The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of webMethods products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited webMethods over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors for the South East 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within webMethods, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
webMethods
Rank 214 213 250
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +37
Contract jobs citing webMethods 9 29 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.116% 0.285% 0.085%
As % of the Vendors category 0.228% 0.578% 0.174%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 6
Average daily rate £500 £500 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +37.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £313 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £575 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £500 £375
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
Average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 5017 5160
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.61% 49.34% 48.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1935 2193 2036
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 383 429
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.35 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
webMethods
England

webMethods
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing webMethods across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South East webMethods Jobs Demand Trend

webMethods
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing webMethods across the South East region.

South East webMethods Daily Rate Trend

webMethods
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East webMethods Hourly Rate Trend

webMethods
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing webMethods within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Sussex +5 3 - -
Hampshire -2 3 - -
Kent - 2 £463 -
Surrey - 1 £525 -
webMethods
England

webMethods
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing webMethods 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 webMethods.

1 15 (50.00%) Web Services
2 13 (43.33%) Oracle
3 11 (36.67%) XML
4 10 (33.33%) Java
4 10 (33.33%) Software AG
5 8 (26.67%) SAP
5 8 (26.67%) OO
5 8 (26.67%) Linux
5 8 (26.67%) Subversion
6 7 (23.33%) Degree
6 7 (23.33%) ESB
6 7 (23.33%) Apache Axis
6 7 (23.33%) Java RMI
6 7 (23.33%) OOD
6 7 (23.33%) Eclipse
6 7 (23.33%) Swing
6 7 (23.33%) J2SE
6 7 (23.33%) Windows
6 7 (23.33%) JUnit
6 7 (23.33%) Hibernate
6 7 (23.33%) TDD
7 6 (20.00%) ERP
8 5 (16.67%) SAP PSCD
9 4 (13.33%) Revenue Management
9 4 (13.33%) NetWeaver
9 4 (13.33%) SAP FI
9 4 (13.33%) EAI
9 4 (13.33%) Adobe
10 3 (10.00%) WS-I
10 3 (10.00%) XML Schema

webMethods
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing webMethods 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 webMethods. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (50.00%) Web Services
2 11 (36.67%) XML
3 7 (23.33%) Apache Axis
3 7 (23.33%) Java RMI
3 7 (23.33%) Swing
3 7 (23.33%) J2SE
3 7 (23.33%) Hibernate
4 3 (10.00%) WS-I
4 3 (10.00%) XML Schema
4 3 (10.00%) JDBC
4 3 (10.00%) SOAP
4 3 (10.00%) SAP XI
5 2 (6.667%) SAP PI
6 1 (3.333%) J2EE
6 1 (3.333%) XSD
6 1 (3.333%) XSLT
6 1 (3.333%) JMS
6 1 (3.333%) Middleware
6 1 (3.333%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 7 (23.33%) ESB
2 4 (13.33%) NetWeaver
3 3 (10.00%) MQSeries
3 3 (10.00%) SAP Portal
4 1 (3.333%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 5 (16.67%) SAP PSCD
2 4 (13.33%) SAP FI
3 3 (10.00%) SAP CO
3 3 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (10.00%) SAP FI-CA
3 3 (10.00%) SAP ERP
4 1 (3.333%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (26.67%) Subversion
2 7 (23.33%) Eclipse
2 7 (23.33%) JUnit
3 1 (3.333%) JIRA
General
1 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (10.00%) Finance
1 3 (10.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (3.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Developer
2 7 (23.33%) Consultant
2 7 (23.33%) Java Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Architect
3 5 (16.67%) Java Swing Developer
3 5 (16.67%) SAP Architect
3 5 (16.67%) webMethods Developer
4 3 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) webMethods Consultant
5 2 (6.667%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.667%) Technical Leader
5 2 (6.667%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (6.667%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.667%) Administrator
5 2 (6.667%) Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Deployment Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.333%) FMCG
1 1 (3.333%) Social Network
1 1 (3.333%) Digital Media
1 1 (3.333%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 8 (26.67%) Linux
2 7 (23.33%) Windows
3 1 (3.333%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) OO
2 7 (23.33%) OOD
2 7 (23.33%) TDD
3 6 (20.00%) ERP
4 4 (13.33%) Revenue Management
4 4 (13.33%) EAI
5 3 (10.00%) SOA
5 3 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (6.667%) Test Management
6 2 (6.667%) Test Scripting
6 2 (6.667%) Release Management
7 1 (3.333%) CRM
7 1 (3.333%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.333%) UML
7 1 (3.333%) B2B
7 1 (3.333%) Configuration Management
7 1 (3.333%) Validation
7 1 (3.333%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (3.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) CCA
3 1 (3.333%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) Oracle
2 10 (33.33%) Software AG
3 8 (26.67%) SAP
4 4 (13.33%) Adobe
5 3 (10.00%) CA
6 1 (3.333%) IBM
6 1 (3.333%) HP
6 1 (3.333%) JDA
6 1 (3.333%) ATG