London webMethods Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of webMethods products and/or services in IT contracts within the London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited webMethods over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Derbyshire East Midlands Edinburgh England Glamorgan Leeds London Maidenhead Midlands Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West Telford Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	388	473
Rank change on same period last year	+85
Matching contract IT job ads	19	18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.026 %	0.018 %
As % of the category below	0.134 %	0.083 %
Daily rates quoted	10	7
Average minimum daily rate	£413	£357
Average daily rate	£460	£368
% change on same period last year	+25.04 %
Average maximum daily rate	£508	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£402	£321
% change on same period last year	+25.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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	-
Vendors London
Matching contract IT job ads	14214	21747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	19.21 %	21.45 %
Daily rates quoted	5638	7671
Average minimum daily rate	£403	£421
Average daily rate	£430	£448
% change on same period last year	-4.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£457	£475
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	850	1308
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.78	£24.87
Average hourly rate	£24.39	£26.38
% change on same period last year	-7.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.01	£27.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.29	£24.78
% change on same period last year	-1.97 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within webMethods, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing webMethods across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing webMethods across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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 webMethods across the London region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing webMethods within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
City of London	-26	5	£450	+6.50 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing webMethods 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 webMethods.

1 24 (60.00 %) Java 2 17 (42.50 %) SQL 3 10 (25.00 %) UNIX 4 9 (22.50 %) .NET 5 7 (17.50 %) C 5 7 (17.50 %) SQL Server 5 7 (17.50 %) Sybase 5 7 (17.50 %) CRM 5 7 (17.50 %) E-Commerce 5 7 (17.50 %) SOA 5 7 (17.50 %) Workflow 5 7 (17.50 %) BBC 5 7 (17.50 %) Retail 5 7 (17.50 %) Asset Management 5 7 (17.50 %) JRules

5 7 (17.50 %) Insurance 5 7 (17.50 %) .NET Framework 6 6 (15.00 %) C# 6 6 (15.00 %) J2EE 6 6 (15.00 %) Transact-SQL 7 5 (12.50 %) Windows 7 5 (12.50 %) Banking 8 4 (10.00 %) Finance 8 4 (10.00 %) VB 9 3 (7.500 %) Oracle 9 3 (7.500 %) SOAP 9 3 (7.500 %) WebServices 9 3 (7.500 %) ERP 9 3 (7.500 %) EAI 9 3 (7.500 %) MS Excel

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing webMethods 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 webMethods. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 9 (22.50 %) .NET 2 7 (17.50 %) JRules 2 7 (17.50 %) .NET Framework 3 6 (15.00 %) J2EE 4 3 (7.500 %) SOAP 4 3 (7.500 %) WebServices 4 3 (7.500 %) WebSphere 5 2 (5.000 %) AJAX 5 2 (5.000 %) JavaBeans 5 2 (5.000 %) XML 5 2 (5.000 %) Swing 5 2 (5.000 %) EJB 5 2 (5.000 %) JSP 6 1 (2.500 %) EDI 6 1 (2.500 %) SAP XI	Application Platforms 1 2 (5.000 %) JBoss 2 1 (2.500 %) BizTalk Server 2 1 (2.500 %) ESB
Applications 1 3 (7.500 %) MS Excel 2 1 (2.500 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (2.500 %) JDE OneWorld
Communications & Networking 1 2 (5.000 %) FTP 1 2 (5.000 %) HTTP 1 2 (5.000 %) SSH	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (17.50 %) SQL Server 2 2 (5.000 %) Sybase ASE
Development Applications 1 2 (5.000 %) NUnit	General 1 7 (17.50 %) Retail 1 7 (17.50 %) Insurance 2 5 (12.50 %) Banking 3 4 (10.00 %) Finance 4 2 (5.000 %) Front Office 5 1 (2.500 %) Government 5 1 (2.500 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (2.500 %) FMCG 5 1 (2.500 %) Investment Banking
Job Titles 1 16 (40.00 %) Developer 2 12 (30.00 %) Analyst 3 10 (25.00 %) webMethods Developer 4 6 (15.00 %) Consultant 5 5 (12.50 %) Support Analyst 5 5 (12.50 %) Business Analyst 5 5 (12.50 %) webMethods Consultant 6 4 (10.00 %) Insurance Business Analyst 6 4 (10.00 %) Integration Consultant 7 3 (7.500 %) Project Manager 7 3 (7.500 %) Applications Support 7 3 (7.500 %) Java Developer 7 3 (7.500 %) Applications Support Analyst 8 2 (5.000 %) E-Commerce Project Manager 8 2 (5.000 %) .NET Developer 8 2 (5.000 %) E-Commerce Manager 8 2 (5.000 %) Integration Analyst 9 1 (2.500 %) Architect 9 1 (2.500 %) SAP XI Consultant 9 1 (2.500 %) C Developer	Miscellaneous 1 7 (17.50 %) BBC 2 1 (2.500 %) Equities 2 1 (2.500 %) Derivative 2 1 (2.500 %) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems 1 10 (25.00 %) UNIX 2 5 (12.50 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (17.50 %) CRM 1 7 (17.50 %) E-Commerce 1 7 (17.50 %) SOA 1 7 (17.50 %) Workflow 1 7 (17.50 %) Asset Management 2 3 (7.500 %) ERP 2 3 (7.500 %) EAI 3 2 (5.000 %) Continuous Integration 4 1 (2.500 %) Data Management 4 1 (2.500 %) Business Analysis 4 1 (2.500 %) Migration 4 1 (2.500 %) PDM
Programming Languages 1 24 (60.00 %) Java 2 17 (42.50 %) SQL 3 7 (17.50 %) C 4 6 (15.00 %) C# 4 6 (15.00 %) Transact-SQL 5 4 (10.00 %) VB	Vendors 1 7 (17.50 %) Sybase 2 3 (7.500 %) Oracle 3 2 (5.000 %) Microsoft 4 1 (2.500 %) Fidessa 4 1 (2.500 %) Citrix 4 1 (2.500 %) JD Edwards 4 1 (2.500 %) SAP