The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere 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 of the Application Development category for the Guildford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 27 21 15
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -6
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 5 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 2.294% 0.826% 4.511%
As % of the Application Development category 6.173% 3.704% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
Average daily rate £300 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £415 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.12% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £45.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-33.70% +39.23%
All Application Development
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
81 27 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 37.16% 22.31% 27.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 13 20
Average daily rate £320 £400 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £240 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 2
Average hourly rate £43.50 £31.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.09% -16.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
Surrey

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere across the Guildford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Guildford WebSphere Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

Guildford WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Guildford WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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.

1 9 (90.00%) Java
2 8 (80.00%) WebLogic
2 8 (80.00%) Tomcat
2 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) ClearCase
3 7 (70.00%) SQL
3 7 (70.00%) Oracle
4 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
4 6 (60.00%) DB2
4 6 (60.00%) Configuration Management
4 6 (60.00%) JBoss
4 6 (60.00%) Apache
4 6 (60.00%) SAS
4 6 (60.00%) Mercurial
4 6 (60.00%) R
4 6 (60.00%) Analytics
4 6 (60.00%) Perforce
5 4 (40.00%) J2EE
5 4 (40.00%) Operations Research
5 4 (40.00%) Degree
5 4 (40.00%) Mathematics
5 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (30.00%) XML
7 2 (20.00%) UNIX
7 2 (20.00%) Windows
7 2 (20.00%) JSP
7 2 (20.00%) Spring
7 2 (20.00%) Twitter
8 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Message Broker

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) J2EE
2 3 (30.00%) XML
3 2 (20.00%) JSP
3 2 (20.00%) Spring
4 1 (10.00%) Web Services
4 1 (10.00%) Middleware
4 1 (10.00%) ASP
4 1 (10.00%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 8 (80.00%) WebLogic
1 8 (80.00%) Tomcat
2 6 (60.00%) Apache
2 6 (60.00%) SAS
3 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 1 (10.00%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (60.00%) DB2
2 1 (10.00%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) ClearCase
2 6 (60.00%) Mercurial
3 1 (10.00%) RequisitePro
3 1 (10.00%) Ant
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Consultant
1 4 (40.00%) Technical Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Java Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Configuration Management
1 6 (60.00%) Analytics
2 4 (40.00%) Operations Research
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (10.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Java
2 7 (70.00%) SQL
3 6 (60.00%) R
4 1 (10.00%) VB6
4 1 (10.00%) NATURAL
4 1 (10.00%) VB
4 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) SCJP
3 1 (10.00%) ISEB
3 1 (10.00%) Sun Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle
2 6 (60.00%) JBoss
2 6 (60.00%) Perforce
3 2 (20.00%) Twitter
4 1 (10.00%) BT
4 1 (10.00%) IBM
4 1 (10.00%) Sun