The first table below looks at the demand for IBM Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM Certification over the 3 months to 20 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 Qualifications for the Edinburgh 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.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Certification
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing IBM Certification 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.623% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 6.667% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £444 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £391 £230
% change year-on-year
+15.08% +70.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £43.50 -
All Qualifications
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
75 96 138
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 9.340% 8.727% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 44 49
Average daily rate £306 £328 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.48% -6.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £275 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +73.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
IBM Certification
Scotland

IBM Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh IBM Certification Jobs Demand Trend

IBM Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh IBM Certification Daily Rate Trend

IBM Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing IBM Certification 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 Certification.

1 6 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
1 6 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 6 (100.00%) WebSphere Portal
2 5 (83.33%) JSF
3 4 (66.67%) Content Management
3 4 (66.67%) Java
3 4 (66.67%) jQuery
4 3 (50.00%) J2EE
4 3 (50.00%) JSP
4 3 (50.00%) Servlets
4 3 (50.00%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) CSS
5 2 (33.33%) OO
5 2 (33.33%) Eclipse
5 2 (33.33%) SOAP
5 2 (33.33%) Web Services
5 2 (33.33%) XML
5 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
5 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (33.33%) Web 2.0
5 2 (33.33%) Dojo
5 2 (33.33%) Graphic Design
5 2 (33.33%) JSON
5 2 (33.33%) Spring
5 2 (33.33%) Web Design
5 2 (33.33%) Open Source
5 2 (33.33%) HTML5
5 2 (33.33%) Rational Application Developer
5 2 (33.33%) REST

IBM Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing IBM Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 5 (83.33%) JSF
3 4 (66.67%) jQuery
4 3 (50.00%) J2EE
4 3 (50.00%) JSP
4 3 (50.00%) Servlets
5 2 (33.33%) SOAP
5 2 (33.33%) Web Services
5 2 (33.33%) XML
5 2 (33.33%) Spring
5 2 (33.33%) CSS
5 2 (33.33%) JSON
5 2 (33.33%) Dojo
5 2 (33.33%) HTML5
5 2 (33.33%) REST
5 2 (33.33%) Worklight
6 1 (16.67%) JSR 286
6 1 (16.67%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 6 (100.00%) WebSphere Portal
2 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Process Server
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 2 (33.33%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
1 4 (66.67%) WebSphere Developer
1 4 (66.67%) WebSphere Portal Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Portal Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Portal Architect
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Web 2.0
1 2 (33.33%) Graphic Design
1 2 (33.33%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Content Management
2 2 (33.33%) OO
2 2 (33.33%) Web Design
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
Edinburgh, Midlothian
JSF 1.2... JSP... Experience of JavaScript frameworks such as DOJO and jQuery. Knowledge of WebSphere Portal Administration (preferably candidates will be IBM certified). Experience of IBM Web...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013