The first table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WebSphere Specialist
Rank 375 403 419
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +16
Contract jobs requiring a WebSphere Specialist 2 7 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.009% 0.026% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.028% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 13
Average daily rate £423 £470 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.03% -6.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £450 £431
% change year-on-year
-50.00% +4.34%
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
19937 24898 29250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.14% 92.45% 92.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13430 16056 18793
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
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 446 620 684
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 Specialist
England

WebSphere Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London WebSphere Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

London WebSphere Specialist Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Specialist within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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 +16 1 £471 -0.91%
WebSphere Specialist
England

WebSphere Specialist
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited WebSphere Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 13 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 9 (69.23%) WebSphere MQ
3 7 (53.85%) WebSphere Application Server
4 6 (46.15%) Finance
5 5 (38.46%) Banking
5 5 (38.46%) MQSeries
5 5 (38.46%) zOS
5 5 (38.46%) Middleware
6 3 (23.08%) Apache
6 3 (23.08%) HTTP
6 3 (23.08%) IBM
6 3 (23.08%) UNIX
6 3 (23.08%) Windows
6 3 (23.08%) AIX
6 3 (23.08%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (15.38%) Jython
7 2 (15.38%) Linux
7 2 (15.38%) CA SiteMinder
8 1 (7.692%) Process Management
8 1 (7.692%) Financial Institution
8 1 (7.692%) WebLogic
8 1 (7.692%) Migration
8 1 (7.692%) Dutch Language
8 1 (7.692%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
8 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
8 1 (7.692%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (7.692%) WebSphere Process Server

WebSphere Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited WebSphere Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 5 (38.46%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 9 (69.23%) WebSphere MQ
2 7 (53.85%) WebSphere Application Server
3 5 (38.46%) MQSeries
4 3 (23.08%) Apache
4 3 (23.08%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (7.692%) WebLogic
5 1 (7.692%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 1 (7.692%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (7.692%) WebSphere Process Server
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) HTTP
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Banking
3 1 (7.692%) Financial Institution
3 1 (7.692%) Dutch Language
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) zOS
2 3 (23.08%) UNIX
2 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) AIX
3 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) Process Management
1 1 (7.692%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Jython
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) CA SiteMinder
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) IBM