The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM 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 Vendors for the Coventry 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 23 27 21
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -6
Contract jobs citing IBM 3 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 1.685% 2.062% 2.312%
As % of the Vendors category 3.409% 3.593% 4.598%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £388 £383 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.30% -15.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £384 £386 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.58% +2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-3.33% +9.09%
All Vendors
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
88 167 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 49.44% 57.39% 50.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 67 31
Average daily rate £325 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £108 £225 £135
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 3
Average hourly rate £37.80 £12.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+202.40% -65.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
IBM
West Midlands

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 6 (60.00%) SAP
2 5 (50.00%) WebSphere
3 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 4 (40.00%) Oracle
4 3 (30.00%) XML
4 3 (30.00%) Java
5 2 (20.00%) ESB
5 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
5 2 (20.00%) Data Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Big Data
5 2 (20.00%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (20.00%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (20.00%) DB2
5 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (20.00%) EAI
5 2 (20.00%) SOA
5 2 (20.00%) ETL
5 2 (20.00%) HTTP
5 2 (20.00%) XML Schema
5 2 (20.00%) LSMW
5 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) BAPI
5 2 (20.00%) Web Services
5 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (20.00%) Validation
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) Scrum

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 5 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (30.00%) XML
3 2 (20.00%) XML Schema
3 2 (20.00%) BAPI
3 2 (20.00%) Web Services
4 1 (10.00%) Middleware
4 1 (10.00%) XSD
4 1 (10.00%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (20.00%) ESB
3 1 (10.00%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Big Data
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Data Services
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (20.00%) DB2
1 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (10.00%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) LSMW
2 1 (10.00%) ClearQuest
2 1 (10.00%) ClearCase
General
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) WebSphere Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Data Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Business Objects Developer
4 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Business Developer
4 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) DataPower
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (20.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Implementation
1 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (20.00%) EAI
1 2 (20.00%) SOA
1 2 (20.00%) ETL
1 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (20.00%) Validation
1 2 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Scrum
2 1 (10.00%) PLM
2 1 (10.00%) Logistics
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Java
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) SAP
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) Business Objects