The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 24 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 East of England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 88 105 75
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -30
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 26 27 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.216% 0.914% 2.005%
As % of the Application Development category 4.255% 3.199% 6.848%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 16
Average daily rate £450 £500 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +29.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £454 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £575 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £415 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.12% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £30.24 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £45.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-33.70% +39.23%
All Application Development
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
611 844 774
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 28.56% 28.56% 29.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 436 355
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 59 60
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £27.50 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.40 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
England

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England WebSphere Hourly 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Cambridgeshire - 10 £450 -
Essex - 6 £550 -
Hertfordshire -4 5 £250 -50.00%
Norfolk -1 4 £438 -8.37%
Suffolk - 1 - -
WebSphere
England

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 39 (63.93%) Java
2 37 (60.66%) J2EE
3 34 (55.74%) IBM
4 30 (49.18%) Finance
5 28 (45.90%) E-Commerce
6 27 (44.26%) UNIX
7 25 (40.98%) Retail
8 20 (32.79%) XML
8 20 (32.79%) SQL
9 19 (31.15%) Oracle
9 19 (31.15%) JavaScript
9 19 (31.15%) Project Management
10 18 (29.51%) HTML
10 18 (29.51%) Linux
11 17 (27.87%) Waterfall
12 16 (26.23%) Games
13 15 (24.59%) OO
13 15 (24.59%) XHTML
13 15 (24.59%) Ajax
14 14 (22.95%) JSP
15 13 (21.31%) Ant
15 13 (21.31%) RAD
15 13 (21.31%) Time Management
15 13 (21.31%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (21.31%) Change Control
16 12 (19.67%) DB2
17 10 (16.39%) Perl
17 10 (16.39%) WebSphere Application Server
17 10 (16.39%) Content Management
18 9 (14.75%) CSS

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 (60.66%) J2EE
2 20 (32.79%) XML
3 18 (29.51%) HTML
4 15 (24.59%) XHTML
4 15 (24.59%) Ajax
5 14 (22.95%) JSP
6 9 (14.75%) CSS
6 9 (14.75%) XSLT
6 9 (14.75%) Struts
7 8 (13.11%) Middleware
8 7 (11.48%) JMS
8 7 (11.48%) EJB
8 7 (11.48%) JDBC
8 7 (11.48%) Servlets
9 6 (9.836%) WebCenter
9 6 (9.836%) JSTL
9 6 (9.836%) XMLBeans
10 3 (4.918%) Java EE
10 3 (4.918%) Hibernate
10 3 (4.918%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 10 (16.39%) WebSphere Application Server
2 9 (14.75%) MQSeries
3 7 (11.48%) WebLogic
4 5 (8.197%) IIS
5 4 (6.557%) Tomcat
5 4 (6.557%) WebSphere MQ
5 4 (6.557%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 2 (3.279%) Apache
6 2 (3.279%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (1.639%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (1.639%) MS Project
1 1 (1.639%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (9.836%) Tridion
2 3 (4.918%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.48%) Internet
2 1 (1.639%) iSCSI
2 1 (1.639%) VLAN
2 1 (1.639%) HTTP
2 1 (1.639%) SNMP
2 1 (1.639%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (19.67%) DB2
2 9 (14.75%) RDBMS
3 7 (11.48%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.918%) DbVisualizer
4 3 (4.918%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.639%) DataStage
5 1 (1.639%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (21.31%) Ant
2 9 (14.75%) JUnit
2 9 (14.75%) Eclipse
3 8 (13.11%) Subversion
4 7 (11.48%) Log4j
4 7 (11.48%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 3 (4.918%) QuickTest Pro
5 3 (4.918%) LoadRunner
6 1 (1.639%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.639%) Build Forge
6 1 (1.639%) Git (software)
6 1 (1.639%) JBehave
6 1 (1.639%) Rational Application Developer
6 1 (1.639%) JDeveloper
General
1 30 (49.18%) Finance
2 25 (40.98%) Retail
3 16 (26.23%) Games
4 6 (9.836%) Manufacturing
5 5 (8.197%) Financial Institution
6 4 (6.557%) Legal
7 2 (3.279%) Automotive
8 1 (1.639%) Marketing
8 1 (1.639%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (29.51%) Project Manager
2 17 (27.87%) Developer
3 13 (21.31%) E-Commerce Project Manager
3 13 (21.31%) E-Commerce Manager
4 10 (16.39%) Java Developer
5 8 (13.11%) J2EE Developer
5 8 (13.11%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 7 (11.48%) Consultant
7 4 (6.557%) Analyst
8 3 (4.918%) Agile Project Manager
8 3 (4.918%) Business Analyst
8 3 (4.918%) Tester
9 2 (3.279%) Applications Developer
9 2 (3.279%) Support Engineer
9 2 (3.279%) Architect
9 2 (3.279%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.279%) WebSphere Specialist
9 2 (3.279%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 2 (3.279%) Messaging Support Engineer
9 2 (3.279%) Messaging Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.836%) Web 2.0
2 5 (8.197%) Hedge funds
3 3 (4.918%) Social Media
4 2 (3.279%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.639%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.639%) Data Integration
5 1 (1.639%) Cryptography
5 1 (1.639%) Clustering
5 1 (1.639%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 27 (44.26%) UNIX
2 18 (29.51%) Linux
3 7 (11.48%) Solaris
3 7 (11.48%) Windows
4 6 (9.836%) HPUX
5 4 (6.557%) Apple iOS
5 4 (6.557%) Android
6 3 (4.918%) Mac OS
7 2 (3.279%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.639%) zOS
8 1 (1.639%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (45.90%) E-Commerce
2 19 (31.15%) Project Management
3 17 (27.87%) Waterfall
4 15 (24.59%) OO
5 13 (21.31%) RAD
5 13 (21.31%) Time Management
5 13 (21.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (21.31%) Change Control
6 10 (16.39%) Content Management
7 9 (14.75%) UML
8 5 (8.197%) Software Engineering
9 4 (6.557%) RUP
9 4 (6.557%) Scrum
9 4 (6.557%) Information Security
9 4 (6.557%) System Testing
10 3 (4.918%) Automated Testing
10 3 (4.918%) Regression Testing
10 3 (4.918%) SOA
10 3 (4.918%) ITIL
11 2 (3.279%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 39 (63.93%) Java
2 20 (32.79%) SQL
3 19 (31.15%) JavaScript
4 10 (16.39%) Perl
5 7 (11.48%) Bash shell
6 6 (9.836%) Shell Script
6 6 (9.836%) XPath
7 4 (6.557%) C
7 4 (6.557%) FQL
8 2 (3.279%) C++
8 2 (3.279%) VB
8 2 (3.279%) PL/1
9 1 (1.639%) Korn
9 1 (1.639%) Bourne shell
9 1 (1.639%) Python
9 1 (1.639%) COBOL
9 1 (1.639%) C#
9 1 (1.639%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.639%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.279%) GAMP
2 1 (1.639%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.197%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (6.557%) Tivoli
2 3 (4.918%) Control-M
3 1 (1.639%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 34 (55.74%) IBM
2 19 (31.15%) Oracle
3 6 (9.836%) Interwoven
3 6 (9.836%) ATG
3 6 (9.836%) Elastic Path
3 6 (9.836%) Blue Martini
4 4 (6.557%) HP
4 4 (6.557%) FatWire
4 4 (6.557%) Facebook
4 4 (6.557%) Twitter
5 3 (4.918%) BMC
5 3 (4.918%) JBoss
6 2 (3.279%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.639%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.639%) Coverity
7 1 (1.639%) VMware
7 1 (1.639%) EMC
7 1 (1.639%) BEA
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