The first 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 19 June 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 Development category for the Wales region.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 38 19 36
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +17
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 8 44 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.717% 7.407% 3.808%
As % of the Application Development category 10.00% 27.16% 14.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 16
Average daily rate £388 £439 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.68% +17.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £417 £286
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £515 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £422 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.10% +5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £45.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-33.70% +29.28%
All Application Development
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
80 162 186
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 17.17% 27.27% 26.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 68 81
Average daily rate £322 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.23% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £225 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -41.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
WebSphere
UK

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales WebSphere Jobs Demand Trend

WebSphere
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebSphere across the Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Wales WebSphere Daily Rate Histogram

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
South Wales +9 6 £375 -11.76%
WebSphere
UK

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 15 (83.33%) IBM
2 11 (61.11%) SQL Server
3 10 (55.56%) COBOL
3 10 (55.56%) IIS
3 10 (55.56%) UNIX
3 10 (55.56%) Shell Script
4 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (50.00%) MS Office
4 9 (50.00%) Project Management
5 8 (44.44%) Finance
5 8 (44.44%) SQL
5 8 (44.44%) iSeries
6 7 (38.89%) Java
6 7 (38.89%) DB2
6 7 (38.89%) RPG
6 7 (38.89%) AIX
6 7 (38.89%) OS/400
7 5 (27.78%) AS400
7 5 (27.78%) FileNet
7 5 (27.78%) Subversion
7 5 (27.78%) Spring
7 5 (27.78%) JSF
7 5 (27.78%) Hibernate
7 5 (27.78%) UML
7 5 (27.78%) OO
7 5 (27.78%) J2SE
7 5 (27.78%) Adobe
7 5 (27.78%) TestDirector
7 5 (27.78%) ILOG
7 5 (27.78%) WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 5 (27.78%) Spring
1 5 (27.78%) JSF
1 5 (27.78%) Hibernate
1 5 (27.78%) J2SE
1 5 (27.78%) J2EE
2 2 (11.11%) XML
3 1 (5.556%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (5.556%) WSDL
3 1 (5.556%) XSD
3 1 (5.556%) XSLT
3 1 (5.556%) Web Services
3 1 (5.556%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 10 (55.56%) IIS
2 5 (27.78%) FileNet
2 5 (27.78%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (11.11%) WebLogic
4 1 (5.556%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 1 (5.556%) ESB
4 1 (5.556%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
Applications
1 9 (50.00%) MS Office
2 5 (27.78%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) HTTPS
1 1 (5.556%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (61.11%) SQL Server
2 7 (38.89%) DB2
3 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Subversion
1 5 (27.78%) TestDirector
1 5 (27.78%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.556%) ClearQuest
2 1 (5.556%) ClearCase
2 1 (5.556%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.556%) Ant
2 1 (5.556%) Maven
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Analyst
2 8 (44.44%) Applications Support
3 7 (38.89%) Applications Support Analyst
3 7 (38.89%) Support Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Team Leader
4 4 (22.22%) Development Manager
4 4 (22.22%) Software Team Leader
5 3 (16.67%) WebSphere Developer
5 3 (16.67%) Developer
5 3 (16.67%) Development Team Leader
6 1 (5.556%) Analyst Programmer
6 1 (5.556%) Programmer
6 1 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Java Team Leader
6 1 (5.556%) Windows Support Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) AS400 Support
6 1 (5.556%) J2EE Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) iSeries
2 5 (27.78%) AS400
3 1 (5.556%) Clustering
3 1 (5.556%) DataPower
3 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) UNIX
2 7 (38.89%) AIX
2 7 (38.89%) OS/400
3 5 (27.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (27.78%) UML
2 5 (27.78%) OO
3 4 (22.22%) Time Management
3 4 (22.22%) Scrum
3 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.556%) EAI
5 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) COBOL
1 10 (55.56%) Shell Script
2 8 (44.44%) SQL
3 7 (38.89%) Java
3 7 (38.89%) RPG
4 1 (5.556%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.556%) Korn
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) IBM
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (27.78%) Adobe
3 5 (27.78%) ILOG
4 2 (11.11%) Rackspace
5 1 (5.556%) Mercator
5 1 (5.556%) Oracle
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