The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 24 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 Southampton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 34 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing IBM 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 0.332% 0.424% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.571% 1.000% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £300 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.41% -
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 £22.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -26.66%
All Vendors
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
175 100 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 58.14% 42.37% 51.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 44 31
Average daily rate £325 £360 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.72% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £240 £299
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £480 £551
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 26 22
Average hourly rate £19.63 £25.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.50% +7.02%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £11.15 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £41.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
IBM
Hampshire

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) XSD
1 1 (50.00%) XSL
1 1 (50.00%) XSLT
1 1 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (50.00%) ESB
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Rational Performance Tester
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) DataPower

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) XSD
1 1 (50.00%) XSL
1 1 (50.00%) XSLT
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) ESB
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (50.00%) Rational Performance Tester
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) DataPower
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting