The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 21 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 Leeds 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 63 44 36
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -8
Contract jobs citing IBM 9 22 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 1.189% 2.472% 3.120%
As % of the Vendors category 2.695% 4.989% 8.837%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 9
Average daily rate £406 £445 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.70% +78.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £318 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £515 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 7
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -31.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+44.73% -36.66%
All Vendors
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
334 441 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 44.12% 49.55% 35.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 252 104
Average daily rate £280 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £170 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £450 £452
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 25
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.00 £17.11
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.66% -12.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £11.40 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
IBM
West Yorkshire

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 15 (41.67%) Finance
2 13 (36.11%) Oracle
2 13 (36.11%) Linux
3 11 (30.56%) UNIX
3 11 (30.56%) Windows
3 11 (30.56%) WebSphere
4 10 (27.78%) SQL
5 8 (22.22%) WebSphere Application Server
5 8 (22.22%) J2EE
5 8 (22.22%) Solaris
6 7 (19.44%) DB2
7 6 (16.67%) AIX
7 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 6 (16.67%) TOGAF
7 6 (16.67%) IBM HTTP Server
8 5 (13.89%) Bash shell
8 5 (13.89%) HTTP
8 5 (13.89%) Process Management
8 5 (13.89%) Web Services
8 5 (13.89%) ITIL
8 5 (13.89%) Apache
8 5 (13.89%) IIS
8 5 (13.89%) .NET
8 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
8 5 (13.89%) Java
8 5 (13.89%) Perl
9 4 (11.11%) MS Office
9 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET
9 4 (11.11%) JDBC
9 4 (11.11%) Tomcat

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 11 (30.56%) WebSphere
2 8 (22.22%) J2EE
3 5 (13.89%) Web Services
3 5 (13.89%) .NET
4 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET
4 4 (11.11%) JDBC
4 4 (11.11%) XML
4 4 (11.11%) Middleware
4 4 (11.11%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.778%) JSP
5 1 (2.778%) ASP
5 1 (2.778%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 8 (22.22%) WebSphere Application Server
2 6 (16.67%) IBM HTTP Server
3 5 (13.89%) Apache
3 5 (13.89%) IIS
4 4 (11.11%) Tomcat
4 4 (11.11%) MQSeries
4 4 (11.11%) FileNet
5 2 (5.556%) Documentum
5 2 (5.556%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (5.556%) WebSphere Portal
5 2 (5.556%) WebSphere Process Server
5 2 (5.556%) ESB
6 1 (2.778%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.89%) HTTP
2 4 (11.11%) FTP
3 3 (8.333%) DNS
3 3 (8.333%) SAN
4 2 (5.556%) CTI
5 1 (2.778%) iSCSI
5 1 (2.778%) NAS
5 1 (2.778%) Unified Communications
5 1 (2.778%) FCoE
5 1 (2.778%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (19.44%) DB2
2 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
3 4 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Build Forge
2 1 (2.778%) Subversion
2 1 (2.778%) Maven
2 1 (2.778%) Rational Performance Tester
2 1 (2.778%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.778%) Ant
General
1 15 (41.67%) Finance
2 4 (11.11%) Games
2 4 (11.11%) Retail
3 3 (8.333%) Banking
3 3 (8.333%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.778%) Billing
Job Titles
1 13 (36.11%) Analyst
2 8 (22.22%) Architect
2 8 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
2 8 (22.22%) Support Analyst
3 6 (16.67%) Consultant
4 5 (13.89%) Applications Support
5 4 (11.11%) Business Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Operations Support Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) FileNet Consultant
5 4 (11.11%) Applications Support Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Operations Analyst
6 3 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (5.556%) Web Support Analyst
7 2 (5.556%) Web Analyst
8 1 (2.778%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.778%) Hardware Engineer
8 1 (2.778%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.778%) Performance Tester
8 1 (2.778%) VMware Specialist
8 1 (2.778%) Backup Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.556%) Smart Meter
1 2 (5.556%) IVR
2 1 (2.778%) EMC Centera
2 1 (2.778%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (36.11%) Linux
2 11 (30.56%) UNIX
2 11 (30.56%) Windows
3 8 (22.22%) Solaris
4 6 (16.67%) AIX
5 2 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.778%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (16.67%) TOGAF
2 5 (13.89%) Process Management
2 5 (13.89%) ITIL
3 4 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 3 (8.333%) Web Development
4 3 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (8.333%) Requirements Management
4 3 (8.333%) E-Commerce
5 2 (5.556%) SOA
5 2 (5.556%) RUP
5 2 (5.556%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.778%) Performance Testing
6 1 (2.778%) Web Testing
6 1 (2.778%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (2.778%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (2.778%) Test Automation
6 1 (2.778%) Change Control
6 1 (2.778%) Software Distribution
6 1 (2.778%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.778%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.78%) SQL
2 5 (13.89%) Bash shell
2 5 (13.89%) Java
2 5 (13.89%) Perl
3 4 (11.11%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.778%) AWK
4 1 (2.778%) Jython
4 1 (2.778%) Python
4 1 (2.778%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.778%) PMP
System Software
1 2 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (2.778%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.778%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (5.556%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.778%) Tivoli
2 1 (2.778%) Tivoli Remote Control
2 1 (2.778%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 13 (36.11%) Oracle
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.333%) EMC
3 3 (8.333%) Cisco
3 3 (8.333%) NetApp
4 2 (5.556%) Siebel
4 2 (5.556%) Adobe
4 2 (5.556%) HP
4 2 (5.556%) VMware
5 1 (2.778%) Brocade
5 1 (2.778%) Symantec
5 1 (2.778%) Intel
5 1 (2.778%) StorageTek
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