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 West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited webMethods over the 3 months to 22 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 West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
webMethods
Rank 109 - 112
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing webMethods 2 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.097% - 0.290%
As % of the Vendors category 0.222% - 0.655%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
Average daily rate £350 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £500 £375
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
899 1395 1222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.62% 42.23% 44.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 802 562
Average daily rate £370 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £271 £204
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 101 111
Average hourly rate £13.95 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.20% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.10 £50.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
webMethods
England

webMethods
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Dorset - 1 - -
webMethods
England

webMethods
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) XSLT
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) SOA
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Temenos
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Java EE
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Temenos T24
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

webMethods
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) XSLT
1 1 (50.00%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Temenos T24
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) SOA
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Temenos