The first table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WebSphere Consultant
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a WebSphere Consultant 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £420 £400
% change year-on-year
-28.61% +5.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
151 238 316
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 88.30% 87.50% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 75 66
Average daily rate £450 £400 £435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -8.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £277 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £575 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 72
Average hourly rate £32.00 £32.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +41.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.80 £21.00 £18.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
WebSphere Consultant
England

WebSphere Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands WebSphere Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands WebSphere Consultant Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands WebSphere Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Consultant
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited WebSphere Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008

WebSphere Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited WebSphere Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM