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This section looks at the demand for the WebSphere Specialist role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 WebSphere Specialist
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank99121
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.171 %0.058 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£340
Average daily rate-£340
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£460£451
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads23443468
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.124 %3.460 %
Daily rates quoted538682
Average minimum daily rate£292£300
Average daily rate£317£317
% change on same period last year+0.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted156207
Average minimum hourly rate£21.32£19.42
Average hourly rate£23.36£20.57
% change on same period last year+13.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.41£21.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
WebSphere Specialist UKWebSphere Specialist
UK

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 Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Specialist across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland WebSphere Specialist Demand Trend

WebSphere Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland WebSphere Specialist Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Specialist
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Specialist within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+101--
WebSphere Specialist UKWebSphere Specialist
UK

WebSphere Specialist
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited WebSphere Specialist in their job title 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 with WebSphere Specialist in their job title.

112 (100.00 %)WebSphere
28 (66.67 %)UNIX
37 (58.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
46 (50.00 %)J2EE
46 (50.00 %)Solaris
46 (50.00 %)HTTP
46 (50.00 %)IBM
46 (50.00 %)Finance
46 (50.00 %)IBM HTTP Server
53 (25.00 %)Middleware
53 (25.00 %)Migration
53 (25.00 %)WebSphere MQ
62 (16.67 %)Java
71 (8.333 %)WPS
71 (8.333 %)Disaster Recovery
71 (8.333 %)WebSphere Message Broker
71 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
71 (8.333 %)Perl
71 (8.333 %)Oracle
71 (8.333 %)Ant
71 (8.333 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (8.333 %)XML
71 (8.333 %)XSLT
71 (8.333 %)Tivoli
71 (8.333 %)RAD
71 (8.333 %)Eclipse

WebSphere Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited WebSphere Specialist in their job title 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 with WebSphere Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (100.00 %)WebSphere
26 (50.00 %)J2EE
33 (25.00 %)Middleware
41 (8.333 %)XML
41 (8.333 %)XSLT
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (58.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
26 (50.00 %)IBM HTTP Server
33 (25.00 %)WebSphere MQ
41 (8.333 %)WPS
41 (8.333 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (50.00 %)HTTP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)Ant
11 (8.333 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (8.333 %)Eclipse
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (50.00 %)Finance
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (66.67 %)UNIX
26 (50.00 %)Solaris
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)Migration
21 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
21 (8.333 %)RAD
21 (8.333 %)Disaster Recovery
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (16.67 %)Java
21 (8.333 %)Perl
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (8.333 %)Tivoli
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (50.00 %)IBM
21 (8.333 %)Oracle