The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 44 58 58
Rank change year-on-year
+14 0
Contract jobs citing IBM 40 26 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 3.208% 1.888% 1.628%
As % of the Vendors category 6.957% 4.467% 3.795%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 11
Average daily rate £350 £488 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.20% +39.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £314 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £608 £500 £825
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+44.73% -36.66%
All Vendors
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
575 582 606
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 46.11% 42.27% 42.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 279 220
Average daily rate £325 £333 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.40% +2.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £175 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £481
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 49 70
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.11 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £55.00 £34.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
IBM
England

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East Midlands IBM Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Nottinghamshire +10 21 £268 -46.50%
Northamptonshire +5 3 £608 +33.15%
Derbyshire +13 2 - -
Leicestershire -4 1 £608 +102.50%
IBM
England

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 34 (40.96%) UNIX
2 33 (39.76%) Windows
3 31 (37.35%) WebSphere
4 29 (34.94%) Oracle
5 28 (33.73%) Linux
6 25 (30.12%) VMware
7 22 (26.51%) DB2
7 22 (26.51%) HP
8 17 (20.48%) SQL Server
9 16 (19.28%) J2EE
10 15 (18.07%) SQL
10 15 (18.07%) XML
10 15 (18.07%) Sun
10 15 (18.07%) SAN
11 14 (16.87%) Java
12 13 (15.66%) JavaScript
12 13 (15.66%) HTML
12 13 (15.66%) WebSphere Application Server
12 13 (15.66%) CSS
12 13 (15.66%) Citrix
12 13 (15.66%) RDBMS
12 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
13 12 (14.46%) EJB
13 12 (14.46%) JUnit
13 12 (14.46%) Tivoli
13 12 (14.46%) Telecoms
14 11 (13.25%) Content Management
14 11 (13.25%) Continuous Integration
14 11 (13.25%) Bash shell
14 11 (13.25%) MVC

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 31 (37.35%) WebSphere
2 16 (19.28%) J2EE
3 15 (18.07%) XML
4 13 (15.66%) HTML
4 13 (15.66%) CSS
5 12 (14.46%) EJB
6 11 (13.25%) JDBC
6 11 (13.25%) JSP
6 11 (13.25%) Servlets
6 11 (13.25%) XHTML
7 4 (4.819%) JMS
8 3 (3.614%) WSDL
8 3 (3.614%) WS-I
8 3 (3.614%) SOAP
8 3 (3.614%) Web Services
8 3 (3.614%) Middleware
8 3 (3.614%) Java EE
9 2 (2.410%) REST
9 2 (2.410%) jQuery
9 2 (2.410%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 13 (15.66%) WebSphere Application Server
2 6 (7.229%) WebSphere MQ
3 5 (6.024%) WebSphere Portal
3 5 (6.024%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 4 (4.819%) ESB
5 3 (3.614%) Apache
5 3 (3.614%) IIS
5 3 (3.614%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (3.614%) GlassFish
6 2 (2.410%) Apache Solr
6 2 (2.410%) MS Exchange
7 1 (1.205%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (1.205%) Commerce Server
7 1 (1.205%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (1.205%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.614%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.205%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.07%) SAN
2 5 (6.024%) HTTP
3 3 (3.614%) Firewall
3 3 (3.614%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.205%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.205%) VPN
4 1 (1.205%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.205%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.205%) NAS
4 1 (1.205%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.205%) FirePass
4 1 (1.205%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (1.205%) Network Security
4 1 (1.205%) BIG-IP
4 1 (1.205%) VLAN
4 1 (1.205%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (26.51%) DB2
2 17 (20.48%) SQL Server
3 13 (15.66%) RDBMS
4 9 (10.84%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (10.84%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (8.434%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 12 (14.46%) JUnit
2 11 (13.25%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
2 11 (13.25%) Eclipse
3 3 (3.614%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (3.614%) LoadRunner
3 3 (3.614%) Subversion
General
1 12 (14.46%) Telecoms
2 10 (12.05%) Banking
3 9 (10.84%) Investment Banking
4 5 (6.024%) Finance
4 5 (6.024%) Marketing
5 4 (4.819%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.410%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (20.48%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (14.46%) Developer
2 12 (14.46%) WebSphere Developer
3 8 (9.639%) Architect
4 6 (7.229%) Administrator
5 5 (6.024%) Account Manager
5 5 (6.024%) Sales Manager
5 5 (6.024%) Storage Engineer
5 5 (6.024%) Platform Engineer
6 4 (4.819%) SAN Storage Engineer
6 4 (4.819%) SAN Engineer
6 4 (4.819%) Systems Integrator
6 4 (4.819%) Security Engineer
6 4 (4.819%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (4.819%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.819%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.614%) Analyst
7 3 (3.614%) Test Architect
8 2 (2.410%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.410%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.614%) Blackberry
1 3 (3.614%) Firmware
2 2 (2.410%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.205%) PMI
3 1 (1.205%) AS400
3 1 (1.205%) Replication
3 1 (1.205%) Handset
3 1 (1.205%) Smart Meter
3 1 (1.205%) Symmetrix DMX
3 1 (1.205%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.205%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (40.96%) UNIX
2 33 (39.76%) Windows
3 28 (33.73%) Linux
4 10 (12.05%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (12.05%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (9.639%) Windows 2000
6 4 (4.819%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.205%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (13.25%) Content Management
1 11 (13.25%) Continuous Integration
1 11 (13.25%) MVC
1 11 (13.25%) UML
1 11 (13.25%) OO
1 11 (13.25%) RAD
2 9 (10.84%) Validation
3 8 (9.639%) Service Delivery
4 6 (7.229%) SOA
5 5 (6.024%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (6.024%) Project Management
6 4 (4.819%) Configuration Management
7 3 (3.614%) CRM
7 3 (3.614%) ERP
7 3 (3.614%) Time Management
7 3 (3.614%) BPEL
7 3 (3.614%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (2.410%) Capacity Management
8 2 (2.410%) Waterfall
8 2 (2.410%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.07%) SQL
2 14 (16.87%) Java
3 13 (15.66%) JavaScript
4 11 (13.25%) Bash shell
4 11 (13.25%) Perl
5 3 (3.614%) XPath
6 1 (1.205%) RPG
Qualifications
1 10 (12.05%) Sun Certification
2 5 (6.024%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (4.819%) MCITP
3 4 (4.819%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (4.819%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.819%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.819%) MCSE
3 4 (4.819%) CCA
4 1 (1.205%) PMP
4 1 (1.205%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.205%) CCIE
4 1 (1.205%) CCNP
4 1 (1.205%) CCNA
4 1 (1.205%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.205%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (9.639%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.434%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.229%) XenApp
4 4 (4.819%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 3 (3.614%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 12 (14.46%) Tivoli
2 6 (7.229%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (6.024%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 4 (4.819%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 1 (1.205%) EMC Navisphere
5 1 (1.205%) MOM
5 1 (1.205%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (1.205%) SCOM
Vendors
1 29 (34.94%) Oracle
2 25 (30.12%) VMware
3 22 (26.51%) HP
4 15 (18.07%) Sun
5 13 (15.66%) Citrix
5 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
6 11 (13.25%) Cisco
7 10 (12.05%) Red Hat
8 7 (8.434%) Brocade
9 6 (7.229%) Nortel
10 5 (6.024%) SAP
10 5 (6.024%) Riverbed
11 3 (3.614%) JBoss
11 3 (3.614%) Hitachi
11 3 (3.614%) NetApp
11 3 (3.614%) Novell
12 2 (2.410%) F5
12 2 (2.410%) EMC
13 1 (1.205%) Avaya
13 1 (1.205%) Juniper
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Posted: 21 May 2013