The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere 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 Development category for the North East 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
IBM WebSphere
Rank 30 45 38
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -7
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 7 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 2.518% 1.010% 1.357%
As % of the Application Development category 11.29% 3.788% 5.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Average daily rate £261 £232 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.85% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £413 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.23% +3.24%
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
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
62 132 105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 22.30% 26.67% 23.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 73 59
Average daily rate £275 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £245 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £400 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
Average hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +250.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
England

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere within the North East 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
Tyne and Wear +14 7 £261 +12.85%
WebSphere
England

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 (100.00%) Linux
1 12 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 11 (91.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (83.33%) Informatica
3 10 (83.33%) IBM
3 10 (83.33%) UNIX
3 10 (83.33%) AIX
4 7 (58.33%) Siebel
4 7 (58.33%) Configuration Management
4 7 (58.33%) Change Control
5 6 (50.00%) SSL
5 6 (50.00%) FileNet
5 6 (50.00%) Workflow
5 6 (50.00%) Sun
5 6 (50.00%) JBoss
5 6 (50.00%) LDAP
5 6 (50.00%) Business Objects
5 6 (50.00%) WebLogic
5 6 (50.00%) Perl
5 6 (50.00%) SQL
6 4 (33.33%) Solaris
7 3 (25.00%) Java
7 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
8 2 (16.67%) HP
8 2 (16.67%) Oracle
8 2 (16.67%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (8.333%) Firewall
9 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
9 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
9 1 (8.333%) Finance

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) FileNet
1 6 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (16.67%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (8.333%) WebSphere MQ
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) SSL
1 6 (50.00%) LDAP
2 1 (8.333%) Firewall
2 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) UNIX Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Build Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) UNIX Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Test Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Environment Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Testing Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Test Leader
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Linux
2 11 (91.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (83.33%) UNIX
3 10 (83.33%) AIX
4 4 (33.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Configuration Management
1 7 (58.33%) Change Control
2 6 (50.00%) Workflow
3 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
3 1 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Perl
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 10 (83.33%) Informatica
2 10 (83.33%) IBM
3 7 (58.33%) Siebel
4 6 (50.00%) Sun
4 6 (50.00%) JBoss
4 6 (50.00%) Business Objects
5 2 (16.67%) HP
5 2 (16.67%) Oracle
6 1 (8.333%) Axway