The first table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Developer 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WebSphere Developer
Rank 457 480 498
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +18
Contract jobs requiring a WebSphere Developer 84 85 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.181% 0.146% 0.142%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.197% 0.157% 0.153%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 38 22
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £325 £373
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £413 £500
% change year-on-year
+3.03% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £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 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

WebSphere Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

WebSphere Developer Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

WebSphere Developer Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WebSphere Developer Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Developer
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 WebSphere Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +60 72 £425 -
London +40 28 £425 -5.55%
South East +37 22 £425 -5.81%
East Midlands +18 18 £450 +28.57%
City of London +28 16 £400 -5.88%
Berkshire - 16 £425 -
Bracknell - 12 £425 -
Scotland -12 10 £394 +5.00%
Edinburgh +16 8 £394 -
Hampshire +4 6 £387 +19.07%
Leicestershire - 3 £450 -
West Midlands +4 2 - -
Coventry -3 2 - -
Nottinghamshire - 2 - -
Midlothian - 2 - -
Dalkeith - 2 - -
Basingstoke - 2 £500 -
Nottingham - 2 - -
Manchester +11 1 - -
North West -9 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £475 -

WebSphere Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 149 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 96 (64.43%) Java
3 94 (63.09%) IBM
4 61 (40.94%) XML
5 56 (37.58%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 46 (30.87%) J2EE
7 44 (29.53%) SQL
8 40 (26.85%) JavaScript
9 39 (26.17%) WebSphere Application Server
10 38 (25.50%) JSP
11 37 (24.83%) EJB
11 37 (24.83%) CSS
12 35 (23.49%) E-Commerce
13 34 (22.82%) Web Services
13 34 (22.82%) HTML
13 34 (22.82%) DB2
14 33 (22.15%) UNIX
15 32 (21.48%) JUnit
16 26 (17.45%) Oracle
16 26 (17.45%) Finance
16 26 (17.45%) Ajax
17 25 (16.78%) Banking
18 24 (16.11%) Investment Banking
19 22 (14.77%) Content Management
19 22 (14.77%) JSTL
20 21 (14.09%) Retail
20 21 (14.09%) RAD
20 21 (14.09%) JMS
21 18 (12.08%) Linux
21 18 (12.08%) WebSphere MQ

WebSphere Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
1 149 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 61 (40.94%) XML
3 46 (30.87%) J2EE
4 38 (25.50%) JSP
5 37 (24.83%) EJB
5 37 (24.83%) CSS
6 34 (22.82%) Web Services
6 34 (22.82%) HTML
7 26 (17.45%) Ajax
8 22 (14.77%) JSTL
9 21 (14.09%) JMS
10 16 (10.74%) Servlets
11 13 (8.725%) JSF
11 13 (8.725%) JDBC
12 12 (8.054%) XHTML
12 12 (8.054%) jQuery
13 10 (6.711%) Middleware
13 10 (6.711%) XML Schema
13 10 (6.711%) XSLT
13 10 (6.711%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 56 (37.58%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 39 (26.17%) WebSphere Application Server
3 18 (12.08%) WebSphere MQ
4 16 (10.74%) ESB
5 15 (10.07%) WebSphere Portal
6 9 (6.040%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
7 8 (5.369%) WebSphere Process Server
8 7 (4.698%) MQSeries
9 6 (4.027%) Commerce Server
10 5 (3.356%) Apache
11 4 (2.685%) SharePoint Server
11 4 (2.685%) SharePoint
11 4 (2.685%) Tomcat
11 4 (2.685%) FileNet
12 3 (2.013%) Apache Solr
13 2 (1.342%) WebLogic
14 1 (0.671%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 3 (2.013%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.342%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.07%) HTTP
2 4 (2.685%) LDAP
3 3 (2.013%) SSL
4 2 (1.342%) Internet
5 1 (0.671%) X.509
5 1 (0.671%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (22.82%) DB2
2 15 (10.07%) RDBMS
3 7 (4.698%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.013%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.671%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.671%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.671%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 32 (21.48%) JUnit
2 17 (11.41%) Eclipse
3 12 (8.054%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
3 12 (8.054%) Rational Application Developer
4 7 (4.698%) Subversion
4 7 (4.698%) Ant
5 5 (3.356%) Visual Studio
6 4 (2.685%) ClearCase
7 3 (2.013%) TortoiseSVN
8 1 (0.671%) ClearQuest
8 1 (0.671%) Hudson
8 1 (0.671%) Build Forge
General
1 26 (17.45%) Finance
2 25 (16.78%) Banking
3 24 (16.11%) Investment Banking
4 21 (14.09%) Retail
5 5 (3.356%) Marketing
6 3 (2.013%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.671%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.698%) SWIFT
2 4 (2.685%) DataPower
3 3 (2.013%) Web 2.0
3 3 (2.013%) Open Source
3 3 (2.013%) Graphic Design
4 1 (0.671%) Clustering
4 1 (0.671%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.671%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.671%) SaaS
4 1 (0.671%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 33 (22.15%) UNIX
2 18 (12.08%) Linux
3 10 (6.711%) zOS
4 6 (4.027%) Windows
5 4 (2.685%) AIX
5 4 (2.685%) HPUX
6 3 (2.013%) Windows NT
6 3 (2.013%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (0.671%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (23.49%) E-Commerce
2 22 (14.77%) Content Management
3 21 (14.09%) RAD
4 16 (10.74%) UML
5 15 (10.07%) OO
6 14 (9.396%) MVC
6 14 (9.396%) Unit Testing
7 12 (8.054%) SOA
7 12 (8.054%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (7.383%) Integration Testing
9 9 (6.040%) Software Testing
10 6 (4.027%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (3.356%) Automated Testing
11 5 (3.356%) B2B
11 5 (3.356%) ETL
11 5 (3.356%) EAI
11 5 (3.356%) Performance Testing
12 4 (2.685%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (2.685%) B2C
13 3 (2.013%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (64.43%) Java
2 44 (29.53%) SQL
3 40 (26.85%) JavaScript
4 13 (8.725%) Perl
5 12 (8.054%) Bash shell
6 6 (4.027%) C#
7 2 (1.342%) Jython
8 1 (0.671%) Korn
8 1 (0.671%) Python
8 1 (0.671%) C
8 1 (0.671%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (7.383%) Security Cleared
1 11 (7.383%) Sun Certification
2 9 (6.040%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.369%) IBM Certification
4 1 (0.671%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (2.685%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 10 (6.711%) Tivoli
2 4 (2.685%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (0.671%) SCOM
Vendors
1 94 (63.09%) IBM
2 26 (17.45%) Oracle
3 11 (7.383%) Sun
4 10 (6.711%) SAP
5 6 (4.027%) Adobe
6 5 (3.356%) Microsoft
7 4 (2.685%) JBoss
7 4 (2.685%) Lotus
8 2 (1.342%) Endeca
8 2 (1.342%) hybris
8 2 (1.342%) Mercator
8 2 (1.342%) HP
9 1 (0.671%) ILOG
9 1 (0.671%) Salesforce.com
9 1 (0.671%) Siebel
9 1 (0.671%) Fujitsu
9 1 (0.671%) Wall Street Systems
West London
NEW ROLE our client, a well known multi national company based in the West London / Middlesex area, is in need of a WebSphere Message Broker Developer with strong...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Keywords - WebSphere Developer, Java Developer, Java, IBM WebSphere Commerce (WCS) V6, E-commerce, configuration, development, design, J2EE, EJB, JUnit testing, ORM, XML, JMS, JSP/JSTL, JavaScript, AJAX, HTML,...
Circle Recruitment
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Websphere Commerce Developer / WCS Developer - Berkshire - 6 Months+ - Market RatesIQ Retail are working with a well-known organisation based in Berkshire; who require a Websphere Commerce Developer / WCS...
IQ Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 26 April 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
JSF 1.2... JSP... Experience of JavaScript frameworks such as DOJO and jQuery. Knowledge of WebSphere Portal Administration (preferably candidates will be IBM certified). Experience of IBM Web...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013