The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of webMethods products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited webMethods 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 Vendors for the 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within webMethods, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
webMethods
Rank 487 472 525
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +53
Contract jobs citing webMethods 26 87 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.063% 0.163% 0.082%
As % of the Vendors category 0.134% 0.353% 0.178%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 39 20
Average daily rate £500 £475 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £348 £337
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £555 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £500 £375
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
Average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19388 24654 25908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.63% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10664 13039 13321
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1105 1232 1516
Average hourly rate £19.63 £19.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
webMethods
UK

webMethods
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England webMethods Jobs Demand Trend

webMethods
Daily Rate Trend

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

England webMethods Daily Rate Trend

webMethods
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing webMethods across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England webMethods Daily Rate Histogram

webMethods
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing webMethods across the England region.

England webMethods Hourly Rate Trend

webMethods
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing webMethods within the 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
South East -5 9 £500 +14.28%
London +9 8 £525 +16.66%
North West +15 3 £370 -
Midlands +3 2 £525 -4.54%
South West - 2 £350 -
West Midlands -7 1 £350 -30.00%
East of England - 1 £310 -
webMethods
UK

webMethods
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing webMethods 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 webMethods.

1 56 (47.06%) Oracle
2 51 (42.86%) Java
3 35 (29.41%) UNIX
4 31 (26.05%) Degree
5 30 (25.21%) ESB
5 30 (25.21%) Windows
6 26 (21.85%) Software AG
7 22 (18.49%) Middleware
8 21 (17.65%) SQL
8 21 (17.65%) Computer Science
8 21 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
8 21 (17.65%) Unit Testing
9 20 (16.81%) EDI
9 20 (16.81%) B2B
10 19 (15.97%) Migration
11 18 (15.13%) SSL
11 18 (15.13%) IBM
11 18 (15.13%) Linux
11 18 (15.13%) Subversion
12 17 (14.29%) Web Services
12 17 (14.29%) XML
12 17 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
13 16 (13.45%) Retail
14 15 (12.61%) SQL Server
15 14 (11.76%) PRINCE2
16 12 (10.08%) AIX
16 12 (10.08%) E-Commerce
17 11 (9.244%) ATG
17 11 (9.244%) Mainframe
17 11 (9.244%) ETL

webMethods
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing webMethods 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 webMethods. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (18.49%) Middleware
2 20 (16.81%) EDI
3 17 (14.29%) Web Services
3 17 (14.29%) XML
4 9 (7.563%) J2EE
5 7 (5.882%) Java RMI
5 7 (5.882%) J2SE
5 7 (5.882%) Swing
5 7 (5.882%) Hibernate
5 7 (5.882%) Apache Axis
6 6 (5.042%) JDBC
6 6 (5.042%) SOAP
7 5 (4.202%) WebSphere
8 4 (3.361%) SAP XI
9 3 (2.521%) WS-I
9 3 (2.521%) XML Schema
10 2 (1.681%) SAP PI
10 2 (1.681%) GWT
10 2 (1.681%) Java EE
10 2 (1.681%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 30 (25.21%) ESB
2 8 (6.723%) WebLogic
3 4 (3.361%) NetWeaver
4 3 (2.521%) MQSeries
4 3 (2.521%) SAP Portal
5 2 (1.681%) iPlanet
5 2 (1.681%) Apache
5 2 (1.681%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.840%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.840%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.840%) TIBCO EMS
6 1 (0.840%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 4 (3.361%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.681%) MS Office
3 1 (0.840%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.202%) SAP PSCD
2 4 (3.361%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.521%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.521%) SAP CO
3 3 (2.521%) SAP FI-CA
3 3 (2.521%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.840%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.840%) Maximo
4 1 (0.840%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.840%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.13%) SSL
2 1 (0.840%) SMS
2 1 (0.840%) SMTP
2 1 (0.840%) FTP
2 1 (0.840%) HTTP
2 1 (0.840%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
2 15 (12.61%) SQL Server
3 11 (9.244%) DB2
4 8 (6.723%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (2.521%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (2.521%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.840%) TOAD
6 1 (0.840%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 18 (15.13%) Subversion
2 11 (9.244%) JIRA
3 10 (8.403%) Selenium
3 10 (8.403%) Team Foundation Server
3 10 (8.403%) Jenkins
4 7 (5.882%) Eclipse
4 7 (5.882%) JUnit
5 3 (2.521%) Hudson
6 2 (1.681%) TestNG
7 1 (0.840%) ClearCase
General
1 16 (13.45%) Retail
2 6 (5.042%) Finance
3 3 (2.521%) Telecoms
3 3 (2.521%) General Ledger
4 2 (1.681%) German Language
5 1 (0.840%) Publishing
5 1 (0.840%) Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (36.97%) Developer
2 22 (18.49%) Analyst
3 21 (17.65%) Technical Leader
4 18 (15.13%) Consultant
5 15 (12.61%) webMethods Developer
6 12 (10.08%) Architect
7 11 (9.244%) Java Developer
8 9 (7.563%) Senior Developer
8 9 (7.563%) webMethods Consultant
8 9 (7.563%) Senior webMethods Developer
9 8 (6.723%) Lead Developer
9 8 (6.723%) Business Analyst
10 7 (5.882%) Systems Developer
11 5 (4.202%) Administrator
11 5 (4.202%) Java Swing Developer
11 5 (4.202%) SAP Architect
11 5 (4.202%) Environment Analyst
12 4 (3.361%) Designer
12 4 (3.361%) Technical Developer
12 4 (3.361%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.65%) Computer Science
2 11 (9.244%) Mainframe
3 10 (8.403%) SaaS
4 8 (6.723%) EPoS
5 4 (3.361%) IBM Mainframe
5 4 (3.361%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.681%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.840%) Social Network
7 1 (0.840%) Open Source
7 1 (0.840%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.840%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.840%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.840%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.840%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 35 (29.41%) UNIX
2 30 (25.21%) Windows
3 18 (15.13%) Linux
4 12 (10.08%) AIX
5 7 (5.882%) SUSE
6 2 (1.681%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
1 21 (17.65%) Unit Testing
2 20 (16.81%) B2B
3 19 (15.97%) Migration
4 14 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 12 (10.08%) E-Commerce
6 11 (9.244%) ETL
7 10 (8.403%) Waterfall
7 10 (8.403%) OO
8 8 (6.723%) SOA
9 7 (5.882%) OOD
9 7 (5.882%) ERP
9 7 (5.882%) EAI
9 7 (5.882%) UML
9 7 (5.882%) TDD
10 5 (4.202%) Revenue Management
10 5 (4.202%) Investment Management
11 4 (3.361%) Test Scripting
11 4 (3.361%) Business Analysis
12 3 (2.521%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 51 (42.86%) Java
2 21 (17.65%) SQL
3 6 (5.042%) Shell Script
3 6 (5.042%) C
4 5 (4.202%) C#
5 3 (2.521%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.840%) Perl
Qualifications
1 31 (26.05%) Degree
2 4 (3.361%) ISEB
3 3 (2.521%) CCA
4 2 (1.681%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.840%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.840%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.840%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.840%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (0.840%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.840%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.840%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.521%) QA
System Software
1 7 (5.882%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.681%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.681%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 56 (47.06%) Oracle
2 26 (21.85%) Software AG
3 18 (15.13%) IBM
4 11 (9.244%) ATG
5 10 (8.403%) Microsoft
6 9 (7.563%) SAP
7 8 (6.723%) TIBCO
8 7 (5.882%) Red Hat
9 5 (4.202%) Sybase
10 4 (3.361%) BEA
10 4 (3.361%) Informatica
10 4 (3.361%) Adobe
11 3 (2.521%) CA
11 3 (2.521%) Lombardi
11 3 (2.521%) Pega
12 2 (1.681%) Metastorm
12 2 (1.681%) AppSense
12 2 (1.681%) Hyperion
12 2 (1.681%) HP
13 1 (0.840%) Sun
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