The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 20 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 Northamptonshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 27 36 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 4 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.626% 1.754% -
As % of the Application Development category 14.29% 9.333% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
Average daily rate £461 £456 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.98% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £413
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -2.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-47.82% +53.33%
All Application Development
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
28 75 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 11.38% 18.80% 7.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 51 9
Average daily rate £325 £250 £256
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £210 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £300 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
East Midlands

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Northamptonshire WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Kettering - 2 £608 -
Northampton +3 1 £314 -31.17%
WebSphere
East Midlands

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) IBM
3 4 (50.00%) UNIX
3 4 (50.00%) Linux
4 3 (37.50%) J2EE
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle
4 3 (37.50%) DB2
4 3 (37.50%) ERP
4 3 (37.50%) Red Hat
4 3 (37.50%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (37.50%) Subversion
4 3 (37.50%) Java EE
4 3 (37.50%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 3 (37.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (25.00%) GlassFish
5 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (25.00%) HP
5 2 (25.00%) Citrix
5 2 (25.00%) SAP
5 2 (25.00%) JBoss
5 2 (25.00%) CRM
6 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
6 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
6 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
6 1 (12.50%) Struts
6 1 (12.50%) OO
6 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 3 (37.50%) J2EE
1 3 (37.50%) Java EE
2 1 (12.50%) Struts
2 1 (12.50%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) WebSphere MQ
1 3 (37.50%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (25.00%) GlassFish
3 1 (12.50%) Papyrus
3 1 (12.50%) ESB
3 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (12.50%) SAP CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Subversion
General
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Incident Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Defect Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
1 1 (12.50%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) UNIX
3 3 (37.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ERP
1 3 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) OO
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C++
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) IBM
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) Red Hat
3 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 2 (25.00%) JBoss
3 2 (25.00%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) Citrix
Kettering, Northamptonshire
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