Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts within the Kent region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4335
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads517
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.018 %
As % of the category below2.732 %6.415 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£350£347
Average daily rate£363£363
% change on same period last year-0.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£370£362
% change on same period last year+2.00 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£13.50
Average hourly rate-£13.88
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£14.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.96£25.45
% change on same period last year+17.71 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads183265
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.294 %0.285 %
Daily rates quoted6861
Average minimum daily rate£271£343
Average daily rate£282£368
% change on same period last year-23.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£294£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£349
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted3028
Average minimum hourly rate£17.01£19.46
Average hourly rate£17.83£20.88
% change on same period last year-14.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.65£22.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.78£24.08
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
IBM South EastIBM
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).

IBM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IBM across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Kent IBM Demand Trend

IBM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent IBM Daily Rate Trend

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MaidstoneNew entry-1--
IBM South EastIBM
South East

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

16 (46.15 %)SAN
25 (38.46 %)Cisco
25 (38.46 %)Windows
25 (38.46 %)NetBackup
34 (30.77 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
34 (30.77 %)SQL
34 (30.77 %)NetApp
43 (23.08 %)VERITAS
43 (23.08 %)UNIX
43 (23.08 %)Tivoli
43 (23.08 %)Mainframe
43 (23.08 %)Brocade
43 (23.08 %)IBM Mainframe
52 (15.38 %)Korn
52 (15.38 %)SC Cleared
52 (15.38 %)Security Cleared
52 (15.38 %)Disaster Recovery
52 (15.38 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (15.38 %)Shell Script
52 (15.38 %)Migration
52 (15.38 %)Papyrus
52 (15.38 %)EMC
52 (15.38 %)DB2
52 (15.38 %)MS Office
52 (15.38 %)VB
52 (15.38 %)COBOL
52 (15.38 %)AIX
52 (15.38 %)Solaris
52 (15.38 %)Linux
61 (7.692 %)Windows 2000

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (7.692 %)HTML
11 (7.692 %)J2EE
11 (7.692 %)CSS
11 (7.692 %)JSP
11 (7.692 %)Struts
11 (7.692 %)J2SE
11 (7.692 %)MVC
11 (7.692 %)Spring
11 (7.692 %)Velocity
11 (7.692 %)Spring MVC
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (15.38 %)Papyrus
21 (7.692 %)Jetty
21 (7.692 %)Tomcat
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (15.38 %)MS Office
21 (7.692 %)MS Project
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (46.15 %)SAN
21 (7.692 %)Firewall
21 (7.692 %)iSCSI
21 (7.692 %)LAN
21 (7.692 %)WAN
21 (7.692 %)DHCP
21 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
21 (7.692 %)DNS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (15.38 %)DB2
21 (7.692 %)Oracle Reports
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.692 %)JUnit
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Finance
11 (7.692 %)Insurance
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (23.08 %)Developer
22 (15.38 %)Analyst
22 (15.38 %)Consultant
22 (15.38 %)Administrator
22 (15.38 %)Technical Analyst
22 (15.38 %)Analyst Developer
22 (15.38 %)Storage Administrator
22 (15.38 %)Storage Consultant
31 (7.692 %)AS400 Operator
31 (7.692 %)Storage Specialist
31 (7.692 %)SAN Consultant
31 (7.692 %)Storage Engineer
31 (7.692 %)Break Fix Engineer
31 (7.692 %)Network Support
31 (7.692 %)Java Developer
31 (7.692 %)Systems Engineer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (23.08 %)Mainframe
13 (23.08 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (7.692 %)iSeries
21 (7.692 %)AS400
21 (7.692 %)N-Tier
21 (7.692 %)Firmware
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (38.46 %)Windows
23 (23.08 %)UNIX
32 (15.38 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (15.38 %)AIX
32 (15.38 %)Solaris
32 (15.38 %)Linux
41 (7.692 %)Windows 2000
41 (7.692 %)zOS
41 (7.692 %)Windows 2000 Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (15.38 %)Disaster Recovery
12 (15.38 %)Migration
12 (15.38 %)SC Cleared
12 (15.38 %)Security Cleared
21 (7.692 %)Change Management
21 (7.692 %)Problem Management
21 (7.692 %)Unit Testing
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (30.77 %)SQL
22 (15.38 %)VB
22 (15.38 %)Shell Script
22 (15.38 %)Korn
22 (15.38 %)COBOL
31 (7.692 %)Java
31 (7.692 %)JavaScript
31 (7.692 %)Perl
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.692 %)SLA
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (38.46 %)NetBackup
21 (7.692 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (7.692 %)Active Directory
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (30.77 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
23 (23.08 %)Tivoli
31 (7.692 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (38.46 %)Cisco
24 (30.77 %)NetApp
33 (23.08 %)VERITAS
33 (23.08 %)Brocade
42 (15.38 %)EMC
51 (7.692 %)Oracle
51 (7.692 %)Microsoft
51 (7.692 %)HP
51 (7.692 %)Compaq
51 (7.692 %)Dell
51 (7.692 %)CheckPoint
51 (7.692 %)Symantec
51 (7.692 %)McAfee Security
51 (7.692 %)Websense
51 (7.692 %)VMware
51 (7.692 %)Capita