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The table below looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank4952
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads99140
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.134 %0.138 %
As % of the category below11.26 %10.00 %
Daily rates quoted3148
Average minimum daily rate£386£362
Average daily rate£406£381
% change on same period last year+6.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£395£383
% change on same period last year+2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted030
Average minimum hourly rate-£31.98
Average hourly rate-£32.33
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£32.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.78£34.99
% change on same period last year+19.41 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads8791400
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.188 %1.381 %
Daily rates quoted305396
Average minimum daily rate£342£335
Average daily rate£366£355
% change on same period last year+2.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted68180
Average minimum hourly rate£28.81£30.17
Average hourly rate£30.85£31.24
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.90£32.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
WebSphere EnglandWebSphere
England

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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

East of England 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 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 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NorfolkUp+2452£447-12.86 %
CambridgeshireUp+1215£386+27.86 %
HertfordshireDown-1313£351-1.86 %
East AngliaUp+511£338-7.30 %
EssexDown-298£440-0.71 %
WebSphere EnglandWebSphere
England

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

1192 (65.08 %)J2EE
2166 (56.27 %)Java
399 (33.56 %)IBM
494 (31.86 %)Finance
592 (31.19 %)WebSphere Application Server
686 (29.15 %)SQL
780 (27.12 %)UNIX
856 (18.98 %)DB2
948 (16.27 %)WPS
1047 (15.93 %)UML
1145 (15.25 %)Struts
1145 (15.25 %)Oracle
1242 (14.24 %)XML
1339 (13.22 %)Linux
1437 (12.54 %)JSP
1536 (12.20 %)EJB
1635 (11.86 %)OO
1734 (11.53 %)E-Commerce
1734 (11.53 %)Servlets
1831 (10.51 %)AIX
1930 (10.17 %)Insurance
2028 (9.492 %)WPF
2028 (9.492 %)SOA
2126 (8.814 %)Tivoli
2126 (8.814 %)DSDM
2126 (8.814 %)JDBC
2126 (8.814 %)HTML
2225 (8.475 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
2324 (8.136 %)Spring
2423 (7.797 %)WebLogic

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1192 (65.08 %)J2EE
245 (15.25 %)Struts
342 (14.24 %)XML
437 (12.54 %)JSP
536 (12.20 %)EJB
634 (11.53 %)Servlets
728 (9.492 %)WPF
826 (8.814 %)JDBC
826 (8.814 %)HTML
924 (8.136 %)Spring
1023 (7.797 %)WebServices
1121 (7.119 %)CSS
1121 (7.119 %)Middleware
1220 (6.780 %)Hibernate
1319 (6.441 %)JMS
1319 (6.441 %)JRules
1413 (4.407 %)JSF
1413 (4.407 %)SOAP
1413 (4.407 %)XSLT
1413 (4.407 %)XHTML
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
192 (31.19 %)WebSphere Application Server
248 (16.27 %)WPS
323 (7.797 %)WebLogic
422 (7.458 %)JBoss
517 (5.763 %)WebSphere MQ
615 (5.085 %)Apache
615 (5.085 %)MQSeries
711 (3.729 %)Tomcat
89 (3.051 %)CICS
98 (2.712 %)ESB
106 (2.034 %)CMS
106 (2.034 %)IBM HTTP Server
115 (1.695 %)Lotus Domino
122 (0.678 %)IIS
122 (0.678 %)WebSphere Message Broker
122 (0.678 %)Smallworld
131 (0.339 %)TIBCO EMS
131 (0.339 %)Rendezvous
131 (0.339 %)Tuxedo
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (2.373 %)MS Excel
25 (1.695 %)MS Project
25 (1.695 %)MS Office
31 (0.339 %)MS Visio
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.339 %)assyst
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (4.746 %)HTTP
210 (3.390 %)Internet
39 (3.051 %)Firewall
44 (1.356 %)SSL
53 (1.017 %)LDAP
61 (0.339 %)DMZ
61 (0.339 %)Intranet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (18.98 %)DB2
213 (4.407 %)SQL Server
36 (2.034 %)Oracle 9i
36 (2.034 %)BusinessObjects
45 (1.695 %)Oracle 10g
54 (1.356 %)Oracle Reports
62 (0.678 %)Crystal Reports
62 (0.678 %)RDBMS
62 (0.678 %)DataStage
62 (0.678 %)GIS
71 (0.339 %)MySQL
71 (0.339 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.339 %)ETL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
125 (8.475 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
223 (7.797 %)Ant
321 (7.119 %)Eclipse
419 (6.441 %)JUnit
59 (3.051 %)JDeveloper
59 (3.051 %)JBuilder
68 (2.712 %)IntelliJ
77 (2.373 %)Atlassian Bamboo
77 (2.373 %)CruiseControl
84 (1.356 %)ClearQuest
92 (0.678 %)JMeter
92 (0.678 %)ClearCase
92 (0.678 %)QuickTest Pro
92 (0.678 %)LoadRunner
101 (0.339 %)WinRunner
101 (0.339 %)FrontPage
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
194 (31.86 %)Finance
230 (10.17 %)Insurance
311 (3.729 %)Pensions
410 (3.390 %)Retail
57 (2.373 %)Marketing
57 (2.373 %)Banking
66 (2.034 %)Construction
66 (2.034 %)Government
74 (1.356 %)Automotive
83 (1.017 %)Back Office
83 (1.017 %)Games
92 (0.678 %)Pharmaceutical
92 (0.678 %)Online Games
92 (0.678 %)Retail Banking
92 (0.678 %)Chemicals
92 (0.678 %)Health
101 (0.339 %)Education
101 (0.339 %)Telecoms
101 (0.339 %)Investment Banking
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1126 (42.71 %)Developer
257 (19.32 %)Java Developer
343 (14.58 %)WebSphere Developer
435 (11.86 %)Architect
533 (11.19 %)J2EE Developer
629 (9.831 %)Java/J2EE Developer
722 (7.458 %)Analyst
820 (6.780 %)Project Manager
916 (5.424 %)Consultant
1015 (5.085 %)WebSphere Specialist
1112 (4.068 %)WebSphere Architect
1112 (4.068 %)WebSphere Portal Developer
1112 (4.068 %)WebSphere Consultant
1211 (3.729 %)Solutions Architect
1211 (3.729 %)Administrator
1310 (3.390 %)Technical Architect
149 (3.051 %)Solutions Designer
149 (3.051 %)Senior Developer
158 (2.712 %)WebSphere Administrator
158 (2.712 %)J2EE Architect
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (5.763 %)N-Tier
28 (2.712 %)PMI
36 (2.034 %)EPoS
45 (1.695 %)Data Integration
54 (1.356 %)AS400
63 (1.017 %)PKI
72 (0.678 %)Replication
72 (0.678 %)Client/Server
81 (0.339 %)Web 2.0
81 (0.339 %)Mainframe
81 (0.339 %)Management Information System
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
180 (27.12 %)UNIX
239 (13.22 %)Linux
331 (10.51 %)AIX
421 (7.119 %)Solaris
518 (6.102 %)Windows
612 (4.068 %)HPUX
74 (1.356 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (0.678 %)zOS
91 (0.339 %)Windows Server 2003
91 (0.339 %)Windows NT
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
147 (15.93 %)UML
235 (11.86 %)OO
334 (11.53 %)E-Commerce
428 (9.492 %)SOA
526 (8.814 %)DSDM
621 (7.119 %)Project Management
719 (6.441 %)Unit Testing
817 (5.763 %)Agile Software Development
915 (5.085 %)Continuous Integration
1013 (4.407 %)Content Management
1111 (3.729 %)Scrum
1111 (3.729 %)EAI
1210 (3.390 %)RAD
139 (3.051 %)Change Management
148 (2.712 %)RUP
148 (2.712 %)QMS
157 (2.373 %)Security Cleared
157 (2.373 %)CRM
157 (2.373 %)Zachman Framework
166 (2.034 %)Workflow
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1166 (56.27 %)Java
286 (29.15 %)SQL
320 (6.780 %)JavaScript
417 (5.763 %)Perl
516 (5.424 %)Shell Script
69 (3.051 %)COBOL
75 (1.695 %)Python
84 (1.356 %)Jython
84 (1.356 %)XPath
93 (1.017 %)PL/SQL
102 (0.678 %)Magik
102 (0.678 %)VB
102 (0.678 %)VB.NET
102 (0.678 %)C
102 (0.678 %)C#
102 (0.678 %)VB6
111 (0.339 %)DHTML
111 (0.339 %)PHP
111 (0.339 %)VBScript
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (1.695 %)Sun Certification
24 (1.356 %)Degree
31 (0.339 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
31 (0.339 %)PRINCE2 Certification
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (4.407 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
23 (1.017 %)SLA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.339 %)Terminal Services
11 (0.339 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
11 (0.339 %)AquaLogic
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
126 (8.814 %)Tivoli
24 (1.356 %)Tivoli Monitoring
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
199 (33.56 %)IBM
245 (15.25 %)Oracle
319 (6.441 %)ILOG
48 (2.712 %)FatWire
57 (2.373 %)BEA
66 (2.034 %)Business Objects
75 (1.695 %)Sun
75 (1.695 %)Novell
75 (1.695 %)Lotus
84 (1.356 %)Red Hat
92 (0.678 %)Tridion
92 (0.678 %)Citrix
92 (0.678 %)Microsoft
101 (0.339 %)Interwoven
101 (0.339 %)JDA
101 (0.339 %)TIBCO