The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the County Antrim 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the International Business Machines Corporation.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 28 21 27
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +6
Contract jobs citing IBM 4 7 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 1.905% 4.403% 6.471%
As % of the Vendors category 6.780% 9.333% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £300 £280 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -30.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £18.25 £29.75
% change year-on-year
+50.68% -38.65%
All Vendors
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
59 75 185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 28.10% 47.17% 54.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 16 59
Average daily rate £375 £265 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.50% -18.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Average hourly rate - - £15.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
IBM
Northern Ireland

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IBM across the County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

County Antrim IBM Jobs Demand Trend

IBM
Daily Rate Trend

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

County Antrim IBM Daily Rate Trend

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

County Antrim IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 17 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
Belfast -7 4 £300 +7.14%
IBM
Northern Ireland

IBM
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

1 3 (60.00%) SAP
1 3 (60.00%) Informatica
1 3 (60.00%) Open Text
2 2 (40.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (40.00%) JSON
2 2 (40.00%) soapUI
2 2 (40.00%) REST
2 2 (40.00%) TDD
2 2 (40.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Ajax
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) J2EE
2 2 (40.00%) JUnit
2 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) OO
2 2 (40.00%) Eclipse

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) J2EE
1 2 (40.00%) SOAP
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
1 2 (40.00%) XML
1 2 (40.00%) Ajax
1 2 (40.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (40.00%) JSON
1 2 (40.00%) soapUI
1 2 (40.00%) REST
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JUnit
1 2 (40.00%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Data Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Java Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) OO
1 2 (40.00%) TDD
1 2 (40.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
1 3 (60.00%) Informatica
1 3 (60.00%) Open Text