The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Tivoli skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Tivoli over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Systems Management category.

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.

IBM Tivoli
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank281259266
Rank change year-on-year
Down-22Up+7
Matching contract IT job ads350404307
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.599 %0.672 %0.556 %
As % of the Systems Management category9.760 %11.38 %10.92 %
Number of daily rates quoted140174144
Average daily rate£420£385£334
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09 %+15.35 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£255£218
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£506£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£420£350£323
% change year-on-year
+20.00 %+8.35 %
Number of hourly rates quoted61614
Average hourly rate£20.50£24.40£23.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.98 %+5.51 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£23.95£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£29.50£35.50£37.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.50£24.40£23.75
% change year-on-year
-24.18 %+2.73 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategoryAll Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
358635492812
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK6.135 %5.899 %5.095 %
Number of daily rates quoted181416831261
Average daily rate£350£370£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40 %+9.62 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£210£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£488£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£320
% change year-on-year
+8.33 %-6.25 %
Number of hourly rates quoted170225232
Average hourly rate£19.01£23.38£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.67 %+6.25 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£14.50£13.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£40.00£39.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£24.40£21.00
% change year-on-year
-28.27 %+16.19 %

Tivoli
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Tivoli within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Tivoli Demand Trend

Tivoli
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Tivoli within the UK.

Tivoli Daily Rate Trend

Tivoli
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tivoli within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

Tivoli Daily Rate Histogram

Tivoli
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Tivoli within the UK.

Tivoli Hourly Rate Trend

Tivoli
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tivoli within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

Tivoli Hourly Rate Histogram

Tivoli
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 Tivoli within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-17318£420+9.80 %
LondonDown-6111£413-8.33 %
South EastDown-869£445+27.14 %
North WestDown-1457£413+37.50 %
East of EnglandUp+1031--
SurreyUp+1330£500+50.37 %
CheshireUp+330£413+34.69 %
YorkshireUp+129£362-19.50 %
West YorkshireDown-328£362-13.49 %
LeedsUp+1027£362-6.51 %
HampshireUp+327£440+23.94 %
City of LondonUp+526£435-9.61 %
ScotlandUp+1218£415-
ManchesterDown-218£375-25.00 %
East AngliaNew entry-16--
NorwichUp+813--
NorfolkUp+313--
South WestDown-2110£385+2.53 %
GlasgowNew entry-10£440-
BasingstokeUp+108£420-
EdinburghUp+27£390-
FarnboroughUp+115£450+8.43 %
ChesterUp+35£413+37.50 %
East MidlandsDown-75£450-5.26 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-4£245-
North EastUp+13£328-
KnutsfordNo change03£325+4.00 %
BerkshireDown-153£325+8.33 %
LancashireDown-183£423+57.64 %
GloucestershireDown-263£372-

Tivoli
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Tivoli 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 Tivoli.

1297 (44.86 %)IBM
2260 (39.27 %)UNIX
3222 (33.53 %)Windows
4176 (26.59 %)Finance
5175 (26.44 %)AIX
6137 (20.69 %)WebSphere
7135 (20.39 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
8120 (18.13 %)Banking
9118 (17.82 %)LDAP
10111 (16.77 %)Linux
11110 (16.62 %)DB2
12105 (15.86 %)SQL
13100 (15.11 %)Oracle
1497 (14.65 %)Shell Script
1592 (13.90 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1690 (13.60 %)Security Cleared
1789 (13.44 %)Solaris
1882 (12.39 %)Java
1882 (12.39 %)HP
1976 (11.48 %)SAN
2071 (10.73 %)WebSphere Application Server
2071 (10.73 %)ITIL
2170 (10.57 %)SC Cleared
2265 (9.819 %)Sun
2364 (9.668 %)HPUX
2461 (9.215 %)Cisco
2560 (9.063 %)Active Directory
2657 (8.610 %)Internet
2756 (8.459 %)Perl
2756 (8.459 %)Migration

Tivoli
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Tivoli 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 Tivoli. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1137 (20.69 %)WebSphere
245 (6.798 %)Middleware
330 (4.532 %)CSS
428 (4.230 %)Tivoli Directory Integrator
524 (3.625 %)Web Services
622 (3.323 %)ASP
719 (2.870 %)SAML
816 (2.417 %)XML
915 (2.266 %)J2EE
1013 (1.964 %)HTML
1112 (1.813 %)Spring
1112 (1.813 %)SOAP
1211 (1.662 %)DCOM
1310 (1.511 %)Spring MVC
1310 (1.511 %)JPA
1310 (1.511 %)Hibernate
1310 (1.511 %)EJB
1310 (1.511 %)JMS
149 (1.360 %)EJB 3.0
158 (1.208 %)FreeMarker
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
171 (10.73 %)WebSphere Application Server
248 (7.251 %)IBM HTTP Server
333 (4.985 %)WebSphere MQ
423 (3.474 %)SAS
519 (2.870 %)Apache
618 (2.719 %)Tomcat
712 (1.813 %)WebSphere Process Server
810 (1.511 %)ESB
99 (1.360 %)SharePoint
108 (1.208 %)WebLogic
115 (0.755 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
115 (0.755 %)iPlanet
124 (0.604 %)WebSphere Portal
124 (0.604 %)MS Exchange
124 (0.604 %)IIS
133 (0.453 %)Oracle HTTP Server
133 (0.453 %)WebSphere Message Broker
142 (0.302 %)Exchange Server 2010
142 (0.302 %)Captiva
142 (0.302 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (2.417 %)MS Excel
215 (2.266 %)MS Visio
39 (1.360 %)MS Office
46 (0.906 %)MS Project
55 (0.755 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (2.115 %)Maximo
211 (1.662 %)Remedy ITSM
35 (0.755 %)assyst
42 (0.302 %)Oracle EBS R12
51 (0.151 %)Summit
51 (0.151 %)SAP Oil and Gas
51 (0.151 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.151 %)Oracle BPM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1118 (17.82 %)LDAP
276 (11.48 %)SAN
357 (8.610 %)Internet
451 (7.704 %)SSL
545 (6.798 %)HTTP
642 (6.344 %)TCP/IP
734 (5.136 %)DNS
829 (4.381 %)SNMP
928 (4.230 %)Firewall
1025 (3.776 %)Network Security
1124 (3.625 %)VLAN
1217 (2.568 %)WAN
1316 (2.417 %)NAS
1316 (2.417 %)LAN
1316 (2.417 %)ATM
1413 (1.964 %)SMTP
1413 (1.964 %)DHCP
1512 (1.813 %)Intranet
1611 (1.662 %)NetScreen
1611 (1.662 %)DWDM
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1110 (16.62 %)DB2
241 (6.193 %)SQL Server
320 (3.021 %)ETL
415 (2.266 %)Data Warehouse
510 (1.511 %)Oracle 10g
68 (1.208 %)SAP BW
77 (1.057 %)Data Mining
86 (0.906 %)SQL Server 2008
95 (0.755 %)MySQL
95 (0.755 %)Oracle 8/8i
104 (0.604 %)Oracle 11g
104 (0.604 %)Oracle Reports
113 (0.453 %)OLAP
113 (0.453 %)Oracle 9i
113 (0.453 %)OLTP
113 (0.453 %)Base SAS
122 (0.302 %)MS Access
122 (0.302 %)Crystal Reports
131 (0.151 %)EDRMS
131 (0.151 %)DTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
119 (2.870 %)Introscope
214 (2.115 %)Subversion
310 (1.511 %)Hudson
310 (1.511 %)Maven
310 (1.511 %)Eclipse
45 (0.755 %)StarTeam
53 (0.453 %)MSI
53 (0.453 %)LoadRunner
53 (0.453 %)ChangeMan
62 (0.302 %)Rational Performance Tester
62 (0.302 %)ClearCase
62 (0.302 %)TestDirector
62 (0.302 %)Synon
62 (0.302 %)ERwin
71 (0.151 %)WinRunner
71 (0.151 %)PVCS
71 (0.151 %)JUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1176 (26.59 %)Finance
2120 (18.13 %)Banking
341 (6.193 %)Financial Institution
429 (4.381 %)Investment Banking
513 (1.964 %)Telecoms
68 (1.208 %)Retail
75 (0.755 %)Front Office
75 (0.755 %)Back Office
84 (0.604 %)Marketing
93 (0.453 %)Pharmaceutical
93 (0.453 %)French Language
102 (0.302 %)Legal
111 (0.151 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.151 %)Publishing
111 (0.151 %)Multimedia
111 (0.151 %)German Language
111 (0.151 %)Italian Language
111 (0.151 %)Spanish Language
111 (0.151 %)Retail Banking
111 (0.151 %)Corporate Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
191 (13.75 %)Administrator
280 (12.08 %)Analyst
350 (7.553 %)Architect
443 (6.495 %)Systems Administrator
539 (5.891 %)Consultant
635 (5.287 %)Tivoli Specialist
732 (4.834 %)Infrastructure Specialist
828 (4.230 %)Developer
828 (4.230 %)Middleware Specialist
926 (3.927 %)Systems Engineer
1023 (3.474 %)AIX Administrator
1122 (3.323 %)Data Analyst
1221 (3.172 %)Service Manager
1221 (3.172 %)Project Manager
1221 (3.172 %)Network Engineer
1320 (3.021 %)Support Analyst
1419 (2.870 %)Applications Support
1518 (2.719 %)WebSphere Administrator
1617 (2.568 %)Windows Systems Engineer
1716 (2.417 %)Storage Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
141 (6.193 %)Mainframe
237 (5.589 %)Hedge funds
333 (4.985 %)Clustering
430 (4.532 %)Tandem
525 (3.776 %)HACMP
618 (2.719 %)Replication
618 (2.719 %)Management Information System
713 (1.964 %)Statistics
811 (1.662 %)CMDB
98 (1.208 %)DataPower
107 (1.057 %)PKI
107 (1.057 %)LPAR
116 (0.906 %)Computer Science
125 (0.755 %)Firmware
125 (0.755 %)N-Tier
125 (0.755 %)Fixed Income
125 (0.755 %)Symmetrix DMX
134 (0.604 %)Enterprise Storage
134 (0.604 %)Open Source
134 (0.604 %)e-Health
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1260 (39.27 %)UNIX
2222 (33.53 %)Windows
3175 (26.44 %)AIX
4111 (16.77 %)Linux
589 (13.44 %)Solaris
664 (9.668 %)HPUX
745 (6.798 %)Windows XP
843 (6.495 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
938 (5.740 %)Windows Server 2008
1037 (5.589 %)Windows Server 2003
1118 (2.719 %)Windows NT
1214 (2.115 %)Windows 2000
134 (0.604 %)Windows 7
134 (0.604 %)MVS
143 (0.453 %)zOS
143 (0.453 %)NetWare
143 (0.453 %)SUSE
143 (0.453 %)Windows 2000 Server
152 (0.302 %)VMS
161 (0.151 %)Mac OS X
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
171 (10.73 %)ITIL
256 (8.459 %)Migration
350 (7.553 %)Identity Management
446 (6.949 %)Service Management
539 (5.891 %)Root Cause Analysis
638 (5.740 %)Change Management
731 (4.683 %)E-Commerce
824 (3.625 %)Release Management
923 (3.474 %)Disaster Recovery
1022 (3.323 %)SOA
1121 (3.172 %)Asset Management
1220 (3.021 %)Performance Management
1318 (2.719 %)Security Management
1417 (2.568 %)BPEL
1417 (2.568 %)Load Balancing
1516 (2.417 %)Project Management
1615 (2.266 %)Portfolio Management
1713 (1.964 %)Configuration Management
1713 (1.964 %)Risk Management
1713 (1.964 %)Information Security
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1105 (15.86 %)SQL
297 (14.65 %)Shell Script
382 (12.39 %)Java
456 (8.459 %)Perl
544 (6.647 %)Korn
620 (3.021 %)C
716 (2.417 %)Bash shell
814 (2.115 %)VB
912 (1.813 %)JavaScript
1011 (1.662 %)Jython
1110 (1.511 %)Python
127 (1.057 %)PowerShell
135 (0.755 %)C#
143 (0.453 %)JCL
143 (0.453 %)REXX
143 (0.453 %)Tcl
143 (0.453 %)VBScript
143 (0.453 %)VBA
143 (0.453 %)C++
143 (0.453 %)PL/SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
190 (13.60 %)Security Cleared
270 (10.57 %)SC Cleared
315 (2.266 %)Degree
410 (1.511 %)CCNA
410 (1.511 %)Cisco Certification
57 (1.057 %)Microsoft Certification
57 (1.057 %)MCSE
57 (1.057 %)DV Cleared
65 (0.755 %)BC Cleared
72 (0.302 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
72 (0.302 %)ISEB
72 (0.302 %)Check Point Certification
81 (0.151 %)CISSP
81 (0.151 %)CCNP
81 (0.151 %)CISA
81 (0.151 %)GIAC
81 (0.151 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (3.172 %)SLA
214 (2.115 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
36 (0.906 %)QA
44 (0.604 %)ISO 9001
52 (0.302 %)BS7799
61 (0.151 %)GCP
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
160 (9.063 %)Active Directory
226 (3.927 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
324 (3.625 %)Veritas Cluster Server
422 (3.323 %)VMware Infrastructure
513 (1.964 %)Tivoli Directory Server
610 (1.511 %)Sendmail
610 (1.511 %)VMware ESX
78 (1.208 %)Veritas Volume Manager
86 (0.906 %)XenApp
86 (0.906 %)SRDF
86 (0.906 %)Samba
95 (0.755 %)NFS
95 (0.755 %)XenServer
95 (0.755 %)Oracle RAC
104 (0.604 %)vSphere
104 (0.604 %)Veritas File System
113 (0.453 %)RACF
113 (0.453 %)qmail
113 (0.453 %)Postfix
113 (0.453 %)PowerHA
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1135 (20.39 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
292 (13.90 %)Tivoli Monitoring
355 (8.308 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
453 (8.006 %)Netcool
544 (6.647 %)OpenView
635 (5.287 %)CA Wily
727 (4.079 %)NetBackup
727 (4.079 %)OMEGAMON
820 (3.021 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
918 (2.719 %)Unicenter
1015 (2.266 %)Control-M
1015 (2.266 %)CA SiteMinder
1114 (2.115 %)HP SIM
1213 (1.964 %)EMC NetWorker
1312 (1.813 %)SCCM
1312 (1.813 %)Cacti
1411 (1.662 %)BMC PATROL
1510 (1.511 %)Splunk
1510 (1.511 %)SCOM
1510 (1.511 %)HP NNM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1297 (44.86 %)IBM
2100 (15.11 %)Oracle
382 (12.39 %)HP
465 (9.819 %)Sun
561 (9.215 %)Cisco
653 (8.006 %)Red Hat
752 (7.855 %)EMC
851 (7.704 %)Microsoft
943 (6.495 %)VMware
1040 (6.042 %)CA
1139 (5.891 %)Veritas
1229 (4.381 %)NetApp
1326 (3.927 %)Remedy
1421 (3.172 %)JBoss
1519 (2.870 %)Symantec
1519 (2.870 %)Teradata
1615 (2.266 %)SAP
1714 (2.115 %)Business Objects
1813 (1.964 %)Citrix
1912 (1.813 %)Juniper