The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Birmingham region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within the International Business Machines Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 72 89 43
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -46
Permanent jobs citing IBM 46 11 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.706% 0.742% 3.571%
As % of the Vendors category 4.651% 1.528% 6.513%
Number of salaries quoted 33 11 38
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £33,500 £30,300
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Vendors
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
989 720 737
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 58.18% 48.58% 54.84%
Number of salaries quoted 806 616 618
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
IBM
West Midlands

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham IBM Jobs Demand Trend

IBM
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IBM across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham IBM Salary Trend

IBM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IBM across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham IBM Salary Histogram

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited IBM.

1 47 (57.32%) HP
1 47 (57.32%) VMware
2 37 (45.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (41.46%) Windows
4 25 (30.49%) Windows Server 2008
4 25 (30.49%) vSphere
5 24 (29.27%) NetApp
5 24 (29.27%) Windows Server 2003
6 23 (28.05%) SAN
6 23 (28.05%) SQL
7 22 (26.83%) Linux
8 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
8 18 (21.95%) Active Directory
9 16 (19.51%) EMC
9 16 (19.51%) Cisco
9 16 (19.51%) MS Exchange
9 16 (19.51%) Degree
10 15 (18.29%) Citrix
10 15 (18.29%) UNIX
11 14 (17.07%) Solaris
12 13 (15.85%) DNS
12 13 (15.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 12 (14.63%) VLAN
13 12 (14.63%) WebSphere
13 12 (14.63%) Technical Architecture
13 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 12 (14.63%) NetBackup
13 12 (14.63%) Hyper-V
13 12 (14.63%) iSCSI
13 12 (14.63%) DataCore

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited IBM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (14.63%) WebSphere
2 8 (9.756%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (4.878%) .NET
4 3 (3.659%) Middleware
4 3 (3.659%) HTML
4 3 (3.659%) DOM
4 3 (3.659%) CSS
4 3 (3.659%) XHTML
4 3 (3.659%) CSS3
4 3 (3.659%) HTML5
4 3 (3.659%) jQuery
4 3 (3.659%) Ajax
5 1 (1.220%) Web Services
5 1 (1.220%) J2EE
5 1 (1.220%) JMS
5 1 (1.220%) Drools
Application Platforms
1 16 (19.51%) MS Exchange
2 12 (14.63%) IIS
3 4 (4.878%) WebSphere Process Server
3 4 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (3.659%) CMS
4 3 (3.659%) WebLogic Portal
4 3 (3.659%) WebLogic Integration
4 3 (3.659%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (3.659%) WebLogic
4 3 (3.659%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.659%) AquaLogic Service Bus
4 3 (3.659%) Drupal
4 3 (3.659%) ESB
4 3 (3.659%) AquaLogic
4 3 (3.659%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (2.439%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (2.439%) SAS
6 1 (1.220%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (1.220%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (4.878%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.220%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.659%) Oracle BPM
1 3 (3.659%) AquaLogic BPM
2 1 (1.220%) Agresso
2 1 (1.220%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (1.220%) Cognos Controller
Communications & Networking
1 23 (28.05%) SAN
2 13 (15.85%) DNS
3 12 (14.63%) VLAN
3 12 (14.63%) iSCSI
3 12 (14.63%) Fibre Channel
3 12 (14.63%) DHCP
3 12 (14.63%) Firewall
4 10 (12.20%) NetScaler
5 3 (3.659%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.439%) HTTP
7 1 (1.220%) VoIP
7 1 (1.220%) LDAP
7 1 (1.220%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.439%) TOAD
1 2 (2.439%) DB2
2 1 (1.220%) DataStage
2 1 (1.220%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.220%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.220%) Cognos Powerplay
2 1 (1.220%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.220%) MSI
1 1 (1.220%) InstallShield
1 1 (1.220%) AdminStudio
General
1 9 (10.98%) Retail
2 7 (8.537%) Finance
3 4 (4.878%) Advertising
4 3 (3.659%) Banking
5 1 (1.220%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.220%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.220%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.220%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (17.07%) Consultant
2 12 (14.63%) Architect
3 11 (13.41%) Technical Specialist
4 10 (12.20%) Storage Specialist
5 8 (9.756%) Analyst
6 7 (8.537%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 7 (8.537%) Citrix Consultant
7 6 (7.317%) Technical Analyst
7 6 (7.317%) Administrator
8 5 (6.098%) Developer
8 5 (6.098%) Technical Consultant
8 5 (6.098%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (6.098%) Backup Specialist
8 5 (6.098%) VMware Consultant
9 3 (3.659%) Web Developer
9 3 (3.659%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.659%) Front-End Developer
9 3 (3.659%) Front-End Web Developer
9 3 (3.659%) VMware Specialist
9 3 (3.659%) Senior Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.20%) Enterprise Storage
2 6 (7.317%) Open Source
3 5 (6.098%) Firmware
4 4 (4.878%) iSeries
5 3 (3.659%) AS400
5 3 (3.659%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.439%) Clustering
6 2 (2.439%) LPAR
6 2 (2.439%) HACMP
6 2 (2.439%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.220%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.220%) N-Tier
7 1 (1.220%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 34 (41.46%) Windows
2 25 (30.49%) Windows Server 2008
3 24 (29.27%) Windows Server 2003
4 22 (26.83%) Linux
5 15 (18.29%) UNIX
6 14 (17.07%) Solaris
7 8 (9.756%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (8.537%) HPUX
9 2 (2.439%) AIX
10 1 (1.220%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (14.63%) Technical Architecture
2 5 (6.098%) Release Management
3 4 (4.878%) Resource Management
3 4 (4.878%) Analytics
3 4 (4.878%) ITIL
3 4 (4.878%) Workflow
4 3 (3.659%) Unified Process
4 3 (3.659%) RUP
4 3 (3.659%) E-Commerce
4 3 (3.659%) ERP
4 3 (3.659%) Web Development
4 3 (3.659%) Load Balancing
4 3 (3.659%) Content Management
5 2 (2.439%) Data Management
5 2 (2.439%) System Testing
5 2 (2.439%) Problem Management
5 2 (2.439%) Capacity Management
5 2 (2.439%) High Availability
5 2 (2.439%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (2.439%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.05%) SQL
2 10 (12.20%) Java
3 3 (3.659%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.439%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.220%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.220%) RPG
5 1 (1.220%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.220%) VB
5 1 (1.220%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.220%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 16 (19.51%) Degree
2 13 (15.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 10 (12.20%) MCITP
3 10 (12.20%) CCEE
3 10 (12.20%) CCIA
3 10 (12.20%) Citrix Certification
3 10 (12.20%) CCEA
4 8 (9.756%) CCAA
5 5 (6.098%) CCA
5 5 (6.098%) MCTS
6 3 (3.659%) IBM Certification
6 3 (3.659%) NCDA
6 3 (3.659%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.659%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.220%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.220%) CCNA
7 1 (1.220%) ISEB
7 1 (1.220%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.317%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (2.439%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (45.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (30.49%) vSphere
3 18 (21.95%) Active Directory
4 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 12 (14.63%) Hyper-V
5 11 (13.41%) XenServer
6 10 (12.20%) XenDesktop
6 10 (12.20%) XenApp
7 5 (6.098%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.220%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.220%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 12 (14.63%) NetBackup
2 6 (7.317%) SCOM
3 5 (6.098%) Tivoli
3 5 (6.098%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (2.439%) YUM
4 2 (2.439%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (2.439%) Foglight
5 1 (1.220%) Nagios
5 1 (1.220%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (1.220%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (1.220%) HP Data Protector
5 1 (1.220%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (1.220%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.220%) WSUS
5 1 (1.220%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (57.32%) HP
1 47 (57.32%) VMware
2 24 (29.27%) NetApp
3 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
4 16 (19.51%) EMC
4 16 (19.51%) Cisco
5 15 (18.29%) Citrix
6 12 (14.63%) DataCore
6 12 (14.63%) Oracle
7 10 (12.20%) Veeam
8 9 (10.98%) Red Hat
9 3 (3.659%) ATG
9 3 (3.659%) Cognos
9 3 (3.659%) Adobe
9 3 (3.659%) EPiServer
9 3 (3.659%) hybris
10 2 (2.439%) Symantec
11 1 (1.220%) McAfee
11 1 (1.220%) Micro Focus
11 1 (1.220%) Informatica
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Understanding of SANs and LANs. *Strong Shell Scripting skills. *Experience of large AIX migration projects... *Linux (Red Hat) skills - will ideally have worked on Linux migration projects. *Understanding...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + + Car & Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Based in Birmingham my client is looking for an experienced HP EVA Storage Technical Specialist to join their thriving data centre division... maintenance of documentation and processes) Skills,...
Monarch Recruitment
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Job Purpose: Responsible for supporting the Company’s NetApp and VMWare infrastructure... Ideally NCDA qualified. Experience of administering and managing VMware in large enterprise environments, using IBM and...
Monarch Recruitment
Salary: £55000 to £60000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Any experience with vb.net for middleware would be an added advantage.This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to be able to use a...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013