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This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere skills within the Edinburgh 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4822
Rank change on same period last yearDown-26
Matching contract IT job ads955
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.056 %
As % of the category below5.488 %19.16 %
Daily rates quoted213
Average minimum daily rate£350£363
Average daily rate£400£381
% change on same period last year+5.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£399
UK excluding London average daily rate£404£392
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£42.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.25£39.62
% change on same period last year+4.12 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads164287
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.219 %0.290 %
Daily rates quoted2958
Average minimum daily rate£255£335
Average daily rate£284£349
% change on same period last year-18.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£312£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£33.75
Average hourly rate-£33.96
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£34.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
WebSphere ScotlandWebSphere
Scotland

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

121 (70.00 %)Finance
213 (43.33 %)Java
311 (36.67 %)J2EE
48 (26.67 %)ClearCase
57 (23.33 %)XML
57 (23.33 %)DB2
57 (23.33 %)Migration
57 (23.33 %)IBM
66 (20.00 %)Sun
66 (20.00 %)Oracle
66 (20.00 %)SQL
66 (20.00 %)XSLT
66 (20.00 %)Solaris
75 (16.67 %)UNIX
75 (16.67 %)WebSphere Application Server
75 (16.67 %)WSDL
75 (16.67 %)Financial Institution
84 (13.33 %)WebSphere MQ
84 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2003
84 (13.33 %)JUnit
84 (13.33 %)Windows
84 (13.33 %)CruiseControl
84 (13.33 %)Load Balancing
93 (10.00 %)Pensions
93 (10.00 %)IBM HTTP Server
93 (10.00 %)Banking
93 (10.00 %)RAD
93 (10.00 %)SOAP
93 (10.00 %)Struts
93 (10.00 %).NET

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (36.67 %)J2EE
27 (23.33 %)XML
36 (20.00 %)XSLT
45 (16.67 %)WSDL
53 (10.00 %)SOAP
53 (10.00 %)Struts
53 (10.00 %).NET
62 (6.667 %)Middleware
62 (6.667 %)Hibernate
71 (3.333 %)Spring
71 (3.333 %)AJAX
71 (3.333 %)HTML
71 (3.333 %)JSP
71 (3.333 %)XSD
71 (3.333 %)XSL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (16.67 %)WebSphere Application Server
24 (13.33 %)WebSphere MQ
33 (10.00 %)IBM HTTP Server
42 (6.667 %)ESB
42 (6.667 %)Oracle HTTP Server
42 (6.667 %)IIS
42 (6.667 %)Apache
51 (3.333 %)MQSeries
51 (3.333 %)JBoss
51 (3.333 %)CICS
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (6.667 %)MS Visio
21 (3.333 %)MS PowerPoint
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (6.667 %)HTTP
12 (6.667 %)Internet
21 (3.333 %)LDAP
21 (3.333 %)SSL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (23.33 %)DB2
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (26.67 %)ClearCase
24 (13.33 %)JUnit
24 (13.33 %)CruiseControl
33 (10.00 %)XMLSpy
42 (6.667 %)XPEDITER
51 (3.333 %)Log4j
51 (3.333 %)Selenium
51 (3.333 %)PVCS
51 (3.333 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
51 (3.333 %)Eclipse
51 (3.333 %)Ant
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (70.00 %)Finance
25 (16.67 %)Financial Institution
33 (10.00 %)Banking
33 (10.00 %)Pensions
42 (6.667 %)Retail Banking
42 (6.667 %)Retail
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (30.00 %)Architect
28 (26.67 %)Developer
28 (26.67 %)Java Developer
35 (16.67 %)Analyst
44 (13.33 %)WebSphere Administrator
44 (13.33 %)Infrastructure Architect
44 (13.33 %)Administrator
52 (6.667 %)Messaging Architect
52 (6.667 %)Business Analyst
52 (6.667 %)Configuration Analyst
61 (3.333 %)WebSphere Specialist
61 (3.333 %)WebSphere Consultant
61 (3.333 %)WebSphere Architect
61 (3.333 %)Web Architect
61 (3.333 %)Infrastructure Designer
61 (3.333 %)Technical Team Leader
61 (3.333 %)Consultant
61 (3.333 %)Solutions Architect
61 (3.333 %)Support Analyst
61 (3.333 %)Applications Support
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (10.00 %)Mainframe
21 (3.333 %)VSAM
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (20.00 %)Solaris
25 (16.67 %)UNIX
34 (13.33 %)Windows
34 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (6.667 %)AIX
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (23.33 %)Migration
24 (13.33 %)Load Balancing
33 (10.00 %)RAD
42 (6.667 %)ITIL
42 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
42 (6.667 %)Service Management
42 (6.667 %)Identity Management
42 (6.667 %)Data Migration
42 (6.667 %)TDD
51 (3.333 %)Business Analysis
51 (3.333 %)Web Development
51 (3.333 %)Refactoring
51 (3.333 %)Unit Testing
51 (3.333 %)Integration Testing
51 (3.333 %)RDF
51 (3.333 %)Configuration Management
51 (3.333 %)UML
51 (3.333 %)CRM
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (43.33 %)Java
26 (20.00 %)SQL
33 (10.00 %)JCL
33 (10.00 %)COBOL
41 (3.333 %)C
41 (3.333 %)Jython
41 (3.333 %)XPath
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (23.33 %)IBM
26 (20.00 %)Oracle
26 (20.00 %)Sun
33 (10.00 %)HP
33 (10.00 %)Cisco
42 (6.667 %)Microsoft
51 (3.333 %)TIBCO
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