The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 24 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 Development category for the Milton Keynes 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 45 52 44
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -8
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 10 10 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.883% 1.433% 1.993%
As % of the Application Development category 8.621% 8.264% 10.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 8
Average daily rate £478 £475 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.63% +5.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £415 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.12% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £45.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-33.70% +39.23%
All Application Development
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
116 121 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 21.85% 17.34% 18.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 52 52
Average daily rate £375 £300 £316
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -5.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £259 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £367 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 6
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% +59.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
Buckinghamshire

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes WebSphere Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Milton Keynes WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing WebSphere 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.

1 12 (54.55%) IBM
2 9 (40.91%) Java
3 7 (31.82%) UML
4 6 (27.27%) Web Services
4 6 (27.27%) J2EE
5 5 (22.73%) E-Commerce
5 5 (22.73%) SOA
5 5 (22.73%) WebSphere Application Server
5 5 (22.73%) Retail
6 4 (18.18%) Ajax
6 4 (18.18%) Marketing
6 4 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
6 4 (18.18%) Oracle
6 4 (18.18%) OOA/OOD
6 4 (18.18%) WSDL
7 3 (13.64%) HP
7 3 (13.64%) LoadRunner
7 3 (13.64%) SOAP
7 3 (13.64%) Performance Testing
7 3 (13.64%) Use Case
7 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
7 3 (13.64%) Analytics
7 3 (13.64%) Web Analytics
7 3 (13.64%) BPEL4WS
7 3 (13.64%) SEO
8 2 (9.091%) Finance
8 2 (9.091%) ATG
8 2 (9.091%) BPEL
8 2 (9.091%) Zachman Framework
8 2 (9.091%) TOGAF

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing WebSphere 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (27.27%) Web Services
1 6 (27.27%) J2EE
2 4 (18.18%) Ajax
2 4 (18.18%) WSDL
3 3 (13.64%) SOAP
3 3 (13.64%) BPEL4WS
4 2 (9.091%) Middleware
4 2 (9.091%) XML
5 1 (4.545%) EJB
5 1 (4.545%) CSS
5 1 (4.545%) JDBC
5 1 (4.545%) JSP
5 1 (4.545%) Servlets
5 1 (4.545%) DHTML
5 1 (4.545%) XML Schema
5 1 (4.545%) JMS
5 1 (4.545%) Struts
5 1 (4.545%) Dojo
5 1 (4.545%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (9.091%) WebSphere Portal
2 2 (9.091%) Oracle BPEL
2 2 (9.091%) Commerce Server
2 2 (9.091%) WebLogic
3 1 (4.545%) Tomcat
3 1 (4.545%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (4.545%) ESB
3 1 (4.545%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.091%) LDAP
2 1 (4.545%) HTTP
2 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) IBM InfoSphere
1 2 (9.091%) DTS
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.545%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (4.545%) BODI
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) LoadRunner
2 1 (4.545%) Ant
2 1 (4.545%) ClearCase
2 1 (4.545%) ClearQuest
2 1 (4.545%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (4.545%) Rational Rose
2 1 (4.545%) Eclipse
2 1 (4.545%) Maven
General
1 5 (22.73%) Retail
2 4 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (9.091%) Finance
3 2 (9.091%) Spanish Language
4 1 (4.545%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Architect
2 8 (36.36%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (27.27%) Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Developer
4 4 (18.18%) Test Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) WebSphere Architect
6 2 (9.091%) Applications Developer
6 2 (9.091%) WebSphere Consultant
6 2 (9.091%) Performance Tester
6 2 (9.091%) Java Developer
6 2 (9.091%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Performance Test Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Deployment Analyst
6 2 (9.091%) Consultant
6 2 (9.091%) Tester
7 1 (4.545%) Data Architect
7 1 (4.545%) Test Manager
7 1 (4.545%) Performance Test Manager
7 1 (4.545%) Performance Manager
7 1 (4.545%) Applications Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.091%) Linux
2 1 (4.545%) UNIX
2 1 (4.545%) AIX
2 1 (4.545%) Solaris
2 1 (4.545%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) UML
2 5 (22.73%) E-Commerce
2 5 (22.73%) SOA
3 4 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (18.18%) OOA/OOD
4 3 (13.64%) Performance Testing
4 3 (13.64%) Use Case
4 3 (13.64%) Analytics
4 3 (13.64%) Web Analytics
4 3 (13.64%) SEO
5 2 (9.091%) BPEL
5 2 (9.091%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (9.091%) TOGAF
5 2 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (9.091%) Data Modelling
5 2 (9.091%) OO
5 2 (9.091%) ITIL
5 2 (9.091%) CRM
6 1 (4.545%) RAD
6 1 (4.545%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) Java
2 2 (9.091%) JavaScript
2 2 (9.091%) SQL
3 1 (4.545%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.545%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.545%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.091%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.545%) ISEB
3 1 (4.545%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.545%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) IBM
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle
3 3 (13.64%) HP
4 2 (9.091%) ATG
4 2 (9.091%) Sun
5 1 (4.545%) Business Objects
5 1 (4.545%) JBoss
5 1 (4.545%) Red Hat
5 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Global organisation is looking for an Infrastructure Architect to join the team to work on various infrastructure projects. You will have extensive experience of designing, building and supporting...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
My client is currently looking for Test Manager who will be responsible for defining the test strategy moving forward on a high profile project. The Test Manager will...
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013