The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside 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 Merseyside 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 28 31 10
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -21
Contract jobs citing IBM 6 6 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.913% 2.273% 10.24%
As % of the Vendors category 6.383% 4.478% 21.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 16
Average daily rate £475 £220 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+115.90% -33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £206 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £311 £524
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £21.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+44.73% -36.66%
All Vendors
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
94 134 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 45.63% 50.76% 47.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 54 57
Average daily rate £363 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £165 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 23 14
Average hourly rate £11.29 £16.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.59% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.96 £11.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.65 £21.86 £22.10
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside 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
Liverpool +10 5 £475 +115.90%
Wirral - 1 - -
IBM
North West

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) AIX
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
2 4 (40.00%) DB2
3 3 (30.00%) Java
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 3 (30.00%) SAP
3 3 (30.00%) Informix
3 3 (30.00%) ERP
3 3 (30.00%) Process Management
4 2 (20.00%) SAN
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) WebSphere
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Resource Management
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (20.00%) UNIX
4 2 (20.00%) Sun
4 2 (20.00%) Baan
4 2 (20.00%) JD Edwards
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (20.00%) HPUX
4 2 (20.00%) Solaris

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 2 (20.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) SAP XI
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (10.00%) NetWeaver
1 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Process Server
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) DB2
2 3 (30.00%) Informix
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
4 1 (10.00%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Ant
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) SAN Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Support
3 1 (10.00%) Data Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) AIX
3 2 (20.00%) UNIX
3 2 (20.00%) HPUX
3 2 (20.00%) Solaris
4 1 (10.00%) Tru64
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) ERP
1 3 (30.00%) Process Management
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Resource Management
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Java
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Perl
2 1 (10.00%) Jython
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) IBM Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) SAP
3 2 (20.00%) Sun
3 2 (20.00%) Baan
3 2 (20.00%) JD Edwards
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Siebel
4 1 (10.00%) Brocade
4 1 (10.00%) NetApp
4 1 (10.00%) Red Hat