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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 Manchester 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4255
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads4114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.014 %
As % of the category below8.384 %2.745 %
Daily rates quoted101
Average minimum daily rate£354£350
Average daily rate£355£375
% change on same period last year-5.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£366
% change on same period last year-3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00-
Average hourly rate£40.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£25.35
% change on same period last year+16.11 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads489510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.645 %0.508 %
Daily rates quoted90103
Average minimum daily rate£340£332
Average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted6460
Average minimum hourly rate£17.56£19.45
Average hourly rate£18.80£20.97
% change on same period last year-10.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.04£22.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
IBM North WestIBM
North West

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

121 (33.33 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
215 (23.81 %)Tivoli
313 (20.63 %)AIX
412 (19.05 %)UNIX
412 (19.05 %)MVS
412 (19.05 %)Migration
412 (19.05 %)Finance
412 (19.05 %)WebSphere
510 (15.87 %)Change Management
69 (14.29 %)Health
78 (12.70 %)Mainframe
78 (12.70 %)SAN
87 (11.11 %)IVR
96 (9.524 %)Teradata
96 (9.524 %)IBM Mainframe
96 (9.524 %)Assembly Language
96 (9.524 %)Hitachi
96 (9.524 %)EMC
105 (7.937 %)Smalltalk
105 (7.937 %)CTI
105 (7.937 %)Oracle
105 (7.937 %)Middleware
114 (6.349 %)Banking
114 (6.349 %)ISPF
114 (6.349 %)WebSphere Application Server
114 (6.349 %)Solaris
114 (6.349 %)MQSeries
123 (4.762 %)Windows
123 (4.762 %)COBOL
123 (4.762 %)ATL

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (19.05 %)WebSphere
25 (7.937 %)Middleware
34 (6.349 %)ISPF
43 (4.762 %)ATL
43 (4.762 %)WBIMB
52 (3.175 %)J2EE
52 (3.175 %)EJB
52 (3.175 %)JSP
52 (3.175 %)WebServices
61 (1.587 %)JMS
61 (1.587 %)XML
61 (1.587 %)XSL
61 (1.587 %)Servlets
61 (1.587 %)Struts
61 (1.587 %)HTML
61 (1.587 %)XML Schema
61 (1.587 %)JavaBeans
61 (1.587 %)SAP Basis
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (6.349 %)WebSphere Application Server
14 (6.349 %)MQSeries
23 (4.762 %)WPS
32 (3.175 %)MQSI
41 (1.587 %)JBoss
41 (1.587 %)Tomcat
41 (1.587 %)CICS
41 (1.587 %)WebSphere MQ
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.587 %)MAXIMO
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (12.70 %)SAN
25 (7.937 %)CTI
32 (3.175 %)Firewall
41 (1.587 %)VoIP
41 (1.587 %)TCP/IP
41 (1.587 %)SNA
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (4.762 %)DB2
21 (1.587 %)Oracle 10g
21 (1.587 %)DataStage
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.587 %)Rational Rose
11 (1.587 %)Eclipse
11 (1.587 %)Ant
11 (1.587 %)JUnit
11 (1.587 %)RequisitePro
11 (1.587 %)ClearQuest
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (19.05 %)Finance
29 (14.29 %)Health
34 (6.349 %)Banking
42 (3.175 %)Retail
51 (1.587 %)Telecoms
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (25.40 %)Administrator
212 (19.05 %)Analyst
38 (12.70 %)Developer
45 (7.937 %)Architect
45 (7.937 %)AIX Administrator
45 (7.937 %)Consultant
54 (6.349 %)Storage Administrator
54 (6.349 %)WebSphere Specialist
62 (3.175 %)COBOL Developer
62 (3.175 %)UNIX Engineer
62 (3.175 %)Technical Specialist
62 (3.175 %)Server Administrator
62 (3.175 %)Systems Administrator
62 (3.175 %)Analyst Programmer
62 (3.175 %)Programmer
62 (3.175 %)Support Analyst
62 (3.175 %)Test Manager
62 (3.175 %)Java Developer
62 (3.175 %)Business Analyst
71 (1.587 %)Junior
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (12.70 %)Mainframe
27 (11.11 %)IVR
36 (9.524 %)IBM Mainframe
43 (4.762 %)HACMP
51 (1.587 %)Tandem
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (20.63 %)AIX
212 (19.05 %)UNIX
212 (19.05 %)MVS
34 (6.349 %)Solaris
43 (4.762 %)Windows
52 (3.175 %)HPUX
61 (1.587 %)Linux
61 (1.587 %)Red Hat Linux
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (19.05 %)Migration
210 (15.87 %)Change Management
32 (3.175 %)ERP
41 (1.587 %)CRM
41 (1.587 %)RUP
41 (1.587 %)Unified Process
41 (1.587 %)EAM
41 (1.587 %)Systems Analysis
41 (1.587 %)Requirements Management
41 (1.587 %)Use Case
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (9.524 %)Assembly Language
25 (7.937 %)Smalltalk
33 (4.762 %)COBOL
33 (4.762 %)Java
42 (3.175 %)REXX
51 (1.587 %)DHTML
51 (1.587 %)JavaScript
51 (1.587 %)Perl
51 (1.587 %)SQL
51 (1.587 %)ABAP
51 (1.587 %)Shell Script
51 (1.587 %)Korn
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.587 %)IBM Certification
11 (1.587 %)Degree
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (4.762 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
121 (33.33 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
215 (23.81 %)Tivoli
32 (3.175 %)Unicenter
41 (1.587 %)OMEGAMON
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (9.524 %)Teradata
16 (9.524 %)Hitachi
16 (9.524 %)EMC
25 (7.937 %)Oracle
33 (4.762 %)VERITAS
42 (3.175 %)Nortel
42 (3.175 %)Citrix
42 (3.175 %)Sun
51 (1.587 %)SAP
51 (1.587 %)HP
51 (1.587 %)NetApp
51 (1.587 %)Actuate
51 (1.587 %)Cisco
51 (1.587 %)Red Hat