The first table below looks at the demand for IBM Certification in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM Certification over the 3 months to 21 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 Qualifications for the South East 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Certification
Rank 219 243 250
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +7
Contract jobs citing IBM Certification 1 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.013% 0.020% 0.029%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.051% 0.091% 0.137%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £391 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £391 £230
% change year-on-year
+15.08% +70.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £43.50 -
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1964 2194 2192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.79% 21.60% 21.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 955 987 888
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 134 202
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.92
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
IBM Certification
England

IBM Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East IBM Certification Jobs Demand Trend

IBM Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IBM Certification across the South East region.

South East IBM Certification Daily Rate Trend

IBM Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East IBM Certification Hourly Rate Trend

IBM Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Certification within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Surrey - 1 - -
IBM Certification
England

IBM Certification
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing IBM Certification 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 Certification.

1 2 (100.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) Informatica
2 1 (50.00%) DataStage
2 1 (50.00%) Wyse
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) RSS
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) SLA

IBM Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing IBM Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) RSS
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) DataStage
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Kimball Methodology
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) Informatica
2 1 (50.00%) Wyse
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos