The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSphere over the 3 months to 17 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 Watford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 11 13 6
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -7
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 4 9 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 5.970% 8.257% 17.11%
As % of the Application Development category 21.05% 31.03% 48.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £413
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.50 £57.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-48.69% +53.33%
All Application Development
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
19 29 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 28.36% 26.61% 35.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 8
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £275 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £378 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £11.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WebSphere
Hertfordshire

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford WebSphere Hourly Rate Trend

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 25 (100.00%) J2EE
1 25 (100.00%) Java
1 25 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 25 (100.00%) IBM
1 25 (100.00%) Retail
2 22 (88.00%) Finance
3 16 (64.00%) Project Management
3 16 (64.00%) Games
3 16 (64.00%) Waterfall
4 13 (52.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (52.00%) Change Control
4 13 (52.00%) Time Management
5 9 (36.00%) JavaScript
5 9 (36.00%) HTML
5 9 (36.00%) SQL
5 9 (36.00%) XML
5 9 (36.00%) MQSeries
5 9 (36.00%) DB2
5 9 (36.00%) UNIX
6 6 (24.00%) HPUX
6 6 (24.00%) Solaris
6 6 (24.00%) Linux
6 6 (24.00%) UML
6 6 (24.00%) OO
6 6 (24.00%) RAD
6 6 (24.00%) Ant
6 6 (24.00%) JUnit
6 6 (24.00%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (24.00%) EJB
6 6 (24.00%) JDBC

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 25 (100.00%) J2EE
2 9 (36.00%) XML
2 9 (36.00%) HTML
3 6 (24.00%) XSLT
3 6 (24.00%) EJB
3 6 (24.00%) JDBC
3 6 (24.00%) JSP
3 6 (24.00%) Servlets
3 6 (24.00%) Struts
3 6 (24.00%) XHTML
3 6 (24.00%) JMS
3 6 (24.00%) XMLBeans
3 6 (24.00%) Ajax
3 6 (24.00%) JSTL
4 3 (12.00%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 9 (36.00%) MQSeries
2 6 (24.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (36.00%) DB2
2 6 (24.00%) RDBMS
3 3 (12.00%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Ant
1 6 (24.00%) JUnit
1 6 (24.00%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1 6 (24.00%) Eclipse
1 6 (24.00%) Log4j
1 6 (24.00%) Subversion
2 3 (12.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (12.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 25 (100.00%) Retail
2 22 (88.00%) Finance
3 16 (64.00%) Games
4 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (64.00%) Project Manager
2 13 (52.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
2 13 (52.00%) E-Commerce Manager
3 6 (24.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Java Developer
3 6 (24.00%) J2EE Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Tester
4 3 (12.00%) Agile Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) UNIX
2 6 (24.00%) HPUX
2 6 (24.00%) Solaris
2 6 (24.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 16 (64.00%) Project Management
2 16 (64.00%) Waterfall
3 13 (52.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (52.00%) Change Control
3 13 (52.00%) Time Management
4 6 (24.00%) Content Management
4 6 (24.00%) UML
4 6 (24.00%) OO
4 6 (24.00%) RAD
5 3 (12.00%) Regression Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Automated Testing
5 3 (12.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (36.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (36.00%) SQL
3 6 (24.00%) XPath
3 6 (24.00%) Bash shell
3 6 (24.00%) Perl
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) IBM
2 6 (24.00%) Interwoven
2 6 (24.00%) ATG
2 6 (24.00%) Blue Martini
2 6 (24.00%) Elastic Path
3 3 (12.00%) HP