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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 Middlesex 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
Rank3833
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads916
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.016 %
As % of the category below3.273 %4.848 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£367-
Average daily rate£377-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£388-
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£356
% change on same period last year+0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£25.67£23.00
Average hourly rate£25.67£27.13
% change on same period last year-5.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.67£31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.60£26.04
% change on same period last year+5.98 %
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads275330
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.367 %0.334 %
Daily rates quoted7682
Average minimum daily rate£329£327
Average daily rate£348£347
% change on same period last year+0.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted1732
Average minimum hourly rate£26.46£23.54
Average hourly rate£27.25£24.54
% change on same period last year+11.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.04£25.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
IBM South EastIBM
South East

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Middlesex IBM Hourly Rate Histogram

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

16 (33.33 %)UNIX
16 (33.33 %)HP
16 (33.33 %)Sun
25 (27.78 %)Windows
34 (22.22 %)MS Excel
34 (22.22 %)Compaq
34 (22.22 %)DB2
34 (22.22 %)XML
43 (16.67 %)AS400
43 (16.67 %)Finance
43 (16.67 %)DataStage
43 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
43 (16.67 %)RPG
43 (16.67 %)SQL
43 (16.67 %)VB
43 (16.67 %)Dell
43 (16.67 %)Microsoft
43 (16.67 %)AIX
43 (16.67 %)Solaris
52 (11.11 %)Linux
52 (11.11 %)Windows NT
52 (11.11 %)Cognos
52 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
52 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
52 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
52 (11.11 %)MQSeries
52 (11.11 %)HTTP
52 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
52 (11.11 %)SLA
52 (11.11 %)Business Intelligence

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (22.22 %)XML
22 (11.11 %)HTML
22 (11.11 %).NET
22 (11.11 %)J2EE
22 (11.11 %)Servlets
22 (11.11 %)SOAP
22 (11.11 %)WebServices
22 (11.11 %)Middleware
31 (5.556 %)AJAX
31 (5.556 %)WebSphere
31 (5.556 %)EJB
31 (5.556 %)CSS
31 (5.556 %)JDBC
31 (5.556 %)XSLT
31 (5.556 %)Swing
31 (5.556 %)JMS
31 (5.556 %)WSDL
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (11.11 %)WebLogic
12 (11.11 %)MQSeries
21 (5.556 %)WebSphere MQ
21 (5.556 %)Apache
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (22.22 %)MS Excel
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (11.11 %)HTTP
12 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
12 (11.11 %)SAN
21 (5.556 %)FTP
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (22.22 %)DB2
23 (16.67 %)DataStage
32 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
41 (5.556 %)RDBMS
41 (5.556 %)BusinessObjects
41 (5.556 %)MySQL
41 (5.556 %)SQL Server
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.556 %)Visual Studio
11 (5.556 %)Rational Rose
11 (5.556 %)Eclipse
11 (5.556 %)Subversion
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (16.67 %)Finance
22 (11.11 %)Pharmaceutical
22 (11.11 %)Billing
31 (5.556 %)Government
31 (5.556 %)Retail
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (22.22 %)Analyst
23 (16.67 %)Technical Architect
23 (16.67 %)Architect
23 (16.67 %)Administrator
23 (16.67 %)Break Fix Engineer
32 (11.11 %)Hardware Engineer
32 (11.11 %)IT Business Analyst
32 (11.11 %)Computer Engineer
32 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
32 (11.11 %)Developer
32 (11.11 %)Business Analyst
41 (5.556 %)Tester
41 (5.556 %)Project Manager
41 (5.556 %)Applications Support Analyst
41 (5.556 %)Systems Administrator
41 (5.556 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
41 (5.556 %)Analyst Programmer
41 (5.556 %)Programmer
41 (5.556 %)Support Analyst
41 (5.556 %)Applications Support
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (16.67 %)AS400
21 (5.556 %)Clustering
21 (5.556 %)PDA
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (33.33 %)UNIX
25 (27.78 %)Windows
33 (16.67 %)AIX
33 (16.67 %)Solaris
33 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
42 (11.11 %)Windows NT
42 (11.11 %)Linux
51 (5.556 %)MVS
51 (5.556 %)Windows Server 2003
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
12 (11.11 %)UML
12 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
12 (11.11 %)Business Intelligence
12 (11.11 %)Project Management
12 (11.11 %)Business Analysis
21 (5.556 %)Problem Management
21 (5.556 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (5.556 %)Performance Testing
21 (5.556 %)Test Scripting
21 (5.556 %)SC Cleared
21 (5.556 %)Security Cleared
21 (5.556 %)ITIL
21 (5.556 %)Asset Management
21 (5.556 %)Logistics
21 (5.556 %)Systems Analysis
21 (5.556 %)OOP
21 (5.556 %)OO
21 (5.556 %)ERP
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (16.67 %)RPG
13 (16.67 %)SQL
13 (16.67 %)VB
22 (11.11 %)VB.NET
22 (11.11 %)C
22 (11.11 %)C++
22 (11.11 %)JavaScript
22 (11.11 %)Assembly Language
31 (5.556 %)Shell Script
31 (5.556 %)XPath
31 (5.556 %)PHP
31 (5.556 %)Java
31 (5.556 %)VC++
31 (5.556 %)XQuery
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.556 %)MCP
11 (5.556 %)MCSE
11 (5.556 %)MCSA
11 (5.556 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (5.556 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (5.556 %)Sun Certification
11 (5.556 %)Degree
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.11 %)SLA
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.556 %)VMware ESX
11 (5.556 %)AquaLogic
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (5.556 %)Legato
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (33.33 %)Sun
16 (33.33 %)HP
24 (22.22 %)Compaq
33 (16.67 %)Dell
33 (16.67 %)Microsoft
42 (11.11 %)Cognos
42 (11.11 %)Oracle
42 (11.11 %)JD Edwards
42 (11.11 %)VMware
42 (11.11 %)Intel
51 (5.556 %)BEA
51 (5.556 %)VERITAS
51 (5.556 %)Red Hat
51 (5.556 %)Remedy
51 (5.556 %)Business Objects
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