The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 24 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 Development category for the Warwickshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 30 20 14
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -6
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 1 7 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 0.483% 2.869% 6.512%
As % of the Application Development category 2.222% 15.22% 31.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 12
Average daily rate £375 £300 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -36.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £415 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.12% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £45.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-33.70% +39.23%
All Application Development
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
45 46 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 21.74% 18.85% 20.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 28 28
Average daily rate £300 £325 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -31.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
Average hourly rate £21.00 £16.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
West Midlands

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire WebSphere Daily Rate Trend

WebSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 4 (50.00%) Java
1 4 (50.00%) SOA
1 4 (50.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 3 (37.50%) IBM
2 3 (37.50%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (37.50%) TIBCO
3 2 (25.00%) Middleware
3 2 (25.00%) SLA
3 2 (25.00%) EAI
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) J2EE
3 2 (25.00%) ESB
3 2 (25.00%) Content Management
3 2 (25.00%) Process Management
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Hibernate
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Automotive
4 1 (12.50%) Spring
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Telematics
4 1 (12.50%) Product Management
4 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (12.50%) XML
4 1 (12.50%) XSD

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 2 (25.00%) Middleware
1 2 (25.00%) J2EE
2 1 (12.50%) Hibernate
2 1 (12.50%) Spring
2 1 (12.50%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) XSD
2 1 (12.50%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 3 (37.50%) WebSphere MQ
3 2 (25.00%) ESB
4 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 2 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Automotive
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Middleware Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Telematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) SOA
2 2 (25.00%) EAI
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Content Management
2 2 (25.00%) Process Management
3 1 (12.50%) Change Control
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
3 1 (12.50%) Product Management
3 1 (12.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) IBM
1 3 (37.50%) TIBCO