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This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank338270
Rank change on same period last yearDown-68
Matching contract IT job ads63217
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.084 %0.220 %
As % of the category below1.309 %3.716 %
Daily rates quoted26107
Average minimum daily rate£368£390
Average daily rate£391£418
% change on same period last year-6.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£413£446
UK excluding London average daily rate£391£388
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
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£42.67£30.80
% change on same period last year+38.52 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
London
Matching contract IT job ads48125840
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.414 %5.908 %
Daily rates quoted18571868
Average minimum daily rate£366£378
Average daily rate£391£401
% change on same period last year-2.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£349
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted405473
Average minimum hourly rate£22.40£23.47
Average hourly rate£23.65£24.91
% change on same period last year-5.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.90£26.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.28£23.70
% change on same period last year+2.44 %
WebSphere Application Server EnglandWebSphere Application Server
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 Application Server
Demand Trend

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

London WebSphere Application Server Demand Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

London WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Application Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London WebSphere Application Server Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
City of LondonDown-288£437-12.62 %
WebSphere Application Server EnglandWebSphere Application Server
England

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing WebSphere Application Server 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 Application Server.

1144 (100.00 %)WebSphere
283 (57.64 %)Java
283 (57.64 %)J2EE
353 (36.81 %)Oracle
443 (29.86 %)SQL
542 (29.17 %)UNIX
542 (29.17 %)IBM
638 (26.39 %)Finance
735 (24.31 %)Linux
832 (22.22 %)Hibernate
931 (21.53 %)Spring
931 (21.53 %)Windows
1028 (19.44 %)AIX
1126 (18.06 %)Banking
1225 (17.36 %)E-Commerce
1323 (15.97 %)JSP
1323 (15.97 %)Retail
1422 (15.28 %)DB2
1521 (14.58 %)EJB
1521 (14.58 %).NET
1521 (14.58 %)Firewall
1620 (13.89 %)Load Balancing
1620 (13.89 %)HP
1719 (13.19 %)Red Hat
1719 (13.19 %)WebLogic
1719 (13.19 %)IIS
1719 (13.19 %)UML
1818 (12.50 %)VMware
1818 (12.50 %)BIG-IP
1818 (12.50 %)Solaris

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing WebSphere Application Server 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 Application Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1144 (100.00 %)WebSphere
283 (57.64 %)J2EE
332 (22.22 %)Hibernate
431 (21.53 %)Spring
523 (15.97 %)JSP
621 (14.58 %)EJB
621 (14.58 %).NET
717 (11.81 %)COM+
816 (11.11 %)Middleware
915 (10.42 %)XML
915 (10.42 %)Servlets
1014 (9.722 %)Struts
1111 (7.639 %)JSF
1210 (6.944 %)HTML
138 (5.556 %)CSS
138 (5.556 %)JDBC
145 (3.472 %)WebServices
145 (3.472 %)Swing
154 (2.778 %)JRules
163 (2.083 %)JMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (13.19 %)WebLogic
119 (13.19 %)IIS
213 (9.028 %)JBoss
213 (9.028 %)Tomcat
39 (6.250 %)MQSeries
39 (6.250 %)WebSphere MQ
46 (4.167 %)iPlanet
46 (4.167 %)WPS
46 (4.167 %)Oracle Application Server
55 (3.472 %)WebSphere Message Broker
55 (3.472 %)JRun
55 (3.472 %)Apache
64 (2.778 %)IBM HTTP Server
72 (1.389 %)ESB
81 (0.694 %)Zope
81 (0.694 %)Plone
81 (0.694 %)SharePoint
81 (0.694 %)Documentum
81 (0.694 %)Oracle HTTP Server
81 (0.694 %)BizTalk Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.694 %)MS Office
11 (0.694 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.694 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (14.58 %)Firewall
218 (12.50 %)BIG-IP
218 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
317 (11.81 %)Internet
415 (10.42 %)SSL
58 (5.556 %)HTTP
63 (2.083 %)LAN
63 (2.083 %)WAN
63 (2.083 %)DNS
72 (1.389 %)SAN
81 (0.694 %)DMZ
81 (0.694 %)LDAP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (15.28 %)DB2
28 (5.556 %)SQL Server
37 (4.861 %)RDBMS
37 (4.861 %)Oracle 10g
44 (2.778 %)BusinessObjects
53 (2.083 %)BusinessObjects XI
61 (0.694 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
61 (0.694 %)DTS
61 (0.694 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (0.694 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
61 (0.694 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (0.694 %)SQL Server Integration Services
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (11.81 %)Eclipse
216 (11.11 %)LoadRunner
314 (9.722 %)Ant
413 (9.028 %)JUnit
53 (2.083 %)ClearCase
53 (2.083 %)MSI
53 (2.083 %)jMock
62 (1.389 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
62 (1.389 %)IntelliJ
71 (0.694 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (0.694 %)Oracle Developer 2000
71 (0.694 %)ClearQuest
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (26.39 %)Finance
226 (18.06 %)Banking
323 (15.97 %)Retail
46 (4.167 %)Investment Banking
46 (4.167 %)Financial Institution
55 (3.472 %)Insurance
55 (3.472 %)Online Banking
63 (2.083 %)Telecoms
71 (0.694 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (0.694 %)Front Office
71 (0.694 %)Back Office
71 (0.694 %)Marketing
71 (0.694 %)Education
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
158 (40.28 %)Developer
229 (20.14 %)Java Developer
325 (17.36 %)J2EE Developer
422 (15.28 %)Consultant
519 (13.19 %)Administrator
617 (11.81 %)WebSphere Administrator
712 (8.333 %)WebSphere Consultant
810 (6.944 %)Java/J2EE Developer
99 (6.250 %)Analyst
108 (5.556 %)Web Analyst
117 (4.861 %)WebSphere Developer
117 (4.861 %)Project Manager
117 (4.861 %)Wintel Engineer
126 (4.167 %)WebSphere Engineer
135 (3.472 %)Team Leader
135 (3.472 %)Java Team Leader
135 (3.472 %)Senior Java Developer
135 (3.472 %)WebSphere Specialist
135 (3.472 %)Java Consultant
135 (3.472 %)Architect
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (2.778 %)N-Tier
14 (2.778 %)AS400
23 (2.083 %)Mainframe
23 (2.083 %)Tandem
32 (1.389 %)Equities
41 (0.694 %)PKI
41 (0.694 %)Derivative
41 (0.694 %)Fat Client
41 (0.694 %)RIA
41 (0.694 %)Client/Server
41 (0.694 %)Clustering
41 (0.694 %)PMI
41 (0.694 %)Thin Client
41 (0.694 %)HACMP
41 (0.694 %)Biometrics
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
142 (29.17 %)UNIX
235 (24.31 %)Linux
331 (21.53 %)Windows
428 (19.44 %)AIX
518 (12.50 %)Solaris
610 (6.944 %)Windows 2000
610 (6.944 %)Windows NT
76 (4.167 %)Windows Server 2003
85 (3.472 %)HPUX
93 (2.083 %)VMS
93 (2.083 %)OpenVMS
101 (0.694 %)OS/400
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (17.36 %)E-Commerce
220 (13.89 %)Load Balancing
319 (13.19 %)UML
415 (10.42 %)Load Testing
59 (6.250 %)Stress Testing
59 (6.250 %)Data Modelling
68 (5.556 %)OO
77 (4.861 %)RAD
86 (4.167 %)Change Management
86 (4.167 %)Migration
95 (3.472 %)CRM
104 (2.778 %)Unit Testing
104 (2.778 %)PRINCE2
104 (2.778 %)RUP
113 (2.083 %)Quality Management
113 (2.083 %)Service Delivery
113 (2.083 %)Web Development
113 (2.083 %)QMS
113 (2.083 %)Wealth Management
122 (1.389 %)AOP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
183 (57.64 %)Java
243 (29.86 %)SQL
318 (12.50 %)VBScript
411 (7.639 %)Shell Script
58 (5.556 %)Perl
64 (2.778 %)JavaScript
64 (2.778 %)VB
72 (1.389 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.694 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.694 %)C++
81 (0.694 %)COBOL
81 (0.694 %)DHTML
81 (0.694 %)VB.NET
81 (0.694 %)XPath
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (2.778 %)PRINCE2 Certification
23 (2.083 %)Sun Certification
32 (1.389 %)SCBCD
32 (1.389 %)SCDJWS
32 (1.389 %)SCJD
41 (0.694 %)SCWCD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.083 %)GLP
13 (2.083 %)GxP
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (11.81 %)VMware ESX
22 (1.389 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.694 %)Oracle RAC
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (11.81 %)CA SiteMinder
28 (5.556 %)Tivoli
33 (2.083 %)Tivoli Monitoring
33 (2.083 %)OMEGAMON
42 (1.389 %)Netcool
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
153 (36.81 %)Oracle
242 (29.17 %)IBM
320 (13.89 %)HP
419 (13.19 %)Red Hat
518 (12.50 %)VMware
617 (11.81 %)Citrix
715 (10.42 %)Sybase
810 (6.944 %)Microsoft
810 (6.944 %)Sun
97 (4.861 %)Cisco
106 (4.167 %)BEA
106 (4.167 %)EMC
115 (3.472 %)ILOG
124 (2.778 %)Business Objects
124 (2.778 %)Yantra
124 (2.778 %)ATG
132 (1.389 %)TIBCO
141 (0.694 %)Remedy
141 (0.694 %)JD Edwards
141 (0.694 %)Siebel
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