Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WebSphere 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 over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkIBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank10111993
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Down-26
Matching contract IT job ads7095971432
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.620 %1.298 %1.749 %
As % of the Application Development category6.194 %6.041 %7.404 %
Daily rates quoted280175484
Average daily rate£425£420£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.190 %+5.000 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£312£320
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£525£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£369£439£400
% change year-on-year
-15.95 %+9.680 %
Hourly rates quoted151427
Average hourly rate£24.00£32.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00 %+42.22 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.00£31.40£18.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£54.50£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£32.00£22.25
% change year-on-year
-25.00 %+43.82 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11447988319342
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.15 %21.49 %23.63 %
Daily rates quoted569332846126
Average daily rate£375£350£355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-1.400 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£245
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£493£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted3816451158
Average hourly rate£32.00£30.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.00£15.00£19.53
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.00£42.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£30.00£32.50
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %

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.

WebSphere
Demand Trend

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

WebSphere Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

WebSphere Hourly Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+14612£425+1.19 %
LondonUp+12326£475+18.75 %
South EastUp+29114£313-23.78 %
City of LondonUp+2296£481+13.90 %
ScotlandUp+983£400-5.93 %
BerkshireUp+5352£213-39.71 %
North WestUp+2641£388-3.12 %
West MidlandsUp+3236£298-33.88 %
East of EnglandDown-1932£345-23.33 %
ReadingUp+3028£200-28.57 %
EdinburghDown-227£190-
CheshireUp+1626£375-6.25 %
MidlandsUp+1819£288-64.06 %
HertfordshireUp+319£350-22.22 %
GlasgowDown-119£353-9.03 %
SurreyDown-818£388-32.01 %
East MidlandsUp+115£195-46.93 %
BirminghamUp+2014£314-37.25 %
South WestUp+1914£350+75.00 %
HampshireUp+614£270-8.47 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1112£400+201.88 %
NottinghamshireUp+1410£195-
Milton KeynesUp+710£400+201.88 %
WatfordUp+49£350-22.22 %
NorfolkDown-49£275-45.00 %
NorwichDown-38£250-50.00 %
SolihullNew entry-8£211-
WalesUp+177£351-
NottinghamUp+117--
FarnboroughNew entry-7£270-

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebSphere 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.

1560 (45.79 %)Java
2335 (27.39 %)Oracle
3333 (27.23 %)J2EE
4313 (25.59 %)IBM
5259 (21.18 %)Finance
6256 (20.93 %)UNIX
7249 (20.36 %)Windows
8245 (20.03 %)WebSphere Application Server
9241 (19.71 %)Banking
10237 (19.38 %)XML
11234 (19.13 %)WebSphere MQ
12224 (18.32 %)SQL
13203 (16.60 %)Linux
14198 (16.19 %)AIX
15152 (12.43 %)Spring
16148 (12.10 %)WebSphere Message Broker
17143 (11.69 %)Solaris
18139 (11.37 %)Investment Banking
19128 (10.47 %)WebSphere Portal
20126 (10.30 %)SOA
21119 (9.730 %)SQL Server
22115 (9.403 %)Web Services
23111 (9.076 %).NET
23111 (9.076 %)Middleware
24110 (8.994 %)Hibernate
25108 (8.831 %)WebLogic
26104 (8.504 %)Tivoli
2791 (7.441 %)JavaScript
2889 (7.277 %)UML
2988 (7.195 %)IIS

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebSphere 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1333 (27.23 %)J2EE
2237 (19.38 %)XML
3152 (12.43 %)Spring
4115 (9.403 %)Web Services
5111 (9.076 %).NET
5111 (9.076 %)Middleware
6110 (8.994 %)Hibernate
787 (7.114 %)JSP
876 (6.214 %)HTML
966 (5.397 %)JMS
1059 (4.824 %)JDBC
1059 (4.824 %)EJB
1147 (3.843 %)Servlets
1239 (3.189 %)Java EE
1338 (3.107 %)WSDL
1434 (2.780 %)Struts
1533 (2.698 %)JSF
1632 (2.617 %)CSS
1731 (2.535 %)XSLT
1830 (2.453 %)WBIMB
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1245 (20.03 %)WebSphere Application Server
2234 (19.13 %)WebSphere MQ
3148 (12.10 %)WebSphere Message Broker
4128 (10.47 %)WebSphere Portal
5108 (8.831 %)WebLogic
688 (7.195 %)IIS
778 (6.378 %)ESB
873 (5.969 %)WebSphere Process Server
966 (5.397 %)Apache
1057 (4.661 %)MQSeries
1148 (3.925 %)Tomcat
1223 (1.881 %)IBM HTTP Server
1320 (1.635 %)SharePoint
1320 (1.635 %)Lotus Domino
1416 (1.308 %)Confluence
1513 (1.063 %)Lotus Notes
1612 (0.981 %)TIBCO EMS
1612 (0.981 %)Oracle Application Server
179 (0.736 %)Tuxedo
179 (0.736 %)Rendezvous
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
125 (2.044 %)MS Office
223 (1.881 %)MS Excel
315 (1.226 %)MS Visio
412 (0.981 %)Photoshop
59 (0.736 %)MS PowerPoint
68 (0.654 %)MS Project
73 (0.245 %)Windchill
81 (0.082 %)FastStats
81 (0.082 %)Fireworks
81 (0.082 %)Acrobat
81 (0.082 %)FrameMaker
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
119 (1.554 %)Maximo
212 (0.981 %)TIBCO iProcess
310 (0.818 %)BusinessWorks
43 (0.245 %)WebTrends
43 (0.245 %)SAP R/3
43 (0.245 %)Endur
52 (0.164 %)Oracle EBS
52 (0.164 %)PeopleSoft Financials
52 (0.164 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
52 (0.164 %)SAP Retail
52 (0.164 %)GL Clearvision
61 (0.082 %)Oracle EBS R12
61 (0.082 %)Tesseract
61 (0.082 %)Minerva
61 (0.082 %)Sentinel
61 (0.082 %)ENOVIA
61 (0.082 %)Oracle Financials
61 (0.082 %)HiInvest
61 (0.082 %)SAP SD
61 (0.082 %)LongView
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
155 (4.497 %)Internet
243 (3.516 %)HTTP
342 (3.434 %)LDAP
428 (2.289 %)SSL
526 (2.126 %)SAN
625 (2.044 %)Firewall
723 (1.881 %)BIG-IP
819 (1.554 %)Intranet
915 (1.226 %)ADSL
1013 (1.063 %)TCP/IP
1111 (0.899 %)FTP
128 (0.654 %)HTTPS
137 (0.572 %)NAS
137 (0.572 %)SSH
146 (0.491 %)DNS
146 (0.491 %)LAN
155 (0.409 %)Network Security
164 (0.327 %)VPN
164 (0.327 %)WAN
173 (0.245 %)SMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1119 (9.730 %)SQL Server
272 (5.887 %)DB2
336 (2.944 %)RDBMS
431 (2.535 %)Oracle 8/8i
431 (2.535 %)Oracle 10g
524 (1.962 %)MySQL
623 (1.881 %)DataStage
721 (1.717 %)SQL Server 2005
820 (1.635 %)BusinessObjects
910 (0.818 %)SQLPlus
108 (0.654 %)GIS
108 (0.654 %)NonStop SQL
117 (0.572 %)Oracle 9i
117 (0.572 %)ETL
126 (0.491 %)SQL Server 2000
126 (0.491 %)SQL Server 2008
135 (0.409 %)DB2 UDB
135 (0.409 %)Datawarehouse
135 (0.409 %)TOAD
144 (0.327 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
178 (6.378 %)ClearCase
248 (3.925 %)Eclipse
342 (3.434 %)Maven
438 (3.107 %)Ant
529 (2.371 %)JUnit
625 (2.044 %)JIRA
724 (1.962 %)Subversion
822 (1.799 %)JCAPS
920 (1.635 %)JMeter
1019 (1.554 %)LoadRunner
1117 (1.390 %)ClearQuest
1215 (1.226 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
139 (0.736 %)XMLSpy
148 (0.654 %)VSS/SourceSafe
156 (0.491 %)FrontPage
156 (0.491 %)Team Foundation Server
165 (0.409 %)Selenium
165 (0.409 %)PowerBuilder
174 (0.327 %)TestDirector
174 (0.327 %)NUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1259 (21.18 %)Finance
2241 (19.71 %)Banking
3139 (11.37 %)Investment Banking
474 (6.051 %)Back Office
557 (4.661 %)Government
650 (4.088 %)Retail
733 (2.698 %)Financial Institution
823 (1.881 %)Front Office
921 (1.717 %)Retail Banking
1017 (1.390 %)Insurance
1112 (0.981 %)Automotive
1211 (0.899 %)Pensions
1211 (0.899 %)Telecoms
1310 (0.818 %)Online Banking
149 (0.736 %)Construction
158 (0.654 %)Billing
167 (0.572 %)Auditing
175 (0.409 %)Law
184 (0.327 %)Legal
184 (0.327 %)Manufacturing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1458 (37.45 %)Developer
2183 (14.96 %)Java Developer
3168 (13.74 %)WebSphere Developer
4132 (10.79 %)Analyst
5131 (10.71 %)Architect
694 (7.686 %)Consultant
772 (5.887 %)Administrator
853 (4.334 %)Designer
949 (4.007 %)Portal Developer
949 (4.007 %)WebSphere Portal Developer
1044 (3.598 %)WebSphere Consultant
1142 (3.434 %)WebSphere Administrator
1241 (3.352 %)Applications Support
1338 (3.107 %)Solutions Architect
1437 (3.025 %)Support Analyst
1536 (2.944 %)J2EE Developer
1635 (2.862 %)Senior Developer
1733 (2.698 %)Project Manager
1831 (2.535 %)Technical Architect
1927 (2.208 %)WebSphere Specialist
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
147 (3.843 %)Mainframe
229 (2.371 %)Clustering
328 (2.289 %)Fixed Income
426 (2.126 %)iSeries
525 (2.044 %)AS400
621 (1.717 %)DataPower
621 (1.717 %)HACMP
718 (1.472 %)IBM Mainframe
815 (1.226 %)Open Source
914 (1.145 %)Blackberry
1013 (1.063 %)Client/Server
1013 (1.063 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1013 (1.063 %)Equities
1112 (0.981 %)CMDB
1112 (0.981 %)Data Integration
1211 (0.899 %)PKI
1211 (0.899 %)Multithreading
1310 (0.818 %)Derivative
148 (0.654 %)Computer Science
157 (0.572 %)Web 2.0
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1256 (20.93 %)UNIX
2249 (20.36 %)Windows
3203 (16.60 %)Linux
4198 (16.19 %)AIX
5143 (11.69 %)Solaris
673 (5.969 %)Windows Server 2003
732 (2.617 %)Red Hat Linux
831 (2.535 %)zOS
923 (1.881 %)Windows XP
1014 (1.145 %)HPUX
1110 (0.818 %)Windows Server 2008
129 (0.736 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
137 (0.572 %)VMS
146 (0.491 %)Tru64
154 (0.327 %)Windows 2000
163 (0.245 %)Windows 2000 Server
172 (0.164 %)MVS
172 (0.164 %)OS/390
172 (0.164 %)Windows NT
181 (0.082 %)VME
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1126 (10.30 %)SOA
289 (7.277 %)UML
360 (4.906 %)E-Commerce
453 (4.334 %)RAD
551 (4.170 %)Agile Software Development
648 (3.925 %)Project Management
746 (3.761 %)Scrum
837 (3.025 %)Migration
931 (2.535 %)OO
1028 (2.289 %)ITIL
1028 (2.289 %)Technical Architecture
1127 (2.208 %)Workflow
1226 (2.126 %)E-business
1325 (2.044 %)TDD
1422 (1.799 %)EAI
1422 (1.799 %)Content Management
1422 (1.799 %)Load Balancing
1521 (1.717 %)User Acceptance Testing
1620 (1.635 %)Configuration Management
1620 (1.635 %)Continuous Integration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1560 (45.79 %)Java
2224 (18.32 %)SQL
391 (7.441 %)JavaScript
453 (4.334 %)Perl
540 (3.271 %)Shell Script
633 (2.698 %)C++
727 (2.208 %)C#
821 (1.717 %)C
919 (1.554 %)PL/SQL
1015 (1.226 %)VB
1015 (1.226 %)Jython
1113 (1.063 %)Python
1211 (0.899 %)XPath
138 (0.654 %)XQuery
138 (0.654 %)RPG
147 (0.572 %)T-SQL
147 (0.572 %)COBOL
156 (0.491 %)VBScript
165 (0.409 %)Korn
165 (0.409 %)SQR
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
188 (7.195 %)Security Cleared
250 (4.088 %)SC Cleared
331 (2.535 %)DV Cleared
419 (1.554 %)Degree
515 (1.226 %)CISSP
515 (1.226 %)CISM
613 (1.063 %)IBM Certification
77 (0.572 %)IBM WebSphere Certification
77 (0.572 %)ISEB
84 (0.327 %)PRINCE2 Certification
84 (0.327 %)Sun Certification
93 (0.245 %)ISEB Practitioner
102 (0.164 %)ITIL Certification
102 (0.164 %)SAP Certification
111 (0.082 %)HP ASE
111 (0.082 %)BC Cleared
111 (0.082 %)RHCT
111 (0.082 %)SCDJWS
111 (0.082 %)SCJP
111 (0.082 %)SCJD
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (1.717 %)QA
210 (0.818 %)SLA
35 (0.409 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.327 %)Basel II
51 (0.082 %)HMG Infosec
51 (0.082 %)WAI
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
137 (3.025 %)VMware Infrastructure
229 (2.371 %)Active Directory
311 (0.899 %)VMware ESX
49 (0.736 %)MSMQ
56 (0.491 %)AquaLogic
64 (0.327 %)Oracle RAC
64 (0.327 %)Tivoli Directory Server
72 (0.164 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
81 (0.082 %)OpenSSO
81 (0.082 %)Veritas Cluster Server
81 (0.082 %)MetaFrame
81 (0.082 %)NetBackup
81 (0.082 %)Oracle RMAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1104 (8.504 %)Tivoli
231 (2.535 %)AutoSys
318 (1.472 %)Tivoli Monitoring
412 (0.981 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
510 (0.818 %)Tivoli NetView
510 (0.818 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
68 (0.654 %)Dollar Universe
74 (0.327 %)Netcool
83 (0.245 %)HP Quality Center
83 (0.245 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
83 (0.245 %)CA SiteMinder
92 (0.164 %)BMC PATROL
92 (0.164 %)CONTROL-M
92 (0.164 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
92 (0.164 %)OpenView
92 (0.164 %)OMEGAMON
92 (0.164 %)Data Guard
101 (0.082 %)OVSD
101 (0.082 %)EMC NetWorker
101 (0.082 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1335 (27.39 %)Oracle
2313 (25.59 %)IBM
375 (6.132 %)Microsoft
469 (5.642 %)JBoss
568 (5.560 %)SAP
665 (5.315 %)VMware
754 (4.415 %)Sybase
845 (3.679 %)TIBCO
939 (3.189 %)HP
1034 (2.780 %)Sun
1131 (2.535 %)Red Hat
1222 (1.799 %)FileNet
1321 (1.717 %)SeeBeyond
1420 (1.635 %)Business Objects
1516 (1.308 %)BEA
1615 (1.226 %)Cognos
1615 (1.226 %)Lotus
1713 (1.063 %)Siebel
1713 (1.063 %)ILOG
1810 (0.818 %)Cisco