Norwich WebSphere Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere skills within the Norwich 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 last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Atherstone Avon Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corby County Antrim Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Farnborough Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newry Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Rugby Scotland Sidcup Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stevenage Stirling Stockport Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	4	29
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching contract IT job ads	46	20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.059 %	0.022 %
As % of the category below	64.79 %	17.24 %
Daily rates quoted	5	8
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£469
Average daily rate	£365	£491
% change on same period last year	-25.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£513
UK excluding London average daily rate	£391	£404
% change on same period last year	-3.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£39.45	£38.75
% change on same period last year	+1.80 %
Application Development Norwich
Matching contract IT job ads	71	116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.091 %	0.130 %
Daily rates quoted	9	16
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£420
Average daily rate	£305	£436
% change on same period last year	-30.04 %
Average maximum daily rate	£312	£453
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£334
% change on same period last year	+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.57	£24.93
Average hourly rate	£31.96	£27.61
% change on same period last year	+15.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.35	£30.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.40	£31.83
% change on same period last year	+1.80 %
WebSphere Norfolk

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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing WebSphere across the Norwich region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Norwich region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing WebSphere across the Norwich region.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Norwich region citing WebSphere also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WebSphere.

1 53 (65.43 %) Finance 2 48 (59.26 %) Java 3 46 (56.79 %) J2EE 4 34 (41.98 %) XML 5 26 (32.10 %) WPS 6 25 (30.86 %) Agile Software Development 7 22 (27.16 %) CSS 7 22 (27.16 %) HTML 8 19 (23.46 %) XSLT 9 17 (20.99 %) WebSphere Application Server 10 16 (19.75 %) DHTML 10 16 (19.75 %) WebServices 10 16 (19.75 %) OOD 11 14 (17.28 %) EAI 12 13 (16.05 %) AIX

12 13 (16.05 %) Pensions 13 11 (13.58 %) JSP 14 10 (12.35 %) Unix 15 9 (11.11 %) Insurance 15 9 (11.11 %) Unit Testing 16 6 (7.407 %) WPF 16 6 (7.407 %) Struts 16 6 (7.407 %) Business Objects 16 6 (7.407 %) BusinessObjects 17 5 (6.173 %) DSDM 17 5 (6.173 %) E-Commerce 17 5 (6.173 %) IBM 17 5 (6.173 %) Firewall 17 5 (6.173 %) Web Development 18 4 (4.938 %) Marketing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Norwich region citing WebSphere also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WebSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 46 (56.79 %) J2EE 2 34 (41.98 %) XML 3 22 (27.16 %) HTML 3 22 (27.16 %) CSS 4 19 (23.46 %) XSLT 5 16 (19.75 %) WebServices 6 11 (13.58 %) JSP 7 6 (7.407 %) Struts 7 6 (7.407 %) WPF 8 2 (2.469 %) Servlets 9 1 (1.235 %) Spring	Application Platforms 1 26 (32.10 %) WPS 2 17 (20.99 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 3 (3.704 %) IBM HTTP Server 4 2 (2.469 %) IIS
Communications & Networking 1 5 (6.173 %) Firewall 2 3 (3.704 %) HTTP 3 2 (2.469 %) SSL 3 2 (2.469 %) SAN 3 2 (2.469 %) Intranet 3 2 (2.469 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (7.407 %) BusinessObjects 2 2 (2.469 %) SQL Server
General 1 53 (65.43 %) Finance 2 13 (16.05 %) Pensions 3 9 (11.11 %) Insurance 4 4 (4.938 %) Marketing 5 2 (2.469 %) Banking 6 1 (1.235 %) Retail 6 1 (1.235 %) Retail Banking	Job Titles 1 52 (64.20 %) Developer 2 18 (22.22 %) WebSphere Developer 3 16 (19.75 %) Java Developer 3 16 (19.75 %) J2EE Developer 4 12 (14.81 %) Architect 5 11 (13.58 %) WebSphere Architect 5 11 (13.58 %) Java/J2EE Developer 6 4 (4.938 %) WebSphere Portal Developer 6 4 (4.938 %) Configuration Manager 7 3 (3.704 %) Applications Developer 8 2 (2.469 %) Technical Architect 8 2 (2.469 %) Analyst 8 2 (2.469 %) Infrastructure Designer 8 2 (2.469 %) Systems Developer 9 1 (1.235 %) Configuration Analyst 9 1 (1.235 %) WebSphere Consultant 9 1 (1.235 %) Test Analyst 9 1 (1.235 %) Project Manager 9 1 (1.235 %) Web Developer 9 1 (1.235 %) Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.469 %) Thin Client 1 2 (2.469 %) PKI 1 2 (2.469 %) Fat Client	Operating Systems 1 13 (16.05 %) AIX 2 10 (12.35 %) Unix 3 2 (2.469 %) Windows 3 2 (2.469 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 25 (30.86 %) Agile Software Development 2 16 (19.75 %) OOD 3 14 (17.28 %) EAI 4 9 (11.11 %) Unit Testing 5 5 (6.173 %) Web Development 5 5 (6.173 %) DSDM 5 5 (6.173 %) E-Commerce 6 4 (4.938 %) RAD 6 4 (4.938 %) MVC 6 4 (4.938 %) Load Balancing 7 3 (3.704 %) Release Management 7 3 (3.704 %) PRINCE2 8 2 (2.469 %) RUP 8 2 (2.469 %) ITIL 8 2 (2.469 %) Change Management 8 2 (2.469 %) SOA 8 2 (2.469 %) PRINCE 9 1 (1.235 %) Project Management 9 1 (1.235 %) Network Design 9 1 (1.235 %) OO	Programming Languages 1 48 (59.26 %) Java 2 16 (19.75 %) DHTML 3 1 (1.235 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 1 (1.235 %) MCSE 1 1 (1.235 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (1.235 %) CNE 1 1 (1.235 %) Novell Certification 1 1 (1.235 %) IBM Certification	System Software 1 2 (2.469 %) VMware ESX 2 1 (1.235 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 3 (3.704 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 6 (7.407 %) Business Objects 2 5 (6.173 %) IBM 3 2 (2.469 %) Microsoft 3 2 (2.469 %) HP 3 2 (2.469 %) VMware 4 1 (1.235 %) Citrix