The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Process 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 Process Server over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Process Server (WPS)
Rank 119 104 106
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +2
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Process Server 2 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.081% 0.037% 0.146%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.454% 0.249% 0.879%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
Average daily rate £450 £400 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +45.45%
UK excluding London average daily rate £431 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
+1.47% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
441 401 455
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 17.80% 14.99% 16.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 163 208
Average daily rate £350 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £428 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 16
Average hourly rate £15.77 £25.00 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.92% -18.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.48 £10.00 £16.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.05 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
WebSphere Process Server
UK

WebSphere Process Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland WebSphere Process Server Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Process Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland WebSphere Process Server Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Process 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 Process Server within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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 - 2 £450 -
WebSphere Process Server
UK

WebSphere Process Server
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing WebSphere Process 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 Process Server.

1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere Portal
2 2 (66.67%) HTML5
2 2 (66.67%) REST
2 2 (66.67%) Worklight
2 2 (66.67%) JSON
2 2 (66.67%) jQuery
2 2 (66.67%) JSR 286
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) IBM
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) JSF
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Ajax
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Process Management
3 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 1 (33.33%) SOAP
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) J2EE
3 1 (33.33%) IBM Certification

WebSphere Process Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing WebSphere Process 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 Process Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (66.67%) HTML5
2 2 (66.67%) REST
2 2 (66.67%) Worklight
2 2 (66.67%) JSON
2 2 (66.67%) jQuery
2 2 (66.67%) JSR 286
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) JSF
3 1 (33.33%) Ajax
3 1 (33.33%) SOAP
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere Portal
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Server Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Architect
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM