The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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 29 24 20
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -4
Contract jobs citing IBM 2 21 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.962% 5.036% 5.106%
As % of the Vendors category 1.905% 10.99% 11.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 11
Average daily rate £350 £446 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.56% +66.51%
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
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
105 191 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 50.48% 45.80% 46.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 89 58
Average daily rate £305 £380 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.73% +22.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £155 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £505 £432
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 19
Average hourly rate £19.04 £25.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.33% -21.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £18.65 £21.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.50 £32.25 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
IBM
North West

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Lytham St Annes +3 1 - -
IBM
North West

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 6 (50.00%) Mainframe
1 6 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 5 (41.67%) REXX
2 5 (41.67%) MVS
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) zOS
3 4 (33.33%) CA
3 4 (33.33%) WebSphere Process Server
4 2 (16.67%) J2EE
5 1 (8.333%) Oracle
5 1 (8.333%) DB2
5 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (8.333%) EJB
5 1 (8.333%) CSS
5 1 (8.333%) JDBC
5 1 (8.333%) JSP
5 1 (8.333%) Servlets
5 1 (8.333%) SOAP
5 1 (8.333%) XML
5 1 (8.333%) UML
5 1 (8.333%) OO
5 1 (8.333%) RAD
5 1 (8.333%) XHTML
5 1 (8.333%) ClearCase
5 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
5 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Eclipse
5 1 (8.333%) RDBMS
5 1 (8.333%) JCL
5 1 (8.333%) ClearQuest

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 6 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (16.67%) J2EE
3 1 (8.333%) EJB
3 1 (8.333%) CSS
3 1 (8.333%) JDBC
3 1 (8.333%) JSP
3 1 (8.333%) Servlets
3 1 (8.333%) SOAP
3 1 (8.333%) XML
3 1 (8.333%) XHTML
3 1 (8.333%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) WebSphere Process Server
2 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Application Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) DB2
1 1 (8.333%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) ClearCase
1 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1 1 (8.333%) Eclipse
1 1 (8.333%) ClearQuest
General
1 1 (8.333%) Military
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Senior WebSphere Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) MVS
2 4 (33.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (8.333%) UML
2 1 (8.333%) OO
2 1 (8.333%) RAD
2 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
2 1 (8.333%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) REXX
2 1 (8.333%) JCL
2 1 (8.333%) Java
2 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) CA
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle