The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 23 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 Docklands, London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 22 30 23
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -7
Contract jobs citing IBM 7 2 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 4.046% 0.930% 6.710%
As % of the Vendors category 9.722% 2.041% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 16
Average daily rate £320 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.70% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+44.73% -36.66%
All Vendors
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
72 98 272
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 41.62% 45.58% 44.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 59 117
Average daily rate £400 £475 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% +11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £573 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +15.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
IBM
London

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London IBM Daily Rate Trend

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Docklands, London IBM Daily Rate Histogram

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 12 (54.55%) Oracle
2 11 (50.00%) SQL
3 9 (40.91%) Java
3 9 (40.91%) UML
3 9 (40.91%) RUP
4 8 (36.36%) Cognos
4 8 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (36.36%) HTML
4 8 (36.36%) CSS
4 8 (36.36%) Publishing
5 7 (31.82%) Web Services
5 7 (31.82%) MS Office
5 7 (31.82%) PL/SQL
6 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
6 5 (22.73%) Windows
6 5 (22.73%) EMC
6 5 (22.73%) Change Management
6 5 (22.73%) Unified Process
6 5 (22.73%) Banking
6 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (22.73%) Content Management
6 5 (22.73%) Information Governance
7 4 (18.18%) HTML5
7 4 (18.18%) CSS3
7 4 (18.18%) Retail
7 4 (18.18%) Retail Banking
7 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
7 4 (18.18%) Finance
7 4 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (18.18%) Rational Rose

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 8 (36.36%) HTML
1 8 (36.36%) CSS
2 7 (31.82%) Web Services
3 4 (18.18%) HTML5
3 4 (18.18%) CSS3
3 4 (18.18%) XML
3 4 (18.18%) XSD
3 4 (18.18%) XSL
3 4 (18.18%) J2EE
4 1 (4.545%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (9.091%) Documentum
1 2 (9.091%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (31.82%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) HTTP
1 4 (18.18%) Intranet
2 3 (13.64%) SAN
3 2 (9.091%) NetScaler
3 2 (9.091%) Ethernet
3 2 (9.091%) DNS
3 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.545%) LDAP
4 1 (4.545%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
3 3 (13.64%) RDBMS
3 3 (13.64%) DecisionStream
3 3 (13.64%) TOAD
3 3 (13.64%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (4.545%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (4.545%) ReportNet
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Rational Rose
2 2 (9.091%) Selenium
2 2 (9.091%) Bugzilla
2 2 (9.091%) MSI
2 2 (9.091%) InstallShield
2 2 (9.091%) WinRunner
2 2 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (9.091%) LoadRunner
3 1 (4.545%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 8 (36.36%) Publishing
2 5 (22.73%) Banking
3 4 (18.18%) Retail
3 4 (18.18%) Retail Banking
3 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle Developer
2 4 (18.18%) SQL Developer
2 4 (18.18%) PL/SQL Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Software Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Administrator
3 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Cognos Developer
4 2 (9.091%) Citrix Administrator
5 1 (4.545%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Tester
5 1 (4.545%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.545%) Performance Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.091%) Telematics
3 1 (4.545%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Linux
2 4 (18.18%) UNIX
3 2 (9.091%) Windows 7
3 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (9.091%) Windows Vista
3 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (9.091%) Windows 2000
3 2 (9.091%) Windows NT
4 1 (4.545%) Solaris
4 1 (4.545%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) UML
1 9 (40.91%) RUP
2 5 (22.73%) Change Management
2 5 (22.73%) Unified Process
2 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (22.73%) Content Management
2 5 (22.73%) Information Governance
3 3 (13.64%) OO
3 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (13.64%) ETL
3 3 (13.64%) Scrum
3 3 (13.64%) Data Architecture
3 3 (13.64%) TDD
4 2 (9.091%) Software Distribution
4 2 (9.091%) Information Architecture
4 2 (9.091%) Document Management
4 2 (9.091%) Data Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) Data Modelling
4 2 (9.091%) ITIL
5 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 9 (40.91%) Java
3 7 (31.82%) PL/SQL
4 3 (13.64%) Perl
4 3 (13.64%) C#
4 3 (13.64%) Bash shell
5 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.545%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (9.091%) ISEB Practitioner
1 2 (9.091%) ISTQB
1 2 (9.091%) ISEB
1 2 (9.091%) CCA
1 2 (9.091%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (9.091%) MCSE
System Software
1 2 (9.091%) XenApp
1 2 (9.091%) XenServer
1 2 (9.091%) XenDesktop
1 2 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (9.091%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 2 (9.091%) VMware ESX
1 2 (9.091%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.545%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 1 (4.545%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (4.545%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Tivoli
2 2 (9.091%) SCCM
2 2 (9.091%) SCOM
2 2 (9.091%) MOM
2 2 (9.091%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (4.545%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Oracle
2 8 (36.36%) Cognos
3 5 (22.73%) EMC
4 2 (9.091%) SolarWinds
4 2 (9.091%) VMware
4 2 (9.091%) HP
4 2 (9.091%) Compaq
4 2 (9.091%) Dell
4 2 (9.091%) Citrix
4 2 (9.091%) NetApp
5 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.545%) Veritas
5 1 (4.545%) Red Hat