Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts within the Cheltenham 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2720
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.010 %
As % of the category below8.264 %18.00 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£362
% change on same period last year+2.30 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.00
Average hourly rate-£22.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.79£25.45
% change on same period last year+17.07 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads12150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.196 %0.055 %
Daily rates quoted417
Average minimum daily rate£368£325
Average daily rate£375£342
% change on same period last year+9.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£348
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Hourly rates quoted66
Average minimum hourly rate£25.24£24.91
Average hourly rate£25.49£25.36
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.74£25.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.89£24.00
% change on same period last year-0.42 %
IBM GloucestershireIBM
Gloucestershire

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 Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 (66.67 %)DV Cleared
18 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
26 (50.00 %)WebSphere
26 (50.00 %)Sun
35 (41.67 %)RUP
35 (41.67 %)Sun Certification
35 (41.67 %)BEA
35 (41.67 %)Java
35 (41.67 %)J2EE
35 (41.67 %)Oracle
35 (41.67 %)WebLogic
35 (41.67 %)EJB
35 (41.67 %)UNIX
35 (41.67 %)UML
35 (41.67 %)JBoss
44 (33.33 %)Shell Script
44 (33.33 %)CA SiteMinder
44 (33.33 %)Middleware
44 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
44 (33.33 %)Apache
53 (25.00 %)Solaris
53 (25.00 %)AIX
53 (25.00 %)HP
62 (16.67 %)Tivoli
62 (16.67 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
62 (16.67 %)HPUX
62 (16.67 %)Linux
71 (8.333 %)Windows
71 (8.333 %)SOAP
71 (8.333 %)XML

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (50.00 %)WebSphere
25 (41.67 %)J2EE
25 (41.67 %)EJB
34 (33.33 %)Middleware
41 (8.333 %)Java EE
41 (8.333 %)Java EE 5
41 (8.333 %)SOAP
41 (8.333 %)XML
41 (8.333 %)JMS
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (41.67 %)WebLogic
15 (41.67 %)JBoss
24 (33.33 %)Apache
31 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
31 (8.333 %)Oracle Application Server
31 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (8.333 %)WebSphere Application Server
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)MS Office
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (8.333 %)POP3
11 (8.333 %)SMTP
11 (8.333 %)SAN
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Government
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (41.67 %)Java Developer
15 (41.67 %)Developer
24 (33.33 %)Java/J2EE Developer
24 (33.33 %)Web Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Analyst
31 (8.333 %)Administrator
31 (8.333 %)UNIX Administrator
31 (8.333 %)WebSphere Specialist
31 (8.333 %)AIX Administrator
31 (8.333 %)Server Analyst
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (41.67 %)UNIX
23 (25.00 %)AIX
23 (25.00 %)Solaris
32 (16.67 %)Linux
32 (16.67 %)HPUX
41 (8.333 %)Windows
41 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (8.333 %)Windows 2000 Server
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (66.67 %)DV Cleared
18 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
25 (41.67 %)UML
25 (41.67 %)RUP
34 (33.33 %)SC Cleared
41 (8.333 %)Time Management
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (41.67 %)Java
24 (33.33 %)Shell Script
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (41.67 %)Sun Certification
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (33.33 %)CA SiteMinder
22 (16.67 %)Tivoli
22 (16.67 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (50.00 %)Sun
25 (41.67 %)Oracle
25 (41.67 %)BEA
33 (25.00 %)HP
41 (8.333 %)Citrix
41 (8.333 %)Microsoft
41 (8.333 %)CA
41 (8.333 %)VMware