The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 20 32 13
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -19
Permanent jobs citing IBM 6 9 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.844% 2.769% 8.503%
As % of the Vendors category 5.000% 4.663% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 11
Average salary £70,000 £46,250 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+51.35% -31.48%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Vendors
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
120 193 215
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 56.87% 59.38% 73.13%
Number of salaries quoted 61 156 148
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £40,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £66,250 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
IBM
England

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands IBM Salary Trend

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 IT job ads sampled that cited IBM.

1 9 (75.00%) VMware
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) HP
2 6 (50.00%) NetApp
3 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
3 5 (41.67%) ITIL
3 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
4 4 (33.33%) Degree
4 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (33.33%) SCOM
4 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
4 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (25.00%) Open Source
5 3 (25.00%) Linux
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 2 (16.67%) EAI
6 2 (16.67%) Windows
6 2 (16.67%) Oracle
6 2 (16.67%) TIBCO
6 2 (16.67%) webMethods
6 2 (16.67%) Dell
6 2 (16.67%) EMC
6 2 (16.67%) Software AG
6 2 (16.67%) Clustering
6 2 (16.67%) ESB
6 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
6 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 IT job ads sampled that cited IBM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (8.333%) ISPF
2 1 (8.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 2 (16.67%) ESB
4 1 (8.333%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) SAN
1 1 (8.333%) LAN
1 1 (8.333%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SAP HANA
1 1 (8.333%) DB2
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Architect
1 6 (50.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Project Leader
3 1 (8.333%) Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Mainframe Programmer
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Technical Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Systems Programmer
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Sales Executive
3 1 (8.333%) Programmer
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Open Source
2 2 (16.67%) Clustering
2 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (8.333%) Symmetrix DMX
3 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (8.333%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (8.333%) Celerra
3 1 (8.333%) CLARiiON
3 1 (8.333%) Symmetrix
3 1 (8.333%) Derivative
3 1 (8.333%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (8.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (8.333%) Ubuntu
3 1 (8.333%) SUSE
3 1 (8.333%) zOS
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (8.333%) AIX
3 1 (8.333%) Solaris
3 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) EAI
4 1 (8.333%) High Availability
4 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
4 1 (8.333%) Network Design
4 1 (8.333%) IT Governance
4 1 (8.333%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) JCL
1 1 (8.333%) REXX
1 1 (8.333%) C
1 1 (8.333%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.333%) VCP4
2 1 (8.333%) VCP5
2 1 (8.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (8.333%) EMC Certification
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (8.333%) vSphere
3 1 (8.333%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (8.333%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) VMware
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) HP
2 6 (50.00%) NetApp
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) TIBCO
3 2 (16.67%) webMethods
3 2 (16.67%) Dell
3 2 (16.67%) EMC
3 2 (16.67%) Software AG
4 1 (8.333%) Veeam
4 1 (8.333%) Intel
4 1 (8.333%) Citrix
4 1 (8.333%) Red Hat
4 1 (8.333%) SAP
4 1 (8.333%) Sun