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The table below looks at the demand for the WebSphere Specialist role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 WebSphere Specialist
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank494583
Rank change on same period last yearUp+89
Matching contract IT job ads4348
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.052 %
As % of the category below0.079 %0.057 %
Daily rates quoted168
Average minimum daily rate£428£466
Average daily rate£439£475
% change on same period last year-7.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£484
UK excluding London average daily rate£439£445
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads5462883525
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.21 %91.11 %
Daily rates quoted1709925002
Average minimum daily rate£363£386
Average daily rate£388£410
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£413£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
Hourly rates quoted52837454
Average minimum hourly rate£22.05£23.18
Average hourly rate£23.49£24.72
% change on same period last year-4.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.94£26.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.40 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

WebSphere Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere Specialist within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

WebSphere Specialist Demand Trend

WebSphere Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

WebSphere Specialist Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere Specialist within the UK over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

WebSphere Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WebSphere Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK over the 3 months to 3 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+10338£439-7.56 %
West MidlandsNew entry-14£450-
East of EnglandUp+319£425-
LondonUp+587--
NorfolkNew entry-7--
NorwichNew entry-4--
South EastUp+423--
MidlandsNew entry-2£400-
North WestUp+172£400-
HertfordshireUp+232£425-
CheshireNo change02£400-
GloucestershireNew entry-1--
WatfordNew entry-1£425-
BirminghamNew entry-1--
CheltenhamNew entry-1--
EdinburghNew entry-1--
LeicesterUp+61--
LeicestershireUp+131--
City of LondonNew entry-1--
East MidlandsUp+231--
South WestUp+171--
ScotlandUp+291--

WebSphere Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited WebSphere Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

181 (100.00 %)WebSphere
256 (69.14 %)WebSphere Application Server
331 (38.27 %)Tivoli
331 (38.27 %)WPS
426 (32.10 %)WebSphere MQ
522 (27.16 %)Finance
621 (25.93 %)IBM
720 (24.69 %)Middleware
817 (20.99 %)MQSeries
915 (18.52 %)UNIX
915 (18.52 %)Insurance
1013 (16.05 %)J2EE
1112 (14.81 %)AS400
1112 (14.81 %)iSeries
1210 (12.35 %)AIX
138 (9.877 %)Migration
147 (8.642 %)Java
147 (8.642 %)Perl
156 (7.407 %)JMS
165 (6.173 %)Shell Script
165 (6.173 %)EJB
165 (6.173 %)JDBC
165 (6.173 %)Servlets
165 (6.173 %)WebSphere Message Broker
174 (4.938 %)WBIMB
174 (4.938 %)Korn
174 (4.938 %)Tivoli Monitoring
183 (3.704 %)MOM
183 (3.704 %)MSI
183 (3.704 %)WebServices

WebSphere Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited WebSphere Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
181 (100.00 %)WebSphere
220 (24.69 %)Middleware
313 (16.05 %)J2EE
46 (7.407 %)JMS
55 (6.173 %)EJB
55 (6.173 %)JDBC
55 (6.173 %)Servlets
64 (4.938 %)WBIMB
73 (3.704 %)WebServices
73 (3.704 %)XML
81 (1.235 %)J2SE
81 (1.235 %)XML Schema
81 (1.235 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
156 (69.14 %)WebSphere Application Server
231 (38.27 %)WPS
326 (32.10 %)WebSphere MQ
417 (20.99 %)MQSeries
55 (6.173 %)WebSphere Message Broker
62 (2.469 %)ESB
71 (1.235 %)Oracle Workflow
71 (1.235 %)IBM HTTP Server
71 (1.235 %)JBoss
71 (1.235 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (3.704 %)HTTP
22 (2.469 %)SSH
31 (1.235 %)LDAP
31 (1.235 %)SSL
31 (1.235 %)Intranet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (1.235 %)SQL Server
11 (1.235 %)Oracle 10g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (3.704 %)MSI
22 (2.469 %)Ant
31 (1.235 %)ClearCase
31 (1.235 %)JMeter
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (27.16 %)Finance
215 (18.52 %)Insurance
32 (2.469 %)Banking
41 (1.235 %)Retail
41 (1.235 %)Financial Institution
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (14.81 %)AS400
112 (14.81 %)iSeries
23 (3.704 %)DataPower
31 (1.235 %)Clustering
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (18.52 %)UNIX
210 (12.35 %)AIX
33 (3.704 %)Solaris
33 (3.704 %)Windows
41 (1.235 %)Linux
41 (1.235 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (9.877 %)Migration
23 (3.704 %)SOA
23 (3.704 %)Investment Management
32 (2.469 %)Change Management
41 (1.235 %)Workflow
41 (1.235 %)Software Engineering
41 (1.235 %)Time Management
41 (1.235 %)Security Cleared
41 (1.235 %)RAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (8.642 %)Java
17 (8.642 %)Perl
25 (6.173 %)Shell Script
34 (4.938 %)Korn
42 (2.469 %)Python
42 (2.469 %)Jython
51 (1.235 %)SQL
51 (1.235 %)JavaScript
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.235 %)IBM Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
131 (38.27 %)Tivoli
24 (4.938 %)Tivoli Monitoring
33 (3.704 %)MOM
42 (2.469 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
42 (2.469 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (25.93 %)IBM
22 (2.469 %)Oracle
22 (2.469 %)Chordiant
31 (1.235 %)Sun
31 (1.235 %)Red Hat