The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Portal skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere Portal over the 3 months to 20 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.

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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Portal
Rank 501 518 478
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -40
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Portal 32 55 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.069% 0.094% 0.183%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.379% 0.578% 1.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 28 38
Average daily rate £413 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £339 £347
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £558 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £475 £450
% change year-on-year
-13.15% +5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 - -
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8443 9517 10097
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 16.31% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 4788 5237 5378
Average daily rate £350 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 422 560
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -

WebSphere Portal
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Portal within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

WebSphere Portal Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Portal
Daily Rate Trend

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

WebSphere Portal Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Portal
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Portal within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

WebSphere Portal Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Portal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WebSphere Portal Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Portal
Top 22 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Portal within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +41 19 £441 +0.68%
Scotland -6 13 £413 -17.50%
Edinburgh +10 11 £413 -2.94%
East Midlands +3 6 £300 -14.28%
Nottinghamshire - 6 £300 -
South East +25 5 £469 +23.28%
Nottingham - 5 - -
Buckinghamshire - 4 £469 -
Yorkshire -6 3 £444 -11.25%
West Yorkshire - 3 £444 -
Leeds - 3 £444 -
London -4 2 £400 -5.88%
Midlothian - 2 - -
Norfolk - 2 £475 -
Dalkeith - 2 - -
Milton Keynes - 2 £263 -
East of England - 2 £475 -
North West +17 1 - -
City of London +6 1 £400 -5.88%
Oxfordshire +3 1 - -
Norwich - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -

WebSphere Portal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebSphere Portal 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 Portal.

1 53 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 38 (71.70%) WebSphere Application Server
3 33 (62.26%) IBM
4 17 (32.08%) JSF
5 16 (30.19%) Java
5 16 (30.19%) Web Services
6 14 (26.42%) Linux
6 14 (26.42%) jQuery
6 14 (26.42%) JSR 286
7 13 (24.53%) UNIX
8 12 (22.64%) DB2
9 11 (20.75%) SOAP
9 11 (20.75%) Content Management
10 10 (18.87%) Tivoli
11 9 (16.98%) Rational Application Developer
12 8 (15.09%) WebSphere Process Server
12 8 (15.09%) Ajax
12 8 (15.09%) Finance
12 8 (15.09%) J2EE
13 7 (13.21%) HTTP
13 7 (13.21%) IBM Certification
14 6 (11.32%) Lotus
14 6 (11.32%) JSP
14 6 (11.32%) Servlets
14 6 (11.32%) XML
14 6 (11.32%) RAD
14 6 (11.32%) LDAP
14 6 (11.32%) Banking
15 5 (9.434%) Spring
15 5 (9.434%) Dojo

WebSphere Portal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebSphere Portal 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 Portal. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 53 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 17 (32.08%) JSF
3 16 (30.19%) Web Services
4 14 (26.42%) jQuery
4 14 (26.42%) JSR 286
5 11 (20.75%) SOAP
6 8 (15.09%) J2EE
6 8 (15.09%) Ajax
7 6 (11.32%) JSP
7 6 (11.32%) Servlets
7 6 (11.32%) XML
8 5 (9.434%) CSS
8 5 (9.434%) Spring
8 5 (9.434%) Dojo
8 5 (9.434%) REST
9 4 (7.547%) HTML5
9 4 (7.547%) JAX-WS
9 4 (7.547%) WSRP
9 4 (7.547%) JSON
10 3 (5.660%) JSR 168
Application Platforms
1 38 (71.70%) WebSphere Application Server
2 8 (15.09%) WebSphere Process Server
3 5 (9.434%) WebSphere MQ
3 5 (9.434%) Apache
4 4 (7.547%) FileNet
4 4 (7.547%) ESB
5 2 (3.774%) IBM HTTP Server
5 2 (3.774%) Documentum
6 1 (1.887%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (1.887%) CICS
6 1 (1.887%) Tomcat
6 1 (1.887%) IIS
6 1 (1.887%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (1.887%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (1.887%) QuickPlace
Applications
1 3 (5.660%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.887%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.21%) HTTP
2 6 (11.32%) LDAP
3 2 (3.774%) Internet
4 1 (1.887%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.887%) SNA
4 1 (1.887%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.887%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (22.64%) DB2
2 4 (7.547%) IBM InfoSphere
3 1 (1.887%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.887%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 9 (16.98%) Rational Application Developer
2 5 (9.434%) Eclipse
3 2 (3.774%) Build Forge
4 1 (1.887%) Ant
4 1 (1.887%) Introscope
General
1 8 (15.09%) Finance
2 6 (11.32%) Banking
3 3 (5.660%) Retail
3 3 (5.660%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.774%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (3.774%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 16 (30.19%) Developer
2 14 (26.42%) WebSphere Developer
3 12 (22.64%) Architect
4 10 (18.87%) Portal Developer
5 9 (16.98%) WebSphere Portal Developer
6 8 (15.09%) Administrator
7 5 (9.434%) WebSphere Specialist
7 5 (9.434%) WebSphere Architect
7 5 (9.434%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (7.547%) WebSphere Administrator
8 4 (7.547%) WebSphere Portal Architect
9 3 (5.660%) WebSphere Consultant
9 3 (5.660%) Consultant
10 2 (3.774%) Systems Administrator
10 2 (3.774%) Server Specialist
10 2 (3.774%) Applications Specialist
10 2 (3.774%) Solutions Architect
10 2 (3.774%) Technical Architect
10 2 (3.774%) WebSphere Portal Administrator
11 1 (1.887%) WebSphere Portal Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.660%) Web 2.0
1 3 (5.660%) Graphic Design
1 3 (5.660%) Open Source
2 2 (3.774%) Online Banking
2 2 (3.774%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.887%) VSAM
3 1 (1.887%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.887%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.887%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (1.887%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.42%) Linux
2 13 (24.53%) UNIX
3 5 (9.434%) AIX
4 1 (1.887%) Solaris
4 1 (1.887%) Windows
4 1 (1.887%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.75%) Content Management
2 6 (11.32%) RAD
3 4 (7.547%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (7.547%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (7.547%) Unit Testing
4 3 (5.660%) OO
4 3 (5.660%) Information Management
4 3 (5.660%) Web Design
5 2 (3.774%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (3.774%) Asset Management
5 2 (3.774%) Data Management
5 2 (3.774%) Process Management
5 2 (3.774%) Master Data Management
6 1 (1.887%) High Availability
6 1 (1.887%) Performance Testing
6 1 (1.887%) Migration
6 1 (1.887%) Scrum
6 1 (1.887%) SOA
6 1 (1.887%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 16 (30.19%) Java
2 5 (9.434%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.660%) Jython
4 2 (3.774%) SQL
5 1 (1.887%) JCL
5 1 (1.887%) Perl
5 1 (1.887%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 5 (9.434%) Tivoli Directory Server
2 1 (1.887%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.887%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (18.87%) Tivoli
2 5 (9.434%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 3 (5.660%) CA SiteMinder
4 2 (3.774%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 33 (62.26%) IBM
2 6 (11.32%) Lotus
3 3 (5.660%) Oracle
4 2 (3.774%) PeopleSoft
4 2 (3.774%) Siebel
4 2 (3.774%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.774%) Adobe
5 1 (1.887%) CA
5 1 (1.887%) VMware
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The Java Developer must have knowledge of - Java - Websphere Portal - Websphere Content Manager (WCM) The Java Developer - Websphere Portal - Web Content Manager - WCM - should have good communication skills...
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