South East WebSphere Developer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Developer role in IT contracts within the South East 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

WebSphere Developer
Location Birmingham Cambridgeshire City of London Corby East Anglia East Midlands East of England Eastleigh England Epsom Farnborough Farnham Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Leeds London Manchester Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Portsmouth Scotland South Coast South East South West Southampton Surrey Swindon UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	222	281
Rank change on same period last year	+59
Matching contract IT job ads	31	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.042 %	0.019 %
As % of the category below	0.272 %	0.118 %
Daily rates quoted	2	3
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£400
Average daily rate	£369	£442
% change on same period last year	-16.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£483
UK excluding London average daily rate	£347	£417
% change on same period last year	-16.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£45.00	-
Average hourly rate	£50.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£55.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£50.00	£67.00
% change on same period last year	-25.37 %
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	11411	16150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.42 %	15.93 %
Daily rates quoted	2943	4160
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£339
Average daily rate	£356	£357
% change on same period last year	-0.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	1352	2039
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.46	£25.59
Average hourly rate	£23.96	£27.04
% change on same period last year	-11.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.47	£28.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
WebSphere Developer England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Developer across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Developer within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hampshire	+42	23	£350	-24.32 %
Surrey	-	3	-	-
Home Counties	-	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited WebSphere Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

1 65 (100.00 %) WebSphere 2 45 (69.23 %) Java 3 36 (55.38 %) WebServices 4 31 (47.69 %) J2EE 5 27 (41.54 %) JDBC 6 26 (40.00 %) Business Objects 6 26 (40.00 %) SAP 6 26 (40.00 %) BusinessObjects 7 25 (38.46 %) UNIX 8 21 (32.31 %) WebSphere MQ 9 16 (24.62 %) SOA 10 13 (20.00 %) WebSphere Application Server 10 13 (20.00 %) IBM 11 11 (16.92 %) WebSphere Message Broker 12 9 (13.85 %) Finance

12 9 (13.85 %) XML 13 8 (12.31 %) AIX 13 8 (12.31 %) Eclipse 13 8 (12.31 %) SC Cleared 13 8 (12.31 %) Security Cleared 14 6 (9.231 %) DB2 14 6 (9.231 %) WPS 15 5 (7.692 %) Retail 15 5 (7.692 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 15 5 (7.692 %) BC Cleared 16 4 (6.154 %) RAD 16 4 (6.154 %) Insurance 17 3 (4.615 %) JSF 17 3 (4.615 %) EAI 17 3 (4.615 %) Tivoli

WebSphere Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited WebSphere Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 65 (100.00 %) WebSphere 2 36 (55.38 %) WebServices 3 31 (47.69 %) J2EE 4 27 (41.54 %) JDBC 5 9 (13.85 %) XML 6 3 (4.615 %) JSF 7 2 (3.077 %) AJAX 7 2 (3.077 %) XSLT 7 2 (3.077 %) JSP 7 2 (3.077 %) EJB 8 1 (1.538 %) Middleware 8 1 (1.538 %) XML Messaging 8 1 (1.538 %) JRules 8 1 (1.538 %) WBIMB 8 1 (1.538 %) JSR 168	Application Platforms 1 21 (32.31 %) WebSphere MQ 2 13 (20.00 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 11 (16.92 %) WebSphere Message Broker 4 6 (9.231 %) WPS 5 2 (3.077 %) MQSeries 6 1 (1.538 %) ESB
Communications & Networking 1 2 (3.077 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 26 (40.00 %) BusinessObjects 2 6 (9.231 %) DB2 3 1 (1.538 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 1 (1.538 %) Oracle 9i 3 1 (1.538 %) Oracle 10g 3 1 (1.538 %) DB2 UDB
Development Applications 1 8 (12.31 %) Eclipse 2 5 (7.692 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 3 2 (3.077 %) ClearQuest 3 2 (3.077 %) JUnit 3 2 (3.077 %) ClearCase	General 1 9 (13.85 %) Finance 2 5 (7.692 %) Retail 3 4 (6.154 %) Insurance 4 2 (3.077 %) Banking 5 1 (1.538 %) Automotive 5 1 (1.538 %) Government 5 1 (1.538 %) Financial Institution 5 1 (1.538 %) Telecoms
Operating Systems 1 25 (38.46 %) UNIX 2 8 (12.31 %) AIX 3 2 (3.077 %) Linux 4 1 (1.538 %) SUSE 4 1 (1.538 %) HPUX 4 1 (1.538 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (24.62 %) SOA 2 8 (12.31 %) SC Cleared 2 8 (12.31 %) Security Cleared 3 5 (7.692 %) BC Cleared 4 4 (6.154 %) RAD 5 3 (4.615 %) EAI 6 2 (3.077 %) BPEL 6 2 (3.077 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 1 (1.538 %) Unit Testing 7 1 (1.538 %) Data Mapping 7 1 (1.538 %) UML 7 1 (1.538 %) RUP 7 1 (1.538 %) E-business
Programming Languages 1 45 (69.23 %) Java 2 2 (3.077 %) Shell Script	Systems Management 1 3 (4.615 %) Tivoli 2 1 (1.538 %) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors 1 26 (40.00 %) Business Objects 1 26 (40.00 %) SAP 2 13 (20.00 %) IBM 3 2 (3.077 %) Siebel 4 1 (1.538 %) Oracle