The first table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Developer role 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 WebSphere Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WebSphere Developer
Rank - 138 113
Contract jobs requiring a WebSphere Developer 0 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.030% 0.143%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.032% 0.151%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £390 £500
% change year-on-year
+8.97% -22.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1930 3082 2645
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.24% 93.00% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1158 1838 1307
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £228 £200
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 138 193 247
Average hourly rate £15.40 £23.88 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.49% +13.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
WebSphere Developer
England

WebSphere Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West WebSphere Developer Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West WebSphere Developer Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Developer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 14 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 12 (85.71%) IBM
3 9 (64.29%) Java
3 9 (64.29%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
4 4 (28.57%) Oracle
5 3 (21.43%) J2EE
6 2 (14.29%) SOA
7 1 (7.143%) HTTP
7 1 (7.143%) WSDL
7 1 (7.143%) SSL
7 1 (7.143%) ILOG
7 1 (7.143%) Finance
7 1 (7.143%) WebSphere Process Server
7 1 (7.143%) JMS
7 1 (7.143%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (7.143%) SOAP
7 1 (7.143%) XML
7 1 (7.143%) Wall Street Systems
7 1 (7.143%) DataPower
7 1 (7.143%) ESB

WebSphere Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 14 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (21.43%) J2EE
3 1 (7.143%) SOAP
3 1 (7.143%) XML
3 1 (7.143%) JMS
3 1 (7.143%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 9 (64.29%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (7.143%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (7.143%) WebSphere Process Server
2 1 (7.143%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) HTTP
1 1 (7.143%) SSL
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) DataPower
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
2 2 (14.29%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) Java
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) IBM
2 4 (28.57%) Oracle
3 1 (7.143%) ILOG
3 1 (7.143%) Wall Street Systems