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The table below looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere 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 WebSphere over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8346
Rank change on same period last yearDown-37
Matching contract IT job ads49122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.124 %
As % of the category below5.518 %12.04 %
Daily rates quoted325
Average minimum daily rate£400£342
Average daily rate£408£372
% change on same period last year+9.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£384
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£21.00£43.00
Average hourly rate£21.00£46.30
% change on same period last year-54.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.00£49.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.46£33.93
% change on same period last year+16.29 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads8881013
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.256 %1.025 %
Daily rates quoted155146
Average minimum daily rate£288£309
Average daily rate£305£330
% change on same period last year-7.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted8789
Average minimum hourly rate£25.05£25.52
Average hourly rate£27.78£27.96
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.50£30.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£31.98
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
WebSphere EnglandWebSphere
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.

WebSphere
Demand Trend

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

North West WebSphere Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

North West WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 13 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
LancashireUp+718£325-13.33 %
CheshireNo change010--
ManchesterDown-299--
MerseysideDown-77£450+19.90 %
WebSphere EnglandWebSphere
England

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

187 (44.85 %)UNIX
283 (42.78 %)WebSphere Application Server
382 (42.27 %)AIX
382 (42.27 %)Middleware
467 (34.54 %)Shell Script
467 (34.54 %)Mainframe
565 (33.51 %)Windows
565 (33.51 %)Solaris
661 (31.44 %)WebSphere MQ
756 (28.87 %)Tivoli
756 (28.87 %)Tandem
854 (27.84 %)HPUX
953 (27.32 %)OMEGAMON
1045 (23.20 %)Java
1144 (22.68 %)Change Management
1240 (20.62 %)Finance
1240 (20.62 %)WBIMB
1335 (18.04 %)Cisco
1433 (17.01 %)J2EE
1526 (13.40 %)Oracle
1526 (13.40 %)SSL
1621 (10.82 %)IBM
1720 (10.31 %)XML
1818 (9.278 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1915 (7.732 %)HTTP
2014 (7.216 %)Spring
2112 (6.186 %)Hibernate
2211 (5.670 %)MQSeries
2211 (5.670 %)SQL
2211 (5.670 %)SAP

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
182 (42.27 %)Middleware
240 (20.62 %)WBIMB
333 (17.01 %)J2EE
420 (10.31 %)XML
514 (7.216 %)Spring
612 (6.186 %)Hibernate
710 (5.155 %)Struts
86 (3.093 %)JSP
86 (3.093 %)JRules
94 (2.062 %)EJB
103 (1.546 %)JDBC
103 (1.546 %)JMS
103 (1.546 %)Java EE
112 (1.031 %)Spring MVC
112 (1.031 %)JSF
112 (1.031 %)Oracle Fusion
112 (1.031 %)ODBC
112 (1.031 %)MVC
112 (1.031 %)WebServices
121 (0.515 %)Servlets
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
183 (42.78 %)WebSphere Application Server
261 (31.44 %)WebSphere MQ
318 (9.278 %)WebSphere Message Broker
411 (5.670 %)MQSeries
510 (5.155 %)Gentran
65 (2.577 %)WebLogic
65 (2.577 %)JBoss
74 (2.062 %)Oracle Application Server
74 (2.062 %)Tomcat
74 (2.062 %)WPS
83 (1.546 %)Oracle HTTP Server
92 (1.031 %)CICS
101 (0.515 %)NetWeaver
101 (0.515 %)SharePoint
101 (0.515 %)Apache
101 (0.515 %)SAP Web AS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (3.093 %)MS Excel
22 (1.031 %)MS Visio
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (4.639 %)SAP R/3
21 (0.515 %)MAXIMO
21 (0.515 %)SAP ERP
21 (0.515 %)Oracle Financials
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (13.40 %)SSL
215 (7.732 %)HTTP
39 (4.639 %)Firewall
43 (1.546 %)SSH
43 (1.546 %)LDAP
52 (1.031 %)Internet
61 (0.515 %)VLAN
61 (0.515 %)VPN
61 (0.515 %)DMZ
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (3.093 %)RDBMS
16 (3.093 %)Oracle 10g
25 (2.577 %)DB2
34 (2.062 %)TOAD
34 (2.062 %)Oracle Discoverer
41 (0.515 %)SAP BI
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (2.062 %)PVCS
23 (1.546 %)JUnit
23 (1.546 %)Log4j
32 (1.031 %)Eclipse
41 (0.515 %)RequisitePro
41 (0.515 %)ClearQuest
41 (0.515 %)Rational Rose
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
140 (20.62 %)Finance
29 (4.639 %)Banking
35 (2.577 %)Retail
44 (2.062 %)Insurance
44 (2.062 %)Financial Institution
52 (1.031 %)Military
61 (0.515 %)Manufacturing
61 (0.515 %)Pensions
61 (0.515 %)Retail Banking
61 (0.515 %)Marketing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
141 (21.13 %)Developer
236 (18.56 %)WebSphere Specialist
327 (13.92 %)Java Developer
424 (12.37 %)Consultant
518 (9.278 %)WebSphere Consultant
617 (8.763 %)Infrastructure Specialist
716 (8.247 %)Java/J2EE Developer
813 (6.701 %)J2EE Developer
912 (6.186 %)Administrator
1010 (5.155 %)Analyst
119 (4.639 %)WebSphere Administrator
128 (4.124 %)Architect
135 (2.577 %)Technical Architect
135 (2.577 %)WebSphere Developer
143 (1.546 %)Server Administrator
143 (1.546 %)AS400 Operator
143 (1.546 %)Solutions Architect
143 (1.546 %)Project Manager
143 (1.546 %)Test Manager
143 (1.546 %)Oracle Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
167 (34.54 %)Mainframe
256 (28.87 %)Tandem
36 (3.093 %)Clustering
43 (1.546 %)AS400
52 (1.031 %)IVR
61 (0.515 %)Replication
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
187 (44.85 %)UNIX
282 (42.27 %)AIX
365 (33.51 %)Windows
365 (33.51 %)Solaris
454 (27.84 %)HPUX
54 (2.062 %)Linux
62 (1.031 %)VMS
71 (0.515 %)OS/400
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
144 (22.68 %)Change Management
29 (4.639 %)UML
29 (4.639 %)Load Balancing
38 (4.124 %)Security Cleared
46 (3.093 %)Migration
55 (2.577 %)SOA
55 (2.577 %)RUP
64 (2.062 %)ITIL
64 (2.062 %)EAI
73 (1.546 %)CRM
73 (1.546 %)Zachman Framework
73 (1.546 %)TOGAF
82 (1.031 %)Problem Management
82 (1.031 %)Project Management
82 (1.031 %)SC Cleared
82 (1.031 %)BC Cleared
82 (1.031 %)Unit Testing
82 (1.031 %)Test Scripting
82 (1.031 %)E-Commerce
82 (1.031 %)ERP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
167 (34.54 %)Shell Script
245 (23.20 %)Java
311 (5.670 %)SQL
49 (4.639 %)PL/SQL
54 (2.062 %)Jython
54 (2.062 %)COBOL
62 (1.031 %)C#
62 (1.031 %)Korn
71 (0.515 %)ABAP
71 (0.515 %)JavaScript
71 (0.515 %)Perl
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (0.515 %)IBM Certification
11 (0.515 %)Degree
11 (0.515 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.515 %)SLA
11 (0.515 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
156 (28.87 %)Tivoli
253 (27.32 %)OMEGAMON
32 (1.031 %)CA SiteMinder
41 (0.515 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
135 (18.04 %)Cisco
226 (13.40 %)Oracle
321 (10.82 %)IBM
411 (5.670 %)SAP
510 (5.155 %)ILOG
67 (3.608 %)HP
67 (3.608 %)Microsoft
74 (2.062 %)CA
74 (2.062 %)Sun
83 (1.546 %)Citrix
92 (1.031 %)Nortel
101 (0.515 %)Siebel
101 (0.515 %)Adobe
101 (0.515 %)i2
101 (0.515 %)Retek
101 (0.515 %)VERITAS
101 (0.515 %)JD Edwards
101 (0.515 %)webMethods
101 (0.515 %)Teradata
101 (0.515 %)Pega