The first table below looks at the demand for WebSphere 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 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM WebSphere
Rank 83 75 62
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -13
Contract jobs citing WebSphere 14 28 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.834% 1.233% 1.865%
As % of the Application Development category 3.636% 5.374% 7.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 19
Average daily rate £388 £393 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.27% -17.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £422 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.10% +5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £33.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £45.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-33.70% +29.28%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
385 521 512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 22.94% 22.94% 26.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 295 275
Average daily rate £310 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £210 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 18
Average hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.66% +23.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
WebSphere
England

WebSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Coventry +1 4 £388 +7.63%
Birmingham +6 3 £388 -
Warwickshire -7 1 £375 +36.36% 1
Worcestershire - - - -
West Bromwich - - - -
Shropshire - - - -
WebSphere
England

WebSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 32 (65.31%) IBM
2 23 (46.94%) Linux
3 22 (44.90%) HTTP
3 22 (44.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (40.82%) SOA
4 20 (40.82%) Red Hat
4 20 (40.82%) WebSphere Process Server
5 19 (38.78%) Middleware
5 19 (38.78%) Web Services
5 19 (38.78%) DB2
6 18 (36.73%) JMS
6 18 (36.73%) IBM HTTP Server
7 17 (34.69%) LDAP
7 17 (34.69%) Security Cleared
8 16 (32.65%) Oracle
9 15 (30.61%) .NET
9 15 (30.61%) DNS
9 15 (30.61%) TCP/IP
9 15 (30.61%) Active Directory
10 14 (28.57%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 14 (28.57%) Java
11 13 (26.53%) SC Cleared
12 12 (24.49%) WebSphere Message Broker
13 9 (18.37%) SAP
14 8 (16.33%) XML
14 8 (16.33%) WebSphere MQ
14 8 (16.33%) ESB
15 7 (14.29%) J2EE
16 6 (12.24%) Tomcat
16 6 (12.24%) Oracle 8/8i

WebSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 19 (38.78%) Middleware
1 19 (38.78%) Web Services
2 18 (36.73%) JMS
3 15 (30.61%) .NET
4 8 (16.33%) XML
4 8 (16.33%) WebSphere MQ
5 7 (14.29%) J2EE
6 4 (8.163%) Java EE
7 3 (6.122%) XML Schema
8 2 (4.082%) SOAP
8 2 (4.082%) XSD
8 2 (4.082%) XSLT
8 2 (4.082%) JDBC
8 2 (4.082%) SAML
8 2 (4.082%) Hibernate
8 2 (4.082%) Spring
9 1 (2.041%) Ajax
9 1 (2.041%) JMX
9 1 (2.041%) WSDL
9 1 (2.041%) Java RMI
Application Platforms
1 20 (40.82%) WebSphere Process Server
2 18 (36.73%) IBM HTTP Server
3 14 (28.57%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 12 (24.49%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 8 (16.33%) ESB
6 6 (12.24%) Tomcat
7 4 (8.163%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (6.122%) Apache
9 2 (4.082%) MQSeries
10 1 (2.041%) NetWeaver
10 1 (2.041%) WebLogic
10 1 (2.041%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 1 (2.041%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.041%) MS Project
1 1 (2.041%) MS Office
1 1 (2.041%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.082%) ENOVIA
2 1 (2.041%) SAP R/3
2 1 (2.041%) SAP CRM
2 1 (2.041%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 22 (44.90%) HTTP
2 17 (34.69%) LDAP
3 15 (30.61%) DNS
3 15 (30.61%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.082%) NAS
4 2 (4.082%) FTP
4 2 (4.082%) LAN
4 2 (4.082%) WAN
4 2 (4.082%) Internet
4 2 (4.082%) SAN
4 2 (4.082%) VPN
5 1 (2.041%) Firewall
5 1 (2.041%) IPv6
5 1 (2.041%) SMTP
5 1 (2.041%) SNMP
5 1 (2.041%) HTTPS
5 1 (2.041%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (38.78%) DB2
2 6 (12.24%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (4.082%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (4.082%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.082%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.041%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.041%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.041%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (4.082%) Jenkins
1 2 (4.082%) TeamCity
General
1 4 (8.163%) Manufacturing
2 3 (6.122%) Banking
2 3 (6.122%) Automotive
3 2 (4.082%) Finance
3 2 (4.082%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.041%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.041%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) Developer
2 10 (20.41%) Architect
2 10 (20.41%) WebSphere Specialist
3 7 (14.29%) Administrator
4 6 (12.24%) Consultant
4 6 (12.24%) WebSphere Administrator
4 6 (12.24%) WebSphere Consultant
5 5 (10.20%) WebSphere Developer
5 5 (10.20%) Java Developer
6 3 (6.122%) WebSphere Architect
6 3 (6.122%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.082%) Agile Java Developer
7 2 (4.082%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.082%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.082%) Analyst
7 2 (4.082%) Server Administrator
7 2 (4.082%) Integration Analyst
7 2 (4.082%) SAP Architect
8 1 (2.041%) WebSphere Portal Developer
8 1 (2.041%) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.122%) Open Source
2 2 (4.082%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.041%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.041%) Clustering
3 1 (2.041%) DataPower
3 1 (2.041%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 23 (46.94%) Linux
2 22 (44.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (10.20%) Windows
4 3 (6.122%) UNIX
5 1 (2.041%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.82%) SOA
2 4 (8.163%) EAI
2 4 (8.163%) Project Management
2 4 (8.163%) TOGAF
3 3 (6.122%) Logistics
3 3 (6.122%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (6.122%) TDD
3 3 (6.122%) Data Modelling
4 2 (4.082%) BDD
4 2 (4.082%) SAP Implementation
4 2 (4.082%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (4.082%) Unit Testing
4 2 (4.082%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (4.082%) Kanban
4 2 (4.082%) CRM
4 2 (4.082%) PLM
4 2 (4.082%) Scrum
4 2 (4.082%) Extreme Programming
4 2 (4.082%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (4.082%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.57%) Java
2 3 (6.122%) SQL
3 2 (4.082%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.041%) Jython
4 1 (2.041%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (34.69%) Security Cleared
2 13 (26.53%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.041%) Degree
3 1 (2.041%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 15 (30.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.041%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.041%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 32 (65.31%) IBM
2 20 (40.82%) Red Hat
3 16 (32.65%) Oracle
4 9 (18.37%) SAP
5 3 (6.122%) Business Objects
6 2 (4.082%) HP
7 1 (2.041%) VMware
7 1 (2.041%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.041%) TIBCO
West Midlands
A Midlands based client is currently looking to recruit a Java Developer for the role of a Websphere middleware designer. This position will give a Java Developer the...
Computer Futures
Rate: £275 - £300 per day + DOE
Posted: 22 May 2013
West Midlands
They will look to help with the integration of data and security from systems and platforms such as SAP and Websphere onto internal platforms using Tivoli Identity Manager...
Michael Page
Rate: £30,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 14 June 2013
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