The first table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WebSphere Developer
Rank 51 62 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs requiring a WebSphere Developer 7 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.872% 0.091% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.928% 0.097% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £413 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £390 £500
% change year-on-year
+8.97% -22.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
754 1035 1239
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 93.90% 94.09% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 515 611
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £244 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 26 35
Average hourly rate £15.50 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.60% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.70 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
WebSphere Developer
Scotland

WebSphere Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Developer across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh WebSphere Developer Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebSphere Developer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh WebSphere Developer Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited WebSphere Developer in their job title 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 with WebSphere Developer in their job title.

1 11 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 10 (90.91%) WebSphere Portal
2 10 (90.91%) WebSphere Application Server
3 9 (81.82%) JSF
4 8 (72.73%) Java
5 6 (54.55%) jQuery
5 6 (54.55%) Web Services
5 6 (54.55%) Content Management
5 6 (54.55%) IBM
6 5 (45.45%) JSR 286
7 4 (36.36%) Rational Application Developer
7 4 (36.36%) SOAP
7 4 (36.36%) IBM Certification
8 3 (27.27%) Finance
8 3 (27.27%) Linux
8 3 (27.27%) JSP
8 3 (27.27%) Servlets
8 3 (27.27%) Ajax
9 2 (18.18%) Web 2.0
9 2 (18.18%) Graphic Design
9 2 (18.18%) Unit Testing
9 2 (18.18%) JAX-WS
9 2 (18.18%) Dojo
9 2 (18.18%) Open Source
9 2 (18.18%) Tivoli Directory Server
9 2 (18.18%) CSS
9 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
9 2 (18.18%) J2EE
9 2 (18.18%) DB2
9 2 (18.18%) Photoshop

WebSphere Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited WebSphere Developer in their job title 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 with WebSphere Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 9 (81.82%) JSF
3 6 (54.55%) Web Services
3 6 (54.55%) jQuery
4 5 (45.45%) JSR 286
5 4 (36.36%) SOAP
6 3 (27.27%) JSP
6 3 (27.27%) Servlets
6 3 (27.27%) Ajax
7 2 (18.18%) J2EE
7 2 (18.18%) CSS
7 2 (18.18%) Spring
7 2 (18.18%) JAX-WS
7 2 (18.18%) Dojo
8 1 (9.091%) XML
8 1 (9.091%) Middleware
8 1 (9.091%) JSON
8 1 (9.091%) HTML5
8 1 (9.091%) REST
8 1 (9.091%) Worklight
Application Platforms
1 10 (90.91%) WebSphere Application Server
1 10 (90.91%) WebSphere Portal
2 2 (18.18%) FileNet
3 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
3 1 (9.091%) Apache
3 1 (9.091%) Tomcat
3 1 (9.091%) MQSeries
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) LDAP
1 2 (18.18%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Rational Application Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Web 2.0
1 2 (18.18%) Graphic Design
1 2 (18.18%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Content Management
2 2 (18.18%) Unit Testing
2 2 (18.18%) OO
2 2 (18.18%) RAD
2 2 (18.18%) Web Design
3 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
3 1 (9.091%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) IBM
2 2 (18.18%) Lotus
3 1 (9.091%) JBoss
Edinburgh, Midlothian
JSF 1.2... JSP... Experience of JavaScript frameworks such as DOJO and jQuery. Knowledge of WebSphere Portal Administration (preferably candidates will be IBM certified). Experience of IBM Web...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013