
% change on same period last year	+3.61 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.11	£15.91
Average hourly rate	£34.83	£18.05
% change on same period last year	+93.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.56	£20.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.59	£24.11
% change on same period last year	+1.99 %
WebSphere Application Server South West

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 Application Server
Demand Trend

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

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Dorset region.

WebSphere Application Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Dorset region.