The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Reading 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 Reading 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 56 95 63
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -32
Permanent jobs citing IBM 86 40 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 3.978% 1.721% 3.260%
As % of the Vendors category 6.902% 3.361% 6.269%
Number of salaries quoted 55 20 36
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £38,900 £11,600
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £85,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Vendors
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1246 1190 973
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 57.63% 51.20% 52.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1008 1042 783
Average salary £43,851 £44,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.33% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
IBM
Berkshire

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading IBM Salary Trend

IBM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IBM across the Reading region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Reading IBM Salary Histogram

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 92 (53.18%) UNIX
2 72 (41.62%) Windows
3 64 (36.99%) Project Management
4 61 (35.26%) Cisco
5 60 (34.68%) Juniper
5 60 (34.68%) JNCIA
5 60 (34.68%) JNCIE
5 60 (34.68%) WebSphere
6 59 (34.10%) Blue Coat
6 59 (34.10%) CCSE
6 59 (34.10%) Sourcefire
6 59 (34.10%) CCSA
6 59 (34.10%) CISSP
6 59 (34.10%) TCP/IP
6 59 (34.10%) McAfee
6 59 (34.10%) CheckPoint
6 59 (34.10%) PRINCE2
6 59 (34.10%) F5
7 57 (32.95%) DB2
8 41 (23.70%) Agile Software Development
8 41 (23.70%) Java
9 36 (20.81%) Spring
10 35 (20.23%) HTML
10 35 (20.23%) J2EE
11 34 (19.65%) WebSphere Application Server
12 32 (18.50%) AIX
13 30 (17.34%) Finance
14 29 (16.76%) Hibernate
14 29 (16.76%) HP
15 28 (16.18%) ClearQuest

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 60 (34.68%) WebSphere
2 36 (20.81%) Spring
3 35 (20.23%) HTML
3 35 (20.23%) J2EE
4 29 (16.76%) Hibernate
5 27 (15.61%) Ajax
6 23 (13.29%) JSP
7 19 (10.98%) Spring Security
7 19 (10.98%) JPA
7 19 (10.98%) JSF
8 18 (10.40%) Spring Web Flow
8 18 (10.40%) Struts
9 12 (6.936%) JRules
10 10 (5.780%) Web Services
11 8 (4.624%) CGI
11 8 (4.624%) Java EE
12 7 (4.046%) SOAP
13 6 (3.468%) Java SE
13 6 (3.468%) REST
14 5 (2.890%) SWT
Application Platforms
1 34 (19.65%) WebSphere Application Server
2 16 (9.249%) WebSphere MQ
3 9 (5.202%) Apache
4 8 (4.624%) WebLogic
5 5 (2.890%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.734%) Oracle Application Server
6 3 (1.734%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 1 (0.578%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.578%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.578%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (4.624%) MS Office
2 3 (1.734%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.312%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 3 (1.734%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (1.734%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (34.10%) TCP/IP
2 11 (6.358%) NetScaler
3 5 (2.890%) SAN
4 4 (2.312%) DNS
5 3 (1.734%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (1.156%) ATM
6 2 (1.156%) Internet
7 1 (0.578%) NAS
7 1 (0.578%) Firewall
7 1 (0.578%) VLAN
7 1 (0.578%) Network Security
7 1 (0.578%) MPLS
7 1 (0.578%) SSL
7 1 (0.578%) WLAN
7 1 (0.578%) DHCP
7 1 (0.578%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.578%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.578%) SNMP
7 1 (0.578%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (32.95%) DB2
2 15 (8.671%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (7.514%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.890%) MySQL
5 3 (1.734%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (1.734%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (1.734%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (1.734%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (1.734%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (0.578%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.578%) IBM InfoSphere
6 1 (0.578%) DataStage
6 1 (0.578%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 28 (16.18%) ClearQuest
1 28 (16.18%) ClearCase
2 10 (5.780%) Maven
3 8 (4.624%) Ant
3 8 (4.624%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.890%) Eclipse RCP
4 5 (2.890%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.156%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.156%) JMeter
General
1 30 (17.34%) Finance
2 5 (2.890%) Games
3 3 (1.734%) Banking
3 3 (1.734%) Retail
4 1 (0.578%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.578%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 51 (29.48%) Analyst
2 50 (28.90%) Security Analyst
3 32 (18.50%) Consultant
4 26 (15.03%) Senior Security Analyst
4 26 (15.03%) Senior Analyst
5 21 (12.14%) Developer
6 17 (9.827%) Architect
7 13 (7.514%) Team Leader
8 12 (6.936%) Software Manager
9 10 (5.780%) Java Developer
9 10 (5.780%) Lead Developer
10 9 (5.202%) Configuration Manager
10 9 (5.202%) Security Consultant
10 9 (5.202%) Software Configuration Manager
11 8 (4.624%) Citrix Consultant
12 7 (4.046%) Virtualisation Consultant
13 6 (3.468%) Trainer
13 6 (3.468%) UI Developer
13 6 (3.468%) Technical Consultant
13 6 (3.468%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.98%) DataPower
2 7 (4.046%) Clustering
2 7 (4.046%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.468%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (3.468%) Open Source
4 5 (2.890%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.312%) HACMP
6 3 (1.734%) LPAR
6 3 (1.734%) DLPAR
6 3 (1.734%) CLARiiON
7 2 (1.156%) Cryptography
8 1 (0.578%) SaaS
8 1 (0.578%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (0.578%) e-Health
8 1 (0.578%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 92 (53.18%) UNIX
2 72 (41.62%) Windows
3 32 (18.50%) AIX
4 28 (16.18%) Solaris
5 15 (8.671%) Linux
6 7 (4.046%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (2.312%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.578%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.578%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (36.99%) Project Management
2 59 (34.10%) PRINCE2
3 41 (23.70%) Agile Software Development
4 26 (15.03%) OOD
5 24 (13.87%) UML
6 23 (13.29%) OO
7 20 (11.56%) Scrum
8 19 (10.98%) Multithreading
9 18 (10.40%) Unit Testing
10 13 (7.514%) RUP
10 13 (7.514%) V-Model
10 13 (7.514%) Waterfall
11 12 (6.936%) ITIL
12 8 (4.624%) MVC
12 8 (4.624%) TDD
13 7 (4.046%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (4.046%) Disaster Recovery
14 6 (3.468%) Software Architecture
15 5 (2.890%) Web Application Development
15 5 (2.890%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 41 (23.70%) Java
2 27 (15.61%) JavaScript
2 27 (15.61%) Shell Script
3 16 (9.249%) SQL
4 13 (7.514%) Perl
5 3 (1.734%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.156%) C
7 1 (0.578%) C++
7 1 (0.578%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 60 (34.68%) JNCIA
1 60 (34.68%) JNCIE
2 59 (34.10%) CCSE
2 59 (34.10%) CCSA
2 59 (34.10%) CISSP
3 23 (13.29%) Degree
4 11 (6.358%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 11 (6.358%) MCITP
4 11 (6.358%) Citrix Certification
4 11 (6.358%) CCEA
4 11 (6.358%) CCEE
4 11 (6.358%) CCIA
5 10 (5.780%) CCAA
5 10 (5.780%) IBM Certification
6 7 (4.046%) MCTS
6 7 (4.046%) CCA
7 3 (1.734%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.734%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.578%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.578%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.468%) SLA
2 3 (1.734%) QA
3 1 (0.578%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (9.827%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (9.249%) vSphere
3 11 (6.358%) XenApp
3 11 (6.358%) XenServer
3 11 (6.358%) XenDesktop
4 7 (4.046%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.734%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (1.734%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (1.156%) Active Directory
6 2 (1.156%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.578%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.578%) vCloud
7 1 (0.578%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.578%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (6.936%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (2.312%) Tivoli
2 4 (2.312%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 3 (1.734%) Data Guard
3 3 (1.734%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.578%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.578%) Netcool
Vendors
1 61 (35.26%) Cisco
2 60 (34.68%) Juniper
3 59 (34.10%) Blue Coat
3 59 (34.10%) Sourcefire
3 59 (34.10%) McAfee
3 59 (34.10%) CheckPoint
3 59 (34.10%) F5
4 29 (16.76%) HP
5 24 (13.87%) Oracle
6 19 (10.98%) VMware
7 15 (8.671%) Citrix
8 14 (8.092%) Niku
8 14 (8.092%) Ab Initio
9 13 (7.514%) Microsoft
10 12 (6.936%) ILOG
11 11 (6.358%) Veeam
12 8 (4.624%) Remedy
13 7 (4.046%) Red Hat
14 5 (2.890%) BEA
14 5 (2.890%) JBoss
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