IBM Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 54 41 45
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +4
Contract jobs citing IBM 70 74 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 2.868% 2.804% 2.701%
As % of the Vendors category 6.346% 7.157% 6.245%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 20 24
Average daily rate £407 £338 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.44% -12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £254 £286
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £391 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £43.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +45.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+44.73% -36.66%
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 1103 1034 1217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.19% 39.18% 43.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 464 521
Average daily rate £370 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £212 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 51 56
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +47.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.70 £10.00 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
IBM
UK

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Edinburgh +14 36 £400 +2.56%
Glasgow -42 15 £420 +31.25%
Stirling -3 8 £413 -
Midlothian - 2 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £338 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £450 -
IBM
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IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 44 (38.26%) Finance
2 39 (33.91%) Windows
3 37 (32.17%) WebSphere
4 31 (26.96%) UNIX
5 25 (21.74%) Oracle
6 23 (20.00%) SQL Server
6 23 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
6 23 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 22 (19.13%) Linux
7 22 (19.13%) Tivoli
8 20 (17.39%) Mainframe
8 20 (17.39%) Banking
9 19 (16.52%) Microsoft
10 18 (15.65%) Windows Server 2003
10 18 (15.65%) AIX
10 18 (15.65%) Solaris
11 16 (13.91%) SQL
12 15 (13.04%) Java
12 15 (13.04%) HP
12 15 (13.04%) EMC
12 15 (13.04%) SAN
13 14 (12.17%) Migration
14 13 (11.30%) zOS
14 13 (11.30%) XML
14 13 (11.30%) MQSeries
14 13 (11.30%) WebSphere Portal
15 12 (10.43%) IBM Mainframe
15 12 (10.43%) WebSphere MQ
16 11 (9.565%) JSF
17 10 (8.696%) Content Management

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 37 (32.17%) WebSphere
2 13 (11.30%) XML
3 11 (9.565%) JSF
4 10 (8.696%) Web Services
4 10 (8.696%) J2EE
5 8 (6.957%) Spring
5 8 (6.957%) Middleware
6 7 (6.087%) jQuery
7 6 (5.217%) CSS
7 6 (5.217%) JSP
7 6 (5.217%) JSR 286
8 5 (4.348%) Servlets
9 4 (3.478%) JMS
9 4 (3.478%) .NET
9 4 (3.478%) XSD
9 4 (3.478%) XSLT
9 4 (3.478%) JAX-WS
9 4 (3.478%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
10 3 (2.609%) REST
10 3 (2.609%) Worklight
Application Platforms
1 23 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 13 (11.30%) MQSeries
2 13 (11.30%) WebSphere Portal
3 12 (10.43%) WebSphere MQ
4 6 (5.217%) FileNet
4 6 (5.217%) MS Exchange
5 5 (4.348%) Apache
6 4 (3.478%) IBM HTTP Server
6 4 (3.478%) Tomcat
6 4 (3.478%) IIS
6 4 (3.478%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (2.609%) WebLogic
7 3 (2.609%) Lotus Notes
8 2 (1.739%) WebSphere Process Server
8 2 (1.739%) SharePoint
8 2 (1.739%) CICS
8 2 (1.739%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (1.739%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.870%) GemFire
9 1 (0.870%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 5 (4.348%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.478%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.870%) PowerPivot
3 1 (0.870%) Fireworks
3 1 (0.870%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.870%) Advent Geneva
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.04%) SAN
2 9 (7.826%) LDAP
3 8 (6.957%) HTTP
4 6 (5.217%) DNS
4 6 (5.217%) DHCP
5 4 (3.478%) SNMP
6 3 (2.609%) NAS
6 3 (2.609%) Internet
7 2 (1.739%) Connectrix
7 2 (1.739%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.739%) Intranet
8 1 (0.870%) Network Security
8 1 (0.870%) SSL
8 1 (0.870%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (8.696%) DB2
3 7 (6.087%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (5.217%) Oracle 8/8i
4 6 (5.217%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.348%) RDBMS
6 3 (2.609%) InterSystems Cache
7 2 (1.739%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.739%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.870%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.870%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.870%) SQLPlus
8 1 (0.870%) EDMS
8 1 (0.870%) TOAD
8 1 (0.870%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.870%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.870%) OLAP
8 1 (0.870%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.870%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.870%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.957%) Rational Application Developer
2 7 (6.087%) ClearCase
3 5 (4.348%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.739%) JUnit
4 2 (1.739%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (1.739%) ERwin
4 2 (1.739%) Selenium
4 2 (1.739%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (1.739%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.870%) Firebug
5 1 (0.870%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.870%) ClearQuest
5 1 (0.870%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (0.870%) Ant
5 1 (0.870%) Subversion
5 1 (0.870%) Maven
General
1 44 (38.26%) Finance
2 20 (17.39%) Banking
3 10 (8.696%) Investment Banking
4 7 (6.087%) Retail
5 3 (2.609%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.870%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (0.870%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (15.65%) Developer
2 15 (13.04%) Architect
3 12 (10.43%) Administrator
3 12 (10.43%) Analyst
4 9 (7.826%) Technical Specialist
4 9 (7.826%) WebSphere Developer
5 7 (6.087%) Designer
5 7 (6.087%) Consultant
6 6 (5.217%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.348%) Portal Developer
7 5 (4.348%) WebSphere Portal Developer
7 5 (4.348%) Test Analyst
8 4 (3.478%) Infrastructure Designer
8 4 (3.478%) Infrastructure Architect
8 4 (3.478%) Server Engineer
8 4 (3.478%) Development Specialist
8 4 (3.478%) Implementation Engineer
8 4 (3.478%) Identity Management Specialist
9 3 (2.609%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (2.609%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.39%) Mainframe
2 12 (10.43%) IBM Mainframe
3 5 (4.348%) Credit Risk
4 4 (3.478%) Replication
4 4 (3.478%) DataPower
5 3 (2.609%) Open Source
5 3 (2.609%) Graphic Design
5 3 (2.609%) Blackberry
5 3 (2.609%) Web 2.0
6 2 (1.739%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.739%) Symmetrix
6 2 (1.739%) EMC Centera
6 2 (1.739%) Handset
6 2 (1.739%) N-Tier
6 2 (1.739%) Data Integration
6 2 (1.739%) Celerra
6 2 (1.739%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.870%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.870%) Symmetrix DMX
7 1 (0.870%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 39 (33.91%) Windows
2 31 (26.96%) UNIX
3 23 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 22 (19.13%) Linux
5 18 (15.65%) Windows Server 2003
5 18 (15.65%) AIX
5 18 (15.65%) Solaris
6 13 (11.30%) zOS
7 7 (6.087%) Windows XP
8 6 (5.217%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (2.609%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (12.17%) Migration
2 10 (8.696%) Content Management
3 7 (6.087%) Business Analysis
4 6 (5.217%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (5.217%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (5.217%) Identity Management
4 6 (5.217%) ETL
4 6 (5.217%) OO
4 6 (5.217%) Test Scripting
4 6 (5.217%) Security Architecture
5 5 (4.348%) UML
5 5 (4.348%) RAD
5 5 (4.348%) Data Modelling
5 5 (4.348%) Automated Testing
5 5 (4.348%) Software Engineering
6 4 (3.478%) Data Management
6 4 (3.478%) ITIL
6 4 (3.478%) SOA
6 4 (3.478%) Release Management
7 3 (2.609%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.91%) SQL
2 15 (13.04%) Java
3 6 (5.217%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.348%) Perl
5 4 (3.478%) PL/SQL
5 4 (3.478%) C#
5 4 (3.478%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.478%) JCL
5 4 (3.478%) REXX
6 1 (0.870%) XPath
6 1 (0.870%) C
6 1 (0.870%) C++
6 1 (0.870%) COBOL
6 1 (0.870%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.870%) ABAP
6 1 (0.870%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 8 (6.957%) SC Cleared
1 8 (6.957%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.087%) IBM Certification
3 6 (5.217%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.739%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (1.739%) MCITP
4 2 (1.739%) MCSA
5 1 (0.870%) CISSP
5 1 (0.870%) CISA
5 1 (0.870%) SCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.739%) SLA
2 1 (0.870%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.870%) Solvency II
2 1 (0.870%) QA
2 1 (0.870%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 1 (0.870%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (6.087%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.478%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.478%) SRDF
2 4 (3.478%) Tivoli Directory Server
3 3 (2.609%) XenDesktop
3 3 (2.609%) VMware ESX
4 2 (1.739%) NFS
4 2 (1.739%) vSphere
5 1 (0.870%) VMware Server
5 1 (0.870%) Novell eDirectory
5 1 (0.870%) RACF
5 1 (0.870%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 22 (19.13%) Tivoli
2 9 (7.826%) Netcool
3 6 (5.217%) Netcool/OMNIbus
3 6 (5.217%) Control-M
4 4 (3.478%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 4 (3.478%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 4 (3.478%) EMC NetWorker
4 4 (3.478%) SCCM
5 3 (2.609%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (2.609%) Backup Exec
6 2 (1.739%) EMC TimeFinder
6 2 (1.739%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.739%) OpenView
6 2 (1.739%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (1.739%) WSUS
7 1 (0.870%) CA Wily
7 1 (0.870%) MAINVIEW
7 1 (0.870%) Tivoli Configuration Manager
Vendors
1 25 (21.74%) Oracle
2 19 (16.52%) Microsoft
3 15 (13.04%) HP
3 15 (13.04%) EMC
4 9 (7.826%) Symantec
4 9 (7.826%) VMware
5 7 (6.087%) Lotus
6 6 (5.217%) Red Hat
6 6 (5.217%) Sun
6 6 (5.217%) Cadis
7 5 (4.348%) Citrix
8 4 (3.478%) McAfee
8 4 (3.478%) Ab Initio
8 4 (3.478%) Cisco
8 4 (3.478%) Dell
9 3 (2.609%) NetApp
9 3 (2.609%) Informatica
9 3 (2.609%) Brocade
10 2 (1.739%) Kofax
10 2 (1.739%) InterSystems
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