The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Application Server skills 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 WebSphere Application Server over the 3 months to 20 June 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 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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Rank 194 208 190
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -18
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Application Server 23 34 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.283% 0.346% 0.549%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.653% 2.244% 3.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 28
Average daily rate £450 £375 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -3.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £175 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £473 £375 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £400 £421
% change year-on-year
-1.56% -4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
- +27.77%
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1391 1515 1758
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 17.09% 15.42% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 734 737 793
Average daily rate £355 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 87 146
Average hourly rate £18.50 £23.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.56% +24.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
WebSphere Application Server
England

WebSphere Application Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South East WebSphere Application Server Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Application Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East WebSphere Application Server Hourly Rate Trend

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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hampshire +3 11 £458 +22.00% 1
Berkshire +10 5 £394 +12.50%
Buckinghamshire -13 5 £404 +267.50%
Surrey +11 2 £450 -
Kent - - - -
WebSphere Application Server
England

WebSphere Application Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 44 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 28 (63.64%) Web Services
3 26 (59.09%) IBM
4 19 (43.18%) WebSphere Process Server
5 17 (38.64%) Java
6 16 (36.36%) UML
7 15 (34.09%) Tivoli
7 15 (34.09%) Security Cleared
8 14 (31.82%) Unit Testing
9 13 (29.55%) Windows
9 13 (29.55%) J2EE
10 12 (27.27%) SQL
11 11 (25.00%) SharePoint
11 11 (25.00%) SC Cleared
12 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
13 9 (20.45%) SOA
13 9 (20.45%) Oracle
14 8 (18.18%) .NET
14 8 (18.18%) WSDL
14 8 (18.18%) Tivoli Identity Manager
14 8 (18.18%) KML
15 7 (15.91%) WebSphere Message Broker
15 7 (15.91%) SharePoint Server
15 7 (15.91%) HTTP
15 7 (15.91%) Visual Studio
15 7 (15.91%) Rational Application Developer
16 6 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (13.64%) IIS
16 6 (13.64%) TCP/IP
16 6 (13.64%) JBoss

WebSphere Application Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 44 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 28 (63.64%) Web Services
3 13 (29.55%) J2EE
4 8 (18.18%) .NET
4 8 (18.18%) WSDL
4 8 (18.18%) KML
5 5 (11.36%) Java EE
5 5 (11.36%) Spring
5 5 (11.36%) Hibernate
6 4 (9.091%) RichFaces
6 4 (9.091%) XSLT
6 4 (9.091%) Servlets
6 4 (9.091%) SOAP
6 4 (9.091%) EJB
6 4 (9.091%) Middleware
6 4 (9.091%) JSF
7 3 (6.818%) .NET Framework
7 3 (6.818%) WebSphere MQ
8 2 (4.545%) JPA
8 2 (4.545%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 19 (43.18%) WebSphere Process Server
2 11 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (15.91%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 7 (15.91%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (13.64%) IIS
4 6 (13.64%) Apache
4 6 (13.64%) Tomcat
4 6 (13.64%) ESB
5 5 (11.36%) IBM HTTP Server
5 5 (11.36%) WebLogic
6 4 (9.091%) WebSphere Portal
6 4 (9.091%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (4.545%) FileNet
8 1 (2.273%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (6.818%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.91%) HTTP
2 6 (13.64%) TCP/IP
3 5 (11.36%) SAN
3 5 (11.36%) LAN
4 4 (9.091%) Internet
5 2 (4.545%) LDAP
6 1 (2.273%) HTTPS
6 1 (2.273%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.091%) IBM InfoSphere
1 4 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.545%) DbVisualizer
2 2 (4.545%) TOAD
2 2 (4.545%) DTS
3 1 (2.273%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (2.273%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (2.273%) DB2
3 1 (2.273%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Visual Studio
1 7 (15.91%) Rational Application Developer
2 3 (6.818%) Maven
2 3 (6.818%) StarTeam
2 3 (6.818%) Ant
3 2 (4.545%) EasyMock
3 2 (4.545%) Cucumber
3 2 (4.545%) JUnit
3 2 (4.545%) jMock
4 1 (2.273%) Eclipse
General
1 4 (9.091%) Retail
2 3 (6.818%) Finance
3 2 (4.545%) Spanish Language
4 1 (2.273%) Electronics
4 1 (2.273%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (43.18%) Developer
2 14 (31.82%) WebSphere Developer
3 6 (13.64%) Architect
4 5 (11.36%) Analyst
4 5 (11.36%) Java Developer
5 4 (9.091%) Consultant
6 3 (6.818%) WebSphere Engineer
6 3 (6.818%) Test Analyst
6 3 (6.818%) Applications Support
6 3 (6.818%) WebSphere Consultant
7 2 (4.545%) Configuration Engineer
7 2 (4.545%) Java Engineer
7 2 (4.545%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.545%) WebSphere Specialist
7 2 (4.545%) Deployment Analyst
7 2 (4.545%) SOA Architect
8 1 (2.273%) Server Specialist
8 1 (2.273%) Lead Software Engineer
8 1 (2.273%) Systems Support
8 1 (2.273%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Clustering
2 2 (4.545%) Handset
2 2 (4.545%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.273%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (2.273%) Open Source
3 1 (2.273%) SaaS
3 1 (2.273%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 13 (29.55%) Windows
2 6 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (11.36%) Windows 7
4 4 (9.091%) AIX
5 3 (6.818%) UNIX
6 2 (4.545%) Solaris
7 1 (2.273%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) UML
2 14 (31.82%) Unit Testing
3 9 (20.45%) SOA
4 5 (11.36%) Content Management
4 5 (11.36%) Workflow
4 5 (11.36%) ITIL
4 5 (11.36%) OO
5 4 (9.091%) TDD
5 4 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (6.818%) Information Management
6 3 (6.818%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (6.818%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (4.545%) System Testing
7 2 (4.545%) Waterfall
7 2 (4.545%) Master Data Management
7 2 (4.545%) Configuration Management
7 2 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (4.545%) Service Delivery
7 2 (4.545%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (38.64%) Java
2 12 (27.27%) SQL
3 4 (9.091%) PL/SQL
3 4 (9.091%) Jython
4 2 (4.545%) Groovy
4 2 (4.545%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.273%) Korn
5 1 (2.273%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.273%) Perl
5 1 (2.273%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 15 (34.09%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.545%) ISEB
3 2 (4.545%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.273%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.545%) SLA
2 1 (2.273%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 5 (11.36%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (11.36%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.273%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 15 (34.09%) Tivoli
2 8 (18.18%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 5 (11.36%) Foglight
3 5 (11.36%) HP SIM
4 3 (6.818%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (59.09%) IBM
2 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 9 (20.45%) Oracle
4 6 (13.64%) JBoss
5 5 (11.36%) VMware
5 5 (11.36%) HP
6 3 (6.818%) Fujitsu
7 2 (4.545%) ILOG
7 2 (4.545%) ReadSoft
7 2 (4.545%) Lombardi
8 1 (2.273%) Sun
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