The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Stockport region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Stockport 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM
Rank 40 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing IBM 4 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 1.878% - 2.222%
As % of the Vendors category 4.124% - 5.063%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
Average salary £29,000 - £28,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Vendors
Stockport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
97 80 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 45.54% 35.56% 43.89%
Number of salaries quoted 96 72 71
Average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £20,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £37,500 £35,650
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
IBM
Manchester

IBM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport IBM Salary Trend

IBM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IBM across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Stockport IBM Salary Histogram

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) EMC
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) A+ Certification
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) WebSphere
3 1 (20.00%) Xen
3 1 (20.00%) Celerra
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
3 1 (20.00%) vSphere
3 1 (20.00%) HP StorageWorks
3 1 (20.00%) RPG IV
3 1 (20.00%) NCDA
3 1 (20.00%) NCIE
3 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) VTSP
3 1 (20.00%) CCEE
3 1 (20.00%) CCAA
3 1 (20.00%) CCIA
3 1 (20.00%) ProCurve
3 1 (20.00%) Infor
3 1 (20.00%) HP AIS
3 1 (20.00%) HP ASE
3 1 (20.00%) HP MASE

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 (40.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (20.00%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
1 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Sales Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Field Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Server Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Printer Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) AS400 Analyst Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Sales Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Account Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) AS400
1 1 (20.00%) CLARiiON
1 1 (20.00%) EMC Centera
1 1 (20.00%) Celerra
1 1 (20.00%) iSeries
1 1 (20.00%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) AIX
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (20.00%) System Testing
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) EAM
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) RPG
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (20.00%) MCITP
2 1 (20.00%) HP AIS
2 1 (20.00%) HP ASE
2 1 (20.00%) HP MASE
2 1 (20.00%) NCDA
2 1 (20.00%) NCIE
2 1 (20.00%) VTSP
2 1 (20.00%) CCEE
2 1 (20.00%) CCAA
2 1 (20.00%) CCIA
2 1 (20.00%) CCA
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (20.00%) XenApp
2 1 (20.00%) XenServer
2 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (20.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 1 (20.00%) vSphere
2 1 (20.00%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Tivoli
1 1 (20.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) EMC
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) ProCurve
3 1 (20.00%) Infor
3 1 (20.00%) Cognos
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Hitachi
3 1 (20.00%) NetApp
3 1 (20.00%) Lotus
3 1 (20.00%) Symantec