The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 22 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 Milton Keynes 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 26 25 26
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Contract jobs citing IBM 28 40 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 5.333% 5.594% 5.025%
As % of the Vendors category 11.72% 11.02% 11.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 12
Average daily rate £288 £320 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.15% -14.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £300 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £518 £465 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year
+44.73% -33.33%
All Vendors
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
239 363 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 45.52% 50.77% 43.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 137 98
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £212 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 31 43
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.04 £13.00 £9.74
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.96 £47.50 £19.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
IBM
Buckinghamshire

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 13 (27.66%) Kofax
2 12 (25.53%) WebSphere
3 9 (19.15%) DB2
3 9 (19.15%) AWD
4 8 (17.02%) Windows
5 7 (14.89%) AIX
5 7 (14.89%) Linux
5 7 (14.89%) UML
5 7 (14.89%) Oracle
5 7 (14.89%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (14.89%) HP
5 7 (14.89%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (14.89%) Retail
6 6 (12.77%) FileNet
6 6 (12.77%) ITIL
7 5 (10.64%) Dell
7 5 (10.64%) SLA
7 5 (10.64%) CommVault
7 5 (10.64%) Tivoli
7 5 (10.64%) Backup Exec
8 4 (8.511%) Finance
8 4 (8.511%) AS400
8 4 (8.511%) Marketing
8 4 (8.511%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (8.511%) E-Commerce
8 4 (8.511%) WSDL
8 4 (8.511%) Web Services
8 4 (8.511%) Java
8 4 (8.511%) J2EE
9 3 (6.383%) SQL

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 12 (25.53%) WebSphere
2 4 (8.511%) WSDL
2 4 (8.511%) Web Services
2 4 (8.511%) J2EE
3 3 (6.383%) Ajax
3 3 (6.383%) BPEL4WS
4 2 (4.255%) Middleware
4 2 (4.255%) XML Schema
4 2 (4.255%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.77%) FileNet
2 3 (6.383%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (4.255%) WebSphere Portal
3 2 (4.255%) Oracle BPEL
3 2 (4.255%) Commerce Server
4 1 (2.128%) CICS
4 1 (2.128%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 9 (19.15%) AWD
2 1 (2.128%) FileNet Content Manager
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.255%) NAS
1 2 (4.255%) SAN
1 2 (4.255%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.15%) DB2
2 2 (4.255%) IBM InfoSphere
3 1 (2.128%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Rational Rose
1 1 (2.128%) LoadRunner
General
1 7 (14.89%) Retail
2 4 (8.511%) Finance
2 4 (8.511%) Marketing
3 3 (6.383%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.255%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (34.04%) Administrator
2 10 (21.28%) Architect
3 7 (14.89%) Consultant
3 7 (14.89%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (12.77%) Content Manager
5 3 (6.383%) Systems Support
5 3 (6.383%) Backup Specialist
6 2 (4.255%) Wintel Engineer
6 2 (4.255%) Wintel Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.255%) Storage Administrator
6 2 (4.255%) WebSphere Consultant
6 2 (4.255%) Software Manager
6 2 (4.255%) Applications Developer
6 2 (4.255%) Data Architect
6 2 (4.255%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.255%) DBA
6 2 (4.255%) Developer
7 1 (2.128%) Test Manager
7 1 (2.128%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (2.128%) MVS Operator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.511%) AS400
2 3 (6.383%) iSeries
3 2 (4.255%) Symmetrix DMX
3 2 (4.255%) EMC Centera
3 2 (4.255%) Firmware
4 1 (2.128%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.128%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.02%) Windows
2 7 (14.89%) AIX
2 7 (14.89%) Linux
2 7 (14.89%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (14.89%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (6.383%) Windows NT
4 2 (4.255%) UNIX
4 2 (4.255%) Windows 2000
5 1 (2.128%) MVS
5 1 (2.128%) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (14.89%) UML
2 6 (12.77%) ITIL
3 4 (8.511%) E-Commerce
4 3 (6.383%) OOA/OOD
4 3 (6.383%) Data Modelling
4 3 (6.383%) SEO
4 3 (6.383%) Web Analytics
4 3 (6.383%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (6.383%) BPEL
4 3 (6.383%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (6.383%) Analytics
5 2 (4.255%) Use Case
5 2 (4.255%) Data Architecture
5 2 (4.255%) Asset Management
5 2 (4.255%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (4.255%) TOGAF
5 2 (4.255%) Content Management
5 2 (4.255%) CRM
6 1 (2.128%) OO
6 1 (2.128%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.511%) Java
2 3 (6.383%) SQL
3 1 (2.128%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (8.511%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.255%) Degree
2 2 (4.255%) MCP
2 2 (4.255%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) SLA
2 1 (2.128%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 5 (10.64%) Tivoli
1 5 (10.64%) Backup Exec
2 2 (4.255%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (2.128%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (2.128%) MAINVIEW
3 1 (2.128%) Control-M
3 1 (2.128%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 13 (27.66%) Kofax
2 7 (14.89%) Oracle
2 7 (14.89%) HP
3 5 (10.64%) Dell
3 5 (10.64%) CommVault
4 3 (6.383%) EMC
4 3 (6.383%) Brocade
5 2 (4.255%) 3PAR
5 2 (4.255%) ATG
5 2 (4.255%) Fujitsu
5 2 (4.255%) Intel
5 2 (4.255%) Cisco
5 2 (4.255%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.255%) Sun
5 2 (4.255%) NetApp
6 1 (2.128%) Symantec