The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Highlands 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 Highlands 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 13 - 3
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing IBM 5 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Highlands 12.50% - 27.27%
As % of the Vendors category 35.71% - 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
Average salary - - £19,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Vendors
Highlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
14 11 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Highlands 35.00% 34.38% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 5
Average salary £25,000 £50,000 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-50.00% +163.15%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
IBM
Scotland

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Highlands 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 Highlands region.

Highlands IBM Salary Trend

IBM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM within the Highlands 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Inverness - 2 - -
IBM
Scotland

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Highlands 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 5 (71.43%) UNIX
1 5 (71.43%) HP
1 5 (71.43%) Mainframe
1 5 (71.43%) IBM Mainframe
2 3 (42.86%) Fujitsu
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SLA
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
2 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
2 3 (42.86%) Change Control
2 3 (42.86%) MVS
2 3 (42.86%) Tandem
3 2 (28.57%) e-Health
3 2 (28.57%) ICL
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Advertising
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) Tivoli
3 2 (28.57%) BMC PATROL
3 2 (28.57%) JCL
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Assembly Language
3 2 (28.57%) BMC
3 2 (28.57%) Unicenter
3 2 (28.57%) zOS
3 2 (28.57%) Firmware
3 2 (28.57%) RequisitePro

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Highlands 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 Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
1 2 (28.57%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (28.57%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) RequisitePro
1 2 (28.57%) CaliberRM
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) C++ Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Firmware Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Firmware Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Capacity Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Trainee Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) Trainee Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Mainframe
1 5 (71.43%) IBM Mainframe
2 3 (42.86%) Tandem
3 2 (28.57%) e-Health
3 2 (28.57%) Firmware
3 2 (28.57%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) UNIX
2 3 (42.86%) MVS
3 2 (28.57%) zOS
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
1 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
1 3 (42.86%) Change Control
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) Capacity Management
2 2 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) JCL
1 2 (28.57%) Assembly Language
1 2 (28.57%) C
1 2 (28.57%) C++
1 2 (28.57%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Tivoli
1 2 (28.57%) BMC PATROL
1 2 (28.57%) Unicenter
1 2 (28.57%) HP SIM
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
1 2 (28.57%) SCOM
1 2 (28.57%) OpenView
1 2 (28.57%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) HP
2 3 (42.86%) Fujitsu
3 2 (28.57%) ICL
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) BMC