The first table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Architect role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Architect in their job title 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 Job Titles 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WebSphere Architect
Rank 512 567 574
Rank change year-on-year
+55 +7
Contract jobs requiring a WebSphere Architect 22 19 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.047% 0.032% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.035% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 3
Average daily rate £413 £550 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £406 £550 £438
% change year-on-year
-26.13% +25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2155 2623 2895
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

WebSphere Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Architect within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

WebSphere Architect Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebSphere Architect within the UK.

WebSphere Architect Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WebSphere Architect Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Architect
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Architect within the UK 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
England +58 18 £413 -25.00%
London +30 7 £413 -26.66%
South East +19 4 £400 -15.78%
City of London +13 4 £406 -26.13%
Scotland -13 4 £438 -
Edinburgh - 4 £438 -
Buckinghamshire - 4 £400 -
Yorkshire - 3 - -
West Yorkshire - 3 - -
Manchester - 2 £413 -
West Midlands - 2 - -
North West - 2 £413 -
Milton Keynes - 1 £450 -
Coventry - 1 - -
Birmingham - 1 - -

WebSphere Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited WebSphere Architect 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 Architect in their job title.

1 59 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 29 (49.15%) E-Commerce
3 23 (38.98%) Java
4 22 (37.29%) IBM
5 19 (32.20%) J2EE
5 19 (32.20%) SOA
6 18 (30.51%) WebSphere Application Server
7 17 (28.81%) Commerce Server
7 17 (28.81%) Retail
8 10 (16.95%) Linux
8 10 (16.95%) Agile Software Development
8 10 (16.95%) Enterprise Architecture
9 9 (15.25%) Migration
9 9 (15.25%) WebSphere MQ
10 8 (13.56%) WebSphere Process Server
11 6 (10.17%) Finance
11 6 (10.17%) UNIX
11 6 (10.17%) Web Services
12 5 (8.475%) JavaScript
12 5 (8.475%) IBM Certification
12 5 (8.475%) Investment Banking
12 5 (8.475%) Banking
12 5 (8.475%) WebSphere Message Broker
12 5 (8.475%) WebSphere Portal
13 4 (6.780%) Build Forge
13 4 (6.780%) Technical Architecture
13 4 (6.780%) Degree
13 4 (6.780%) Lombardi
13 4 (6.780%) Web 2.0
13 4 (6.780%) Hedge funds

WebSphere Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited WebSphere Architect 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 59 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 19 (32.20%) J2EE
3 6 (10.17%) Web Services
4 4 (6.780%) XML
4 4 (6.780%) SOAP
5 3 (5.085%) XSLT
5 3 (5.085%) JSP
5 3 (5.085%) Servlets
5 3 (5.085%) jQuery
5 3 (5.085%) JSR 286
6 2 (3.390%) Ajax
6 2 (3.390%) Spring
6 2 (3.390%) HTML5
6 2 (3.390%) Hibernate
6 2 (3.390%) Struts
6 2 (3.390%) HTML
7 1 (1.695%) JMS
7 1 (1.695%) WSDL
7 1 (1.695%) XSD
7 1 (1.695%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 18 (30.51%) WebSphere Application Server
2 17 (28.81%) Commerce Server
3 9 (15.25%) WebSphere MQ
4 8 (13.56%) WebSphere Process Server
5 5 (8.475%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 5 (8.475%) WebSphere Portal
6 2 (3.390%) LiveCycle
6 2 (3.390%) ESB
6 2 (3.390%) CMS
7 1 (1.695%) MQSeries
7 1 (1.695%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (1.695%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.085%) Internet
2 2 (3.390%) Intranet
3 1 (1.695%) FTP
3 1 (1.695%) HTTP
3 1 (1.695%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.390%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.695%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (6.780%) Build Forge
1 4 (6.780%) Ant
2 2 (3.390%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (1.695%) Eclipse
General
1 17 (28.81%) Retail
2 6 (10.17%) Finance
3 5 (8.475%) Investment Banking
3 5 (8.475%) Banking
4 4 (6.780%) Financial Institution
5 3 (5.085%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.780%) Web 2.0
1 4 (6.780%) Hedge funds
2 2 (3.390%) DataPower
2 2 (3.390%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.95%) Linux
2 6 (10.17%) UNIX
3 4 (6.780%) Windows
4 1 (1.695%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (49.15%) E-Commerce
2 19 (32.20%) SOA
3 10 (16.95%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (16.95%) Enterprise Architecture
4 9 (15.25%) Migration
5 4 (6.780%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (5.085%) Content Management
6 3 (5.085%) B2C
7 2 (3.390%) Performance Management
7 2 (3.390%) Business Development
7 2 (3.390%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (3.390%) B2B
8 1 (1.695%) EAI
8 1 (1.695%) UML
8 1 (1.695%) OOA/OOD
8 1 (1.695%) RAD
8 1 (1.695%) SEO
8 1 (1.695%) BPEL
8 1 (1.695%) Analytics
8 1 (1.695%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 23 (38.98%) Java
2 5 (8.475%) JavaScript
3 4 (6.780%) Jython
3 4 (6.780%) Perl
4 2 (3.390%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 5 (8.475%) IBM Certification
2 4 (6.780%) Degree
3 2 (3.390%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 22 (37.29%) IBM
2 4 (6.780%) Lombardi
3 3 (5.085%) SAP
3 3 (5.085%) Endeca
4 2 (3.390%) Adobe
4 2 (3.390%) Open Text
4 2 (3.390%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (1.695%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.695%) Macromedia
5 1 (1.695%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.695%) hybris