The first table below looks at the demand for ESB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 17 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 Platforms category for the Leeds 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Rank 67 67 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing ESB 9 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 1.208% 0.112% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.286% 0.595% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £488 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £413 £475
% change year-on-year
-6.06% -13.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Application Platforms
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
210 168 155
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 28.19% 18.88% 24.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 109 67
Average daily rate £275 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £331 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 9
Average hourly rate £33.00 £11.40 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+189.47% -45.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
ESB
West Yorkshire

ESB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds ESB Jobs Demand Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds ESB Daily Rate Trend

ESB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing ESB 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 ESB.

1 9 (90.00%) Oracle
2 7 (70.00%) SOA
3 6 (60.00%) .NET
4 5 (50.00%) Linux
4 5 (50.00%) Java
4 5 (50.00%) SOAP
4 5 (50.00%) XML
4 5 (50.00%) HTTP
4 5 (50.00%) LAMP
4 5 (50.00%) Unified Process
4 5 (50.00%) Java EE
4 5 (50.00%) REST
4 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (40.00%) WebSphere
5 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Process Server
5 4 (40.00%) WebSphere MQ
5 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (30.00%) AIX
6 3 (30.00%) Documentum
6 3 (30.00%) Siebel
6 3 (30.00%) WebSphere Portal
6 3 (30.00%) QA
7 2 (20.00%) VMware Server
7 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (20.00%) Build Forge
7 2 (20.00%) RESTful
7 2 (20.00%) CA Wily
7 2 (20.00%) Retail
7 2 (20.00%) Degree
7 2 (20.00%) Computer Science

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing ESB 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 ESB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (60.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) SOAP
2 5 (50.00%) XML
2 5 (50.00%) LAMP
2 5 (50.00%) Java EE
2 5 (50.00%) REST
3 4 (40.00%) WebSphere
4 2 (20.00%) RESTful
4 2 (20.00%) JMS
5 1 (10.00%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 4 (40.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Process Server
2 3 (30.00%) Documentum
2 3 (30.00%) WebSphere Portal
3 2 (20.00%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Build Forge
2 1 (10.00%) MSTest
2 1 (10.00%) NUnit
General
1 2 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Architect
2 5 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Administrator
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Architect
4 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Administrator
5 1 (10.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) AIX
3 2 (20.00%) UNIX
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) SOA
2 5 (50.00%) Unified Process
3 2 (20.00%) UML
3 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) OOP
4 1 (10.00%) OO
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) TDD
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (20.00%) PHP
3 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Server
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) OpenView
1 2 (20.00%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) Siebel
3 2 (20.00%) IBM
3 2 (20.00%) Adobe
3 2 (20.00%) HP
3 2 (20.00%) VMware