The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere 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 of the Application Development category for the South Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 29 22 10
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -12
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 3 10 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.149% 3.745% 10.42%
As % of the Application Development category 3.846% 11.90% 24.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 25
Average daily rate £495 £500 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.00% +11.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £413 £413
% change year-on-year
-6.06% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-47.82% +76.92%
All Application Development
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
78 84 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 29.89% 31.46% 42.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 44 77
Average daily rate £280 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 8
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
Yorkshire

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire WebSphere Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere within the South Yorkshire 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
Barnsley - 1 £525 -
WebSphere
Yorkshire

WebSphere
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

1 3 (60.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) CICS
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (20.00%) Middleware
3 1 (20.00%) Cognos
3 1 (20.00%) FTP
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (40.00%) CICS
3 1 (20.00%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) FTP
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (20.00%) Middleware Specialist
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cognos
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
South Yorkshire
The ideal candidate will have solid experience in: - Java (3+ years) - XML - Apache - Maven/Ant - JUnit & relevant testing experience - Subversion - HTML, CSS & JavaScript - Oracle - Agile SCRUM Desirables: - WebSphere,...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
South Yorkshire
You will be required to build up knowledge of messaging systems other than WebSphere Message broker, such as MQ and in house CICS based message routing and transformation...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £450.00 - £480.00 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013