Hampshire WebSphere Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere skills within the Hampshire 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 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Ascot Ashby-de-la-Zouch Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bootle Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corby County Antrim Coventry Croydon Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Isle of Man Jersey Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peel Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Rugby Scotland Slough Solihull South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stockport Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	28	70
Rank change on same period last year	+42
Matching contract IT job ads	101	59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.135 %	0.059 %
As % of the category below	19.02 %	7.877 %
Daily rates quoted	23	28
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£364
Average daily rate	£381	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£395	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£396	£384
% change on same period last year	+3.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.00	£50.00
Average hourly rate	£44.08	£50.00
% change on same period last year	-11.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£48.17	£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£41.87	£36.43
% change on same period last year	+14.93 %
Application Development Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	531	749
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.708 %	0.747 %
Daily rates quoted	138	180
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£294
Average daily rate	£367	£314
% change on same period last year	+17.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	101	147
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.99	£32.76
Average hourly rate	£37.04	£35.34
% change on same period last year	+4.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.09	£37.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.55	£33.03
% change on same period last year	-1.44 %
WebSphere South East

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 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.

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.

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 29 August 2008.

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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.

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Farnborough	+11	21	£382	-5.77 %
Basingstoke	+1	13	£338	-12.07 %
Southampton	+20	11	-	-
Havant	-	6	-	-
Portsmouth	+1	4	£450	-
Eastleigh	-	3	-	-

WebSphere South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

1 78 (49.06 %) UNIX 2 74 (46.54 %) Java 3 48 (30.19 %) J2EE 4 47 (29.56 %) AIX 5 46 (28.93 %) WebSphere MQ 6 42 (26.42 %) Finance 6 42 (26.42 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 42 (26.42 %) WebServices 7 40 (25.16 %) Tivoli 7 40 (25.16 %) IBM 8 34 (21.38 %) JDBC 9 30 (18.87 %) Windows 10 29 (18.24 %) Business Objects 10 29 (18.24 %) BusinessObjects 11 28 (17.61 %) Security Cleared

12 27 (16.98 %) SAP 12 27 (16.98 %) DB2 13 24 (15.09 %) CONTROL-M 14 23 (14.47 %) SOA 15 22 (13.84 %) WebSphere Message Broker 16 21 (13.21 %) Solaris 16 21 (13.21 %) Shell Script 17 19 (11.95 %) Clustering 17 19 (11.95 %) SC Cleared 18 17 (10.69 %) XML 19 16 (10.06 %) SQL 20 14 (8.805 %) Sun 20 14 (8.805 %) Oracle 21 13 (8.176 %) Siebel 22 12 (7.547 %) ClearCase

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

Application Development 1 48 (30.19 %) J2EE 2 42 (26.42 %) WebServices 3 34 (21.38 %) JDBC 4 17 (10.69 %) XML 5 7 (4.403 %) HTML 6 5 (3.145 %) JSP 6 5 (3.145 %) Servlets 6 5 (3.145 %) EJB 7 4 (2.516 %) JSF 8 3 (1.887 %) OC4J 8 3 (1.887 %) Swing 8 3 (1.887 %) Middleware 8 3 (1.887 %) .NET 9 2 (1.258 %) ASP 9 2 (1.258 %) COM+ 9 2 (1.258 %) Spring 9 2 (1.258 %) WBIMB 10 1 (0.629 %) .NET Framework 10 1 (0.629 %) WSE 10 1 (0.629 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 46 (28.93 %) WebSphere MQ 2 42 (26.42 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 22 (13.84 %) WebSphere Message Broker 4 11 (6.918 %) WPS 5 8 (5.031 %) MQSeries 6 6 (3.774 %) WebLogic 7 3 (1.887 %) IIS 7 3 (1.887 %) ESB 7 3 (1.887 %) CICS 8 1 (0.629 %) CMS 8 1 (0.629 %) SAS
Applications 1 5 (3.145 %) MS Excel 2 3 (1.887 %) MS Visio 3 2 (1.258 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 10 (6.289 %) SAN 2 6 (3.774 %) HTTP 3 3 (1.887 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (1.258 %) Internet 5 1 (0.629 %) Wireless 5 1 (0.629 %) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 29 (18.24 %) BusinessObjects 2 27 (16.98 %) DB2 3 4 (2.516 %) RDBMS 3 4 (2.516 %) Oracle 10g 4 3 (1.887 %) TOAD 4 3 (1.887 %) OLTP 5 2 (1.258 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 1 (0.629 %) Oracle 9i 6 1 (0.629 %) DataStage 6 1 (0.629 %) DB2 UDB 6 1 (0.629 %) SQL Server	Development Applications 1 12 (7.547 %) ClearCase 2 6 (3.774 %) JUnit 2 6 (3.774 %) ClearQuest 3 4 (2.516 %) Rational Rose 3 4 (2.516 %) TestDirector 4 3 (1.887 %) Eclipse 4 3 (1.887 %) JDeveloper 4 3 (1.887 %) PVCS 5 2 (1.258 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 2 (1.258 %) JBuilder 5 2 (1.258 %) Introscope
General 1 42 (26.42 %) Finance 2 12 (7.547 %) Banking 3 11 (6.918 %) Insurance 4 8 (5.031 %) Government 5 6 (3.774 %) Telecoms 6 4 (2.516 %) Retail 7 2 (1.258 %) Billing 7 2 (1.258 %) Education 8 1 (0.629 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 84 (52.83 %) Developer 2 51 (32.08 %) WebSphere Developer 3 15 (9.434 %) Administrator 4 13 (8.176 %) Applications Developer 5 10 (6.289 %) Systems Administrator 5 10 (6.289 %) Analyst 6 8 (5.031 %) Java Developer 6 8 (5.031 %) UNIX Administrator 7 7 (4.403 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 7 7 (4.403 %) AIX Administrator 8 6 (3.774 %) J2EE Developer 8 6 (3.774 %) Analyst Programmer 8 6 (3.774 %) Programmer 9 5 (3.145 %) Consultant 9 5 (3.145 %) Tester 9 5 (3.145 %) WebSphere Consultant 10 4 (2.516 %) Java/J2EE Developer 10 4 (2.516 %) WebSphere Portal Developer 11 3 (1.887 %) Integration Consultant 11 3 (1.887 %) Java Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous 1 19 (11.95 %) Clustering 2 8 (5.031 %) Mainframe 3 3 (1.887 %) VSAM 4 2 (1.258 %) French Language 4 2 (1.258 %) Replication 4 2 (1.258 %) Client/Server 4 2 (1.258 %) N-Tier	Operating Systems 1 78 (49.06 %) UNIX 2 47 (29.56 %) AIX 3 30 (18.87 %) Windows 4 21 (13.21 %) Solaris 5 11 (6.918 %) Tru64 5 11 (6.918 %) OpenVMS 6 9 (5.660 %) Linux 7 7 (4.403 %) MVS 8 5 (3.145 %) SUSE 9 3 (1.887 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 3 (1.887 %) Red Hat Linux 9 3 (1.887 %) Windows 2000 9 3 (1.887 %) Windows NT 10 2 (1.258 %) zOS 11 1 (0.629 %) Windows XP 11 1 (0.629 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 28 (17.61 %) Security Cleared 2 23 (14.47 %) SOA 3 19 (11.95 %) SC Cleared 4 8 (5.031 %) Migration 5 7 (4.403 %) BC Cleared 5 7 (4.403 %) Change Management 5 7 (4.403 %) CRM 6 6 (3.774 %) E-Commerce 6 6 (3.774 %) Project Management 7 4 (2.516 %) UML 7 4 (2.516 %) OO 8 3 (1.887 %) RUP 8 3 (1.887 %) EAI 8 3 (1.887 %) Configuration Management 8 3 (1.887 %) ITIL 8 3 (1.887 %) Service Delivery 9 2 (1.258 %) E-business 9 2 (1.258 %) Service Management 9 2 (1.258 %) BPEL 9 2 (1.258 %) Load Balancing	Programming Languages 1 74 (46.54 %) Java 2 21 (13.21 %) Shell Script 3 16 (10.06 %) SQL 4 11 (6.918 %) Korn 5 7 (4.403 %) C 6 3 (1.887 %) COBOL 6 3 (1.887 %) REXX 6 3 (1.887 %) JCL 7 2 (1.258 %) Jython 7 2 (1.258 %) PL/SQL 7 2 (1.258 %) VBScript 7 2 (1.258 %) C++ 8 1 (0.629 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 4 (2.516 %) ISEB 2 2 (1.258 %) Sun Certification 2 2 (1.258 %) IBM AIX Certification 3 1 (0.629 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.258 %) ISO8583
System Software 1 11 (6.918 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 2 2 (1.258 %) VMware ESX	Systems Management 1 40 (25.16 %) Tivoli 2 24 (15.09 %) CONTROL-M 3 11 (6.918 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 4 4 (2.516 %) AllFusion Endevor
Vendors 1 40 (25.16 %) IBM 2 29 (18.24 %) Business Objects 3 27 (16.98 %) SAP 4 14 (8.805 %) Sun 4 14 (8.805 %) Oracle 5 13 (8.176 %) Siebel 6 7 (4.403 %) Remedy 6 7 (4.403 %) Ab Initio 7 6 (3.774 %) HP 8 5 (3.145 %) Microsoft 9 4 (2.516 %) Compaq 10 3 (1.887 %) Red Hat 11 2 (1.258 %) VMware 12 1 (0.629 %) FileNet