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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 Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3642
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads197
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.007 %
As % of the category below6.485 %3.271 %
Daily rates quoted110
Average minimum daily rate£368-
Average daily rate£434-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£359
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£18.33
Average hourly rate-£21.33
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£24.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.50
% change on same period last year-10.24 %
Vendors OxfordshireVendors
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads293214
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.386 %0.227 %
Daily rates quoted6833
Average minimum daily rate£350£310
Average daily rate£389£324
% change on same period last year+20.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£356
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted6258
Average minimum hourly rate£21.82£24.95
Average hourly rate£24.18£26.91
% change on same period last year-10.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.55£28.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.91£25.10
% change on same period last year-8.72 %
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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing IBM within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordUp+2117£434-
IBM South EastIBM
South East

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

113 (48.15 %)WebSphere
212 (44.44 %)Business Objects
212 (44.44 %)BusinessObjects
310 (37.04 %)DB2
310 (37.04 %)Crystal Reports
310 (37.04 %)Data Management
47 (25.93 %)Tivoli
47 (25.93 %)Windows
47 (25.93 %)SQL
47 (25.93 %)LAN
47 (25.93 %)WAN
56 (22.22 %)LDAP
56 (22.22 %)MS Excel
56 (22.22 %)Datawarehouse
56 (22.22 %)Linux
56 (22.22 %)Government
56 (22.22 %)Migration
65 (18.52 %)Windows 2000
65 (18.52 %)Data Migration
65 (18.52 %)DB2 UDB
74 (14.81 %)Resource Management
74 (14.81 %)Oracle
74 (14.81 %)SQL Server
74 (14.81 %)Local Government
74 (14.81 %)ADSL
83 (11.11 %)WebSphere MQ
83 (11.11 %)BizTalk Server
83 (11.11 %)IBM Certification
83 (11.11 %)Middleware
83 (11.11 %)BPEL

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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
113 (48.15 %)WebSphere
23 (11.11 %)Servlets
23 (11.11 %)SOAP
23 (11.11 %)XML
23 (11.11 %)Middleware
Application Platforms
13 (11.11 %)BizTalk Server
13 (11.11 %)WebSphere MQ
13 (11.11 %)WPS
13 (11.11 %)ESB
22 (7.407 %)MS Exchange
22 (7.407 %)Exchange Server 2003
Applications
16 (22.22 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
17 (25.93 %)LAN
17 (25.93 %)WAN
26 (22.22 %)LDAP
34 (14.81 %)ADSL
43 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
52 (7.407 %)VPN
52 (7.407 %)DNS
52 (7.407 %)SAN
52 (7.407 %)DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
112 (44.44 %)BusinessObjects
210 (37.04 %)DB2
210 (37.04 %)Crystal Reports
36 (22.22 %)Datawarehouse
45 (18.52 %)DB2 UDB
54 (14.81 %)SQL Server
62 (7.407 %)QualityStage
62 (7.407 %)UniData
Development Applications
11 (3.704 %)ClearCase
11 (3.704 %)RequisitePro
General
16 (22.22 %)Government
24 (14.81 %)Local Government
31 (3.704 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
19 (33.33 %)Developer
28 (29.63 %)Analyst
35 (18.52 %)Solutions Analyst
35 (18.52 %)Data Analyst
42 (7.407 %)Database Developer
42 (7.407 %)AIX Administrator
42 (7.407 %)Technical Lead
42 (7.407 %)WebSphere Developer
42 (7.407 %)Systems Engineer
42 (7.407 %)Support Analyst
42 (7.407 %)2nd Line Support
42 (7.407 %)Administrator
51 (3.704 %)Business Analyst
51 (3.704 %)Consultant
Miscellaneous
13 (11.11 %)Computer Science
22 (7.407 %)HACMP
22 (7.407 %)Blackberry
22 (7.407 %)Clustering
31 (3.704 %)Multithreading
Operating Systems
17 (25.93 %)Windows
26 (22.22 %)Linux
35 (18.52 %)Windows 2000
42 (7.407 %)Windows NT
42 (7.407 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (7.407 %)AIX
51 (3.704 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
110 (37.04 %)Data Management
26 (22.22 %)Migration
35 (18.52 %)Data Migration
44 (14.81 %)Resource Management
53 (11.11 %)BPEL
62 (7.407 %)Service Management
62 (7.407 %)PRINCE2
71 (3.704 %)UML
71 (3.704 %)RUP
71 (3.704 %)Configuration Management
71 (3.704 %)ITIL
71 (3.704 %)Release Management
Programming Languages
17 (25.93 %)SQL
23 (11.11 %)Java
23 (11.11 %)Perl
31 (3.704 %)Korn
Qualifications
13 (11.11 %)IBM Certification
13 (11.11 %)Degree
22 (7.407 %)MCP
22 (7.407 %)MCSE
22 (7.407 %)MCSA
22 (7.407 %)Microsoft Certification
System Software
12 (7.407 %)Active Directory
12 (7.407 %)Terminal Services
12 (7.407 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
17 (25.93 %)Tivoli
22 (7.407 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
112 (44.44 %)Business Objects
24 (14.81 %)Oracle
32 (7.407 %)Cisco
32 (7.407 %)Microsoft
32 (7.407 %)Citrix
32 (7.407 %)Anite
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