The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Portal skills 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 Portal over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Portal
Rank 379 375 383
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +8
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Portal 2 27 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.009% 0.101% 0.166%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.050% 0.624% 0.994%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 14
Average daily rate £400 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -5.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £475 £450
% change year-on-year
-13.15% +5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 - -
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4028 4329 5131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.57% 16.12% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2590 2689 3153
Average daily rate £400 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 124 175
Average hourly rate £22.25 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.22% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.25 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
WebSphere Portal
England

WebSphere Portal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London WebSphere Portal Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Portal
Daily Rate Trend

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

London WebSphere Portal Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Portal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London WebSphere Portal Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Portal
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Portal within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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 +6 1 £400 -5.88%
WebSphere Portal
England

WebSphere Portal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing WebSphere Portal 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 Portal.

1 11 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 8 (72.73%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (63.64%) IBM
4 5 (45.45%) Apache
5 4 (36.36%) Java
5 4 (36.36%) J2EE
5 4 (36.36%) UNIX
5 4 (36.36%) Linux
5 4 (36.36%) jQuery
6 3 (27.27%) Dojo
6 3 (27.27%) Rational Application Developer
6 3 (27.27%) Web Services
6 3 (27.27%) CSS
6 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
6 3 (27.27%) CA SiteMinder
6 3 (27.27%) Content Management
6 3 (27.27%) Spring
6 3 (27.27%) Jython
7 2 (18.18%) Finance
7 2 (18.18%) JSF
7 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (18.18%) Banking
7 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Process Server
7 2 (18.18%) Ajax
7 2 (18.18%) WSDL
7 2 (18.18%) SOAP
7 2 (18.18%) Struts
7 2 (18.18%) REST
7 2 (18.18%) WSRP
7 2 (18.18%) JSR 168

WebSphere Portal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing WebSphere Portal 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 Portal. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (36.36%) jQuery
2 4 (36.36%) J2EE
3 3 (27.27%) CSS
3 3 (27.27%) Web Services
3 3 (27.27%) Spring
3 3 (27.27%) Dojo
4 2 (18.18%) WSRP
4 2 (18.18%) JSR 168
4 2 (18.18%) JSF
4 2 (18.18%) Ajax
4 2 (18.18%) Ext JS
4 2 (18.18%) SOAP
4 2 (18.18%) Struts
4 2 (18.18%) WSDL
4 2 (18.18%) REST
5 1 (9.091%) XML
5 1 (9.091%) JSP
5 1 (9.091%) Servlets
5 1 (9.091%) JSR 286
Application Platforms
1 8 (72.73%) WebSphere Application Server
2 5 (45.45%) Apache
3 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Process Server
4 1 (9.091%) ESB
4 1 (9.091%) IIS
4 1 (9.091%) Tomcat
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (9.091%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (9.091%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) LDAP
1 1 (9.091%) HTTP
1 1 (9.091%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) DB2
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (9.091%) Eclipse
2 1 (9.091%) Introscope
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Investment Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Developer
1 2 (18.18%) Consultant
1 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Administrator
1 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Consultant
1 2 (18.18%) Administrator
1 2 (18.18%) WebSphere Portal Administrator
1 2 (18.18%) Portal Developer
2 1 (9.091%) Team Leader
2 1 (9.091%) Server Administrator
2 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Developer
2 1 (9.091%) Server Specialist
2 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Portal Developer
2 1 (9.091%) Development Team Leader
2 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Specialist
2 1 (9.091%) Applications Specialist
2 1 (9.091%) Technical Architect
2 1 (9.091%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Web 2.0
1 1 (9.091%) Online Banking
1 1 (9.091%) Graphic Design
1 1 (9.091%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) UNIX
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Content Management
2 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (9.091%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) High Availability
3 1 (9.091%) OO
3 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) Process Management
3 1 (9.091%) Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Java
2 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
2 3 (27.27%) Jython
3 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.091%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) CA SiteMinder
2 1 (9.091%) CA Wily
2 1 (9.091%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) IBM
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Lotus
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle