The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Halifax 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 23 25 22
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Contract jobs citing IBM 1 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 0.610% 2.242% 1.770%
As % of the Vendors category 1.961% 13.51% 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £382 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.91% +1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £30.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-3.33% +11.11%
All Vendors
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
51 37 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 31.10% 16.59% 19.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 30 14
Average daily rate £445 £418 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.58% -7.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.04 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+0.21% -5.00%
IBM
West Yorkshire

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 7 (87.50%) Middleware
2 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
3 5 (62.50%) Retail
4 4 (50.00%) QA
4 4 (50.00%) SOA
4 4 (50.00%) DataPower
5 3 (37.50%) UNIX
6 2 (25.00%) Firewall
6 2 (25.00%) SSL
6 2 (25.00%) Firmware
6 2 (25.00%) Web Services
6 2 (25.00%) XML
6 2 (25.00%) Banking
6 2 (25.00%) WebSphere
7 1 (12.50%) Finance
7 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 1 (12.50%) Time Management
7 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 (87.50%) Middleware
2 2 (25.00%) Web Services
2 2 (25.00%) XML
2 2 (25.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Message Broker
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) SSL
General
1 5 (62.50%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
2 4 (50.00%) DataPower
3 2 (25.00%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) SOA
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA