The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Application Server 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 Platforms category for the Scotland 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 Application Server (WAS)
Rank 98 91 87
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -4
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 20 19 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.820% 0.714% 0.869%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.619% 4.715% 5.217%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 19
Average daily rate £413 £285 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.73% -32.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £277 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £357 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £380 £425
% change year-on-year
+1.97% -10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
- +27.77%
All Application Platforms
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
433 403 460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 17.75% 15.15% 16.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 163 209
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £430 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 18 17
Average hourly rate £15.77 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.92% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
WebSphere Application Server
UK

WebSphere Application Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland WebSphere Application Server Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Scotland region.

Scotland WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Application Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Application Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Application Server within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Edinburgh +13 13 £406 -
Glasgow -23 3 £438 +53.50%
Midlothian - 2 - -
Stirling - 1 £425 -
WebSphere Application Server
UK

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing WebSphere Application Server 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 Application Server.

1 38 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 23 (60.53%) IBM
3 21 (55.26%) WebSphere Portal
4 18 (47.37%) Finance
4 18 (47.37%) Java
5 15 (39.47%) JSF
5 15 (39.47%) Linux
6 14 (36.84%) UNIX
7 12 (31.58%) JSR 286
8 11 (28.95%) Web Services
9 10 (26.32%) jQuery
10 9 (23.68%) Content Management
10 9 (23.68%) Banking
10 9 (23.68%) HTTP
11 8 (21.05%) WebSphere MQ
11 8 (21.05%) MQSeries
12 7 (18.42%) AIX
12 7 (18.42%) J2EE
12 7 (18.42%) Oracle
12 7 (18.42%) IBM Certification
12 7 (18.42%) Rational Application Developer
13 6 (15.79%) SQL Server
13 6 (15.79%) XML
13 6 (15.79%) Solaris
13 6 (15.79%) Windows
13 6 (15.79%) SOAP
13 6 (15.79%) Apache
14 5 (13.16%) JBoss
14 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
14 5 (13.16%) Tivoli

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing WebSphere Application Server 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 Application Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 38 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 15 (39.47%) JSF
3 12 (31.58%) JSR 286
4 11 (28.95%) Web Services
5 10 (26.32%) jQuery
6 7 (18.42%) J2EE
7 6 (15.79%) XML
7 6 (15.79%) SOAP
8 5 (13.16%) Ajax
9 4 (10.53%) HTML5
9 4 (10.53%) Spring
9 4 (10.53%) JSON
9 4 (10.53%) JAX-WS
9 4 (10.53%) Middleware
9 4 (10.53%) JSP
9 4 (10.53%) Servlets
10 3 (7.895%) CSS
10 3 (7.895%) Dojo
10 3 (7.895%) REST
10 3 (7.895%) Worklight
Application Platforms
1 21 (55.26%) WebSphere Portal
2 8 (21.05%) WebSphere MQ
2 8 (21.05%) MQSeries
3 6 (15.79%) Apache
4 4 (10.53%) FileNet
4 4 (10.53%) IBM HTTP Server
4 4 (10.53%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 4 (10.53%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
4 4 (10.53%) Tomcat
5 3 (7.895%) WebSphere Process Server
6 1 (2.632%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.895%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.68%) HTTP
2 4 (10.53%) LDAP
3 2 (5.263%) SSL
3 2 (5.263%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.263%) SAN
4 1 (2.632%) HTTPS
4 1 (2.632%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (10.53%) Oracle 8/8i
2 4 (10.53%) DB2
Development Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Rational Application Developer
2 3 (7.895%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.632%) Ant
3 1 (2.632%) JUnit
3 1 (2.632%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.632%) Maven
3 1 (2.632%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (47.37%) Finance
2 9 (23.68%) Banking
3 4 (10.53%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.632%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.632%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.632%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (47.37%) Developer
2 17 (44.74%) WebSphere Developer
3 11 (28.95%) Architect
4 7 (18.42%) WebSphere Portal Developer
4 7 (18.42%) Portal Developer
5 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Designer
5 5 (13.16%) Technical Specialist
5 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Architect
5 5 (13.16%) Designer
6 4 (10.53%) WebSphere Specialist
6 4 (10.53%) WebSphere Architect
7 3 (7.895%) Consultant
7 3 (7.895%) Administrator
7 3 (7.895%) WebSphere Consultant
7 3 (7.895%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 3 (7.895%) WebSphere Administrator
7 3 (7.895%) WebSphere Portal Architect
8 2 (5.263%) WebSphere Technical Specialist
8 2 (5.263%) Analyst
9 1 (2.632%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.895%) Graphic Design
1 3 (7.895%) Web 2.0
1 3 (7.895%) Open Source
2 1 (2.632%) N-Tier
2 1 (2.632%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.632%) DataPower
2 1 (2.632%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 15 (39.47%) Linux
2 14 (36.84%) UNIX
3 7 (18.42%) AIX
4 6 (15.79%) Solaris
4 6 (15.79%) Windows
5 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (7.895%) Windows XP
6 3 (7.895%) zOS
6 3 (7.895%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.68%) Content Management
2 4 (10.53%) Unit Testing
2 4 (10.53%) RAD
3 3 (7.895%) OO
3 3 (7.895%) Time Management
3 3 (7.895%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (7.895%) Web Design
4 2 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (5.263%) Asset Management
4 2 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (5.263%) ITIL
5 1 (2.632%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.632%) UML
5 1 (2.632%) Project Management
5 1 (2.632%) Performance Testing
5 1 (2.632%) Integration Testing
5 1 (2.632%) Test Scripting
5 1 (2.632%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (2.632%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.632%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 18 (47.37%) Java
2 3 (7.895%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.632%) SQL
3 1 (2.632%) REXX
3 1 (2.632%) JCL
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Tivoli Directory Server
2 3 (7.895%) XenDesktop
2 3 (7.895%) VMware ESX
3 2 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Tivoli
2 1 (2.632%) Control-M
2 1 (2.632%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 23 (60.53%) IBM
2 7 (18.42%) Oracle
3 5 (13.16%) JBoss
3 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
4 4 (10.53%) EMC
4 4 (10.53%) Citrix
4 4 (10.53%) Lotus
5 3 (7.895%) Red Hat
5 3 (7.895%) Symantec
5 3 (7.895%) VMware
5 3 (7.895%) Dell
6 2 (5.263%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (2.632%) CA
7 1 (2.632%) Sun
7 1 (2.632%) Cadis
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