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This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebSphere over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank7770
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads14941814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.902 %2.050 %
As % of the category below7.846 %8.426 %
Daily rates quoted484561
Average minimum daily rate£391£387
Average daily rate£415£411
% change on same period last year+1.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£440£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£391£403
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Hourly rates quoted2857
Average minimum hourly rate£43.18£34.97
Average hourly rate£45.33£36.87
% change on same period last year+22.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£47.48£38.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.45£37.94
% change on same period last year+3.97 %
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1904221528
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.24 %24.33 %
Daily rates quoted62206398
Average minimum daily rate£361£371
Average daily rate£387£394
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£413£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£335
% change on same period last year+5.62 %
Hourly rates quoted10831322
Average minimum hourly rate£29.62£29.47
Average hourly rate£32.34£31.40
% change on same period last year+2.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.06£33.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.32£31.52
% change on same period last year+2.54 %

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing WebSphere across 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 contract IT jobs ads citing WebSphere across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing WebSphere across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

WebSphere Hourly Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSphere within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandDown-101393£417+1.49 %
2LondonDown-37488£447+7.00 %
3South EastDown-8277£379-3.75 %
4East of EnglandUp+4177£391-5.86 %
5North WestUp+48161£421+38.19 %
6City of LondonDown-12113£493+26.05 %
7CheshireUp+2781£422+42.78 %
8West MidlandsDown-477£386+9.10 %
9East MidlandsUp+3976£387-19.46 %
10ScotlandUp+4070£415+22.98 %
11HampshireDown-1668£392+1.09 %
12BerkshireUp+5267£374+14.18 %
13MidlandsNo change052£403-14.04 %
14HertfordshireUp+847£401+6.72 %
15NorfolkUp+2144£396-20.46 %
16BuckinghamshireDown-343£334-29.75 %
16ManchesterUp+1543£461-
17SurreyDown-1642£460+13.16 %
18NorwichUp+2240£365-26.66 %
19ReadingUp+2938£367-
20GlasgowUp+2235£415+22.33 %
20South WestDown-5935£355-24.64 %
21YorkshireDown-632£376+4.30 %
21Milton KeynesDown-1432£317-41.81 %
22KnutsfordDown-731£458-
23CambridgeshireUp+329£413+27.17 %
24EssexUp+128£326-18.39 %
25NorthamptonshireUp+1827£473-1.51 %
26WatfordUp+425£401+8.81 %
26WarwickshireUp+2125£373+5.67 %

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing WebSphere also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WebSphere.

11466 (50.71 %)Java
21298 (44.90 %)J2EE
3900 (31.13 %)Unix
4729 (25.22 %)Finance
5693 (23.97 %)Oracle
6635 (21.96 %)IBM
7619 (21.41 %)XML
8616 (21.31 %)WebSphere Application Server
9525 (18.16 %)SQL
10516 (17.85 %)WebSphere MQ
11443 (15.32 %)Solaris
12401 (13.87 %)WebLogic
13398 (13.77 %)AIX
14377 (13.04 %)Linux
15376 (13.01 %)Banking
16363 (12.56 %)Windows
17355 (12.28 %)Spring
18332 (11.48 %)JSP
19327 (11.31 %)UML
20325 (11.24 %)Middleware
21324 (11.21 %)DB2
22280 (9.685 %)Hibernate
23243 (8.405 %)WebServices
24242 (8.371 %)EJB
25238 (8.232 %)Tomcat
26236 (8.163 %)Struts
27233 (8.059 %)OO
28216 (7.471 %)HTML
29212 (7.333 %)Apache
30202 (6.987 %)SOA

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing WebSphere also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WebSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11298 (44.90 %)J2EE
2619 (21.41 %)XML
3355 (12.28 %)Spring
4332 (11.48 %)JSP
5325 (11.24 %)Middleware
6280 (9.685 %)Hibernate
7243 (8.405 %)WebServices
8242 (8.371 %)EJB
9236 (8.163 %)Struts
10216 (7.471 %)HTML
11198 (6.849 %)Servlets
12197 (6.814 %)JMS
13149 (5.154 %)XSLT
14142 (4.912 %).NET
15138 (4.773 %)SOAP
15138 (4.773 %)JDBC
16125 (4.324 %)CSS
17104 (3.597 %)AJAX
1890 (3.113 %)JSF
1970 (2.421 %)WBIMB
Application Platforms
1616 (21.31 %)WebSphere Application Server
2516 (17.85 %)WebSphere MQ
3401 (13.87 %)WebLogic
4238 (8.232 %)Tomcat
5212 (7.333 %)Apache
6199 (6.883 %)WebSphere Message Broker
7191 (6.607 %)MQSeries
8136 (4.704 %)WPS
9131 (4.531 %)JBoss
10117 (4.047 %)IIS
1168 (2.352 %)ESB
1168 (2.352 %)TIBCO EMS
1255 (1.902 %)IBM HTTP Server
1255 (1.902 %)MQSI
1335 (1.211 %)CICS
1431 (1.072 %)CMS
1528 (0.969 %)WebLogic Portal
1528 (0.969 %)SmartSockets
1618 (0.623 %)NetWeaver
1717 (0.588 %)Commerce Server
Applications
135 (1.211 %)MS Excel
233 (1.141 %)MS Office
331 (1.072 %)MS Visio
419 (0.657 %)MS Project
58 (0.277 %)Photoshop
58 (0.277 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.138 %)ImageReady
71 (0.035 %)Pro/ENGINEER
Business Applications
132 (1.107 %)BusinessWorks
223 (0.796 %)TIBCO iProcess
310 (0.346 %)SAP CRM
45 (0.173 %)Global One
45 (0.173 %)MAXIMO
53 (0.104 %)SAP FI
62 (0.069 %)Oracle EBS
62 (0.069 %)Staffware
62 (0.069 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
62 (0.069 %)SAP FI-CA
62 (0.069 %)Misys Midas
71 (0.035 %)Retail-J
71 (0.035 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
71 (0.035 %)SAP ERP
71 (0.035 %)AWD
71 (0.035 %)Summit
71 (0.035 %)SAP CO
71 (0.035 %)Kondor+
71 (0.035 %)BASE24
71 (0.035 %)SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
1145 (5.016 %)Internet
2121 (4.185 %)HTTP
385 (2.940 %)TCP/IP
477 (2.663 %)Firewall
556 (1.937 %)SSL
652 (1.799 %)DNS
746 (1.591 %)Intranet
834 (1.176 %)LDAP
925 (0.865 %)SAN
1022 (0.761 %)FTP
1121 (0.726 %)BIG-IP
1220 (0.692 %)LAN
1220 (0.692 %)WAN
1314 (0.484 %)SNMP
1413 (0.450 %)Extranet
158 (0.277 %)VoIP
167 (0.242 %)DMZ
176 (0.208 %)WINS
176 (0.208 %)SMTP
185 (0.173 %)SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1324 (11.21 %)DB2
2124 (4.289 %)SQL Server
3120 (4.151 %)RDBMS
489 (3.079 %)Oracle 10g
548 (1.660 %)MySQL
647 (1.626 %)BusinessObjects
733 (1.141 %)Oracle 9i
826 (0.899 %)ETL
922 (0.761 %)Datawarehouse
1021 (0.726 %)Oracle 8/8i
1118 (0.623 %)SQLPlus
1216 (0.553 %)DataStage
1311 (0.380 %)Crystal Reports
148 (0.277 %)GIS
148 (0.277 %)Reference Data
157 (0.242 %)SQL Server 2000
157 (0.242 %)Oracle Reports
166 (0.208 %)Data Mining
175 (0.173 %)SAP BI
175 (0.173 %)EDMS
Development Applications
1163 (5.638 %)Eclipse
2159 (5.500 %)Ant
3141 (4.877 %)JUnit
4114 (3.943 %)ClearCase
558 (2.006 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
657 (1.972 %)ClearQuest
741 (1.418 %)LoadRunner
838 (1.314 %)JDeveloper
933 (1.141 %)Subversion
1029 (1.003 %)CruiseControl
1029 (1.003 %)TestDirector
1126 (0.899 %)JBuilder
1225 (0.865 %)Rational Rose
1225 (0.865 %)IntelliJ
1320 (0.692 %)Log4j
1416 (0.553 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1515 (0.519 %)PVCS
1614 (0.484 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1614 (0.484 %)NUnit
1713 (0.450 %)Selenium
General
1729 (25.22 %)Finance
2376 (13.01 %)Banking
3150 (5.189 %)Retail
4148 (5.119 %)Investment Banking
5128 (4.428 %)Insurance
666 (2.283 %)Government
761 (2.110 %)Financial Institution
855 (1.902 %)Telecoms
941 (1.418 %)Retail Banking
1032 (1.107 %)Front Office
1128 (0.969 %)Pensions
1222 (0.761 %)Back Office
1316 (0.553 %)Construction
1316 (0.553 %)Online Banking
1412 (0.415 %)Education
1511 (0.380 %)Automotive
1511 (0.380 %)Marketing
1610 (0.346 %)Manufacturing
1610 (0.346 %)Publishing
177 (0.242 %)Games
Job Titles
11283 (44.38 %)Developer
2632 (21.86 %)Java Developer
3353 (12.21 %)Administrator
4351 (12.14 %)J2EE Developer
5292 (10.10 %)WebSphere Developer
6285 (9.858 %)Analyst
7271 (9.374 %)Java/J2EE Developer
8210 (7.264 %)Architect
9192 (6.641 %)Consultant
10124 (4.289 %)WebSphere Administrator
11114 (3.943 %)WebSphere Consultant
1293 (3.217 %)WebSphere Portal Developer
1387 (3.009 %)Support Analyst
1476 (2.629 %)Systems Administrator
1573 (2.525 %)Senior Developer
1672 (2.490 %)Project Manager
1771 (2.456 %)WebSphere Specialist
1861 (2.110 %)Technical Architect
1861 (2.110 %)UNIX Administrator
1959 (2.041 %)Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1128 (4.428 %)Mainframe
259 (2.041 %)Tandem
356 (1.937 %)N-Tier
450 (1.730 %)Clustering
546 (1.591 %)Derivative
644 (1.522 %)HACMP
743 (1.487 %)Asset Management
831 (1.072 %)AS400
929 (1.003 %)PKI
929 (1.003 %)Multithreading
1023 (0.796 %)Fixed Income
1121 (0.726 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1219 (0.657 %)Contract for Difference
1317 (0.588 %)Credit Derivative
1317 (0.588 %)Thin Client
1317 (0.588 %)Fat Client
1414 (0.484 %)Replication
1511 (0.380 %)IVR
1511 (0.380 %)Data Integration
1610 (0.346 %)IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1900 (31.13 %)Unix
2443 (15.32 %)Solaris
3398 (13.77 %)AIX
4377 (13.04 %)Linux
5363 (12.56 %)Windows
6101 (3.494 %)HPUX
747 (1.626 %)Windows 2000
837 (1.280 %)Windows Server 2003
936 (1.245 %)zOS
1034 (1.176 %)Windows NT
1120 (0.692 %)SUSE
1214 (0.484 %)MVS
136 (0.208 %)OS/390
136 (0.208 %)Windows XP
136 (0.208 %)VMS
136 (0.208 %)FreeBSD
136 (0.208 %)VME
145 (0.173 %)OpenVMS
154 (0.138 %)i5/OS
163 (0.104 %)Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1327 (11.31 %)UML
2233 (8.059 %)OO
3202 (6.987 %)SOA
4140 (4.843 %)E-Commerce
5129 (4.462 %)RUP
692 (3.182 %)RAD
788 (3.044 %)Agile Software Development
883 (2.871 %)Project Management
963 (2.179 %)OOD
1062 (2.145 %)MVC
1155 (1.902 %)Migration
1155 (1.902 %)CRM
1254 (1.868 %)Unit Testing
1353 (1.833 %)Change Management
1450 (1.730 %)Content Management
1544 (1.522 %)Workflow
1544 (1.522 %)EAI
1642 (1.453 %)Use Case
1739 (1.349 %)BPEL
1838 (1.314 %)Load Balancing
Programming Languages
11466 (50.71 %)Java
2525 (18.16 %)SQL
3198 (6.849 %)JavaScript
4192 (6.641 %)Shell Script
5108 (3.736 %)Perl
6100 (3.459 %)C#
783 (2.871 %)C++
864 (2.214 %)PL/SQL
941 (1.418 %)C
1035 (1.211 %)DHTML
1134 (1.176 %)VBScript
1233 (1.141 %)COBOL
1330 (1.038 %)VB
1330 (1.038 %)XPath
1428 (0.969 %)Korn
1428 (0.969 %)XQuery
1527 (0.934 %)Transact-SQL
1527 (0.934 %)PHP
1621 (0.726 %)RPG
1621 (0.726 %)VC++
Qualifications
156 (1.937 %)Degree
230 (1.038 %)Sun Certification
323 (0.796 %)ISEB
417 (0.588 %)Microsoft Certification
513 (0.450 %)PRINCE2 Certification
611 (0.380 %)MCP
77 (0.242 %)IBM Certification
85 (0.173 %)ITIL Certification
93 (0.104 %)ISEB Practitioner
102 (0.069 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
102 (0.069 %)CNE
102 (0.069 %)Novell Certification
102 (0.069 %)MCSE
102 (0.069 %)CISSP
111 (0.035 %)SCWCD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
124 (0.830 %)QA
220 (0.692 %)SLA
39 (0.311 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.138 %)GLP
44 (0.138 %)GxP
52 (0.069 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.035 %)ISO8583
System Software
129 (1.003 %)VMware ESX
228 (0.969 %)AquaLogic
228 (0.969 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
316 (0.553 %)NetBackup
415 (0.519 %)Active Directory
514 (0.484 %)ISA Server
613 (0.450 %)Oracle RAC
75 (0.173 %)Oracle RMAN
83 (0.104 %)ClearTrust
83 (0.104 %)Terminal Services
92 (0.069 %)Samba
92 (0.069 %)Squid
101 (0.035 %)MSMQ
101 (0.035 %)RACF
101 (0.035 %)Orbix
Systems Management
1172 (5.949 %)Tivoli
272 (2.490 %)OMEGAMON
338 (1.314 %)MOM
338 (1.314 %)AutoSys
430 (1.038 %)CA SiteMinder
520 (0.692 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
616 (0.553 %)TIBCO Hawk
711 (0.380 %)CONTROL-M
711 (0.380 %)AllFusion Endevor
86 (0.208 %)Tivoli Monitoring
94 (0.138 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
94 (0.138 %)Netcool
102 (0.069 %)OpenView
102 (0.069 %)SCOM
102 (0.069 %)Netcool/Proviso
111 (0.035 %)EMC NetWorker
111 (0.035 %)Unicenter
111 (0.035 %)Legato
111 (0.035 %)Tivoli Configuration Manager
111 (0.035 %)Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1693 (23.97 %)Oracle
2635 (21.96 %)IBM
3145 (5.016 %)TIBCO
4143 (4.946 %)Sybase
5115 (3.978 %)BEA
6111 (3.840 %)Microsoft
7107 (3.701 %)Sun
895 (3.286 %)Red Hat
988 (3.044 %)SAP
1087 (3.009 %)HP
1147 (1.626 %)Business Objects
1245 (1.557 %)Citrix
1343 (1.487 %)VMware
1439 (1.349 %)Cisco
1535 (1.211 %)Siebel
1628 (0.969 %)ILOG
1727 (0.934 %)Vignette
1821 (0.726 %)VERITAS
1920 (0.692 %)FileNet
2016 (0.553 %)Dell
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