The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 61 31 22
Rank change year-on-year
-30 -9
Contract jobs citing IBM 62 147 182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.634% 4.628% 6.045%
As % of the Vendors category 5.827% 8.909% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 74 116
Average daily rate £350 £425 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £259 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £475 £456
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 £28.50
% change year-on-year
+44.73% -33.33%
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1064 1650 1389
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.20% 51.95% 46.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 756 673
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 81 97
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
IBM
England

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheshire -14 28 £363 -19.44%
Manchester -15 21 £339 -9.66%
Merseyside +2 6 £475 +115.90%
Lancashire -7 2 £350 -21.56%
IBM
England

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 56 (38.36%) WebSphere
2 50 (34.25%) UNIX
3 48 (32.88%) Finance
4 46 (31.51%) Banking
5 37 (25.34%) Java
6 36 (24.66%) SQL
7 34 (23.29%) Oracle
7 34 (23.29%) Retail
8 32 (21.92%) Middleware
8 32 (21.92%) Windows
8 32 (21.92%) Linux
9 31 (21.23%) DB2
10 27 (18.49%) Perl
10 27 (18.49%) AIX
11 22 (15.07%) JavaScript
12 21 (14.38%) Solaris
13 19 (13.01%) J2EE
13 19 (13.01%) Tivoli
13 19 (13.01%) Mainframe
14 18 (12.33%) XML
14 18 (12.33%) HPUX
15 17 (11.64%) LDAP
15 17 (11.64%) Internet
15 17 (11.64%) HP
16 16 (10.96%) E-Commerce
16 16 (10.96%) Migration
17 15 (10.27%) JSP
17 15 (10.27%) WebSphere Application Server
17 15 (10.27%) SAN
17 15 (10.27%) CA

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 56 (38.36%) WebSphere
2 32 (21.92%) Middleware
3 19 (13.01%) J2EE
4 18 (12.33%) XML
5 15 (10.27%) JSP
6 14 (9.589%) XSLT
6 14 (9.589%) XHTML
7 13 (8.904%) Servlets
8 12 (8.219%) Ajax
9 11 (7.534%) HTML
9 11 (7.534%) JDBC
10 10 (6.849%) Struts
10 10 (6.849%) EJB
10 10 (6.849%) JSTL
11 9 (6.164%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
12 8 (5.479%) JMS
12 8 (5.479%) XMLBeans
13 6 (4.110%) Web Services
13 6 (4.110%) .NET
13 6 (4.110%) SPNEGO
Application Platforms
1 15 (10.27%) WebSphere Application Server
2 9 (6.164%) WebSphere MQ
3 8 (5.479%) CICS
3 8 (5.479%) MQSeries
3 8 (5.479%) Apache
4 7 (4.795%) CMS
4 7 (4.795%) WebLogic
5 5 (3.425%) WebSphere Process Server
6 3 (2.055%) TIBCO EMS
6 3 (2.055%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.370%) NetWeaver
7 2 (1.370%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.685%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
8 1 (0.685%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.685%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.685%) Mule
8 1 (0.685%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 1 (0.685%) ESB
8 1 (0.685%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.740%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.055%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.055%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (5.479%) Tridion
2 3 (2.055%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
2 3 (2.055%) Maximo
2 3 (2.055%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (1.370%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.64%) LDAP
1 17 (11.64%) Internet
2 15 (10.27%) SAN
3 9 (6.164%) Firewall
4 6 (4.110%) SSL
4 6 (4.110%) SMS
4 6 (4.110%) Kerberos
4 6 (4.110%) X.509
4 6 (4.110%) Network Security
5 4 (2.740%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.740%) SNA
6 3 (2.055%) SSH
6 3 (2.055%) DNS
7 2 (1.370%) Intranet
7 2 (1.370%) HTTP
8 1 (0.685%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (21.23%) DB2
2 12 (8.219%) SQL Server
3 11 (7.534%) RDBMS
4 6 (4.110%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.425%) Oracle 8/8i
5 5 (3.425%) DataStage
6 4 (2.740%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (2.055%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (2.055%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (2.055%) Informix
8 2 (1.370%) SAP BW
8 2 (1.370%) IBM InfoSphere
9 1 (0.685%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.685%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.685%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.685%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 13 (8.904%) Eclipse
2 12 (8.219%) JUnit
3 11 (7.534%) Subversion
4 10 (6.849%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 9 (6.164%) Ant
6 8 (5.479%) Log4j
7 3 (2.055%) JIRA
7 3 (2.055%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.685%) ERwin
8 1 (0.685%) ClearQuest
8 1 (0.685%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.685%) RequisitePro
General
1 48 (32.88%) Finance
2 46 (31.51%) Banking
3 34 (23.29%) Retail
4 11 (7.534%) Retail Banking
5 7 (4.795%) Games
6 5 (3.425%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.055%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.370%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.370%) Back Office
9 1 (0.685%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.685%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.685%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (16.44%) Developer
2 22 (15.07%) Analyst
3 18 (12.33%) Architect
4 12 (8.219%) Java Developer
4 12 (8.219%) Project Manager
5 10 (6.849%) J2EE Developer
5 10 (6.849%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 9 (6.164%) Support Engineer
7 8 (5.479%) Implementation Manager
7 8 (5.479%) Designer
8 6 (4.110%) Administrator
8 6 (4.110%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (4.110%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.425%) Technical Manager
9 5 (3.425%) Systems Support Engineer
9 5 (3.425%) Software Engineer
9 5 (3.425%) Consultant
9 5 (3.425%) Systems Support
10 4 (2.740%) Solutions Designer
10 4 (2.740%) WebSphere Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.01%) Mainframe
2 12 (8.219%) Web 2.0
3 8 (5.479%) IBM Mainframe
4 7 (4.795%) VSAM
5 6 (4.110%) Computer Science
6 5 (3.425%) Wiki
7 4 (2.740%) PKI
7 4 (2.740%) Online Banking
7 4 (2.740%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (2.055%) Tandem
8 3 (2.055%) Equities
8 3 (2.055%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.055%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.370%) HACMP
10 1 (0.685%) LPAR
10 1 (0.685%) IIBA
10 1 (0.685%) iSeries
10 1 (0.685%) RIA
10 1 (0.685%) Replication
10 1 (0.685%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 50 (34.25%) UNIX
2 32 (21.92%) Windows
2 32 (21.92%) Linux
3 27 (18.49%) AIX
4 21 (14.38%) Solaris
5 18 (12.33%) HPUX
6 14 (9.589%) zOS
7 8 (5.479%) MVS
8 7 (4.795%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (2.740%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (1.370%) Tru64
10 2 (1.370%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.685%) VMS
11 1 (0.685%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (10.96%) E-Commerce
1 16 (10.96%) Migration
2 14 (9.589%) Change Management
2 14 (9.589%) Content Management
3 12 (8.219%) ITIL
3 12 (8.219%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (8.219%) Identity Management
4 11 (7.534%) UML
4 11 (7.534%) ETL
5 10 (6.849%) OO
5 10 (6.849%) RAD
5 10 (6.849%) Project Management
6 8 (5.479%) Configuration Management
6 8 (5.479%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (5.479%) User Acceptance Testing
6 8 (5.479%) Capacity Planning
7 7 (4.795%) Service Management
8 6 (4.110%) Workflow
9 4 (2.740%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (2.740%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 37 (25.34%) Java
2 36 (24.66%) SQL
3 27 (18.49%) Perl
4 22 (15.07%) JavaScript
5 12 (8.219%) Shell Script
6 11 (7.534%) XPath
7 10 (6.849%) REXX
7 10 (6.849%) Bash shell
8 8 (5.479%) C
8 8 (5.479%) JCL
9 5 (3.425%) Ruby
10 4 (2.740%) C#
10 4 (2.740%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.685%) DCL
11 1 (0.685%) Jython
11 1 (0.685%) PowerHouse
11 1 (0.685%) RPG
11 1 (0.685%) C++
11 1 (0.685%) COBOL
11 1 (0.685%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 10 (6.849%) Degree
2 6 (4.110%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.425%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.370%) IBM WebSphere Certification
4 2 (1.370%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.685%) CBAP
5 1 (0.685%) Sun Certification
5 1 (0.685%) PMP
5 1 (0.685%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.685%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.425%) QA
2 1 (0.685%) Solvency II
2 1 (0.685%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.685%) SLA
2 1 (0.685%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 12 (8.219%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.110%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (4.110%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.425%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 3 (2.055%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 2 (1.370%) RACF
5 2 (1.370%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 19 (13.01%) Tivoli
2 9 (6.164%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 5 (3.425%) Puppet
3 5 (3.425%) Netcool
3 5 (3.425%) Nagios
4 3 (2.055%) BladeLogic
4 3 (2.055%) TIBCO Hawk
5 2 (1.370%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (1.370%) OMEGAMON
6 1 (0.685%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.685%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 34 (23.29%) Oracle
2 17 (11.64%) HP
3 15 (10.27%) CA
4 11 (7.534%) Brocade
4 11 (7.534%) Microsoft
5 9 (6.164%) Blue Martini
5 9 (6.164%) ATG
6 8 (5.479%) Interwoven
6 8 (5.479%) Elastic Path
7 7 (4.795%) Siebel
7 7 (4.795%) SAP
7 7 (4.795%) Cisco
7 7 (4.795%) NetApp
7 7 (4.795%) Red Hat
8 6 (4.110%) VMware
9 4 (2.740%) CheckPoint
9 4 (2.740%) Informatica
9 4 (2.740%) Sun
9 4 (2.740%) Citrix
10 3 (2.055%) Perforce
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