The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 84 65 59
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -6
Contract jobs citing IBM 29 49 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.537% 2.130% 2.066%
As % of the Vendors category 3.318% 4.597% 5.146%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 25 16
Average daily rate £375 £325 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -17.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £222 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £481 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 9
Average hourly rate £15.25 £16.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.57% -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year
+44.73% -33.33%
All Vendors
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
874 1066 719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 46.32% 46.33% 40.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 537 292
Average daily rate £325 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £175 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £472 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 75 74
Average hourly rate £13.71 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.90% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £10.32 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £33.00 £36.50
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
West Yorkshire -7 21 £400 -
North Yorkshire +2 3 £375 -16.66%
South Yorkshire -13 1 £263 -10.25%
IBM
England

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 31 (38.75%) Finance
2 27 (33.75%) Oracle
3 25 (31.25%) UNIX
4 21 (26.25%) Linux
5 20 (25.00%) Windows
5 20 (25.00%) WebSphere
6 19 (23.75%) SQL
7 15 (18.75%) Retail
8 13 (16.25%) Banking
8 13 (16.25%) Middleware
8 13 (16.25%) Solaris
9 11 (13.75%) DB2
10 10 (12.50%) Perl
10 10 (12.50%) HP
10 10 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (12.50%) FileNet
11 9 (11.25%) SOA
11 9 (11.25%) Java
11 9 (11.25%) Bash shell
12 8 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (10.00%) SQL Server
12 8 (10.00%) J2EE
12 8 (10.00%) ITIL
12 8 (10.00%) WebSphere Application Server
12 8 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
13 7 (8.750%) Configuration Management
13 7 (8.750%) SAN
13 7 (8.750%) Web Services
13 7 (8.750%) E-Commerce
13 7 (8.750%) Microsoft

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 20 (25.00%) WebSphere
2 13 (16.25%) Middleware
3 8 (10.00%) J2EE
4 7 (8.750%) Web Services
5 6 (7.500%) XML
6 5 (6.250%) .NET
7 4 (5.000%) ASP.NET
7 4 (5.000%) JDBC
7 4 (5.000%) .NET Framework
8 3 (3.750%) Oracle ADF
9 2 (2.500%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (1.250%) HTML
10 1 (1.250%) JSP
10 1 (1.250%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 10 (12.50%) FileNet
2 8 (10.00%) WebSphere Application Server
3 6 (7.500%) Apache
3 6 (7.500%) IBM HTTP Server
4 5 (6.250%) WebLogic
4 5 (6.250%) IIS
5 4 (5.000%) MQSeries
5 4 (5.000%) Tomcat
6 2 (2.500%) Documentum
6 2 (2.500%) WebSphere MQ
6 2 (2.500%) WebSphere Portal
6 2 (2.500%) WebSphere Process Server
6 2 (2.500%) ESB
7 1 (1.250%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (1.250%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 1 (1.250%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (1.250%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (7.500%) FileNet Content Manager
2 4 (5.000%) Maximo
3 3 (3.750%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.750%) SAN
2 5 (6.250%) HTTP
3 4 (5.000%) FTP
3 4 (5.000%) DNS
3 4 (5.000%) NAS
4 2 (2.500%) SSL
4 2 (2.500%) LDAP
4 2 (2.500%) CTI
4 2 (2.500%) Firewall
4 2 (2.500%) iSCSI
5 1 (1.250%) OpenLDAP
5 1 (1.250%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.250%) FCoE
5 1 (1.250%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.250%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.75%) DB2
2 8 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 5 (6.250%) Oracle 10g
4 4 (5.000%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (3.750%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.500%) Oracle 9i
7 1 (1.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.250%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.250%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (1.250%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (1.250%) ProClarity
7 1 (1.250%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (1.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.250%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.250%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.250%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 5 (6.250%) Subversion
1 5 (6.250%) Maven
1 5 (6.250%) Jenkins
1 5 (6.250%) Ant
2 3 (3.750%) Rational Performance Tester
2 3 (3.750%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (2.500%) Build Forge
General
1 31 (38.75%) Finance
2 15 (18.75%) Retail
3 13 (16.25%) Banking
4 4 (5.000%) Games
4 4 (5.000%) Financial Institution
4 4 (5.000%) Marketing
5 1 (1.250%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.250%) Billing
5 1 (1.250%) Front Office
5 1 (1.250%) Law
Job Titles
1 19 (23.75%) Analyst
2 10 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 9 (11.25%) Administrator
4 8 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (10.00%) Consultant
4 8 (10.00%) Architect
5 6 (7.500%) Systems Administrator
5 6 (7.500%) Developer
5 6 (7.500%) Content Manager
6 5 (6.250%) Operations Analyst
6 5 (6.250%) Operations Support Analyst
6 5 (6.250%) Applications Support
7 4 (5.000%) Business Analyst
7 4 (5.000%) Configuration Engineer
7 4 (5.000%) FileNet Consultant
7 4 (5.000%) Applications Support Analyst
7 4 (5.000%) Release Engineer
8 3 (3.750%) Technical Specialist
8 3 (3.750%) Oracle Developer
8 3 (3.750%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.250%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (6.250%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.000%) DataPower
3 2 (2.500%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.500%) Firmware
3 2 (2.500%) Smart Meter
3 2 (2.500%) IVR
4 1 (1.250%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (1.250%) EMC Centera
4 1 (1.250%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 25 (31.25%) UNIX
2 21 (26.25%) Linux
3 20 (25.00%) Windows
4 13 (16.25%) Solaris
5 8 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (7.500%) AIX
7 4 (5.000%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (11.25%) SOA
3 8 (10.00%) ITIL
4 7 (8.750%) Configuration Management
4 7 (8.750%) E-Commerce
5 6 (7.500%) TOGAF
6 5 (6.250%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (6.250%) Process Management
7 4 (5.000%) PRINCE2
7 4 (5.000%) Business Analysis
8 3 (3.750%) Web Development
8 3 (3.750%) Requirements Management
8 3 (3.750%) Asset Management
8 3 (3.750%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (2.500%) RUP
9 2 (2.500%) Project Management
9 2 (2.500%) Service Management
9 2 (2.500%) Quality Management
9 2 (2.500%) Change Management
9 2 (2.500%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 19 (23.75%) SQL
2 10 (12.50%) Perl
3 9 (11.25%) Java
3 9 (11.25%) Bash shell
4 5 (6.250%) AWK
4 5 (6.250%) Jython
4 5 (6.250%) Python
5 4 (5.000%) Shell Script
6 3 (3.750%) COBOL
6 3 (3.750%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.250%) Ruby
7 1 (1.250%) VBA
7 1 (1.250%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (7.500%) IBM Certification
2 2 (2.500%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.250%) Degree
3 1 (1.250%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.250%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.000%) QA
2 1 (1.250%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.250%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.750%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (3.750%) vSphere
3 3 (3.750%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 3 (3.750%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 1 (1.250%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.250%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (1.250%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (3.750%) NetBackup
1 3 (3.750%) Tivoli
2 2 (2.500%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (1.250%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (1.250%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.250%) Tivoli Configuration Manager
3 1 (1.250%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 1 (1.250%) Tivoli Remote Control
3 1 (1.250%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 27 (33.75%) Oracle
2 10 (12.50%) HP
3 7 (8.750%) Microsoft
4 6 (7.500%) Red Hat
5 4 (5.000%) Dell
5 4 (5.000%) Cisco
5 4 (5.000%) NetApp
5 4 (5.000%) VMware
6 3 (3.750%) Perforce
6 3 (3.750%) Veritas
6 3 (3.750%) EMC
6 3 (3.750%) Sun
7 2 (2.500%) Adobe
7 2 (2.500%) Siebel
7 2 (2.500%) Symantec
7 2 (2.500%) Endeca
7 2 (2.500%) Brocade
8 1 (1.250%) LANDesk
8 1 (1.250%) Teradata
8 1 (1.250%) Micro Focus
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