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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2226
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads82
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.002 %
As % of the category below5.839 %1.600 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£90-
Average daily rate£90-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£90-
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£366
% change on same period last year-3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.00
Average hourly rate-£12.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£25.35
% change on same period last year+16.11 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads137125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.181 %0.124 %
Daily rates quoted2011
Average minimum daily rate£287£400
Average daily rate£300£412
% change on same period last year-27.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted2713
Average minimum hourly rate£23.36£12.76
Average hourly rate£23.94£13.29
% change on same period last year+80.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.52£13.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
IBM ScotlandIBM
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).

IBM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IBM across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Aberdeen IBM Demand Trend

IBM
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IBM across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen IBM Daily Rate Trend

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IBM across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing IBM 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 IBM.

18 (47.06 %)Windows
18 (47.06 %)Active Directory
27 (41.18 %)JavaScript
27 (41.18 %)Lotus Notes
27 (41.18 %)Lotus Domino
27 (41.18 %)IBM Certification
27 (41.18 %)Lotus
27 (41.18 %)LotusScript
36 (35.29 %)HP
36 (35.29 %)Microsoft
44 (23.53 %)VMware
44 (23.53 %)Clustering
44 (23.53 %)Windows Vista
44 (23.53 %)Windows 2000 Server
44 (23.53 %)NetBackup
44 (23.53 %)Backup Exec
44 (23.53 %)VERITAS
44 (23.53 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (23.53 %)Remedy
44 (23.53 %)Java
44 (23.53 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (23.53 %)Dell
44 (23.53 %)ITIL
44 (23.53 %)MCP
44 (23.53 %)Windows 2000
53 (17.65 %)Citrix
53 (17.65 %)MetaFrame
53 (17.65 %)Incident Management
53 (17.65 %)ARCserve
62 (11.76 %)Windows XP

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing IBM 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 IBM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (41.18 %)Lotus Notes
17 (41.18 %)Lotus Domino
22 (11.76 %)MS Exchange
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.882 %)MS Excel
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (29.41 %)Developer
15 (29.41 %)Lotus Notes Developer
15 (29.41 %)Domino Developer
22 (11.76 %)Desktop Engineer
22 (11.76 %)Deployment Engineer
22 (11.76 %)Server Engineer
22 (11.76 %)Systems Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Field Service Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Support Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Field Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Desktop Support Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Desktop Support
31 (5.882 %)Break Fix Engineer
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (23.53 %)Clustering
22 (11.76 %)EPoS
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (47.06 %)Windows
24 (23.53 %)Windows Vista
24 (23.53 %)Windows 2000 Server
24 (23.53 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (23.53 %)Windows 2000
32 (11.76 %)Windows XP
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (23.53 %)ITIL
23 (17.65 %)Incident Management
31 (5.882 %)Service Delivery
31 (5.882 %)RDF
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (41.18 %)JavaScript
17 (41.18 %)LotusScript
24 (23.53 %)Java
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (41.18 %)IBM Certification
24 (23.53 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (23.53 %)MCP
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (47.06 %)Active Directory
24 (23.53 %)NetBackup
24 (23.53 %)Backup Exec
33 (17.65 %)MetaFrame
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (17.65 %)ARCserve
22 (11.76 %)MOM
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (41.18 %)Lotus
26 (35.29 %)HP
26 (35.29 %)Microsoft
34 (23.53 %)VMware
34 (23.53 %)VERITAS
34 (23.53 %)Remedy
34 (23.53 %)Dell
43 (17.65 %)Citrix