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 East Midlands 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4061
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads5734
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.035 %
As % of the category below7.939 %4.019 %
Daily rates quoted297
Average minimum daily rate£320£376
Average daily rate£338£376
% change on same period last year-10.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£373£370
% change on same period last year+0.76 %
Hourly rates quoted73
Average minimum hourly rate£24.44£27.75
Average hourly rate£25.88£28.22
% change on same period last year-8.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.31£28.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.61£23.75
% change on same period last year+24.71 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads718846
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.023 %0.875 %
Daily rates quoted195155
Average minimum daily rate£323£337
Average daily rate£339£355
% change on same period last year-4.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£353
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted92146
Average minimum hourly rate£19.89£20.37
Average hourly rate£21.80£21.21
% change on same period last year+2.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.72£22.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.37£24.17
% change on same period last year+0.83 %
IBM EnglandIBM
England

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands IBM Daily Rate Trend

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

East Midlands IBM Daily Rate Histogram

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DerbyshireUp+1222£323-
LeicestershireUp+1313£354-23.55 %
NottinghamshireDown-37£375+55.27 %
NorthamptonshireUp+43--
IBM EnglandIBM
England

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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.

148 (36.09 %)AIX
148 (36.09 %)WebSphere
243 (32.33 %)UNIX
337 (27.82 %)Finance
429 (21.80 %)Windows
527 (20.30 %)WebSphere Application Server
624 (18.05 %)Oracle
722 (16.54 %)SAN
820 (15.04 %)SQL
918 (13.53 %)Java
1017 (12.78 %)WebSphere MQ
1116 (12.03 %)Mainframe
1214 (10.53 %)Data Management
1214 (10.53 %)HP
1214 (10.53 %)Solaris
1313 (9.774 %)Data Modelling
1313 (9.774 %)ETL
1313 (9.774 %)DataStage
1412 (9.023 %)Banking
1412 (9.023 %)Tivoli
1412 (9.023 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1412 (9.023 %)BusinessObjects
1412 (9.023 %)J2EE
1412 (9.023 %)DB2
1412 (9.023 %)Business Objects
1511 (8.271 %)Sun
1511 (8.271 %)Kalido
1511 (8.271 %)IBM Mainframe
1511 (8.271 %)Service Delivery
1610 (7.519 %)NetApp

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
148 (36.09 %)WebSphere
212 (9.023 %)J2EE
38 (6.015 %)MVC
47 (5.263 %)EJB
47 (5.263 %)JDBC
56 (4.511 %)Servlets
56 (4.511 %)NetBeans
56 (4.511 %)Middleware
64 (3.008 %)JSTL
64 (3.008 %)Spring
64 (3.008 %)WebServices
73 (2.256 %).NET
73 (2.256 %)Struts
82 (1.504 %)JSF
82 (1.504 %)AJAX
82 (1.504 %)JSR 168
82 (1.504 %)Spring MVC
91 (0.752 %)JPA
91 (0.752 %)WBIMB
91 (0.752 %)Hibernate
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
127 (20.30 %)WebSphere Application Server
217 (12.78 %)WebSphere MQ
38 (6.015 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (6.015 %)MS Exchange
47 (5.263 %)JBoss
54 (3.008 %)CICS
54 (3.008 %)WebSphere Message Broker
63 (2.256 %)Apache
72 (1.504 %)Tomcat
72 (1.504 %)MQSeries
72 (1.504 %)IIS
81 (0.752 %)IBM HTTP Server
81 (0.752 %)WPS
81 (0.752 %)SharePoint
81 (0.752 %)BizTalk Server
81 (0.752 %)Commerce Server
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.752 %)MS Office
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.256 %)BASE24
21 (0.752 %)MAXIMO
21 (0.752 %)Oracle 11i
21 (0.752 %)Oracle EBS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (16.54 %)SAN
25 (3.759 %)TCP/IP
34 (3.008 %)LAN
34 (3.008 %)WAN
43 (2.256 %)SMS
43 (2.256 %)Firewall
52 (1.504 %)MPLS
52 (1.504 %)HTTP
61 (0.752 %)SSH
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (9.774 %)ETL
113 (9.774 %)DataStage
212 (9.023 %)BusinessObjects
212 (9.023 %)DB2
38 (6.015 %)Oracle 9i
38 (6.015 %)BODI
47 (5.263 %)Oracle 10g
56 (4.511 %)Datawarehouse
56 (4.511 %)SQL Server
62 (1.504 %)Informix
71 (0.752 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.752 %)Oracle 8/8i
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (5.263 %)Eclipse
26 (4.511 %)JDeveloper
26 (4.511 %)JBuilder
26 (4.511 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
35 (3.759 %)ClearQuest
44 (3.008 %)ClearCase
53 (2.256 %)Rational Rose
53 (2.256 %)JUnit
62 (1.504 %)Ant
62 (1.504 %)RequisitePro
71 (0.752 %)Rational Performance Tester
71 (0.752 %)WinRunner
71 (0.752 %)TestDirector
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
137 (27.82 %)Finance
212 (9.023 %)Banking
33 (2.256 %)Auditing
42 (1.504 %)Retail
42 (1.504 %)Insurance
42 (1.504 %)Retail Banking
42 (1.504 %)Electric
42 (1.504 %)Financial Institution
51 (0.752 %)Front Office
51 (0.752 %)Manufacturing
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
130 (22.56 %)Administrator
224 (18.05 %)Developer
320 (15.04 %)Analyst
416 (12.03 %)WebSphere Administrator
513 (9.774 %)ETL Developer
612 (9.023 %)Business Objects Developer
612 (9.023 %)Architect
710 (7.519 %)Consultant
88 (6.015 %)Technical Architect
88 (6.015 %)Support Engineer
97 (5.263 %)UNIX Administrator
106 (4.511 %)Hardware Engineer
106 (4.511 %)Desktop Engineer
106 (4.511 %)J2EE Architect
106 (4.511 %)Java Technical Architect
106 (4.511 %)WebSphere Developer
106 (4.511 %)J2EE Technical Architect
106 (4.511 %)Java Architect
115 (3.759 %)Hardware Support Engineer
115 (3.759 %)Desktop Support Engineer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (12.03 %)Mainframe
211 (8.271 %)IBM Mainframe
35 (3.759 %)AS400
42 (1.504 %)Tandem
42 (1.504 %)VSAM
42 (1.504 %)Web 2.0
51 (0.752 %)Clustering
51 (0.752 %)Management Information System
51 (0.752 %)Client/Server
51 (0.752 %)N-Tier
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
148 (36.09 %)AIX
243 (32.33 %)UNIX
329 (21.80 %)Windows
414 (10.53 %)Solaris
510 (7.519 %)Linux
66 (4.511 %)Windows 2000
66 (4.511 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (3.759 %)Windows 2000 Server
75 (3.759 %)Red Hat Linux
84 (3.008 %)zOS
84 (3.008 %)HPUX
93 (2.256 %)MVS
101 (0.752 %)SUSE
101 (0.752 %)Windows XP
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (10.53 %)Data Management
213 (9.774 %)Data Modelling
311 (8.271 %)Service Delivery
410 (7.519 %)RAD
57 (5.263 %)Migration
66 (4.511 %)UML
75 (3.759 %)ITIL
75 (3.759 %)Asset Management
84 (3.008 %)E-Commerce
84 (3.008 %)Security Management
93 (2.256 %)Validation
93 (2.256 %)Data Analysis
93 (2.256 %)Logistics
93 (2.256 %)Data Migration
102 (1.504 %)Information Management
102 (1.504 %)Business Analysis
102 (1.504 %)Supplier Management
102 (1.504 %)Matrix Management
102 (1.504 %)Load Testing
102 (1.504 %)Test Scripting
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (15.04 %)SQL
218 (13.53 %)Java
35 (3.759 %)COBOL
35 (3.759 %)Shell Script
43 (2.256 %)PL/SQL
52 (1.504 %)Perl
52 (1.504 %)JCL
61 (0.752 %)Jython
61 (0.752 %)JavaScript
61 (0.752 %)RPG
61 (0.752 %)REXX
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.256 %)A+ Certification
13 (2.256 %)IBM Certification
13 (2.256 %)Network+ Certification
21 (0.752 %)OCP
21 (0.752 %)OCA
21 (0.752 %)Oracle Certification
21 (0.752 %)CISA
21 (0.752 %)QiCA
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.752 %)QA
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (5.263 %)NFS
23 (2.256 %)Active Directory
23 (2.256 %)NetBackup
32 (1.504 %)VMware ESX
32 (1.504 %)Oracle RAC
41 (0.752 %)Oracle RMAN
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (9.023 %)Tivoli
112 (9.023 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
23 (2.256 %)AllFusion Endevor
32 (1.504 %)MOM
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
124 (18.05 %)Oracle
214 (10.53 %)HP
312 (9.023 %)Business Objects
411 (8.271 %)Sun
411 (8.271 %)Kalido
510 (7.519 %)NetApp
68 (6.015 %)Brocade
77 (5.263 %)Cisco
77 (5.263 %)Microsoft
86 (4.511 %)Red Hat
95 (3.759 %)Compaq
104 (3.008 %)VERITAS
113 (2.256 %)Unisys
113 (2.256 %)VMware
121 (0.752 %)Toshiba
121 (0.752 %)Dell
121 (0.752 %)EMC
121 (0.752 %)Citrix
121 (0.752 %)SAP