The first table below looks at the demand for ESB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ESB 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Midlands 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
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Rank 20 - 33
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ESB 4 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.326% - 0.857%
As % of the Application Platforms category 22.22% - 6.122%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £550 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £383 £413 £463
% change year-on-year
-7.27% -10.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Application Platforms
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
18 20 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 10.47% 7.435% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 10
Average daily rate £325 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -17.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
Average hourly rate - - £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
ESB
England

ESB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands ESB Jobs Demand Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands ESB Daily Rate Trend

ESB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands ESB Hourly Rate Trend

ESB
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing ESB 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 ESB.

1 8 (88.89%) Web Services
1 8 (88.89%) XML
2 6 (66.67%) WebSphere
2 6 (66.67%) Java
2 6 (66.67%) IBM
3 5 (55.56%) HTTP
3 5 (55.56%) XML Schema
3 5 (55.56%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 5 (55.56%) Integration Testing
3 5 (55.56%) SAP
4 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (33.33%) SOA
5 3 (33.33%) TIBCO
5 3 (33.33%) Middleware
5 3 (33.33%) InterSystems
5 3 (33.33%) Scrum
5 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (33.33%) Subversion
5 3 (33.33%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (11.11%) Open Source
6 1 (11.11%) webMethods
6 1 (11.11%) Software AG
6 1 (11.11%) Eclipse
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle
6 1 (11.11%) EAI

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing ESB 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 ESB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (88.89%) Web Services
1 8 (88.89%) XML
2 6 (66.67%) WebSphere
3 5 (55.56%) XML Schema
4 3 (33.33%) Middleware
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) WebSphere Message Broker
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Subversion
2 1 (11.11%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) WebSphere Developer
3 2 (22.22%) SOA Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Integration Testing
2 3 (33.33%) SOA
2 3 (33.33%) Scrum
2 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Java
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) IBM
2 5 (55.56%) SAP
3 3 (33.33%) TIBCO
3 3 (33.33%) InterSystems
4 1 (11.11%) webMethods
4 1 (11.11%) Software AG
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle