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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts within the London 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank121128
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads438594
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.584 %0.601 %
As % of the category below3.053 %2.815 %
Daily rates quoted194209
Average minimum daily rate£347£396
Average daily rate£364£416
% change on same period last year-12.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£356
% change on same period last year+0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted2927
Average minimum hourly rate£24.16£25.28
Average hourly rate£25.58£26.23
% change on same period last year-2.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.99£27.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.60£26.04
% change on same period last year+5.98 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
London
Matching contract IT job ads1434621104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.12 %21.35 %
Daily rates quoted56447547
Average minimum daily rate£412£416
Average daily rate£439£442
% change on same period last year-0.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£466£469
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted8271135
Average minimum hourly rate£22.67£25.27
Average hourly rate£24.29£26.85
% change on same period last year-9.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.91£28.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
IBM EnglandIBM
England

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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

London 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 London region.

London IBM Daily Rate Trend

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London IBM Daily Rate Histogram

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London IBM Hourly Rate Histogram

IBM
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
City of LondonUp+35112£420+2.61 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1739£298-16.40 %
Canary WharfUp+912£360-24.21 %
UxbridgeDown-86£417-
HounslowNo change06--
CroydonUp+125--
HayesNew entry-3--
BexleyheathNew entry-1£325-
GraysNew entry-1£300-
IBM EnglandIBM
England

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1234 (26.44 %)Windows
2208 (23.50 %)HP
3198 (22.37 %)Oracle
4195 (22.03 %)UNIX
5174 (19.66 %)Java
6170 (19.21 %)WebSphere
7169 (19.10 %)SQL
8156 (17.63 %)Linux
8156 (17.63 %)SAN
8156 (17.63 %)Finance
9136 (15.37 %)Banking
10113 (12.77 %)AIX
11111 (12.54 %)XML
12109 (12.32 %)Solaris
13106 (11.98 %)J2EE
14103 (11.64 %)Tivoli
1598 (11.07 %)Mainframe
1694 (10.62 %)Microsoft
1790 (10.17 %)VMware
1886 (9.718 %)TCP/IP
1974 (8.362 %)OO
2071 (8.023 %)RUP
2169 (7.797 %)MS Office
2268 (7.684 %)Rational Rose
2367 (7.571 %)EMC
2466 (7.458 %)Citrix
2466 (7.458 %)Active Directory
2466 (7.458 %)UML
2466 (7.458 %)Brocade
2565 (7.345 %)IBM Mainframe

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1170 (19.21 %)WebSphere
2111 (12.54 %)XML
3106 (11.98 %)J2EE
451 (5.763 %).NET
539 (4.407 %)Middleware
636 (4.068 %)Hibernate
732 (3.616 %)XSL
828 (3.164 %)HTML
926 (2.938 %)SOAP
926 (2.938 %)EJB
1022 (2.486 %)JavaBeans
1120 (2.260 %)JDBC
1120 (2.260 %)COM+
1219 (2.147 %)JSP
1219 (2.147 %)Servlets
1315 (1.695 %)WebServices
1315 (1.695 %)Spring
1414 (1.582 %)XML Schema
1513 (1.469 %)XSLT
1612 (1.356 %)CSS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
152 (5.876 %)IIS
243 (4.859 %)MS Exchange
342 (4.746 %)WebSphere Application Server
440 (4.520 %)Exchange Server 2003
532 (3.616 %)WebLogic
631 (3.503 %)WebSphere MQ
727 (3.051 %)Oracle Application Server
826 (2.938 %)Apache
826 (2.938 %)Tomcat
925 (2.825 %)MQSeries
1020 (2.260 %)Lotus Notes
1020 (2.260 %)Oracle 10gAS
1117 (1.921 %)SmartSockets
1215 (1.695 %)ESB
1312 (1.356 %)JBoss
1411 (1.243 %)SharePoint
1510 (1.130 %)Documentum
1510 (1.130 %)Rendezvous
169 (1.017 %)CICS
178 (0.904 %)IBM HTTP Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
169 (7.797 %)MS Office
253 (5.989 %)MS Project
325 (2.825 %)MS Excel
325 (2.825 %)MS Visio
43 (0.339 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (0.226 %)Photoshop
61 (0.113 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (1.017 %)MAXIMO
28 (0.904 %)Temenos Globus
35 (0.565 %)SunGard GMI
44 (0.452 %)Summit
44 (0.452 %)BusinessWorks
52 (0.226 %)InvestOne
52 (0.226 %)Eagle PACE
52 (0.226 %)Eagle STAR
61 (0.113 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
61 (0.113 %)Remedy ITSM
61 (0.113 %)BASE24
61 (0.113 %)Murex MxG2000
61 (0.113 %)SAP HR
61 (0.113 %)SAP SD
61 (0.113 %)FLEXCUBE
61 (0.113 %)SAP Oil and Gas
61 (0.113 %)Kondor+
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1156 (17.63 %)SAN
286 (9.718 %)TCP/IP
346 (5.198 %)Firewall
433 (3.729 %)Internet
530 (3.390 %)DNS
623 (2.599 %)SSL
718 (2.034 %)DHCP
817 (1.921 %)SNA
916 (1.808 %)HTTP
1015 (1.695 %)LAN
1015 (1.695 %)BIG-IP
1111 (1.243 %)WAN
1210 (1.130 %)SNMP
139 (1.017 %)VPN
139 (1.017 %)Ethernet
139 (1.017 %)LDAP
139 (1.017 %)VLAN
146 (0.678 %)NetScreen
155 (0.565 %)Network Security
155 (0.565 %)iSCSI
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
155 (6.215 %)DB2
236 (4.068 %)Oracle 10g
335 (3.955 %)SQL Server
428 (3.164 %)Datawarehouse
524 (2.712 %)BusinessObjects
617 (1.921 %)ETL
715 (1.695 %)DataStage
813 (1.469 %)MySQL
911 (1.243 %)RDBMS
108 (0.904 %)Oracle 8/8i
108 (0.904 %)Oracle 9i
108 (0.904 %)BusinessObjects XI
115 (0.565 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
115 (0.565 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
124 (0.452 %)SQL Server 7
124 (0.452 %)DB2 UDB
124 (0.452 %)Oracle Reports
133 (0.339 %)Crystal Reports
133 (0.339 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
142 (0.226 %)Oracle OWB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
168 (7.684 %)Rational Rose
259 (6.667 %)RequisitePro
330 (3.390 %)ClearQuest
428 (3.164 %)LoadRunner
526 (2.938 %)JUnit
621 (2.373 %)Eclipse
711 (1.243 %)ClearCase
711 (1.243 %)Rational Robot
89 (1.017 %)Ant
97 (0.791 %)Subversion
106 (0.678 %)JDeveloper
115 (0.565 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
124 (0.452 %)Visual Studio
133 (0.339 %)Flash
133 (0.339 %)JBuilder
133 (0.339 %)VisiBroker
142 (0.226 %)ERwin
142 (0.226 %)IntelliJ
151 (0.113 %)Oracle Forms
151 (0.113 %)WinRunner
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1156 (17.63 %)Finance
2136 (15.37 %)Banking
349 (5.537 %)Investment Banking
432 (3.616 %)Telecoms
522 (2.486 %)Insurance
619 (2.147 %)Government
718 (2.034 %)Retail
817 (1.921 %)Health
913 (1.469 %)Pharmaceutical
1012 (1.356 %)Back Office
119 (1.017 %)Financial Institution
126 (0.678 %)Construction
135 (0.565 %)Education
135 (0.565 %)Front Office
135 (0.565 %)Legal
144 (0.452 %)Law
152 (0.226 %)Pensions
152 (0.226 %)Retail Banking
152 (0.226 %)Private Banking
152 (0.226 %)Marketing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1135 (15.25 %)Analyst
2122 (13.79 %)Developer
386 (9.718 %)Consultant
480 (9.040 %)Administrator
574 (8.362 %)Architect
656 (6.328 %)Project Manager
741 (4.633 %)Support Analyst
833 (3.729 %)Server Engineer
930 (3.390 %)Java Developer
1027 (3.051 %)Wintel Engineer
1124 (2.712 %)Systems Administrator
1222 (2.486 %)Systems Analyst
1320 (2.260 %)UNIX Engineer
1418 (2.034 %)Storage Specialist
1418 (2.034 %)Programmer
1517 (1.921 %)Storage Administrator
1517 (1.921 %)Senior UNIX Engineer
1615 (1.695 %)Support Engineer
1714 (1.582 %)Technical Support
1714 (1.582 %)Test Manager
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
198 (11.07 %)Mainframe
265 (7.345 %)IBM Mainframe
335 (3.955 %)Clustering
425 (2.825 %)Derivative
425 (2.825 %)HACMP
517 (1.921 %)AS400
615 (1.695 %)CLARiiON
710 (1.130 %)Replication
710 (1.130 %)Blackberry
89 (1.017 %)Multithreading
97 (0.791 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
97 (0.791 %)EPoS
97 (0.791 %)N-Tier
97 (0.791 %)PKI
106 (0.678 %)Web 2.0
106 (0.678 %)Client/Server
115 (0.565 %)VSAM
115 (0.565 %)VAX
115 (0.565 %)Celerra
124 (0.452 %)Equities
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1234 (26.44 %)Windows
2195 (22.03 %)UNIX
3156 (17.63 %)Linux
4113 (12.77 %)AIX
5109 (12.32 %)Solaris
650 (5.650 %)Windows 2000
650 (5.650 %)Windows Server 2003
737 (4.181 %)Windows XP
834 (3.842 %)Windows NT
927 (3.051 %)HPUX
1019 (2.147 %)MVS
1118 (2.034 %)zOS
1210 (1.130 %)VMS
139 (1.017 %)Windows Vista
146 (0.678 %)SUSE
153 (0.339 %)OpenVMS
153 (0.339 %)Windows CE
153 (0.339 %)Mac OS X
162 (0.226 %)Debian
162 (0.226 %)Fedora
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
174 (8.362 %)OO
271 (8.023 %)RUP
366 (7.458 %)UML
458 (6.554 %)Unified Process
555 (6.215 %)PRINCE2
641 (4.633 %)ITIL
740 (4.520 %)Use Case
836 (4.068 %)OOA/OOD
928 (3.164 %)Data Modelling
1027 (3.051 %)Migration
1125 (2.825 %)User Acceptance Testing
1224 (2.712 %)Load Balancing
1224 (2.712 %)Project Management
1322 (2.486 %)Security Cleared
1421 (2.373 %)Service Delivery
1421 (2.373 %)OOD
1520 (2.260 %)E-Commerce
1618 (2.034 %)SOA
1618 (2.034 %)Load Testing
1717 (1.921 %)SC Cleared
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1174 (19.66 %)Java
2169 (19.10 %)SQL
347 (5.311 %)Perl
445 (5.085 %)PL/SQL
541 (4.633 %)C#
638 (4.294 %)Shell Script
733 (3.729 %)C++
733 (3.729 %)VBScript
830 (3.390 %)VB
923 (2.599 %)C
1020 (2.260 %)Korn
1117 (1.921 %)JavaScript
1211 (1.243 %)RPG
1310 (1.130 %)VB.NET
149 (1.017 %)COBOL
149 (1.017 %)JCL
158 (0.904 %)VBA
158 (0.904 %)REXX
166 (0.678 %)XQuery
175 (0.565 %)DHTML
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
139 (4.407 %)Microsoft Certification
231 (3.503 %)MCSE
330 (3.390 %)IBM Certification
413 (1.469 %)CCNA
413 (1.469 %)Cisco Certification
512 (1.356 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
512 (1.356 %)Degree
69 (1.017 %)MCP
75 (0.565 %)A+ Certification
83 (0.339 %)Citrix Certification
83 (0.339 %)RHCE
92 (0.226 %)RHCT
92 (0.226 %)MCSA
92 (0.226 %)CCNP
92 (0.226 %)Sun Certification
92 (0.226 %)Server+ Certification
92 (0.226 %)CNE
92 (0.226 %)Novell Certification
101 (0.113 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.113 %)SCSA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (2.260 %)SLA
214 (1.582 %)QA
313 (1.469 %)ISO9001
42 (0.226 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.113 %)BS7799
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
166 (7.458 %)Active Directory
263 (7.119 %)VMware ESX
336 (4.068 %)VMware Infrastructure
427 (3.051 %)NetBackup
523 (2.599 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
68 (0.904 %)Terminal Server
68 (0.904 %)Citrix Presentation Server
77 (0.791 %)Oracle RAC
86 (0.678 %)AquaLogic
94 (0.452 %)Backup Exec
103 (0.339 %)VMware Workstation
103 (0.339 %)NFS
103 (0.339 %)RACF
103 (0.339 %)Samba
112 (0.226 %)ISA Server
112 (0.226 %)MetaFrame
121 (0.113 %)Terminal Services
121 (0.113 %)Xen
121 (0.113 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
121 (0.113 %)Oracle RMAN
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1103 (11.64 %)Tivoli
261 (6.893 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
324 (2.712 %)Tivoli Monitoring
417 (1.921 %)Legato
513 (1.469 %)CA SiteMinder
513 (1.469 %)Netcool
612 (1.356 %)OpenView
78 (0.904 %)Unicenter
78 (0.904 %)MOM
87 (0.791 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
87 (0.791 %)EMC NetWorker
95 (0.565 %)Foglight
95 (0.565 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
104 (0.452 %)RepliStor
104 (0.452 %)BMC Performance Manager
104 (0.452 %)DiskXtender
113 (0.339 %)AssetCenter
113 (0.339 %)SCCM
113 (0.339 %)SCOM
113 (0.339 %)Norton AntiVirus
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1208 (23.50 %)HP
2198 (22.37 %)Oracle
394 (10.62 %)Microsoft
490 (10.17 %)VMware
567 (7.571 %)EMC
666 (7.458 %)Citrix
666 (7.458 %)Brocade
765 (7.345 %)Sun
860 (6.780 %)Red Hat
956 (6.328 %)Dell
1049 (5.537 %)VERITAS
1146 (5.198 %)Sybase
1231 (3.503 %)Cisco
1330 (3.390 %)Compaq
1424 (2.712 %)Business Objects
1522 (2.486 %)NetApp
1522 (2.486 %)TIBCO
1621 (2.373 %)Lotus
1621 (2.373 %)BEA
1621 (2.373 %)Altova
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