The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Process Server skills 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 Process Server 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 of the Application Platforms category 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
IBM WebSphere Process Server (WPS)
Rank - 138 116
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Process Server 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.030% 0.036%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 0.174% 0.233%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £431 £413 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.54% +3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
372 574 429
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 18.16% 17.32% 15.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 342 219
Average daily rate £350 £358 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.09% +15.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £441 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 34 25
Average hourly rate £19.00 £25.00 £20.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.00% +24.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.05 £16.45 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £41.50 £40.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
WebSphere Process Server
England

WebSphere Process Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West WebSphere Process Server Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Process Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West WebSphere Process Server Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Process Server
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing WebSphere Process 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 Process Server.

1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) WSDL
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) ILOG
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) ESB
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 1 (100.00%) Wall Street Systems
1 1 (100.00%) DataPower

WebSphere Process Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing WebSphere Process 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 Process Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) WSDL
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (100.00%) ESB
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) DataPower
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) ILOG
1 1 (100.00%) Wall Street Systems