The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 50 52 34
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -18
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 1 5 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.219% 0.808% 3.024%
As % of the Application Development category 1.042% 2.604% 7.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 13
Average daily rate - £475 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +25.82%
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £415 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.12% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £23.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £45.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-33.70% +39.23%
All Application Development
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
96 192 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 21.05% 31.02% 42.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 98 119
Average daily rate £320 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £218 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 5
Average hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.83% +20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
South East

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) .NET
1 4 (80.00%) XML
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Ajax
2 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) TDD
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow Management
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
2 3 (60.00%) N-Tier
2 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 3 (60.00%) XSL
2 3 (60.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) CSS
2 3 (60.00%) HTML
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) LDAP
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) MS Access
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) ODBC
3 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (20.00%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 4 (80.00%) .NET
1 4 (80.00%) XML
2 3 (60.00%) Ajax
2 3 (60.00%) XSL
2 3 (60.00%) CSS
2 3 (60.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (20.00%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
1 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Portal
1 1 (20.00%) QuickPlace
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MS Access
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
1 4 (80.00%) .NET Developer
1 4 (80.00%) C# Developer
1 4 (80.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Agile .NET Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Agile C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior WebSphere Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Senior C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Domino Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Scrum
1 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (60.00%) TDD
1 3 (60.00%) Workflow Management
1 3 (60.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) LotusScript
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Lotus
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