The first table below looks at the demand for ESB skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 22 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 Platforms category for the West Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Rank 95 90 77
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -13
Contract jobs citing ESB 4 20 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.239% 0.875% 1.190%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.521% 5.479% 7.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 17
Average daily rate £388 £413 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.06% -13.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £385 £413 £475
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -13.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
All Application Platforms
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
263 365 311
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.68% 15.97% 16.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 163 159
Average daily rate £300 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £208 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 22 23
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% +45.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.40 £11.00 £10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
ESB
England

ESB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ESB across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

West Midlands ESB Jobs Demand Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ESB across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands ESB Daily Rate Trend

ESB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands ESB Hourly Rate Trend

ESB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ESB within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Coventry -6 2 - -
ESB
England

ESB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing ESB 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 ESB.

1 16 (88.89%) WebSphere
2 14 (77.78%) SOA
3 12 (66.67%) Java
4 11 (61.11%) EAI
4 11 (61.11%) IBM
5 10 (55.56%) WebSphere MQ
5 10 (55.56%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 9 (50.00%) Middleware
6 9 (50.00%) DB2
7 7 (38.89%) Oracle
7 7 (38.89%) Linux
8 6 (33.33%) RDBMS
9 5 (27.78%) IBM Certification
10 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
10 4 (22.22%) HTTP
10 4 (22.22%) zOS
10 4 (22.22%) Windows NT
10 4 (22.22%) ClearCase
10 4 (22.22%) XML
10 4 (22.22%) UNIX
10 4 (22.22%) Windows
10 4 (22.22%) HPUX
10 4 (22.22%) Subversion
10 4 (22.22%) Windows 2000 Server
10 4 (22.22%) TortoiseSVN
10 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (16.67%) WebSphere Process Server
11 3 (16.67%) Web Services
11 3 (16.67%) IBM HTTP Server

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing ESB 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 ESB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (88.89%) WebSphere
2 9 (50.00%) Middleware
3 4 (22.22%) XML
4 3 (16.67%) Web Services
5 2 (11.11%) WSDL
5 2 (11.11%) JMS
5 2 (11.11%) XSD
5 2 (11.11%) JDBC
5 2 (11.11%) SOAP
6 1 (5.556%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (5.556%) RESTful
6 1 (5.556%) WebCenter
6 1 (5.556%) .NET
6 1 (5.556%) J2EE
6 1 (5.556%) XSLT
6 1 (5.556%) Java RMI
6 1 (5.556%) XML Schema
6 1 (5.556%) JMX
Application Platforms
1 10 (55.56%) WebSphere MQ
1 10 (55.56%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 3 (16.67%) WebSphere Process Server
2 3 (16.67%) IBM HTTP Server
3 2 (11.11%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (5.556%) MQSeries
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Project
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
1 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) HTTP
2 2 (11.11%) FTP
3 1 (5.556%) LDAP
3 1 (5.556%) DNS
3 1 (5.556%) HTTPS
3 1 (5.556%) IIOP
3 1 (5.556%) SMTP
3 1 (5.556%) Firewall
3 1 (5.556%) SNMP
3 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.556%) SSL
3 1 (5.556%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (50.00%) DB2
2 6 (33.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (5.556%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.556%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) ClearCase
1 4 (22.22%) Subversion
1 4 (22.22%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 1 (5.556%) Finance
1 1 (5.556%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Developer
2 7 (38.89%) WebSphere Developer
3 4 (22.22%) Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Consultant
3 4 (22.22%) WebSphere Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) WebSphere Consultant
4 3 (16.67%) Middleware Developer
5 2 (11.11%) WebSphere Architect
6 1 (5.556%) Oracle Architect
6 1 (5.556%) Integration Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) Integration Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Integration Architect
6 1 (5.556%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.556%) WebSphere Administrator
6 1 (5.556%) Analyst
6 1 (5.556%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Linux
2 4 (22.22%) zOS
2 4 (22.22%) Windows NT
2 4 (22.22%) UNIX
2 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) HPUX
2 4 (22.22%) Windows 2000 Server
3 3 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) SOA
2 11 (61.11%) EAI
3 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
3 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.11%) BPEL
5 1 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (5.556%) Revenue Management
5 1 (5.556%) Supplier Management
5 1 (5.556%) Data Management
5 1 (5.556%) Integration Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Time Management
5 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.556%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (5.556%) Validation
5 1 (5.556%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (5.556%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) Jython
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) IBM Certification
2 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) IBM
2 7 (38.89%) Oracle
3 3 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 2 (11.11%) HP
4 2 (11.11%) SAP
4 2 (11.11%) Business Objects
5 1 (5.556%) VMware
5 1 (5.556%) Microsoft