The first table below looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere Certification in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM WebSphere Certification over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications for the North West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Certification
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing IBM WebSphere Certification 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
443 690 489
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.29% 21.79% 15.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 342 213
Average daily rate £350 £375 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +41.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 26 45
Average hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £22.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -12.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.33 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £30.25 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
IBM WebSphere Certification
England

IBM WebSphere Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IBM WebSphere Certification across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West IBM WebSphere Certification Jobs Demand Trend

IBM WebSphere Certification
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing IBM WebSphere Certification 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 IBM WebSphere Certification.

1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) AIX
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) IBM HTTP Server
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere

IBM WebSphere Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing IBM WebSphere Certification 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 IBM WebSphere Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (100.00%) IBM HTTP Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Administrator
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM