Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 22 March 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 for the Wales region.

 IBM WebSphere
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank355257
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Up+5
Matching contract IT job ads6119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales1.195 %0.197 %1.754 %
As % of the Application Development category9.677 %0.893 %7.600 %
Daily rates quoted404
Average daily rate£351-£394
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£317-£358
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£393-£456
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£400£395
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %+1.260 %
Hourly rates quoted100
Average hourly rate£19.00--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£32.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-21.87 %-8.570 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
62112250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales12.35 %22.09 %23.08 %
Daily rates quoted253473
Average daily rate£280£250£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00 %-31.03 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£215£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£450£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted6914
Average hourly rate£19.50£32.50£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00 %-13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.50£22.00£11.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£110.00£40.00£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %
WebSphere UKWebSphere
UK

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WebSphere across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Wales 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 across the Wales region.

Wales WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 March 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
South WalesUp+105£375-
West WalesNew entry-1£327-
WebSphere UKWebSphere
UK

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

111 (84.62 %)Java
28 (61.54 %)SQL
36 (46.15 %)Servlets
45 (38.46 %)J2EE
54 (30.77 %)WebSphere Application Server
54 (30.77 %)Web Services
63 (23.08 %)Government
72 (15.38 %)XML
72 (15.38 %)UML
72 (15.38 %)WebSphere MQ
72 (15.38 %)WebLogic
72 (15.38 %)Oracle
72 (15.38 %)RUP
72 (15.38 %)WebSphere Message Broker
72 (15.38 %)Continuous Integration
72 (15.38 %)Security Cleared
81 (7.692 %)JPA
81 (7.692 %)EJB 3.0
81 (7.692 %)Apache OpenJPA
81 (7.692 %)Inversion of Control
81 (7.692 %)COBOL
81 (7.692 %)JRules
81 (7.692 %)Spring
81 (7.692 %)JSF
81 (7.692 %)Software Engineering
81 (7.692 %)CheckStyle
81 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (7.692 %)Java EE
81 (7.692 %)MQSeries
81 (7.692 %)LDAP

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (46.15 %)Servlets
25 (38.46 %)J2EE
34 (30.77 %)Web Services
42 (15.38 %)XML
51 (7.692 %)JPA
51 (7.692 %)EJB 3.0
51 (7.692 %)Apache OpenJPA
51 (7.692 %)JRules
51 (7.692 %)Spring
51 (7.692 %)JSF
51 (7.692 %)Java EE
51 (7.692 %)JMS
51 (7.692 %)JavaBeans
51 (7.692 %)EJB
51 (7.692 %)Middleware
51 (7.692 %)Hibernate
51 (7.692 %)TopLink
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (30.77 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (15.38 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (15.38 %)WebLogic
22 (15.38 %)WebSphere Message Broker
31 (7.692 %)MQSeries
31 (7.692 %)IBM HTTP Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (7.692 %)LDAP
11 (7.692 %)HTTP
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (7.692 %)RDBMS
11 (7.692 %)Oracle 10g
11 (7.692 %)SQL Server
11 (7.692 %)DB2
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (7.692 %)CheckStyle
11 (7.692 %)ClearCase
11 (7.692 %)TestDirector
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (23.08 %)Government
21 (7.692 %)Finance
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (69.23 %)Developer
28 (61.54 %)Java Developer
32 (15.38 %)Consultant
41 (7.692 %)Analyst
41 (7.692 %)WebSphere Consultant
41 (7.692 %)WebSphere Developer
41 (7.692 %)Analyst Programmer
41 (7.692 %)Programmer
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)Inversion of Control
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (7.692 %)Windows
11 (7.692 %)AIX
11 (7.692 %)Linux
11 (7.692 %)SUSE
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (15.38 %)UML
12 (15.38 %)RUP
12 (15.38 %)Continuous Integration
21 (7.692 %)Software Engineering
21 (7.692 %)OO
21 (7.692 %)RAD
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
111 (84.62 %)Java
28 (61.54 %)SQL
31 (7.692 %)COBOL
31 (7.692 %)RPG
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (15.38 %)Security Cleared
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (15.38 %)Oracle
21 (7.692 %)IBM
21 (7.692 %)ILOG
21 (7.692 %)FileNet
21 (7.692 %)Kofax