The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere Transformation Extender 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 Transformation Extender 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender (WTX)
Rank 493 574 576
Rank change year-on-year
+81 +2
Contract jobs citing WebSphere Transformation Extender 37 4 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.080% 0.007% 0.020%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.440% 0.042% 0.117%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 8
Average daily rate £500 £338 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+48.14% -41.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £308 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £623 £368 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £338 £575
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -41.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8409 9490 10269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.12% 16.28% 16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4782 5232 5474
Average daily rate £353 £350 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.71% -7.28%
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 452 419 565
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 £11.65 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -

WebSphere Transformation Extender
Jobs Demand Trend

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

WebSphere Transformation Extender Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere Transformation Extender
Daily Rate Trend

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

WebSphere Transformation Extender Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere Transformation Extender
Daily Rate Histogram

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

WebSphere Transformation Extender Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere Transformation Extender
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere Transformation Extender 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 +82 36 £525 +75.00%
London - 35 £500 -
Scotland -16 1 £425 +13.33%
Edinburgh - 1 £425 -
North West - 1 £575 -
City of London - 1 £525 -
Manchester - 1 £575 -

WebSphere Transformation Extender
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebSphere Transformation Extender 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 Transformation Extender.

1 40 (90.91%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 32 (72.73%) WebSphere MQ
3 26 (59.09%) WebSphere
4 17 (38.64%) Retail
5 16 (36.36%) Problem Management
6 12 (27.27%) Incident Management
6 12 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (25.00%) Finance
8 10 (22.73%) Banking
9 9 (20.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (18.18%) Middleware
10 8 (18.18%) IBM
10 8 (18.18%) MQSeries
11 6 (13.64%) Java
12 5 (11.36%) WebSphere Application Server
12 5 (11.36%) Linux
12 5 (11.36%) JBoss
12 5 (11.36%) Apache
12 5 (11.36%) Tomcat
12 5 (11.36%) UNIX
13 4 (9.091%) SWIFT
14 3 (6.818%) Service Management
15 2 (4.545%) Change Management
15 2 (4.545%) Release Management
15 2 (4.545%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 2 (4.545%) Configuration Management
15 2 (4.545%) Oracle
15 2 (4.545%) XML
15 2 (4.545%) SQL

WebSphere Transformation Extender
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebSphere Transformation Extender 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 Transformation Extender. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (59.09%) WebSphere
2 8 (18.18%) Middleware
3 2 (4.545%) XML
4 1 (2.273%) J2EE
4 1 (2.273%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 40 (90.91%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 32 (72.73%) WebSphere MQ
3 8 (18.18%) MQSeries
4 5 (11.36%) WebSphere Application Server
4 5 (11.36%) Apache
4 5 (11.36%) Tomcat
5 1 (2.273%) WebLogic
5 1 (2.273%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.273%) LDAP
1 1 (2.273%) SMTP
1 1 (2.273%) FTP
1 1 (2.273%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.273%) DB2
1 1 (2.273%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (2.273%) Visual Studio
1 1 (2.273%) Eclipse
General
1 17 (38.64%) Retail
2 11 (25.00%) Finance
3 10 (22.73%) Banking
4 1 (2.273%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (2.273%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Developer
2 10 (22.73%) WebSphere Developer
3 6 (13.64%) Architect
4 5 (11.36%) Consultant
5 2 (4.545%) Technical Architect
5 2 (4.545%) WebSphere Specialist
5 2 (4.545%) WebSphere Consultant
6 1 (2.273%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.273%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.273%) Applications Support
6 1 (2.273%) Lead Developer
6 1 (2.273%) Support Consultant
6 1 (2.273%) WebSphere Engineer
6 1 (2.273%) WebSphere Architect
6 1 (2.273%) Lead Architect
6 1 (2.273%) Designer
6 1 (2.273%) Middleware Architect
6 1 (2.273%) Lead Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.091%) SWIFT
2 2 (4.545%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.273%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.36%) UNIX
1 5 (11.36%) Linux
2 1 (2.273%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) Problem Management
2 12 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
2 12 (27.27%) Incident Management
3 9 (20.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (6.818%) Service Management
5 2 (4.545%) Change Management
5 2 (4.545%) Configuration Management
5 2 (4.545%) Release Management
6 1 (2.273%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (2.273%) Migration
6 1 (2.273%) EAI
6 1 (2.273%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) Java
2 2 (4.545%) SQL
3 1 (2.273%) Python
3 1 (2.273%) Perl
3 1 (2.273%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.273%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (2.273%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.273%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.545%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (18.18%) IBM
2 5 (11.36%) JBoss
3 2 (4.545%) Oracle
4 1 (2.273%) ILOG
4 1 (2.273%) Mercator