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This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8281
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads224321
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.299 %0.325 %
As % of the category below8.043 %7.643 %
Daily rates quoted5482
Average minimum daily rate£381£390
Average daily rate£407£417
% change on same period last year-2.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£433£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£404£392
% change on same period last year+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted96
Average minimum hourly rate£39.22£39.17
Average hourly rate£42.61£42.92
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£46.00£46.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.25£39.62
% change on same period last year+4.12 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South East
Matching contract IT job ads27854200
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.712 %4.249 %
Daily rates quoted6831044
Average minimum daily rate£310£310
Average daily rate£328£328
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted253429
Average minimum hourly rate£32.19£34.39
Average hourly rate£34.14£36.86
% change on same period last year-7.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.08£39.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
WebSphere EnglandWebSphere
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.

WebSphere
Demand Trend

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

South East WebSphere Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East WebSphere Hourly Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
HampshireUp+2589£394+5.79 %
BerkshireUp+2935£346-19.28 %
SurreyDown-5025£494+11.85 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1921£405-14.73 %
OxfordshireUp+713£500-
SussexUp+1710--
Home CountiesNew entry-5--
MiddlesexDown-74£300-32.99 %
Thames ValleyUp+234£400-
KentNo change01--
West SussexUp+31--
WebSphere EnglandWebSphere
England

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing WebSphere 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.

1281 (55.86 %)Java
2219 (43.54 %)J2EE
3161 (32.01 %)UNIX
4150 (29.82 %)Finance
5131 (26.04 %)IBM
6116 (23.06 %)WebSphere Application Server
7111 (22.07 %)SQL
8108 (21.47 %)WebSphere MQ
997 (19.28 %)DB2
1092 (18.29 %)AIX
1185 (16.90 %)Oracle
1281 (16.10 %)Windows
1375 (14.91 %)XML
1468 (13.52 %)UML
1566 (13.12 %)SAP
1663 (12.52 %)JSP
1758 (11.53 %)HTML
1856 (11.13 %)Struts
1952 (10.34 %)JavaScript
2051 (10.14 %)Solaris
2150 (9.940 %)RUP
2150 (9.940 %)WebServices
2247 (9.344 %)OO
2346 (9.145 %)JDBC
2346 (9.145 %)Tivoli
2444 (8.748 %)Shell Script
2543 (8.549 %)Servlets
2642 (8.350 %)SOA
2740 (7.952 %)Hibernate
2740 (7.952 %)Security Cleared

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing WebSphere 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1219 (43.54 %)J2EE
275 (14.91 %)XML
363 (12.52 %)JSP
458 (11.53 %)HTML
556 (11.13 %)Struts
650 (9.940 %)WebServices
746 (9.145 %)JDBC
843 (8.549 %)Servlets
940 (7.952 %)Hibernate
1036 (7.157 %)Spring
1134 (6.759 %)EJB
1231 (6.163 %)JSF
1325 (4.970 %)AJAX
1423 (4.573 %)XSLT
1520 (3.976 %)SOAP
1520 (3.976 %)ASP
1520 (3.976 %)Middleware
1617 (3.380 %)CSS
1715 (2.982 %)JRules
1814 (2.783 %)SAP ALE
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1116 (23.06 %)WebSphere Application Server
2108 (21.47 %)WebSphere MQ
338 (7.555 %)WebSphere Message Broker
428 (5.567 %)WebLogic
519 (3.777 %)IIS
519 (3.777 %)MQSeries
617 (3.380 %)WPS
715 (2.982 %)CMS
813 (2.584 %)ESB
99 (1.789 %)Apache
107 (1.392 %)NetWeaver
107 (1.392 %)BizTalk Server
116 (1.193 %)IBM HTTP Server
124 (0.795 %)Tomcat
133 (0.596 %)JBoss
133 (0.596 %)Oracle Application Server
142 (0.398 %)WebLogic Portal
142 (0.398 %)WebLogic Integration
151 (0.199 %)Oracle Workflow
151 (0.199 %)SharePoint
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
128 (5.567 %)MS Excel
216 (3.181 %)MS Office
39 (1.789 %)MS Visio
39 (1.789 %)MS Project
47 (1.392 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.795 %)Photoshop
54 (0.795 %)ImageReady
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.795 %)Sophis VALUE
21 (0.199 %)MAXIMO
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
139 (7.753 %)Internet
222 (4.374 %)Intranet
318 (3.579 %)LDAP
318 (3.579 %)HTTP
416 (3.181 %)SAN
511 (2.187 %)TCP/IP
69 (1.789 %)LAN
78 (1.590 %)Extranet
87 (1.392 %)SSH
93 (0.596 %)WAN
102 (0.398 %)DNS
102 (0.398 %)Bluetooth
111 (0.199 %)VoIP
111 (0.199 %)FTP
111 (0.199 %)RFID
111 (0.199 %)Firewall
111 (0.199 %)Wireless
111 (0.199 %)BSS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
197 (19.28 %)DB2
238 (7.555 %)BusinessObjects
336 (7.157 %)RDBMS
428 (5.567 %)SQL Server
515 (2.982 %)Oracle 10g
611 (2.187 %)DB2 UDB
710 (1.988 %)Oracle 9i
710 (1.988 %)SQL Server 7
89 (1.789 %)SQL Server 2005
98 (1.590 %)Crystal Reports
107 (1.392 %)Datawarehouse
114 (0.795 %)Data Mining
114 (0.795 %)DataStage
114 (0.795 %)Oracle 8/8i
114 (0.795 %)SAP BI
123 (0.596 %)Informix
132 (0.398 %)QualityStage
132 (0.398 %)SQL Server 2000
132 (0.398 %)MS Access
141 (0.199 %)MySQL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
128 (5.567 %)Eclipse
226 (5.169 %)JUnit
325 (4.970 %)ClearCase
325 (4.970 %)TestDirector
412 (2.386 %)FrontPage
510 (1.988 %)ClearQuest
68 (1.590 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
76 (1.193 %)WinRunner
85 (0.994 %)Subversion
94 (0.795 %)Selenium
94 (0.795 %)Ant
94 (0.795 %)Rational Rose
103 (0.596 %)PVCS
103 (0.596 %)VSS/SourceSafe
103 (0.596 %)JDeveloper
103 (0.596 %)Log4j
112 (0.398 %)Introscope
112 (0.398 %)RequisitePro
112 (0.398 %)LoadRunner
112 (0.398 %)JBuilder
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1150 (29.82 %)Finance
237 (7.356 %)Banking
336 (7.157 %)Insurance
420 (3.976 %)Retail
519 (3.777 %)Government
616 (3.181 %)Telecoms
79 (1.789 %)Financial Institution
85 (0.994 %)Pensions
85 (0.994 %)Retail Banking
85 (0.994 %)Online Banking
94 (0.795 %)Pharmaceutical
103 (0.596 %)Health
103 (0.596 %)Manufacturing
103 (0.596 %)Education
112 (0.398 %)Marketing
112 (0.398 %)Billing
112 (0.398 %)Aerospace
112 (0.398 %)Automotive
112 (0.398 %)Construction
121 (0.199 %)Back Office
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1226 (44.93 %)Developer
2106 (21.07 %)Java Developer
388 (17.50 %)Analyst
471 (14.12 %)J2EE Developer
566 (13.12 %)WebSphere Developer
663 (12.52 %)Java/J2EE Developer
739 (7.753 %)Administrator
832 (6.362 %)Architect
925 (4.970 %)Support Analyst
1024 (4.771 %)Tester
1119 (3.777 %)Systems Administrator
1216 (3.181 %)Business Analyst
1216 (3.181 %)Consultant
1314 (2.783 %)Integration Analyst
1413 (2.584 %)Project Manager
1413 (2.584 %)SAP Analyst
1512 (2.386 %)Test Analyst
1512 (2.386 %)WebSphere Architect
1611 (2.187 %)UNIX Administrator
1611 (2.187 %)Applications Support
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (4.573 %)Clustering
214 (2.783 %)Mainframe
310 (1.988 %)Management Information System
48 (1.590 %)N-Tier
55 (0.994 %)Replication
64 (0.795 %)HACMP
64 (0.795 %)Computer Science
73 (0.596 %)French Language
73 (0.596 %)AS400
73 (0.596 %)CMDB
82 (0.398 %)Data Integration
91 (0.199 %)German Language
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1161 (32.01 %)UNIX
292 (18.29 %)AIX
381 (16.10 %)Windows
451 (10.14 %)Solaris
525 (4.970 %)Linux
615 (2.982 %)Windows 2000
712 (2.386 %)Windows NT
811 (2.187 %)OpenVMS
811 (2.187 %)Tru64
98 (1.590 %)SUSE
98 (1.590 %)MVS
105 (0.994 %)Windows XP
114 (0.795 %)Windows Server 2003
123 (0.596 %)zOS
132 (0.398 %)HPUX
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
168 (13.52 %)UML
250 (9.940 %)RUP
347 (9.344 %)OO
442 (8.350 %)SOA
540 (7.952 %)Security Cleared
626 (5.169 %)SC Cleared
722 (4.374 %)Project Management
821 (4.175 %)E-Commerce
821 (4.175 %)Content Management
919 (3.777 %)OOD
919 (3.777 %)Migration
1015 (2.982 %)OOA/OOD
1015 (2.982 %)ITIL
1114 (2.783 %)Time Management
1114 (2.783 %)Use Case
1212 (2.386 %)Service Management
1311 (2.187 %)Business Analysis
149 (1.789 %)Integration Testing
149 (1.789 %)Test Scripting
149 (1.789 %)Service Delivery
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1281 (55.86 %)Java
2111 (22.07 %)SQL
352 (10.34 %)JavaScript
444 (8.748 %)Shell Script
517 (3.380 %)VBScript
616 (3.181 %)Perl
715 (2.982 %)C
715 (2.982 %)Korn
814 (2.783 %)PL/SQL
99 (1.789 %)VB
107 (1.392 %)C++
107 (1.392 %)PHP
116 (1.193 %)Jython
124 (0.795 %)DHTML
133 (0.596 %)C#
142 (0.398 %)RPG
142 (0.398 %)XQuery
142 (0.398 %)XPath
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
121 (4.175 %)Degree
28 (1.590 %)ISEB
37 (1.392 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (1.392 %)MCSE
37 (1.392 %)MCSA
45 (0.994 %)ITIL Certification
53 (0.596 %)IBM Certification
53 (0.596 %)Sun Certification
62 (0.398 %)IBM AIX Certification
62 (0.398 %)PMP
62 (0.398 %)PMI Certification
62 (0.398 %)PRINCE2 Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (2.584 %)QA
24 (0.795 %)SLA
33 (0.596 %)ISO8583
42 (0.398 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.199 %)GLP
51 (0.199 %)GxP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (2.584 %)Active Directory
212 (2.386 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
39 (1.789 %)VMware ESX
44 (0.795 %)Oracle RMAN
44 (0.795 %)AquaLogic
44 (0.795 %)Oracle RAC
52 (0.398 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (0.398 %)VMware Infrastructure
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
146 (9.145 %)Tivoli
224 (4.771 %)CONTROL-M
311 (2.187 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
47 (1.392 %)WSUS
54 (0.795 %)OMEGAMON
62 (0.398 %)AllFusion Endevor
62 (0.398 %)CA SiteMinder
62 (0.398 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
71 (0.199 %)Netcool
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1131 (26.04 %)IBM
285 (16.90 %)Oracle
366 (13.12 %)SAP
438 (7.555 %)Business Objects
529 (5.765 %)Sun
618 (3.579 %)Microsoft
713 (2.584 %)BEA
713 (2.584 %)HP
713 (2.584 %)Remedy
812 (2.386 %)ILOG
911 (2.187 %)Ab Initio
911 (2.187 %)VMware
1010 (1.988 %)Tridion
118 (1.590 %)FatWire
127 (1.392 %)Siebel
136 (1.193 %)Mercator
144 (0.795 %)TIBCO
144 (0.795 %)Sophis
144 (0.795 %)Google
144 (0.795 %)Compaq
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