The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 37 87 73
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -14
Contract jobs citing IBM 61 16 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 3.735% 0.714% 1.533%
As % of the Vendors category 7.219% 1.447% 3.473%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 11
Average daily rate £381 £413 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.57% -2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £277 £300 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £474 £435 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £57.50 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+228.57% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -26.66%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
845 1106 835
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.75% 49.33% 44.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 457 326
Average daily rate £330 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £526 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 98 100
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.85 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.67% +2.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.76 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £34.70 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
IBM
England

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands IBM Daily Rate Trend

IBM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands IBM Daily Rate Histogram

IBM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands IBM Hourly Rate Trend

IBM
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham +38 27 £344 -
Warwickshire +5 11 £413 +57.14%
Coventry -2 5 £388 -
Shropshire - 5 £473 -
Sutton Coldfield - 4 - -
Herefordshire - 1 £300 -
Worcestershire - 1 - -
IBM
England

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 42 (36.21%) Oracle
2 39 (33.62%) WebSphere
3 34 (29.31%) Security Cleared
4 32 (27.59%) SC Cleared
5 27 (23.28%) Linux
6 24 (20.69%) DB2
7 23 (19.83%) Middleware
8 22 (18.97%) Windows
8 22 (18.97%) SOA
8 22 (18.97%) HTTP
9 21 (18.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (16.38%) Migration
10 19 (16.38%) Web Services
10 19 (16.38%) Red Hat
11 18 (15.52%) Project Management
11 18 (15.52%) Active Directory
11 18 (15.52%) IBM HTTP Server
11 18 (15.52%) WebSphere Process Server
12 17 (14.66%) JMS
13 16 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
14 15 (12.93%) Time Management
14 15 (12.93%) TCP/IP
14 15 (12.93%) DNS
14 15 (12.93%) .NET
14 15 (12.93%) SAP
14 15 (12.93%) LDAP
15 14 (12.07%) Oracle HTTP Server
15 14 (12.07%) Microsoft
15 14 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
15 14 (12.07%) Infrastructure Management

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 39 (33.62%) WebSphere
2 23 (19.83%) Middleware
3 19 (16.38%) Web Services
4 17 (14.66%) JMS
5 15 (12.93%) .NET
6 8 (6.897%) XML
7 4 (3.448%) XML Schema
8 2 (1.724%) XSD
8 2 (1.724%) XSLT
8 2 (1.724%) JDBC
8 2 (1.724%) SOAP
8 2 (1.724%) BAPI
8 2 (1.724%) SAP Basis
9 1 (0.862%) EDIFACT
9 1 (0.862%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.862%) J2EE
9 1 (0.862%) EDI
9 1 (0.862%) Java RMI
9 1 (0.862%) WSDL
9 1 (0.862%) JMX
Application Platforms
1 18 (15.52%) IBM HTTP Server
1 18 (15.52%) WebSphere Process Server
2 14 (12.07%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 13 (11.21%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 9 (7.759%) ESB
5 8 (6.897%) WebSphere MQ
6 7 (6.034%) WebLogic
7 3 (2.586%) SharePoint
8 2 (1.724%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (1.724%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.862%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 6 (5.172%) MS Office
2 5 (4.310%) MS Excel
3 4 (3.448%) MS Project
4 3 (2.586%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.862%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (3.448%) Agresso
1 4 (3.448%) Cognos Controller
2 3 (2.586%) Maximo
3 1 (0.862%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.862%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.862%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.862%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 22 (18.97%) HTTP
2 15 (12.93%) TCP/IP
2 15 (12.93%) DNS
2 15 (12.93%) LDAP
3 7 (6.034%) Firewall
4 5 (4.310%) SAN
5 4 (3.448%) NAS
6 2 (1.724%) FTP
6 2 (1.724%) SNMP
7 1 (0.862%) WAN
7 1 (0.862%) SMTP
7 1 (0.862%) SSL
7 1 (0.862%) IPv6
7 1 (0.862%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.862%) IIOP
7 1 (0.862%) MPLS
7 1 (0.862%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (20.69%) DB2
2 13 (11.21%) SQL Server
3 9 (7.759%) Oracle 8/8i
4 6 (5.172%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.310%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.586%) RDBMS
6 3 (2.586%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (1.724%) Big Data
7 2 (1.724%) IBM InfoSphere
7 2 (1.724%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.862%) Oracle OWB
8 1 (0.862%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (0.862%) DataStage
8 1 (0.862%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 6 (5.172%) ClearCase
2 4 (3.448%) Subversion
3 3 (2.586%) ClearQuest
3 3 (2.586%) TortoiseSVN
4 2 (1.724%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.724%) LSMW
5 1 (0.862%) Git (software)
General
1 9 (7.759%) Finance
2 5 (4.310%) Automotive
2 5 (4.310%) Manufacturing
3 3 (2.586%) Banking
4 2 (1.724%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.724%) Military
4 2 (1.724%) Legal
5 1 (0.862%) Retail
5 1 (0.862%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.862%) German Language
Job Titles
1 19 (16.38%) Analyst
2 18 (15.52%) Architect
3 14 (12.07%) Consultant
4 12 (10.34%) Administrator
4 12 (10.34%) Business Analyst
4 12 (10.34%) Developer
5 8 (6.897%) WebSphere Developer
5 8 (6.897%) WebSphere Specialist
6 6 (5.172%) Technical Architect
6 6 (5.172%) WebSphere Consultant
7 5 (4.310%) WebSphere Administrator
7 5 (4.310%) Technical Specialist
7 5 (4.310%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.448%) Financial Analyst
8 4 (3.448%) Systems Analyst
8 4 (3.448%) Storage Consultant
8 4 (3.448%) Implementation Manager
9 3 (2.586%) Hardware Engineer
9 3 (2.586%) Team Leader
9 3 (2.586%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.759%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (6.034%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.448%) Mainframe
3 4 (3.448%) IBM Mainframe
3 4 (3.448%) iSeries
4 3 (2.586%) Replication
4 3 (2.586%) CLARiiON
4 3 (2.586%) Symmetrix
5 2 (1.724%) E-Learning
6 1 (0.862%) DataPower
6 1 (0.862%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.862%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.862%) Statistics
6 1 (0.862%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 27 (23.28%) Linux
2 22 (18.97%) Windows
3 21 (18.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (11.21%) AIX
5 12 (10.34%) UNIX
6 8 (6.897%) HPUX
7 3 (2.586%) Windows 2000 Server
7 3 (2.586%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.586%) Windows NT
7 3 (2.586%) zOS
8 2 (1.724%) Solaris
9 1 (0.862%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (18.97%) SOA
2 19 (16.38%) Migration
3 18 (15.52%) Project Management
4 16 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
5 15 (12.93%) Time Management
6 14 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (12.07%) Infrastructure Management
7 11 (9.483%) Requirements Analysis
8 10 (8.621%) Data Migration
8 10 (8.621%) Data Management
9 8 (6.897%) ETL
9 8 (6.897%) ITIL
10 7 (6.034%) Asset Management
10 7 (6.034%) Data Modelling
10 7 (6.034%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (6.034%) Analytics
11 6 (5.172%) EAI
12 5 (4.310%) Programme Management
12 5 (4.310%) Configuration Management
12 5 (4.310%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.34%) Java
2 11 (9.483%) SQL
3 1 (0.862%) Jython
3 1 (0.862%) VBA
3 1 (0.862%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.862%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (29.31%) Security Cleared
2 32 (27.59%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.034%) Degree
3 7 (6.034%) ISEB
4 3 (2.586%) IBM Certification
5 1 (0.862%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (0.862%) GCSC
5 1 (0.862%) MCP
5 1 (0.862%) CCNA
5 1 (0.862%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.862%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.862%) PMP
5 1 (0.862%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.586%) SLA
2 2 (1.724%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.724%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (15.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.724%) SRDF
2 2 (1.724%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 2 (1.724%) RACF
2 2 (1.724%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.172%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (1.724%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.862%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 42 (36.21%) Oracle
2 19 (16.38%) Red Hat
3 15 (12.93%) SAP
4 14 (12.07%) Microsoft
5 12 (10.34%) HP
6 9 (7.759%) Sun
6 9 (7.759%) Dell
7 6 (5.172%) EMC
7 6 (5.172%) Cognos
8 5 (4.310%) VMware
9 4 (3.448%) StorageTek
9 4 (3.448%) JD Edwards
9 4 (3.448%) Symantec
9 4 (3.448%) Business Objects
10 3 (2.586%) TIBCO
10 3 (2.586%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.586%) Syclo
11 2 (1.724%) NetApp
12 1 (0.862%) Serena
12 1 (0.862%) Mentor Graphics
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