The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 24 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 Essex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 34 44 39
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -5
Contract jobs citing IBM 13 1 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 3.234% 0.241% 2.806%
As % of the Vendors category 6.566% 0.426% 5.213%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
Average daily rate £213 - £213
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
Average hourly rate £27.49 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.36% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £30.00 £27.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £30.00 £31.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -26.66%
All Vendors
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
198 235 211
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 49.25% 56.63% 53.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 102 89
Average daily rate £390 £294 £216
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.76% +35.99%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £110 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £475 £454
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 26 41
Average hourly rate £25.00 £28.32 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.70% -5.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £20.00 £12.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
IBM
East of England

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex IBM Daily Rate Trend

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex IBM Hourly Rate Trend

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Brentwood - 6 £213 -
IBM
East of England

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 16 (80.00%) Linux
2 9 (45.00%) Windows
2 9 (45.00%) SAN
2 9 (45.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 9 (45.00%) VMware
2 9 (45.00%) NAS
3 7 (35.00%) XHTML
3 7 (35.00%) J2EE
3 7 (35.00%) OO
3 7 (35.00%) RAD
3 7 (35.00%) HTML
3 7 (35.00%) Java
3 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (35.00%) Ant
3 7 (35.00%) CSS
3 7 (35.00%) JSP
3 7 (35.00%) XML
3 7 (35.00%) UNIX
3 7 (35.00%) Ajax
3 7 (35.00%) WebSphere
4 6 (30.00%) SUSE
4 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (30.00%) Perl
4 6 (30.00%) Oracle
5 5 (25.00%) SQL
5 5 (25.00%) Automotive
6 4 (20.00%) Legal
6 4 (20.00%) FatWire
6 4 (20.00%) Scrum
6 4 (20.00%) Android

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 7 (35.00%) XHTML
1 7 (35.00%) J2EE
1 7 (35.00%) HTML
1 7 (35.00%) CSS
1 7 (35.00%) JSP
1 7 (35.00%) XML
1 7 (35.00%) Ajax
1 7 (35.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (20.00%) WebCenter
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) SAN
1 9 (45.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.000%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Ant
General
1 5 (25.00%) Automotive
2 4 (20.00%) Legal
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.000%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Backup Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Cognos Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Java Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Applications Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Architect
5 1 (5.000%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Business Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Data Mart Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Cognos Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Backup Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (80.00%) Linux
2 9 (45.00%) Windows
3 7 (35.00%) UNIX
4 6 (30.00%) SUSE
4 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (20.00%) Android
5 4 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) OO
1 7 (35.00%) RAD
2 4 (20.00%) Scrum
2 4 (20.00%) Content Management
2 4 (20.00%) RUP
3 3 (15.00%) SOA
4 2 (10.00%) Document Management
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.000%) ETL
5 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) Java
1 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (30.00%) Perl
3 5 (25.00%) SQL
4 4 (20.00%) FQL
5 1 (5.000%) PL/SQL
Systems Management
1 9 (45.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (5.000%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) VMware
2 6 (30.00%) Oracle
3 4 (20.00%) FatWire
3 4 (20.00%) Facebook
3 4 (20.00%) Twitter
4 2 (10.00%) Kofax
4 2 (10.00%) Cognos