The first table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WebSphere Architect
Rank 370 407 435
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +28
Contract jobs requiring a WebSphere Architect 7 8 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.032% 0.030% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.032% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 3
Average daily rate £413 £563 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% +12.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £406 £550 £438
% change year-on-year
-26.13% +25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19942 24907 28750
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.08% 92.46% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13399 16045 18461
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 624 677
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
WebSphere Architect
England

WebSphere Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Architect across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London WebSphere Architect Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

London WebSphere Architect Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +18 4 £406 -26.13%
WebSphere Architect
England

WebSphere Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited WebSphere Architect 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 Architect in their job title.

1 28 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 17 (60.71%) E-Commerce
3 15 (53.57%) IBM
3 15 (53.57%) Java
4 13 (46.43%) SOA
5 12 (42.86%) J2EE
6 11 (39.29%) Commerce Server
7 10 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
8 8 (28.57%) WebSphere Application Server
9 6 (21.43%) Linux
9 6 (21.43%) Migration
10 5 (17.86%) Finance
10 5 (17.86%) Banking
10 5 (17.86%) Investment Banking
11 4 (14.29%) IBM Certification
11 4 (14.29%) UNIX
11 4 (14.29%) Windows
11 4 (14.29%) Web Services
11 4 (14.29%) Perl
11 4 (14.29%) Ant
11 4 (14.29%) WebSphere Process Server
11 4 (14.29%) Jython
11 4 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ
11 4 (14.29%) Financial Institution
11 4 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
11 4 (14.29%) Lombardi
11 4 (14.29%) Degree
11 4 (14.29%) Build Forge
11 4 (14.29%) Hedge funds
12 3 (10.71%) WebSphere Message Broker

WebSphere Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited WebSphere Architect 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 28 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 12 (42.86%) J2EE
3 4 (14.29%) Web Services
4 2 (7.143%) XSLT
4 2 (7.143%) JSP
4 2 (7.143%) Servlets
4 2 (7.143%) Struts
4 2 (7.143%) Spring
4 2 (7.143%) Hibernate
5 1 (3.571%) Ajax
5 1 (3.571%) SOAP
5 1 (3.571%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 11 (39.29%) Commerce Server
2 8 (28.57%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (14.29%) WebSphere Process Server
3 4 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (10.71%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 1 (3.571%) LiveCycle
5 1 (3.571%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) Internet
2 2 (7.143%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Ant
1 4 (14.29%) Build Forge
General
1 5 (17.86%) Finance
1 5 (17.86%) Banking
1 5 (17.86%) Investment Banking
2 4 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 3 (10.71%) Retail
4 2 (7.143%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Hedge funds
2 2 (7.143%) Clustering
2 2 (7.143%) Web 2.0
3 1 (3.571%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Linux
2 4 (14.29%) UNIX
2 4 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (60.71%) E-Commerce
2 13 (46.43%) SOA
3 10 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (21.43%) Migration
5 4 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (7.143%) B2B
6 2 (7.143%) B2C
6 2 (7.143%) Business Development
6 2 (7.143%) Performance Management
7 1 (3.571%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (3.571%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (53.57%) Java
2 4 (14.29%) Perl
2 4 (14.29%) Jython
3 2 (7.143%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.143%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) IBM Certification
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) IBM
2 4 (14.29%) Lombardi
3 1 (3.571%) hybris
3 1 (3.571%) Adobe