The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Slough 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 Slough 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 35 - 34
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing IBM 6 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 2.439% - 1.274%
As % of the Vendors category 4.800% - 2.837%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £300
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
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
125 102 141
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 50.81% 48.11% 44.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 50 72
Average daily rate £370 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £250 £138
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 11
Average hourly rate £22.75 £14.75 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.23% -4.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £11.60 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £29.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
IBM
Berkshire

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough IBM Daily Rate Trend

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IBM across the Slough region.

Slough IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 6 (75.00%) Oracle
1 6 (75.00%) DataStage
2 5 (62.50%) Cognos
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (37.50%) Automated Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
4 3 (37.50%) iSeries
4 3 (37.50%) RPG IV
4 3 (37.50%) Web Application Development
4 3 (37.50%) Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) WebSphere
4 3 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (37.50%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (37.50%) ERwin
4 3 (37.50%) Workflow
4 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) DB2
4 3 (37.50%) PL/SQL
4 3 (37.50%) RPG
4 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 3 (37.50%) XML
4 3 (37.50%) ETL
4 3 (37.50%) TOAD
4 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) Informatica
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (25.00%) UNIX
5 2 (25.00%) Linux

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 3 (37.50%) WebSphere
1 3 (37.50%) XML
2 2 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Workflow
1 3 (37.50%) WebSphere MQ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) DataStage
2 3 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (37.50%) DB2
2 3 (37.50%) TOAD
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (25.00%) IBM InfoSphere
3 2 (25.00%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) ERwin
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) DataStage Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Team Leader
2 3 (37.50%) ETL Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Applications Developer
4 1 (12.50%) RPG Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) iSeries
2 2 (25.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) UNIX
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Automated Testing
1 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
1 3 (37.50%) Web Application Development
1 3 (37.50%) Analytics
1 3 (37.50%) Workflow
1 3 (37.50%) ETL
1 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (25.00%) DSDM
2 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE
2 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Numerical Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Lean Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) RPG IV
1 3 (37.50%) PL/SQL
1 3 (37.50%) RPG
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Oracle
2 5 (62.50%) Cognos
3 2 (25.00%) Informatica
3 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 2 (25.00%) Ab Initio
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