The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 22 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 Glasgow 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 60 26 37
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +11
Contract jobs citing IBM 17 35 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.773% 4.459% 3.202%
As % of the Vendors category 3.829% 10.12% 5.946%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 7
Average daily rate £420 £320 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.25% -24.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £43.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +45.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year
+44.73% -33.33%
All Vendors
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
444 346 370
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 46.30% 44.08% 53.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 160 194
Average daily rate £338 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £223 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £441 £441
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 27 11
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.90 £35.00 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
IBM
Scotland

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 (51.61%) Windows
2 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
3 13 (41.94%) AIX
3 13 (41.94%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (38.71%) Finance
5 10 (32.26%) Solaris
5 10 (32.26%) Oracle
5 10 (32.26%) SAN
6 9 (29.03%) UNIX
6 9 (29.03%) SQL Server
6 9 (29.03%) Linux
7 8 (25.81%) EMC
7 8 (25.81%) WebSphere
8 7 (22.58%) Windows XP
8 7 (22.58%) VMware
8 7 (22.58%) HP
8 7 (22.58%) Tivoli
8 7 (22.58%) Symantec
9 6 (19.35%) Red Hat
9 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (19.35%) Oracle 8/8i
9 6 (19.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (16.13%) Active Directory
10 5 (16.13%) WebSphere Application Server
10 5 (16.13%) Java
10 5 (16.13%) SQL
11 4 (12.90%) Sun
11 4 (12.90%) DNS
11 4 (12.90%) Citrix
11 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 8 (25.81%) WebSphere
2 3 (9.677%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
2 3 (9.677%) JMS
2 3 (9.677%) Web Services
2 3 (9.677%) XML
3 2 (6.452%) XML Schema
3 2 (6.452%) Middleware
3 2 (6.452%) Spring
4 1 (3.226%) Apache CXF
4 1 (3.226%) JTA
4 1 (3.226%) X-Windows
4 1 (3.226%) JAAS
4 1 (3.226%) EJB
4 1 (3.226%) CSS
4 1 (3.226%) SOAP
4 1 (3.226%) J2EE
4 1 (3.226%) HTML
4 1 (3.226%) XSD
4 1 (3.226%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 5 (16.13%) WebSphere Application Server
2 4 (12.90%) MS Exchange
2 4 (12.90%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (9.677%) WebSphere MQ
3 3 (9.677%) MQSeries
3 3 (9.677%) Tomcat
4 2 (6.452%) WebLogic
4 2 (6.452%) FileNet
5 1 (3.226%) Mule
5 1 (3.226%) GemFire
5 1 (3.226%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (3.226%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (3.226%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (3.226%) Documentum
5 1 (3.226%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (3.226%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (3.226%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (32.26%) SAN
2 4 (12.90%) DNS
2 4 (12.90%) DHCP
3 3 (9.677%) LDAP
3 3 (9.677%) SNMP
4 1 (3.226%) Intranet
4 1 (3.226%) Internet
4 1 (3.226%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (29.03%) SQL Server
2 6 (19.35%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (12.90%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (9.677%) InterSystems Cache
4 3 (9.677%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (6.452%) RDBMS
6 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (3.226%) SAP HANA
6 1 (3.226%) EDMS
6 1 (3.226%) Data Mining
6 1 (3.226%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (3.226%) Subversion
2 1 (3.226%) ClearCase
2 1 (3.226%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 12 (38.71%) Finance
2 1 (3.226%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Technical Specialist
2 7 (22.58%) Architect
3 6 (19.35%) Designer
4 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Architect
4 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Designer
5 3 (9.677%) Server Engineer
5 3 (9.677%) Identity Management Specialist
5 3 (9.677%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 2 (6.452%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (6.452%) UNIX Systems Administrator
6 2 (6.452%) Team Leader
6 2 (6.452%) UNIX Administrator
6 2 (6.452%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (6.452%) Administrator
7 1 (3.226%) SAP Architect
7 1 (3.226%) WebSphere Technical Specialist
7 1 (3.226%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.677%) DataPower
2 1 (3.226%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (3.226%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.226%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.226%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.226%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.226%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 16 (51.61%) Windows
2 13 (41.94%) AIX
2 13 (41.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (32.26%) Solaris
4 9 (29.03%) UNIX
4 9 (29.03%) Linux
5 7 (22.58%) Windows XP
6 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (19.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (6.452%) HPUX
7 2 (6.452%) SUSE
7 2 (6.452%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.90%) Identity Management
2 3 (9.677%) Incident Management
2 3 (9.677%) Time Management
2 3 (9.677%) Migration
3 2 (6.452%) UML
3 2 (6.452%) ETL
3 2 (6.452%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (6.452%) Security Architecture
3 2 (6.452%) Release Management
3 2 (6.452%) Unit Testing
4 1 (3.226%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (3.226%) Wealth Management
4 1 (3.226%) Financial Modelling
4 1 (3.226%) Capacity Management
4 1 (3.226%) Database Caching
4 1 (3.226%) Test Strategy
4 1 (3.226%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.226%) Scrum
4 1 (3.226%) Workflow
4 1 (3.226%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) Java
1 5 (16.13%) SQL
2 4 (12.90%) Shell Script
3 3 (9.677%) Perl
4 1 (3.226%) XPath
4 1 (3.226%) Smalltalk
4 1 (3.226%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.226%) ABAP
4 1 (3.226%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.226%) C#
4 1 (3.226%) C++
4 1 (3.226%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.452%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.452%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.226%) SCSA
System Software
1 5 (16.13%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.677%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.677%) XenDesktop
2 3 (9.677%) VMware ESX
3 1 (3.226%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 7 (22.58%) Tivoli
2 4 (12.90%) SCCM
3 3 (9.677%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 3 (9.677%) Netcool
4 2 (6.452%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 2 (6.452%) NetBackup
5 1 (3.226%) OpenView
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 10 (32.26%) Oracle
3 8 (25.81%) EMC
4 7 (22.58%) VMware
4 7 (22.58%) HP
4 7 (22.58%) Symantec
5 6 (19.35%) Red Hat
6 4 (12.90%) Sun
6 4 (12.90%) Citrix
6 4 (12.90%) Cisco
6 4 (12.90%) McAfee
7 3 (9.677%) Dell
8 2 (6.452%) JBoss
8 2 (6.452%) Informatica
8 2 (6.452%) InterSystems
8 2 (6.452%) Kofax
9 1 (3.226%) TIBCO
9 1 (3.226%) NetApp
9 1 (3.226%) Lotus
9 1 (3.226%) BEA