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This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker (WBIMB) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WBIMB over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker (WBIMB)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank79-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.483 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£455£488
% change on same period last year-6.66 %
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-£56.90
% change on same period last year-
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads414256
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.546 %0.255 %
Daily rates quoted5134
Average minimum daily rate£294£245
Average daily rate£313£269
% change on same period last year+16.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£293
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted3825
Average minimum hourly rate£25.97£24.93
Average hourly rate£29.13£26.92
% change on same period last year+8.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.30£28.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
WBIMB North WestWBIMB
North West

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.

WBIMB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WBIMB across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Manchester WBIMB Demand Trend

WBIMB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester WBIMB Daily Rate Trend

WBIMB
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing WBIMB 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 WBIMB.

110 (100.00 %)WebSphere
29 (90.00 %)Middleware
37 (70.00 %)SSL
37 (70.00 %)WebSphere MQ
46 (60.00 %)Tivoli
46 (60.00 %)Shell Script
46 (60.00 %)OMEGAMON
46 (60.00 %)UNIX
46 (60.00 %)Windows
46 (60.00 %)AIX
46 (60.00 %)HPUX
46 (60.00 %)Solaris
46 (60.00 %)Tandem
46 (60.00 %)Mainframe
54 (40.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
63 (30.00 %)IBM
63 (30.00 %)WPS
63 (30.00 %)Migration
72 (20.00 %)Gentran
81 (10.00 %)Change Management
81 (10.00 %)Financial Institution
81 (10.00 %)Finance
81 (10.00 %)Cisco
81 (10.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker

WBIMB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing WBIMB 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 WBIMB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (100.00 %)WebSphere
29 (90.00 %)Middleware
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (70.00 %)WebSphere MQ
24 (40.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
33 (30.00 %)WPS
42 (20.00 %)Gentran
51 (10.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (70.00 %)SSL
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Financial Institution
11 (10.00 %)Finance
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (90.00 %)WebSphere Specialist
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (60.00 %)Tandem
16 (60.00 %)Mainframe
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (60.00 %)UNIX
16 (60.00 %)Windows
16 (60.00 %)AIX
16 (60.00 %)HPUX
16 (60.00 %)Solaris
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)Migration
21 (10.00 %)Change Management
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)Shell Script
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (60.00 %)Tivoli
16 (60.00 %)OMEGAMON
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (30.00 %)IBM
21 (10.00 %)Cisco