The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services 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 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 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.

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 36 37
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +1
Contract jobs citing IBM 36 29 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 4.385% 2.668% 2.881%
As % of the Vendors category 12.54% 8.631% 8.899%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 14
Average daily rate £400 £390 £334
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% +16.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £390 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £398 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+44.73% -36.66%
All Vendors
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
287 336 427
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 34.96% 30.91% 32.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 146 163
Average daily rate £395 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.96% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £249 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £441 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 19
Average hourly rate £20.50 £17.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.58% +11.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.29 £13.65 £13.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £70.00 £25.25 £21.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
IBM
Scotland

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 21 (37.50%) Finance
2 18 (32.14%) Mainframe
3 17 (30.36%) WebSphere
4 16 (28.57%) UNIX
5 12 (21.43%) WebSphere Application Server
6 11 (19.64%) Linux
6 11 (19.64%) zOS
6 11 (19.64%) Migration
6 11 (19.64%) WebSphere Portal
7 10 (17.86%) IBM Mainframe
7 10 (17.86%) Windows
8 9 (16.07%) JSF
9 8 (14.29%) Banking
9 8 (14.29%) Content Management
10 7 (12.50%) Oracle
10 7 (12.50%) Java
10 7 (12.50%) SQL
10 7 (12.50%) EMC
10 7 (12.50%) IBM Certification
11 6 (10.71%) SAN
11 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2003
11 6 (10.71%) Tivoli
11 6 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (10.71%) J2EE
11 6 (10.71%) AIX
11 6 (10.71%) jQuery
12 5 (8.929%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (8.929%) Rational Application Developer
12 5 (8.929%) Solaris
13 4 (7.143%) JCL

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 17 (30.36%) WebSphere
2 9 (16.07%) JSF
3 6 (10.71%) J2EE
3 6 (10.71%) jQuery
4 4 (7.143%) JSP
4 4 (7.143%) Servlets
4 4 (7.143%) Web Services
4 4 (7.143%) JSR 286
5 3 (5.357%) Dojo
5 3 (5.357%) JSON
5 3 (5.357%) Spring
5 3 (5.357%) REST
5 3 (5.357%) HTML5
5 3 (5.357%) Worklight
5 3 (5.357%) XML
5 3 (5.357%) CSS
6 2 (3.571%) SOAP
6 2 (3.571%) JAX-WS
7 1 (1.786%) ISPF
7 1 (1.786%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 12 (21.43%) WebSphere Application Server
2 11 (19.64%) WebSphere Portal
3 3 (5.357%) IIS
3 3 (5.357%) WebSphere MQ
4 2 (3.571%) CICS
4 2 (3.571%) FileNet
4 2 (3.571%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.571%) MS Exchange
4 2 (3.571%) Apache
4 2 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (3.571%) WebSphere Process Server
4 2 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.786%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.786%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (1.786%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 3 (5.357%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.786%) PowerPivot
2 1 (1.786%) MS Office
2 1 (1.786%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.71%) SAN
2 4 (7.143%) LDAP
3 3 (5.357%) HTTP
4 2 (3.571%) Internet
4 2 (3.571%) Connectrix
4 2 (3.571%) DHCP
4 2 (3.571%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.571%) DNS
4 2 (3.571%) NAS
5 1 (1.786%) Network Security
5 1 (1.786%) SSL
5 1 (1.786%) Firewall
5 1 (1.786%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.571%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.571%) DB2
2 2 (3.571%) IBM InfoSphere
2 2 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.786%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.786%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (1.786%) OLAP
3 1 (1.786%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.786%) Star Schema
3 1 (1.786%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (8.929%) Rational Application Developer
2 4 (7.143%) ClearCase
3 3 (5.357%) Eclipse
4 2 (3.571%) ERwin
5 1 (1.786%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (37.50%) Finance
2 8 (14.29%) Banking
3 3 (5.357%) Financial Institution
4 2 (3.571%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.571%) Retail
5 1 (1.786%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.786%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (19.64%) Developer
2 10 (17.86%) Administrator
3 7 (12.50%) WebSphere Developer
3 7 (12.50%) Architect
4 6 (10.71%) Consultant
5 5 (8.929%) WebSphere Portal Developer
5 5 (8.929%) Portal Developer
5 5 (8.929%) Analyst
6 3 (5.357%) Storage Specialist
7 2 (3.571%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (3.571%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.571%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.571%) Configuration Manager
7 2 (3.571%) Ab Initio Developer
7 2 (3.571%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (3.571%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (3.571%) Senior Storage Specialist
7 2 (3.571%) Storage Analyst
7 2 (3.571%) WebSphere Architect
8 1 (1.786%) Mainframe Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 18 (32.14%) Mainframe
2 10 (17.86%) IBM Mainframe
3 4 (7.143%) Replication
4 3 (5.357%) Graphic Design
4 3 (5.357%) Web 2.0
4 3 (5.357%) Open Source
5 2 (3.571%) Blackberry
5 2 (3.571%) Handset
5 2 (3.571%) Symmetrix
5 2 (3.571%) EMC Centera
5 2 (3.571%) Hedge funds
5 2 (3.571%) Data Integration
5 2 (3.571%) Celerra
6 1 (1.786%) DataPower
6 1 (1.786%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (28.57%) UNIX
2 11 (19.64%) Linux
2 11 (19.64%) zOS
3 10 (17.86%) Windows
4 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (10.71%) AIX
5 5 (8.929%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (8.929%) Solaris
6 3 (5.357%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (19.64%) Migration
2 8 (14.29%) Content Management
3 6 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (7.143%) OO
5 3 (5.357%) Web Design
5 3 (5.357%) ITIL
5 3 (5.357%) Data Modelling
5 3 (5.357%) SOA
5 3 (5.357%) ETL
6 2 (3.571%) RAD
6 2 (3.571%) UML
6 2 (3.571%) PRINCE2
6 2 (3.571%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (3.571%) Data Architecture
6 2 (3.571%) Data Mapping
6 2 (3.571%) Automated Testing
6 2 (3.571%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.786%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (1.786%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) Java
1 7 (12.50%) SQL
2 4 (7.143%) JCL
2 4 (7.143%) REXX
3 3 (5.357%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.357%) Perl
4 2 (3.571%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.786%) C
5 1 (1.786%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 7 (12.50%) IBM Certification
2 2 (3.571%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.571%) MCSA
2 2 (3.571%) MCITP
2 2 (3.571%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (1.786%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.786%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.786%) CISSP
3 1 (1.786%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.786%) QA
1 1 (1.786%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.786%) Solvency II
1 1 (1.786%) SLA
1 1 (1.786%) ISO/IEC 17799
1 1 (1.786%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (7.143%) SRDF
2 2 (3.571%) NFS
2 2 (3.571%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.571%) Tivoli Directory Server
2 2 (3.571%) vSphere
3 1 (1.786%) Novell eDirectory
3 1 (1.786%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.786%) RACF
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) Tivoli
2 4 (7.143%) EMC NetWorker
3 3 (5.357%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (5.357%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 2 (3.571%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (3.571%) Netcool
4 2 (3.571%) NetBackup
4 2 (3.571%) Backup Exec
4 2 (3.571%) EMC TimeFinder
4 2 (3.571%) WSUS
5 1 (1.786%) CA Wily
5 1 (1.786%) Tivoli Configuration Manager
5 1 (1.786%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 7 (12.50%) Oracle
1 7 (12.50%) EMC
2 4 (7.143%) Ab Initio
2 4 (7.143%) HP
3 3 (5.357%) Brocade
3 3 (5.357%) Lotus
4 2 (3.571%) Symantec
4 2 (3.571%) NetApp
4 2 (3.571%) CA
4 2 (3.571%) VMware
4 2 (3.571%) Nortel
4 2 (3.571%) Veeam
5 1 (1.786%) LANDesk
5 1 (1.786%) DataFlux
5 1 (1.786%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.786%) Sun
5 1 (1.786%) Informatica
5 1 (1.786%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (1.786%) Remedy
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