The first table below looks at the demand for ESB skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 82 80 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing ESB 9 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.707% 0.618% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.214% 3.546% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £488 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
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 Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
280 282 261
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 22.00% 17.43% 23.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 159 104
Average daily rate £275 £325 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -0.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £150 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 19
Average hourly rate £23.50 £15.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.66% -30.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.25 £11.00 £11.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
ESB
Yorkshire

ESB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds +11 9 £488 -
ESB
Yorkshire

ESB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 22 (95.65%) Oracle
2 20 (86.96%) SOA
3 10 (43.48%) Linux
4 8 (34.78%) BPEL
5 7 (30.43%) Oracle Application Server
5 7 (30.43%) Middleware
5 7 (30.43%) WebLogic
6 6 (26.09%) ITIL
6 6 (26.09%) .NET
6 6 (26.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (21.74%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (21.74%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (21.74%) REST
7 5 (21.74%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (21.74%) Java EE
7 5 (21.74%) Oracle 11g
7 5 (21.74%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (21.74%) E-business
7 5 (21.74%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (21.74%) Telecoms
7 5 (21.74%) Finance
7 5 (21.74%) Migration
7 5 (21.74%) LAMP
7 5 (21.74%) Unified Process
7 5 (21.74%) Java
7 5 (21.74%) SOAP
7 5 (21.74%) Web Services
7 5 (21.74%) XML
7 5 (21.74%) ERP
7 5 (21.74%) JMS

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 7 (30.43%) Middleware
2 6 (26.09%) .NET
3 5 (21.74%) REST
3 5 (21.74%) Java EE
3 5 (21.74%) LAMP
3 5 (21.74%) SOAP
3 5 (21.74%) Web Services
3 5 (21.74%) XML
3 5 (21.74%) JMS
4 4 (17.39%) WebSphere
5 2 (8.696%) RESTful
6 1 (4.348%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (4.348%) NHibernate
6 1 (4.348%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 7 (30.43%) Oracle Application Server
1 7 (30.43%) WebLogic
2 6 (26.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (17.39%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (17.39%) WebSphere Process Server
3 4 (17.39%) WebSphere MQ
3 4 (17.39%) Oracle 10gAS
3 4 (17.39%) Oracle Service Bus
4 3 (13.04%) AquaLogic Service Bus
4 3 (13.04%) AquaLogic
4 3 (13.04%) WebSphere Portal
4 3 (13.04%) Documentum
5 2 (8.696%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (4.348%) Oracle BPEL
6 1 (4.348%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Oracle EBS R12
1 5 (21.74%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) FTP
1 5 (21.74%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (17.39%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Build Forge
2 1 (4.348%) MSTest
2 1 (4.348%) NUnit
2 1 (4.348%) JDeveloper
General
1 5 (21.74%) Telecoms
1 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Architect
2 9 (39.13%) Administrator
3 6 (26.09%) Technical Architect
4 5 (21.74%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.696%) WebSphere Administrator
5 2 (8.696%) Oracle Architect
6 1 (4.348%) Oracle SOA Developer
6 1 (4.348%) SOA Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Data Architect
6 1 (4.348%) Integration Architect
6 1 (4.348%) Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Business Architect
6 1 (4.348%) Oracle Technical Architect
6 1 (4.348%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.696%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Linux
2 5 (21.74%) Oracle Linux
3 4 (17.39%) AIX
3 4 (17.39%) HPUX
4 3 (13.04%) Windows
5 2 (8.696%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (86.96%) SOA
2 8 (34.78%) BPEL
3 6 (26.09%) ITIL
4 5 (21.74%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (21.74%) E-business
4 5 (21.74%) Migration
4 5 (21.74%) Unified Process
4 5 (21.74%) ERP
5 4 (17.39%) Change Management
6 2 (8.696%) UML
6 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.696%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (4.348%) Business Transformation
7 1 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Validation
7 1 (4.348%) Project Management
7 1 (4.348%) TDD
7 1 (4.348%) Business Analysis
7 1 (4.348%) OOP
7 1 (4.348%) OO
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) Java
2 2 (8.696%) PHP
3 1 (4.348%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.348%) SQL
3 1 (4.348%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.696%) VMware Server
1 2 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (8.696%) OpenView
2 2 (8.696%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 22 (95.65%) Oracle
2 4 (17.39%) HP
3 3 (13.04%) Siebel
4 2 (8.696%) IBM
4 2 (8.696%) Adobe
4 2 (8.696%) VMware