Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Consultant role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 WebSphere Consultant
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank65-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.651 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£425-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£475-
UK excluding London average daily rate£535£450
% change on same period last year+18.80 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9211599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.480 %1.717 %
Daily rates quoted284619
Average minimum daily rate£337£324
Average daily rate£357£344
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted112194
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£23.77
Average hourly rate£27.67£24.98
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
WebSphere Consultant East of EnglandWebSphere Consultant
East of England

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 Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Consultant across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire WebSphere Consultant Demand Trend

WebSphere Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire WebSphere Consultant Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Consultant across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hertfordshire WebSphere Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Consultant within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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.

LocationRank 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
WatfordNew entry-3£450-
WebSphere Consultant East of EnglandWebSphere Consultant
East of England

WebSphere Consultant
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited WebSphere Consultant in their job title 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 with WebSphere Consultant in their job title.

16 (100.00 %)Linux
16 (100.00 %)JBoss
16 (100.00 %)Tomcat
16 (100.00 %)WebSphere
25 (83.33 %)Red Hat Linux
25 (83.33 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
25 (83.33 %)Internet
25 (83.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
34 (66.67 %)Perl
34 (66.67 %)J2EE
42 (33.33 %)UNIX
51 (16.67 %)Jython
51 (16.67 %)JNDI
51 (16.67 %)PMI
51 (16.67 %)Java
51 (16.67 %)EJB
51 (16.67 %)JDBC
51 (16.67 %)DB2
51 (16.67 %)SQL

WebSphere Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited WebSphere Consultant in their job title 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 with WebSphere Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)WebSphere
24 (66.67 %)J2EE
31 (16.67 %)EJB
31 (16.67 %)JDBC
31 (16.67 %)JNDI
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (100.00 %)JBoss
16 (100.00 %)Tomcat
25 (83.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (83.33 %)Internet
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)DB2
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)PMI
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Linux
25 (83.33 %)Red Hat Linux
25 (83.33 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
32 (33.33 %)UNIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)Perl
21 (16.67 %)SQL
21 (16.67 %)Jython
21 (16.67 %)Java