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The table below looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker (WBIMB) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WBIMB over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker (WBIMB)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank113142
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching contract IT job ads145
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.564 %0.496 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£446£400
% change on same period last year+11.45 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads8951008
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.260 %1.019 %
Daily rates quoted156145
Average minimum daily rate£288£310
Average daily rate£305£332
% change on same period last year-8.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted8888
Average minimum hourly rate£25.11£25.61
Average hourly rate£27.83£28.02
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.55£30.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
WBIMB EnglandWBIMB
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

WBIMB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WBIMB across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West WBIMB Demand Trend

WBIMB
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WBIMB across the North West region.

North West WBIMB Daily Rate Trend

WBIMB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WBIMB within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LancashireNew entry-12--
CheshireUp+62--
WBIMB EnglandWBIMB
England

WBIMB
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing WBIMB 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 WBIMB.

149 (75.38 %)Middleware
245 (69.23 %)UNIX
245 (69.23 %)AIX
344 (67.69 %)Windows
344 (67.69 %)Tandem
443 (66.15 %)Mainframe
541 (63.08 %)WebSphere MQ
640 (61.54 %)SSL
640 (61.54 %)WebSphere
738 (58.46 %)Tivoli
738 (58.46 %)Shell Script
738 (58.46 %)Solaris
837 (56.92 %)HPUX
837 (56.92 %)OMEGAMON
925 (38.46 %)Change Management
1015 (23.08 %)Gentran
1114 (21.54 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1212 (18.46 %)WebSphere Application Server
1310 (15.38 %)Cisco
149 (13.85 %)Finance
156 (9.231 %)MQSeries
164 (6.154 %)IBM
173 (4.615 %)HP
173 (4.615 %)Banking
173 (4.615 %)Migration
173 (4.615 %)WPS
182 (3.077 %)Retail
182 (3.077 %)Retail Banking
191 (1.538 %)Financial Institution

WBIMB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing WBIMB 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 WBIMB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
149 (75.38 %)Middleware
240 (61.54 %)WebSphere
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
141 (63.08 %)WebSphere MQ
215 (23.08 %)Gentran
314 (21.54 %)WebSphere Message Broker
412 (18.46 %)WebSphere Application Server
56 (9.231 %)MQSeries
63 (4.615 %)WPS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
140 (61.54 %)SSL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (13.85 %)Finance
23 (4.615 %)Banking
32 (3.077 %)Retail
32 (3.077 %)Retail Banking
41 (1.538 %)Financial Institution
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (23.08 %)Infrastructure Specialist
214 (21.54 %)WebSphere Specialist
311 (16.92 %)Consultant
45 (7.692 %)WebSphere Consultant
52 (3.077 %)Administrator
52 (3.077 %)WebSphere Administrator
61 (1.538 %)Support Specialist
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
144 (67.69 %)Tandem
243 (66.15 %)Mainframe
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
145 (69.23 %)UNIX
145 (69.23 %)AIX
244 (67.69 %)Windows
338 (58.46 %)Solaris
437 (56.92 %)HPUX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (38.46 %)Change Management
23 (4.615 %)Migration
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
138 (58.46 %)Shell Script
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
138 (58.46 %)Tivoli
237 (56.92 %)OMEGAMON
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (15.38 %)Cisco
24 (6.154 %)IBM
33 (4.615 %)HP