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The table below looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere skills within the Oxford 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2637
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.001 %
As % of the category below12.50 %1.064 %
Daily rates quoted71
Average minimum daily rate£429£350
Average daily rate£500£375
% change on same period last year+33.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£571£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£395£383
% change on same period last year+2.98 %
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£41.78£34.99
% change on same period last year+19.41 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads8894
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.119 %0.093 %
Daily rates quoted3220
Average minimum daily rate£332£287
Average daily rate£360£320
% change on same period last year+12.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted68
Average minimum hourly rate£16.08£25.69
Average hourly rate£17.25£27.38
% change on same period last year-37.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.42£29.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
WebSphere OxfordshireWebSphere
Oxfordshire

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 Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

111 (91.67 %)IBM
28 (66.67 %)BusinessObjects
28 (66.67 %)DB2
28 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
28 (66.67 %)Business Objects
28 (66.67 %)Data Management
37 (58.33 %)LDAP
37 (58.33 %)Datawarehouse
46 (50.00 %)Tivoli
54 (33.33 %)Middleware
54 (33.33 %)WebSphere MQ
54 (33.33 %)Java
54 (33.33 %)SQL
54 (33.33 %)BPEL
54 (33.33 %)ESB
63 (25.00 %)Computer Science
63 (25.00 %)Migration
63 (25.00 %)WPS
63 (25.00 %)Degree
63 (25.00 %)Servlets
63 (25.00 %)SOAP
63 (25.00 %)XML
63 (25.00 %)BizTalk Server
72 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (16.67 %)LAN
72 (16.67 %)WAN
72 (16.67 %)Windows
72 (16.67 %)Linux
72 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
72 (16.67 %)MS Excel

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (33.33 %)Middleware
23 (25.00 %)XML
23 (25.00 %)Servlets
23 (25.00 %)SOAP
31 (8.333 %)WebServices
31 (8.333 %).NET
31 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
31 (8.333 %)JMS
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (33.33 %)WebSphere MQ
14 (33.33 %)ESB
23 (25.00 %)WPS
23 (25.00 %)BizTalk Server
31 (8.333 %)SharePoint
31 (8.333 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (8.333 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (16.67 %)MS Excel
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (58.33 %)LDAP
22 (16.67 %)LAN
22 (16.67 %)WAN
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (66.67 %)DB2
18 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
18 (66.67 %)BusinessObjects
27 (58.33 %)Datawarehouse
32 (16.67 %)DB2 UDB
41 (8.333 %)SQL Server
41 (8.333 %)DataStage
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)Visual Studio
11 (8.333 %)RequisitePro
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Government
11 (8.333 %)Local Government
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Developer
23 (25.00 %)Analyst
32 (16.67 %)Data Analyst
32 (16.67 %)Solutions Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Technical Analyst
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (25.00 %)Computer Science
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (16.67 %)Windows
12 (16.67 %)Linux
12 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
12 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (66.67 %)Data Management
24 (33.33 %)BPEL
33 (25.00 %)Migration
42 (16.67 %)Data Migration
51 (8.333 %)Resource Management
51 (8.333 %)UML
51 (8.333 %)Data Modelling
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (33.33 %)Java
14 (33.33 %)SQL
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (25.00 %)Degree
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (50.00 %)Tivoli
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (91.67 %)IBM
28 (66.67 %)Business Objects
31 (8.333 %)Oracle
31 (8.333 %)Microsoft