The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Dorset 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 30 25 34
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +9
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 4 9 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 1.754% 3.261% 2.770%
As % of the Application Development category 9.091% 12.86% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 8
Average daily rate £315 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.87% +7.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £287 £336 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £369 £409
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £45.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-33.70% +29.28%
All Application Development
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
44 70 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 19.30% 25.36% 16.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 45 35
Average daily rate £300 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.05% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £335 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £450 £407
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
Average hourly rate £165.00 £40.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+312.50% -5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
WebSphere
South West

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bournemouth -6 4 £315 -9.87%
Poole - - - -
WebSphere
South West

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) JMS
3 3 (60.00%) XML
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
4 2 (40.00%) Hibernate
4 2 (40.00%) Subversion
4 2 (40.00%) Spring
4 2 (40.00%) JTA
4 2 (40.00%) Ajax
4 2 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (40.00%) GlassFish
4 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
4 2 (40.00%) UNIX
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) UML
4 2 (40.00%) OOA/OOD
4 2 (40.00%) OO
4 2 (40.00%) JBoss
4 2 (40.00%) Apache
4 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
4 2 (40.00%) EJB
4 2 (40.00%) JSP
4 2 (40.00%) Servlets
4 2 (40.00%) Struts
4 2 (40.00%) Web Services
4 2 (40.00%) RDBMS

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 3 (60.00%) JMS
1 3 (60.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) Hibernate
2 2 (40.00%) Spring
2 2 (40.00%) JTA
2 2 (40.00%) Ajax
2 2 (40.00%) EJB
2 2 (40.00%) JSP
2 2 (40.00%) Servlets
2 2 (40.00%) Struts
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) J2EE
3 1 (20.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) JSON
3 1 (20.00%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) GlassFish
1 2 (40.00%) Apache
1 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (20.00%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SSL
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Subversion
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Support Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Java Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) OOA/OOD
1 2 (40.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) JBoss
2 2 (40.00%) Red Hat