The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax 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 Halifax 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 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 1.667% - -
As % of the Application Development category 22.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
9 20 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 7.500% 8.811% 8.197%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 10
Average daily rate £313 £275 £434
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -36.59%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
West Yorkshire

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 2 (66.67%) IBM
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) DataPower
2 1 (33.33%) CA Wily
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Apache
2 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
2 1 (33.33%) CA
2 1 (33.33%) Middleware
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Finance

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
1 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Web Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Web Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) DataPower
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) CA