The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 23 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 Kent 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 65 47 80
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +33
Permanent jobs citing IBM 26 25 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 2.269% 3.516% 1.767%
As % of the Vendors category 4.962% 7.267% 3.115%
Number of salaries quoted 24 25 17
Average salary £48,750 £40,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.87% -15.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £29,000 £37,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,500 £51,250 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Vendors
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
524 344 610
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 45.72% 48.38% 56.74%
Number of salaries quoted 449 313 542
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,950 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
IBM
South East

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent IBM Salary Trend

IBM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IBM across the Kent region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Kent IBM Salary Histogram

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 Kent region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Malling - 8 £37,500 -
Maidstone - 3 £60,000 -
Tunbridge Wells +10 2 £32,640 +8.80%
Stansted - 1 - -
IBM
South East

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 42 (76.36%) Windows
2 33 (60.00%) VMware
3 31 (56.36%) ITIL
3 31 (56.36%) Microsoft
4 29 (52.73%) HP
5 28 (50.91%) Windows Server 2008
6 27 (49.09%) VMware Infrastructure
7 21 (38.18%) vSphere
8 17 (30.91%) Cisco
8 17 (30.91%) SAN
9 15 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
9 15 (27.27%) Migration
10 14 (25.45%) Citrix
10 14 (25.45%) MS Excel
10 14 (25.45%) VMware ESXi
11 13 (23.64%) VMware ESX
12 12 (21.82%) MS Exchange
12 12 (21.82%) Compuware
12 12 (21.82%) BMC
12 12 (21.82%) CA
12 12 (21.82%) Business Development
13 11 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
13 11 (20.00%) SQL
14 10 (18.18%) Active Directory
14 10 (18.18%) Project Management
14 10 (18.18%) SC Cleared
14 10 (18.18%) Security Cleared
15 9 (16.36%) UNIX
15 9 (16.36%) Tivoli
16 8 (14.55%) Finance

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 3 (5.455%) .NET
2 1 (1.818%) Web Services
2 1 (1.818%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 12 (21.82%) MS Exchange
2 7 (12.73%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (9.091%) MS Project Server
4 4 (7.273%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (5.455%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (5.455%) IIS
5 3 (5.455%) Lync
6 1 (1.818%) SAS
6 1 (1.818%) MQSeries
6 1 (1.818%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.818%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (25.45%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.273%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 17 (30.91%) SAN
2 7 (12.73%) DNS
3 6 (10.91%) Firewall
4 5 (9.091%) LAN
5 4 (7.273%) WAN
5 4 (7.273%) DHCP
5 4 (7.273%) TCP/IP
6 3 (5.455%) MPLS
7 2 (3.636%) Network Security
8 1 (1.818%) VoIP
8 1 (1.818%) VPN
8 1 (1.818%) ADSL
8 1 (1.818%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.636%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (3.636%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.818%) DB2
3 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.818%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (1.818%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (1.818%) Subversion
1 1 (1.818%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (1.818%) Ant
1 1 (1.818%) ClearCase
1 1 (1.818%) Build Forge
1 1 (1.818%) TeamCity
1 1 (1.818%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.818%) Maven
General
1 8 (14.55%) Finance
2 3 (5.455%) Billing
2 3 (5.455%) Marketing
3 2 (3.636%) Investment Banking
3 2 (3.636%) Banking
4 1 (1.818%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 13 (23.64%) Technical Engineer
1 13 (23.64%) Support Engineer
2 11 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 11 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 8 (14.55%) Analyst
4 7 (12.73%) Applications Support
5 6 (10.91%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 6 (10.91%) Senior Architect
5 6 (10.91%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (10.91%) Architect
5 6 (10.91%) Deployment Engineer
6 4 (7.273%) Support Analyst
6 4 (7.273%) Applications Support Analyst
7 3 (5.455%) Support Manager
7 3 (5.455%) Applications Support Manager
7 3 (5.455%) Messaging Engineer
7 3 (5.455%) Applications Manager
8 2 (3.636%) Windows Systems Administrator
8 2 (3.636%) Senior Programmer
8 2 (3.636%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) iSeries
2 6 (10.91%) CMDB
2 6 (10.91%) e-Health
3 5 (9.091%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.273%) Blackberry
5 3 (5.455%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 42 (76.36%) Windows
2 28 (50.91%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
5 9 (16.36%) UNIX
6 4 (7.273%) Windows XP
7 3 (5.455%) Solaris
7 3 (5.455%) Linux
8 2 (3.636%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.818%) Windows 2000
9 1 (1.818%) AIX
9 1 (1.818%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (56.36%) ITIL
2 15 (27.27%) Migration
3 12 (21.82%) Business Development
4 10 (18.18%) Project Management
5 7 (12.73%) ITSM
5 7 (12.73%) Operations Management
6 6 (10.91%) Change Management
6 6 (10.91%) Configuration Management
6 6 (10.91%) Asset Management
7 5 (9.091%) Network Management
8 4 (7.273%) Time Management
8 4 (7.273%) Service Management
9 3 (5.455%) Risk Management
9 3 (5.455%) Security Management
9 3 (5.455%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (5.455%) Capacity Management
9 3 (5.455%) Problem Management
9 3 (5.455%) Test Strategy
10 2 (3.636%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (3.636%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (5.455%) Perl
3 2 (3.636%) VBA
3 2 (3.636%) Java
4 1 (1.818%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.818%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 10 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (12.73%) MCSE
3 5 (9.091%) MCITP
4 2 (3.636%) MCSA
4 2 (3.636%) MCP
4 2 (3.636%) CCNA
4 2 (3.636%) CISSP
4 2 (3.636%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.636%) CISM
5 1 (1.818%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.273%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.636%) QA
2 2 (3.636%) SLA
3 1 (1.818%) BS7799
3 1 (1.818%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (49.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (38.18%) vSphere
3 14 (25.45%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (23.64%) VMware ESX
5 10 (18.18%) Active Directory
6 4 (7.273%) Terminal Services
7 2 (3.636%) Forefront TMG
7 2 (3.636%) Hyper-V
7 2 (3.636%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 9 (16.36%) Tivoli
2 6 (10.91%) BMC PATROL
3 4 (7.273%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 3 (5.455%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 3 (5.455%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (5.455%) SCOM
5 2 (3.636%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.818%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.818%) WSUS
6 1 (1.818%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 33 (60.00%) VMware
2 31 (56.36%) Microsoft
3 29 (52.73%) HP
4 17 (30.91%) Cisco
5 14 (25.45%) Citrix
6 12 (21.82%) Compuware
6 12 (21.82%) BMC
6 12 (21.82%) CA
7 6 (10.91%) Remedy
8 5 (9.091%) Websense
8 5 (9.091%) McAfee
8 5 (9.091%) Oracle
9 3 (5.455%) CheckPoint
9 3 (5.455%) Sybase
10 2 (3.636%) Capita
10 2 (3.636%) Business Objects
10 2 (3.636%) Informatica
10 2 (3.636%) Dell
11 1 (1.818%) SAP
11 1 (1.818%) Cognos