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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank8495
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads13711690
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.853 %1.667 %
As % of the category below4.298 %3.814 %
Daily rates quoted450471
Average minimum daily rate£340£381
Average daily rate£361£402
% change on same period last year-10.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£422
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£367
% change on same period last year-2.65 %
Hourly rates quoted78117
Average minimum hourly rate£27.37£23.61
Average hourly rate£28.81£25.04
% change on same period last year+15.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.26£26.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.67£24.65
% change on same period last year+20.35 %
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3190044305
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled43.12 %43.69 %
Daily rates quoted951912677
Average minimum daily rate£378£389
Average daily rate£403£413
% change on same period last year-2.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£358
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted28173894
Average minimum hourly rate£22.76£23.77
Average hourly rate£24.32£25.30
% change on same period last year-3.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.87£26.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.29£24.78
% change on same period last year-1.97 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IBM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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 within the UK.

IBM Daily Rate Trend

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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 within the UK.

IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

IBM Hourly Rate Histogram

IBM
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 5 September 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
EnglandUp+121242£364-10.15 %
LondonUp+20489£366-16.63 %
South EastUp+13267£369+2.59 %
East of EnglandUp+41142£408+4.18 %
City of LondonUp+19129£403-5.83 %
ScotlandUp+42101£320-10.72 %
BerkshireUp+5283£374-1.45 %
North WestUp+1571£330-12.41 %
East MidlandsUp+2665£306-22.85 %
BuckinghamshireNo change058£316-7.21 %
EdinburghUp+2958£345-5.49 %
West MidlandsDown-2257£332-3.27 %
South WestUp+455£365+29.41 %
NorfolkUp+1249£490+4.61 %
Milton KeynesUp+649£326-5.46 %
YorkshireDown-1047£404-5.90 %
HampshireUp+2345£348-13.62 %
EssexUp+2844£465+18.72 %
NorwichUp+1144£473+0.80 %
ManchesterUp+1934£338-9.77 %
Docklands, LondonUp+3234£311-22.24 %
MidlandsUp+332£354-23.52 %
West YorkshireDown-1231£409-12.68 %
ReadingUp+1927£356+12.03 %
GlasgowUp+1827£318-15.22 %
CambridgeshireUp+3526£342+12.63 %
OxfordshireUp+2124£454+29.59 %
CheshireDown-321£296-23.23 %
LeicestershireUp+1720£227-54.54 %
OxfordUp+1718£462+31.86 %

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1693 (24.46 %)UNIX
2629 (22.20 %)WebSphere
3623 (21.99 %)Windows
4598 (21.11 %)Finance
5529 (18.67 %)Oracle
6502 (17.72 %)HP
7493 (17.40 %)Java
8473 (16.70 %)Mainframe
9470 (16.59 %)AIX
10395 (13.94 %)SQL
11373 (13.17 %)SAN
12356 (12.57 %)J2EE
13341 (12.04 %)Solaris
14336 (11.86 %)Linux
15334 (11.79 %)Tivoli
16322 (11.37 %)DB2
17316 (11.15 %)IBM Mainframe
18273 (9.636 %)Microsoft
19264 (9.319 %)Banking
20253 (8.930 %)Windows Server 2003
21227 (8.013 %)Sun
22206 (7.271 %)XML
23202 (7.130 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
24200 (7.060 %)WebSphere Application Server
25186 (6.565 %)TCP/IP
26177 (6.248 %)Citrix
27176 (6.212 %)VMware
28166 (5.860 %)Active Directory
29165 (5.824 %)SQL Server
30152 (5.365 %)Shell Script

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1629 (22.20 %)WebSphere
2356 (12.57 %)J2EE
3206 (7.271 %)XML
4139 (4.906 %).NET
5120 (4.236 %)Middleware
6103 (3.636 %)EJB
789 (3.142 %)JSP
885 (3.000 %)Servlets
981 (2.859 %)HTML
1078 (2.753 %)WebServices
1175 (2.647 %)JDBC
1262 (2.188 %)Hibernate
1360 (2.118 %)SOAP
1449 (1.730 %)Spring
1548 (1.694 %)Struts
1647 (1.659 %)XSL
1744 (1.553 %)JMS
1839 (1.377 %)JavaBeans
1938 (1.341 %)CSS
2028 (0.988 %)COM+
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1200 (7.060 %)WebSphere Application Server
2137 (4.836 %)WebSphere MQ
3108 (3.812 %)CICS
498 (3.459 %)MS Exchange
596 (3.389 %)MQSeries
692 (3.247 %)IIS
774 (2.612 %)WebLogic
872 (2.541 %)Lotus Notes
968 (2.400 %)Exchange Server 2003
1059 (2.083 %)IBM HTTP Server
1152 (1.836 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1251 (1.800 %)Lotus Domino
1349 (1.730 %)WPS
1448 (1.694 %)Apache
1544 (1.553 %)JBoss
1643 (1.518 %)Tomcat
1740 (1.412 %)Oracle Application Server
1839 (1.377 %)ESB
1924 (0.847 %)Oracle 10gAS
2021 (0.741 %)SharePoint
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1123 (4.342 %)MS Office
282 (2.894 %)MS Excel
358 (2.047 %)MS Project
454 (1.906 %)MS Visio
59 (0.318 %)MS PowerPoint
67 (0.247 %)Photoshop
75 (0.176 %)InfoPath
75 (0.176 %)Shockwave
83 (0.106 %)Adobe Illustrator
91 (0.035 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (0.388 %)MAXIMO
29 (0.318 %)JDE OneWorld
38 (0.282 %)BusinessWorks
38 (0.282 %)Temenos Globus
47 (0.247 %)BASE24
55 (0.176 %)SoftGrid
55 (0.176 %)SunGard GMI
55 (0.176 %)SAP ERP
64 (0.141 %)Summit
73 (0.106 %)assyst
73 (0.106 %)Oracle 11i
73 (0.106 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
82 (0.071 %)SAP IS-U
82 (0.071 %)ProfileStage
82 (0.071 %)Oracle EBS
91 (0.035 %)Staffware
91 (0.035 %)SAP HR
91 (0.035 %)SAP SD
91 (0.035 %)Kondor+
91 (0.035 %)Misys Midas
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1373 (13.17 %)SAN
2186 (6.565 %)TCP/IP
3104 (3.671 %)Internet
4100 (3.530 %)Firewall
589 (3.142 %)HTTP
668 (2.400 %)LAN
764 (2.259 %)LDAP
863 (2.224 %)DNS
955 (1.941 %)WAN
1047 (1.659 %)DHCP
1144 (1.553 %)SSL
1238 (1.341 %)SMS
1331 (1.094 %)VPN
1430 (1.059 %)SNA
1523 (0.812 %)NetScreen
1618 (0.635 %)FTP
1717 (0.600 %)SNMP
1717 (0.600 %)Network Security
1816 (0.565 %)SSH
1915 (0.529 %)BIG-IP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1322 (11.37 %)DB2
2165 (5.824 %)SQL Server
391 (3.212 %)Oracle 10g
470 (2.471 %)Datawarehouse
567 (2.365 %)BusinessObjects
567 (2.365 %)DataStage
664 (2.259 %)ETL
752 (1.836 %)Oracle 9i
838 (1.341 %)RDBMS
932 (1.130 %)Oracle 8/8i
932 (1.130 %)DB2 UDB
1030 (1.059 %)Crystal Reports
1120 (0.706 %)MySQL
1219 (0.671 %)PowerCenter
1318 (0.635 %)SQL Server 2005
1414 (0.494 %)SQL Server 2000
1510 (0.353 %)Oracle Reports
1510 (0.353 %)Adabas
169 (0.318 %)Oracle 11g
178 (0.282 %)Ingres
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
181 (2.859 %)Rational Rose
271 (2.506 %)RequisitePro
362 (2.188 %)ClearCase
461 (2.153 %)JUnit
559 (2.083 %)Eclipse
646 (1.624 %)ClearQuest
741 (1.447 %)LoadRunner
836 (1.271 %)Ant
924 (0.847 %)TestDirector
1021 (0.741 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1119 (0.671 %)JDeveloper
1119 (0.671 %)Flash
1217 (0.600 %)Rational Robot
1217 (0.600 %)CruiseControl
1316 (0.565 %)Subversion
1316 (0.565 %)JBuilder
1413 (0.459 %)StarTeam
159 (0.318 %)Visual Studio
159 (0.318 %)IntelliJ
168 (0.282 %)MSI
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1598 (21.11 %)Finance
2264 (9.319 %)Banking
3113 (3.989 %)Government
499 (3.495 %)Retail
590 (3.177 %)Insurance
668 (2.400 %)Telecoms
766 (2.330 %)Financial Institution
850 (1.765 %)Health
850 (1.765 %)Investment Banking
921 (0.741 %)Pensions
921 (0.741 %)Pharmaceutical
1020 (0.706 %)Billing
1119 (0.671 %)Back Office
1217 (0.600 %)Marketing
1315 (0.529 %)Automotive
1414 (0.494 %)Retail Banking
1414 (0.494 %)General Ledger
1513 (0.459 %)Auditing
1610 (0.353 %)Local Government
1610 (0.353 %)Construction
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1477 (16.84 %)Analyst
2465 (16.41 %)Developer
3295 (10.41 %)Administrator
4267 (9.425 %)Consultant
5224 (7.907 %)Architect
6127 (4.483 %)Java Developer
7109 (3.848 %)Project Manager
7109 (3.848 %)Systems Administrator
890 (3.177 %)Programmer
987 (3.071 %)Support Analyst
1069 (2.436 %)Systems Analyst
1158 (2.047 %)Business Analyst
1158 (2.047 %)WebSphere Developer
1256 (1.977 %)Storage Specialist
1355 (1.941 %)Server Engineer
1452 (1.836 %)Technical Analyst
1551 (1.800 %)Analyst Programmer
1551 (1.800 %)UNIX Administrator
1650 (1.765 %)AIX Administrator
1744 (1.553 %)Technical Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1473 (16.70 %)Mainframe
2316 (11.15 %)IBM Mainframe
3125 (4.412 %)Clustering
485 (3.000 %)AS400
566 (2.330 %)HACMP
642 (1.483 %)Replication
734 (1.200 %)Client/Server
826 (0.918 %)N-Tier
923 (0.812 %)CLARiiON
1021 (0.741 %)Data Integration
1119 (0.671 %)EPoS
1218 (0.635 %)VSAM
1316 (0.565 %)Derivative
1413 (0.459 %)PKI
1413 (0.459 %)Tandem
1512 (0.424 %)Symmetrix
1512 (0.424 %)Web 2.0
1512 (0.424 %)Blackberry
1512 (0.424 %)Chip and PIN
1512 (0.424 %)NHS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1693 (24.46 %)UNIX
2623 (21.99 %)Windows
3470 (16.59 %)AIX
4341 (12.04 %)Solaris
5336 (11.86 %)Linux
6253 (8.930 %)Windows Server 2003
7117 (4.130 %)Red Hat Linux
8107 (3.777 %)Windows 2000 Server
9106 (3.742 %)HPUX
1094 (3.318 %)Windows 2000
1182 (2.894 %)zOS
1281 (2.859 %)MVS
1377 (2.718 %)Windows XP
1432 (1.130 %)Windows NT
1530 (1.059 %)Windows Vista
1629 (1.024 %)SUSE
1720 (0.706 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1818 (0.635 %)OpenVMS
1912 (0.424 %)VMS
1912 (0.424 %)Tru64
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1152 (5.365 %)Migration
2132 (4.659 %)UML
3120 (4.236 %)RUP
4113 (3.989 %)ITIL
597 (3.424 %)OO
696 (3.389 %)Security Cleared
788 (3.106 %)Project Management
880 (2.824 %)SOA
975 (2.647 %)E-Commerce
1074 (2.612 %)PRINCE2
1166 (2.330 %)Unified Process
1260 (2.118 %)Change Management
1359 (2.083 %)Configuration Management
1458 (2.047 %)SC Cleared
1458 (2.047 %)Use Case
1557 (2.012 %)OOA/OOD
1654 (1.906 %)RAD
1752 (1.836 %)Data Modelling
1849 (1.730 %)Systems Analysis
1946 (1.624 %)Disaster Recovery
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1493 (17.40 %)Java
2395 (13.94 %)SQL
3152 (5.365 %)Shell Script
4147 (5.189 %)COBOL
5117 (4.130 %)Perl
696 (3.389 %)JCL
791 (3.212 %)VB
869 (2.436 %)C++
966 (2.330 %)JavaScript
1063 (2.224 %)C
1162 (2.188 %)VBScript
1259 (2.083 %)Korn
1357 (2.012 %)PL/SQL
1446 (1.624 %)C#
1528 (0.988 %)VB.NET
1626 (0.918 %)LotusScript
1720 (0.706 %)RPG
1817 (0.600 %)PL/1
1817 (0.600 %)Assembly Language
1916 (0.565 %)REXX
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
162 (2.188 %)Microsoft Certification
260 (2.118 %)IBM Certification
352 (1.836 %)Degree
449 (1.730 %)MCSE
523 (0.812 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
620 (0.706 %)Cisco Certification
719 (0.671 %)MCP
818 (0.635 %)CCNA
917 (0.600 %)HP APS
1016 (0.565 %)ISEB
1112 (0.424 %)MCSA
1210 (0.353 %)Sun Certification
138 (0.282 %)ITIL Certification
147 (0.247 %)Citrix Certification
156 (0.212 %)RHCT
165 (0.176 %)MCTS
165 (0.176 %)RHCE
174 (0.141 %)CCNP
174 (0.141 %)PRINCE2 Certification
183 (0.106 %)A+ Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
153 (1.871 %)SLA
232 (1.130 %)QA
325 (0.882 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
411 (0.388 %)ISO9001
52 (0.071 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.035 %)Basel II
61 (0.035 %)ISO27001
61 (0.035 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1166 (5.860 %)Active Directory
2103 (3.636 %)VMware ESX
383 (2.930 %)NetBackup
478 (2.753 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
570 (2.471 %)VMware Infrastructure
638 (1.341 %)Citrix Presentation Server
726 (0.918 %)Oracle RAC
825 (0.882 %)Backup Exec
922 (0.777 %)NFS
1016 (0.565 %)Terminal Server
1114 (0.494 %)MetaFrame
1210 (0.353 %)Terminal Services
139 (0.318 %)AquaLogic
147 (0.247 %)Samba
156 (0.212 %)ISA Server
164 (0.141 %)RACF
164 (0.141 %)VMware Workstation
173 (0.106 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
182 (0.071 %)Oracle RMAN
191 (0.035 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1334 (11.79 %)Tivoli
2202 (7.130 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
355 (1.941 %)Tivoli Monitoring
432 (1.130 %)OpenView
432 (1.130 %)Netcool
527 (0.953 %)MOM
622 (0.777 %)Legato
717 (0.600 %)Unicenter
717 (0.600 %)Tivoli NetView
717 (0.600 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
814 (0.494 %)OpenView Configuration Management
814 (0.494 %)OMEGAMON
913 (0.459 %)CA SiteMinder
913 (0.459 %)BMC PATROL
1012 (0.424 %)BMC Performance Manager
1111 (0.388 %)WSUS
1210 (0.353 %)Norton AntiVirus
1210 (0.353 %)CiscoWorks
1210 (0.353 %)ServiceCenter
139 (0.318 %)EMC NetWorker
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1529 (18.67 %)Oracle
2502 (17.72 %)HP
3273 (9.636 %)Microsoft
4227 (8.013 %)Sun
5177 (6.248 %)Citrix
6176 (6.212 %)VMware
7150 (5.295 %)VERITAS
8138 (4.871 %)Dell
9125 (4.412 %)EMC
10118 (4.165 %)Red Hat
11107 (3.777 %)Cisco
12102 (3.600 %)SAP
1395 (3.353 %)Brocade
1491 (3.212 %)Lotus
1585 (3.000 %)Compaq
1669 (2.436 %)CA
1767 (2.365 %)Business Objects
1858 (2.047 %)NetApp
1947 (1.659 %)Intel
1947 (1.659 %)BEA