The first table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WebSphere Specialist
Rank 61 - 66
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a WebSphere Specialist 2 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.216% - 0.150%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.229% - 0.160%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £475 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £450 £438
% change year-on-year
-50.00% +2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
872 1008 1247
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.27% 94.92% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 468 616
Average daily rate £400 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 29
Average hourly rate £13.93 £20.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.35% +30.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £9.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £32.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
WebSphere Specialist
Scotland

WebSphere Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh WebSphere Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh WebSphere Specialist Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Specialist
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited WebSphere Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) Process Management
3 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Process Server
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited WebSphere Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (66.67%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Process Server
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Portal
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Process Management