The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of webMethods products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited webMethods 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 Vendors currently tracked.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
webMethods
Rank 498 497 544
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +47
Contract jobs citing webMethods 32 81 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.069% 0.139% 0.072%
As % of the Vendors category 0.147% 0.299% 0.154%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 34 17
Average daily rate £500 £500 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £341 £345
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £568 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £500 £375
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
Average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21775 27088 28510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 46.93% 46.48% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11633 13855 14263
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1193 1289 1605
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

webMethods
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

webMethods Daily Rate Trend

webMethods
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing webMethods within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

webMethods Daily Rate Histogram

webMethods
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing webMethods within the UK.

webMethods Hourly Rate Trend

webMethods
Top 21 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 UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +3 31 £500 -
South East +8 13 £500 -
London +1 9 £525 +7.69%
West Sussex +9 6 £500 -
North West +16 3 £370 -
City of London +7 3 £525 +18.30%
Horsham +1 3 - -
Hampshire -6 3 - -
Cheshire - 3 £370 -
Basingstoke - 3 - -
Midlands +9 2 £525 -4.54%
Shropshire -4 2 £350 -30.00%
West Midlands -4 2 £350 -30.00%
South West - 2 £350 -
Kent - 2 £463 -
Sittingbourne - 2 £463 -
Telford -3 1 £350 -30.00%
Surrey - 1 £525 -
Dorset - 1 - -
Knutsford - 1 - -
Bournemouth - 1 - -

webMethods
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 67 (50.00%) Oracle
2 53 (39.55%) Java
3 40 (29.85%) ESB
4 38 (28.36%) Degree
5 34 (25.37%) UNIX
6 33 (24.63%) Windows
7 31 (23.13%) Software AG
8 27 (20.15%) Oracle 8/8i
9 25 (18.66%) Web Services
10 24 (17.91%) Middleware
11 23 (17.16%) Retail
12 22 (16.42%) Subversion
12 22 (16.42%) IBM
13 21 (15.67%) Linux
13 21 (15.67%) Computer Science
13 21 (15.67%) User Acceptance Testing
13 21 (15.67%) Unit Testing
14 20 (14.93%) Migration
14 20 (14.93%) SQL
14 20 (14.93%) Microsoft
14 20 (14.93%) B2B
14 20 (14.93%) EDI
15 19 (14.18%) SQL Server
16 18 (13.43%) XML
16 18 (13.43%) SSL
17 17 (12.69%) J2EE
18 16 (11.94%) Waterfall
19 15 (11.19%) JIRA
19 15 (11.19%) AIX
19 15 (11.19%) E-Commerce

webMethods
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 25 (18.66%) Web Services
2 24 (17.91%) Middleware
3 20 (14.93%) EDI
4 18 (13.43%) XML
5 17 (12.69%) J2EE
6 13 (9.701%) WebSphere
7 8 (5.970%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (5.970%) .NET
8 7 (5.224%) Swing
8 7 (5.224%) J2SE
8 7 (5.224%) Java RMI
8 7 (5.224%) Hibernate
8 7 (5.224%) Apache Axis
9 6 (4.478%) JDBC
9 6 (4.478%) SOAP
10 4 (2.985%) SAP XI
10 4 (2.985%) Java EE
11 3 (2.239%) XML Schema
11 3 (2.239%) WS-I
11 3 (2.239%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 40 (29.85%) ESB
2 8 (5.970%) WebLogic
2 8 (5.970%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (2.985%) NetWeaver
4 3 (2.239%) SAP Portal
4 3 (2.239%) MQSeries
5 2 (1.493%) Apache
5 2 (1.493%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.493%) iPlanet
6 1 (0.746%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.746%) TIBCO EMS
6 1 (0.746%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.746%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 5 (3.731%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.746%) MS Project
2 1 (0.746%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.731%) SAP PSCD
2 4 (2.985%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.239%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.239%) SAP CO
3 3 (2.239%) SAP ERP
3 3 (2.239%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (0.746%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.746%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.746%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.746%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.43%) SSL
2 2 (1.493%) Internet
3 1 (0.746%) SMS
3 1 (0.746%) SMTP
3 1 (0.746%) FTP
3 1 (0.746%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (20.15%) Oracle 8/8i
2 19 (14.18%) SQL Server
3 12 (8.955%) Oracle 11g
4 11 (8.209%) DB2
5 4 (2.985%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (2.985%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.746%) TOAD
6 1 (0.746%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 22 (16.42%) Subversion
2 15 (11.19%) JIRA
3 14 (10.45%) Selenium
3 14 (10.45%) Team Foundation Server
3 14 (10.45%) Jenkins
4 7 (5.224%) Eclipse
4 7 (5.224%) JUnit
4 7 (5.224%) Talend Open Studio
5 3 (2.239%) Hudson
6 2 (1.493%) TestNG
7 1 (0.746%) ClearCase
General
1 23 (17.16%) Retail
2 8 (5.970%) Finance
3 3 (2.239%) Telecoms
3 3 (2.239%) General Ledger
4 2 (1.493%) German Language
5 1 (0.746%) Publishing
5 1 (0.746%) Banking
5 1 (0.746%) Dutch Language
5 1 (0.746%) French Language
Job Titles
1 46 (34.33%) Developer
2 25 (18.66%) Analyst
3 21 (15.67%) Architect
3 21 (15.67%) Technical Leader
4 19 (14.18%) Consultant
5 16 (11.94%) webMethods Developer
6 12 (8.955%) Java Developer
7 10 (7.463%) webMethods Consultant
8 9 (6.716%) Senior Developer
8 9 (6.716%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (6.716%) Senior webMethods Developer
8 9 (6.716%) Environment Analyst
9 8 (5.970%) Lead Developer
10 7 (5.224%) Systems Developer
10 7 (5.224%) Business Analyst
11 6 (4.478%) Administrator
11 6 (4.478%) SAP Architect
12 5 (3.731%) Java Swing Developer
12 5 (3.731%) Data Architect
13 4 (2.985%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.67%) Computer Science
2 11 (8.209%) Mainframe
3 10 (7.463%) SaaS
4 8 (5.970%) EPoS
5 4 (2.985%) Mathematics
5 4 (2.985%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (1.493%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.746%) FMCG
7 1 (0.746%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.746%) Open Source
7 1 (0.746%) Social Network
7 1 (0.746%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.746%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 34 (25.37%) UNIX
2 33 (24.63%) Windows
3 21 (15.67%) Linux
4 15 (11.19%) AIX
5 10 (7.463%) SUSE
6 1 (0.746%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (15.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 21 (15.67%) Unit Testing
2 20 (14.93%) B2B
2 20 (14.93%) Migration
3 16 (11.94%) Waterfall
4 15 (11.19%) E-Commerce
5 13 (9.701%) PRINCE2
6 11 (8.209%) ETL
7 10 (7.463%) SOA
7 10 (7.463%) OO
8 9 (6.716%) RUP
8 9 (6.716%) ITIL
9 8 (5.970%) EAI
9 8 (5.970%) Data Modelling
9 8 (5.970%) Unified Process
9 8 (5.970%) TOGAF
10 7 (5.224%) TDD
10 7 (5.224%) OOD
10 7 (5.224%) ERP
10 7 (5.224%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 53 (39.55%) Java
2 20 (14.93%) SQL
3 6 (4.478%) Shell Script
3 6 (4.478%) C
4 5 (3.731%) C#
5 3 (2.239%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.746%) ABAP
6 1 (0.746%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (28.36%) Degree
2 4 (2.985%) ISEB
3 3 (2.239%) CCA
4 2 (1.493%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.493%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.746%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (0.746%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.746%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.746%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.746%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.746%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.239%) QA
System Software
1 10 (7.463%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.493%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.493%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 67 (50.00%) Oracle
2 31 (23.13%) Software AG
3 22 (16.42%) IBM
4 20 (14.93%) Microsoft
5 15 (11.19%) ATG
6 10 (7.463%) SAP
6 10 (7.463%) Red Hat
7 7 (5.224%) TIBCO
7 7 (5.224%) Talend
8 5 (3.731%) Sybase
8 5 (3.731%) Adobe
9 4 (2.985%) Informatica
9 4 (2.985%) BEA
10 3 (2.239%) CA
10 3 (2.239%) Lombardi
10 3 (2.239%) Pega
11 2 (1.493%) Metastorm
11 2 (1.493%) AppSense
11 2 (1.493%) Hyperion
12 1 (0.746%) JDA