The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 17 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 South West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 120 133 119
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -14
Permanent jobs citing IBM 96 84 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 1.830% 1.523% 1.586%
As % of the Vendors category 4.338% 3.306% 3.801%
Number of salaries quoted 76 68 65
Average salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £35,000 £22,900
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £52,500 £52,200
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Vendors
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2213 2541 2447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 42.18% 46.07% 41.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1891 2196 2083
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West IBM Salary Trend

IBM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IBM across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wiltshire +24 33 £37,500 -14.77%
Dorset +12 22 £33,500 -48.46%
Gloucestershire -8 20 £36,250 -23.68%
Bristol -10 9 £33,500 -21.17%
Somerset - 5 £50,000 -
Devon - 3 £37,500 -
IBM
England

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 (37.25%) Windows
2 76 (30.77%) HP
3 74 (29.96%) SQL
4 71 (28.74%) Oracle
5 69 (27.94%) VMware
6 68 (27.53%) Java
7 66 (26.72%) Finance
8 65 (26.32%) Microsoft
9 57 (23.08%) SAN
10 56 (22.67%) Linux
11 49 (19.84%) UNIX
12 48 (19.43%) SQL Server
12 48 (19.43%) VMware Infrastructure
13 44 (17.81%) Security Cleared
13 44 (17.81%) Cisco
14 40 (16.19%) HTML
15 39 (15.79%) J2EE
16 38 (15.38%) Tivoli
17 35 (14.17%) XML
17 35 (14.17%) .NET
17 35 (14.17%) HTTP
18 33 (13.36%) DNS
19 32 (12.96%) Active Directory
19 32 (12.96%) Red Hat
20 31 (12.55%) MS Excel
21 30 (12.15%) Mainframe
21 30 (12.15%) NetApp
21 30 (12.15%) Windows Server 2008
22 29 (11.74%) Microsoft Certification
22 29 (11.74%) EMC

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 40 (16.19%) HTML
2 39 (15.79%) J2EE
3 35 (14.17%) .NET
3 35 (14.17%) XML
4 28 (11.34%) Java EE
5 26 (10.53%) Web Services
6 23 (9.312%) WebSphere
7 22 (8.907%) CSS
8 17 (6.883%) XPages
9 16 (6.478%) JDBC
10 14 (5.668%) Ajax
10 14 (5.668%) ODBC
11 11 (4.453%) ASP.NET
12 8 (3.239%) XHTML
12 8 (3.239%) Middleware
12 8 (3.239%) JSP
12 8 (3.239%) Struts
12 8 (3.239%) JSTL
13 4 (1.619%) JSON
14 3 (1.215%) MapReduce
Application Platforms
1 27 (10.93%) Apache
2 22 (8.907%) Tomcat
3 18 (7.287%) WebSphere Application Server
3 18 (7.287%) Lotus Domino
4 16 (6.478%) Lotus Notes
5 14 (5.668%) IIS
5 14 (5.668%) Quickr
6 10 (4.049%) MS Exchange
6 10 (4.049%) CICS
7 9 (3.644%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (3.239%) IBM HTTP Server
8 8 (3.239%) Exchange Server 2000
8 8 (3.239%) MQSeries
9 7 (2.834%) Exchange Server 2007
10 4 (1.619%) Liferay
11 3 (1.215%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (1.215%) Apache Pig
11 3 (1.215%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.810%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.810%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 31 (12.55%) MS Excel
2 16 (6.478%) MS Office
3 11 (4.453%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.810%) CATIA
5 1 (0.405%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.405%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.405%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 17 (6.883%) Maximo
2 10 (4.049%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 7 (2.834%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.405%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 57 (23.08%) SAN
2 35 (14.17%) HTTP
3 33 (13.36%) DNS
4 28 (11.34%) TCP/IP
5 27 (10.93%) DHCP
6 19 (7.692%) SSL
7 14 (5.668%) FTP
8 13 (5.263%) Internet
9 12 (4.858%) SMTP
10 11 (4.453%) BGP
11 10 (4.049%) Network Security
12 7 (2.834%) Ethernet
13 5 (2.024%) LAN
13 5 (2.024%) WAN
14 3 (1.215%) Firewall
15 2 (0.810%) NetScaler
16 1 (0.405%) VLAN
16 1 (0.405%) Wireshark
16 1 (0.405%) NAS
16 1 (0.405%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (19.43%) SQL Server
2 27 (10.93%) DB2
3 17 (6.883%) RDBMS
3 17 (6.883%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.644%) Snowflake Schema
4 9 (3.644%) Star Schema
4 9 (3.644%) Cognos Powerplay
5 8 (3.239%) Oracle 8/8i
6 4 (1.619%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (1.215%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.215%) Apache Hive
7 3 (1.215%) HBase
7 3 (1.215%) Big Data
7 3 (1.215%) IBM InfoSphere
8 2 (0.810%) MySQL
8 2 (0.810%) QlikView
9 1 (0.405%) Adabas
9 1 (0.405%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (3.239%) JUnit
1 8 (3.239%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1 8 (3.239%) Eclipse
1 8 (3.239%) Rational Application Developer
2 6 (2.429%) Rational Robot
2 6 (2.429%) FitNesse
3 3 (1.215%) RequisitePro
3 3 (1.215%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.810%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.810%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.405%) MSTest
5 1 (0.405%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.405%) Hudson
5 1 (0.405%) NUnit
5 1 (0.405%) Subversion
5 1 (0.405%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.405%) Ant
5 1 (0.405%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 66 (26.72%) Finance
2 27 (10.93%) Retail
3 26 (10.53%) Banking
4 24 (9.717%) Telecoms
5 16 (6.478%) Games
6 15 (6.073%) Marketing
7 6 (2.429%) Military
8 3 (1.215%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.810%) Advertising
9 2 (0.810%) Legal
9 2 (0.810%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.405%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.405%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.405%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 58 (23.48%) Developer
2 39 (15.79%) Analyst
3 36 (14.57%) Architect
4 31 (12.55%) Technical Architect
5 23 (9.312%) Solutions Architect
5 23 (9.312%) Administrator
5 23 (9.312%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 23 (9.312%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 20 (8.097%) Support Analyst
7 18 (7.287%) Storage Engineer
8 15 (6.073%) Java Developer
9 14 (5.668%) Oracle DBA
9 14 (5.668%) DBA
10 13 (5.263%) Lotus Notes Developer
11 12 (4.858%) Domino Developer
11 12 (4.858%) Consultant
11 12 (4.858%) Support Engineer
12 11 (4.453%) Project Manager
12 11 (4.453%) Cognos Developer
13 10 (4.049%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.15%) Mainframe
2 26 (10.53%) IBM Mainframe
3 22 (8.907%) Cloud Computing
4 19 (7.692%) Clustering
5 9 (3.644%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.239%) Blackberry
7 7 (2.834%) Visualisation
8 6 (2.429%) iSeries
9 4 (1.619%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.619%) EPoS
9 4 (1.619%) Statistics
10 2 (0.810%) Data Integration
10 2 (0.810%) SWIFT
11 1 (0.405%) DataPower
11 1 (0.405%) Mathematics
11 1 (0.405%) CMDB
11 1 (0.405%) Replication
11 1 (0.405%) CLARiiON
11 1 (0.405%) Symmetrix
Operating Systems
1 92 (37.25%) Windows
2 56 (22.67%) Linux
3 49 (19.84%) UNIX
4 30 (12.15%) Windows Server 2008
5 26 (10.53%) AIX
6 20 (8.097%) Windows Server 2003
6 20 (8.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (4.049%) zOS
7 10 (4.049%) Solaris
8 6 (2.429%) Windows 7
9 5 (2.024%) HPUX
10 2 (0.810%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.405%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (11.74%) ITIL
2 24 (9.717%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (9.312%) Performance Management
4 22 (8.907%) Enterprise Architecture
4 22 (8.907%) Investment Management
4 22 (8.907%) SOA
5 21 (8.502%) Data Protection
6 20 (8.097%) E-Commerce
6 20 (8.097%) Agile Software Development
7 18 (7.287%) Service Management
8 17 (6.883%) Workflow
9 16 (6.478%) Release Management
10 14 (5.668%) ETL
11 13 (5.263%) Configuration Management
11 13 (5.263%) Time Management
11 13 (5.263%) Network Load Balancing
11 13 (5.263%) ITIL V3
12 12 (4.858%) ERP
12 12 (4.858%) Capacity Management
13 11 (4.453%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 74 (29.96%) SQL
2 68 (27.53%) Java
3 25 (10.12%) PL/SQL
4 22 (8.907%) C
5 20 (8.097%) Bash shell
6 17 (6.883%) JavaScript
6 17 (6.883%) Perl
7 14 (5.668%) LotusScript
8 13 (5.263%) C#
9 4 (1.619%) C++
9 4 (1.619%) COBOL
9 4 (1.619%) Python
10 2 (0.810%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.405%) sed
11 1 (0.405%) NATURAL
11 1 (0.405%) JCL
11 1 (0.405%) AWK
11 1 (0.405%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (17.81%) Security Cleared
2 29 (11.74%) MCSE
2 29 (11.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 26 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 20 (8.097%) SC Cleared
4 20 (8.097%) MCITP
5 16 (6.478%) Degree
6 14 (5.668%) IBM Certification
7 13 (5.263%) MCP
7 13 (5.263%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 12 (4.858%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (4.453%) Citrix Certification
10 8 (3.239%) Sun Certification
11 7 (2.834%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (2.834%) CCNA
12 6 (2.429%) ISEB
12 6 (2.429%) CCA
12 6 (2.429%) MCSA
12 6 (2.429%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (2.024%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.668%) SLA
2 12 (4.858%) QA
3 3 (1.215%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.215%) TickIT
System Software
1 48 (19.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (12.96%) Active Directory
3 18 (7.287%) Xen
4 14 (5.668%) NFS
4 14 (5.668%) XenApp
4 14 (5.668%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (4.049%) vSphere
6 7 (2.834%) Oracle RMAN
6 7 (2.834%) Oracle RAC
7 5 (2.024%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 5 (2.024%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 4 (1.619%) XenServer
9 3 (1.215%) RACF
10 2 (0.810%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.810%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.810%) Forefront TMG
10 2 (0.810%) UAG
11 1 (0.405%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.405%) VMware ESX
11 1 (0.405%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 38 (15.38%) Tivoli
2 22 (8.907%) NetBackup
3 11 (4.453%) Netcool
4 7 (2.834%) Data Guard
4 7 (2.834%) SCCM
4 7 (2.834%) SCOM
5 6 (2.429%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 5 (2.024%) HP Data Protector
7 2 (0.810%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 2 (0.810%) OpenView
8 1 (0.405%) CiscoWorks
8 1 (0.405%) Unicenter
8 1 (0.405%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 76 (30.77%) HP
2 71 (28.74%) Oracle
3 69 (27.94%) VMware
4 65 (26.32%) Microsoft
5 44 (17.81%) Cisco
6 32 (12.96%) Red Hat
7 30 (12.15%) NetApp
8 29 (11.74%) EMC
9 23 (9.312%) Cognos
10 22 (8.907%) Symantec
10 22 (8.907%) Lotus
11 18 (7.287%) Citrix
12 11 (4.453%) Hyperion
12 11 (4.453%) Veritas
13 10 (4.049%) Sun
14 8 (3.239%) Dell
14 8 (3.239%) BMC
15 7 (2.834%) Remedy
15 7 (2.834%) McAfee
16 6 (2.429%) Telerik
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
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Salary: Up to £70K Basic + Car Allowance + Fuel Card + £10K Bonus + Benefits
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Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £70K Basic + Car Allowance + Fuel Card + £10K Bonus + Benefits
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Hold current NASAP, NCDA an advantage. Knowledge of Cisco UCS or HP and IBM Server products an advantage. Knowledge of competitive storage solutions such and HP & EMC an...
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Salary: Up to £70K Basic + Car Allowance + Fuel Card + £10K Bonus + Benefits
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Salary: Up to £70K Basic + Car Allowance + Fuel Card + £10K Bonus + Benefits
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Hold current NASAP, NCDA an advantage. Knowledge of Cisco UCS or HP and IBM Server products an advantage. Knowledge of competitive storage solutions such and HP & EMC an...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £70K Basic + Car Allowance + Fuel Card + £10K Bonus + Benefits
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Knowledge of HP and IBM Server products a bonus. Knowledge of storage solutions such and NetApp & EMC an advantage... Demonstrable Knowledge of Cisco Products... Background in product management...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £50K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
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Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £50K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013
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Aximis (West) Limited
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