Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 9 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Hampshire region.

 IBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to
9 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank536543
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Down-22
Matching contract IT job ads16892
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire1.476 %0.569 %3.286 %
As % of the Application Development category8.421 %3.347 %15.54 %
Daily rates quoted6031
Average daily rate£346-£375
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£308-£350
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£515-£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£400£400
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %-
Hourly rates quoted005
Average hourly rate--£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.75£32.00£23.00
% change year-on-year
-25.78 %+39.13 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
190239592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire17.53 %17.01 %21.14 %
Daily rates quoted6863137
Average daily rate£300£280£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£235£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£470£386£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted1737117
Average hourly rate£37.50£31.50£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04 %-16.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.50£20.00£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£44.25£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.00£30.00£32.50
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-7.690 %
WebSphere South EastWebSphere
South East

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.

WebSphere
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 9 March 2010.

Hampshire WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 9 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
FarnboroughNew entry-5£330-
EastleighUp+11£500-
WinchesterNew entry-1£286-
WebSphere South EastWebSphere
South East

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

120 (54.05 %)Security Cleared
216 (43.24 %)SC Cleared
315 (40.54 %)XML
413 (35.14 %)AIX
512 (32.43 %)UNIX
512 (32.43 %)Java
610 (27.03 %)Government
79 (24.32 %)IBM
79 (24.32 %)WebSphere Application Server
88 (21.62 %)DB2
88 (21.62 %)WebSphere MQ
96 (16.22 %)WebSphere Message Broker
96 (16.22 %)Tivoli
105 (13.51 %)SOA
105 (13.51 %)J2EE
105 (13.51 %)Windows
105 (13.51 %)UML
105 (13.51 %)WebSphere Process Server
114 (10.81 %)DataPower
114 (10.81 %)Solaris
114 (10.81 %)Oracle
114 (10.81 %)SQL
114 (10.81 %)SAP
114 (10.81 %)Cognos
114 (10.81 %)HP
114 (10.81 %)ClearQuest
123 (8.108 %)XMLSpy
123 (8.108 %)ISEB
123 (8.108 %)EAI
123 (8.108 %)Data Modelling

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
115 (40.54 %)XML
25 (13.51 %)J2EE
33 (8.108 %)XSLT
33 (8.108 %)EDIFACT
42 (5.405 %)Spring
42 (5.405 %)XSL
42 (5.405 %)Web Services
51 (2.703 %)HTML
51 (2.703 %)JDBC
51 (2.703 %)SOAP
51 (2.703 %)XHTML
51 (2.703 %)SAP Smart Forms
51 (2.703 %)BAPI
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (24.32 %)WebSphere Application Server
28 (21.62 %)WebSphere MQ
36 (16.22 %)WebSphere Message Broker
45 (13.51 %)WebSphere Process Server
52 (5.405 %)MQSI
52 (5.405 %)Tomcat
61 (2.703 %)SharePoint
61 (2.703 %)Oracle 9iAS
61 (2.703 %)WebLogic
61 (2.703 %)MQSeries
61 (2.703 %)ESB
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (8.108 %)Windchill
21 (2.703 %)MS Excel
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (5.405 %)Maximo
21 (2.703 %)Teamcenter
21 (2.703 %)SAP Retail
21 (2.703 %)ENOVIA
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (5.405 %)LDAP
12 (5.405 %)SAN
21 (2.703 %)HTTP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (21.62 %)DB2
21 (2.703 %)Datawarehouse
21 (2.703 %)Oracle 10g
21 (2.703 %)SQL Server
21 (2.703 %)Oracle 9i
21 (2.703 %)NonStop SQL
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (10.81 %)ClearQuest
23 (8.108 %)XMLSpy
23 (8.108 %)ClearCase
32 (5.405 %)Rational Performance Tester
32 (5.405 %)Rational Functional Tester
32 (5.405 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (5.405 %)LoadRunner
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (27.03 %)Government
23 (8.108 %)Insurance
32 (5.405 %)Finance
32 (5.405 %)Health
32 (5.405 %)Retail
41 (2.703 %)Financial Institution
41 (2.703 %)Telecoms
41 (2.703 %)Home Office
41 (2.703 %)Billing
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (27.03 %)Developer
27 (18.92 %)Consultant
34 (10.81 %)WebSphere Developer
34 (10.81 %)WebSphere Consultant
43 (8.108 %)Analyst
43 (8.108 %)Applications Developer
52 (5.405 %)WebSphere Specialist
52 (5.405 %)Test Leader
52 (5.405 %)Functional Consultant
52 (5.405 %)Tivoli Consultant
52 (5.405 %)Test Analyst
61 (2.703 %)Systems Analyst
61 (2.703 %)Architect
61 (2.703 %)Project Manager
61 (2.703 %)Security Architect
61 (2.703 %)Java Developer
61 (2.703 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
61 (2.703 %)ABAP Developer
61 (2.703 %)UNIX Administrator
61 (2.703 %)Test Specialist
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (10.81 %)DataPower
21 (2.703 %)Mainframe
21 (2.703 %)HACMP
21 (2.703 %)iSeries
21 (2.703 %)Tandem
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (35.14 %)AIX
212 (32.43 %)UNIX
35 (13.51 %)Windows
44 (10.81 %)Solaris
51 (2.703 %)Tru64
51 (2.703 %)VMS
51 (2.703 %)OpenVMS
51 (2.703 %)HPUX
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (13.51 %)SOA
15 (13.51 %)UML
23 (8.108 %)EAI
23 (8.108 %)Data Modelling
23 (8.108 %)PDM
23 (8.108 %)Validation
23 (8.108 %)Test Automation
23 (8.108 %)Security Testing
23 (8.108 %)Unit Testing
23 (8.108 %)System Testing
23 (8.108 %)Software Engineering
23 (8.108 %)Penetration Testing
32 (5.405 %)Automated Testing
32 (5.405 %)Performance Testing
32 (5.405 %)Workflow
32 (5.405 %)Asset Management
41 (2.703 %)Project Management
41 (2.703 %)PRINCE2
41 (2.703 %)OO
41 (2.703 %)RUP
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112 (32.43 %)Java
24 (10.81 %)SQL
32 (5.405 %)Korn
32 (5.405 %)Shell Script
32 (5.405 %)Python
32 (5.405 %)C++
41 (2.703 %)SAPscript
41 (2.703 %)ABAP
41 (2.703 %)C
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
120 (54.05 %)Security Cleared
216 (43.24 %)SC Cleared
33 (8.108 %)ISEB
33 (8.108 %)ISEB Practitioner
41 (2.703 %)SAP Certification
41 (2.703 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (2.703 %)BC Cleared
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (2.703 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
11 (2.703 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (16.22 %)Tivoli
22 (5.405 %)Netcool
22 (5.405 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
22 (5.405 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (2.703 %)MOM
31 (2.703 %)HP Quality Center
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (24.32 %)IBM
24 (10.81 %)Oracle
24 (10.81 %)SAP
24 (10.81 %)Cognos
24 (10.81 %)HP
31 (2.703 %)Red Hat
31 (2.703 %)Unisys
31 (2.703 %)BEA
31 (2.703 %)Intel
31 (2.703 %)Sun
31 (2.703 %)Teradata
31 (2.703 %)VMware