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This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere skills within the Glasgow 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 last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank2953
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads3612
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.013 %
As % of the category below17.31 %6.218 %
Daily rates quoted54
Average minimum daily rate£380£330
Average daily rate£415£339
% change on same period last year+22.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£391£404
% change on same period last year-3.45 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.45£38.75
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
Application Development GlasgowApplication Development
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads208193
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.267 %0.217 %
Daily rates quoted4865
Average minimum daily rate£312£316
Average daily rate£340£334
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£334
% change on same period last year+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted417
Average minimum hourly rate£21.71£22.48
Average hourly rate£24.71£23.83
% change on same period last year+3.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.71£25.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.40£31.83
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing WebSphere across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Glasgow WebSphere Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing WebSphere across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region over the past 3 months.

Glasgow WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Glasgow region citing WebSphere also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WebSphere.

130 (47.62 %)Java
130 (47.62 %)Unix
223 (36.51 %)WebSphere MQ
322 (34.92 %)IBM
418 (28.57 %)XML
517 (26.98 %)Oracle
615 (23.81 %)Solaris
714 (22.22 %)SQL
714 (22.22 %)WebSphere Application Server
714 (22.22 %)Finance
812 (19.05 %)Tivoli
910 (15.87 %)WebServices
910 (15.87 %)IBM HTTP Server
109 (14.29 %)Banking
109 (14.29 %)J2EE
118 (12.70 %)HTTP
118 (12.70 %)Informatica
127 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
127 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
127 (11.11 %)XSD
136 (9.524 %)BPEL
136 (9.524 %)XPath
136 (9.524 %)Vignette
136 (9.524 %)Shell Script
136 (9.524 %)MS Visio
145 (7.937 %)VERITAS
145 (7.937 %)AIX
145 (7.937 %)Data Mart
145 (7.937 %)Migration
154 (6.349 %)NetBackup

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Glasgow region citing WebSphere also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WebSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
118 (28.57 %)XML
210 (15.87 %)WebServices
39 (14.29 %)J2EE
47 (11.11 %)XSD
54 (6.349 %)JDBC
54 (6.349 %)Spring
63 (4.762 %)FpML
63 (4.762 %)Hibernate
63 (4.762 %)XSLT
63 (4.762 %)JMS
72 (3.175 %)XML Schema
72 (3.175 %)JSP
72 (3.175 %)CSS
72 (3.175 %)HTML
81 (1.587 %)DOM
81 (1.587 %)SAX
81 (1.587 %)Middleware
81 (1.587 %)JTA
Application Platforms
123 (36.51 %)WebSphere MQ
214 (22.22 %)WebSphere Application Server
310 (15.87 %)IBM HTTP Server
44 (6.349 %)WebSphere Message Broker
44 (6.349 %)MQSeries
52 (3.175 %)Tomcat
52 (3.175 %)Mule
61 (1.587 %)ESB
61 (1.587 %)Apache
Applications
16 (9.524 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
11 (1.587 %)AWD
Communications & Networking
18 (12.70 %)HTTP
22 (3.175 %)SSL
22 (3.175 %)Internet
22 (3.175 %)LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
17 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
25 (7.937 %)Data Mart
34 (6.349 %)DB2
43 (4.762 %)RDBMS
43 (4.762 %)Oracle 10g
52 (3.175 %)DB2 UDB
61 (1.587 %)Reference Data
61 (1.587 %)SQL Server
Development Applications
14 (6.349 %)Ant
22 (3.175 %)JUnit
22 (3.175 %)ClearCase
22 (3.175 %)Eclipse
31 (1.587 %)Subversion
31 (1.587 %)Rational Rose
31 (1.587 %)PVCS
General
114 (22.22 %)Finance
29 (14.29 %)Banking
33 (4.762 %)Retail
42 (3.175 %)Investment Banking
42 (3.175 %)Retail Banking
51 (1.587 %)Education
Job Titles
119 (30.16 %)Administrator
216 (25.40 %)Developer
313 (20.63 %)Consultant
313 (20.63 %)WebSphere Administrator
410 (15.87 %)WebSphere Consultant
57 (11.11 %)Informatica Developer
57 (11.11 %)Systems Administrator
66 (9.524 %)Architect
66 (9.524 %)Java Developer
75 (7.937 %)Infrastructure Consultant
84 (6.349 %)Applications Architect
84 (6.349 %)Solutions Designer
93 (4.762 %)Enterprise Architect
102 (3.175 %)Technical Specialist
102 (3.175 %)Analyst
102 (3.175 %)DBA
102 (3.175 %)Solutions Architect
102 (3.175 %)Support Analyst
102 (3.175 %)Vignette Developer
102 (3.175 %)WebSphere Specialist
Miscellaneous
13 (4.762 %)Clustering
13 (4.762 %)Data Integration
22 (3.175 %)Mainframe
22 (3.175 %)Asset Management
31 (1.587 %)Derivative
31 (1.587 %)Equities
Operating Systems
130 (47.62 %)Unix
215 (23.81 %)Solaris
35 (7.937 %)AIX
44 (6.349 %)HPUX
53 (4.762 %)zOS
62 (3.175 %)Windows 2000
62 (3.175 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
16 (9.524 %)BPEL
25 (7.937 %)Migration
34 (6.349 %)Wealth Management
43 (4.762 %)Data Migration
43 (4.762 %)E-Commerce
52 (3.175 %)Enterprise Architecture
52 (3.175 %)OO
61 (1.587 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (1.587 %)Load Balancing
61 (1.587 %)Content Management
61 (1.587 %)EAI
61 (1.587 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (1.587 %)ITIL
61 (1.587 %)UML
Programming Languages
130 (47.62 %)Java
214 (22.22 %)SQL
37 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
46 (9.524 %)XPath
46 (9.524 %)Shell Script
52 (3.175 %)Jython
61 (1.587 %)Korn
61 (1.587 %)XQuery
61 (1.587 %)Perl
Qualifications
11 (1.587 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.587 %)QA
System Software
14 (6.349 %)NetBackup
21 (1.587 %)AquaLogic
Systems Management
112 (19.05 %)Tivoli
21 (1.587 %)AutoSys
21 (1.587 %)Unicenter
Vendors
122 (34.92 %)IBM
217 (26.98 %)Oracle
38 (12.70 %)Informatica
46 (9.524 %)Vignette
55 (7.937 %)VERITAS
64 (6.349 %)Sun
64 (6.349 %)Dell
72 (3.175 %)Sybase
81 (1.587 %)Cognos
81 (1.587 %)CA
81 (1.587 %)TIBCO
81 (1.587 %)PolarLake
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