The first table below looks at the demand for IBM Certification in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM Certification over the 3 months to 19 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Certification
Rank 792 847 758
Rank change year-on-year
+55 -89
Permanent jobs citing IBM Certification 76 38 124
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.070% 0.032% 0.097%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.253% 0.114% 0.369%
Number of salaries quoted 59 33 88
Average salary £48,000 £52,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.57% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £42,500 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £48,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +5.00%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
30000 33441 33610
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.54% 27.75% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 24253 28596 28179
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%

IBM Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IBM Certification within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

IBM Certification Jobs Demand Trend

IBM Certification
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IBM Certification within the UK.

IBM Certification Salary Trend

IBM Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IBM Certification over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

IBM Certification Salary Histogram

IBM Certification
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +62 75 £48,000 -8.57% 4
London +44 17 £48,000 +3.78% 1
North West - 17 £43,250 -
Manchester - 16 £43,250 -
South East +24 12 £48,000 -8.13% 2
East of England - 11 £65,000 -
Berkshire +27 9 £48,000 +1.05%
Reading +1 9 £48,000 +1.05%
West Midlands -6 7 £55,000 +29.41%
East Midlands +11 6 £48,000 -8.57% 1
Nottinghamshire -2 5 £48,000 -8.57%
City of London -4 5 £65,000 +36.84% 1
Nottingham -5 5 £48,000 -8.57%
Bedfordshire - 5 £65,000 -
Yorkshire - 3 £50,000 -
West Yorkshire - 3 £50,000 -
Weymouth - 3 £34,000 -
Dorset - 3 £34,000 -
Leeds - 3 £50,000 -
South West - 3 £34,000 -
Hampshire +8 2 £50,000 -12.28% 1
Essex - 2 £44,250 -
Worcester - 2 £61,250 -
Worcestershire - 2 £61,250 -
Surrey - 2 £30,000 -
Warwickshire - 2 - -
Birmingham - 2 £50,000 -
Portsmouth - 2 £50,000 -
Uxbridge - 2 £35,000 -
Warrington - 1 - -

IBM Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing IBM Certification 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 Certification.

1 151 (100.00%) IBM
2 52 (34.44%) Linux
3 43 (28.48%) Windows
4 41 (27.15%) SQL
4 41 (27.15%) Cognos
5 37 (24.50%) Business Intelligence
6 36 (23.84%) Microsoft
7 35 (23.18%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 32 (21.19%) Lotus
9 30 (19.87%) Oracle
9 30 (19.87%) UNIX
9 30 (19.87%) IBM Notes
10 29 (19.21%) Project Management
11 27 (17.88%) MS Excel
12 25 (16.56%) Finance
13 24 (15.89%) Tivoli
14 23 (15.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 23 (15.23%) Data Warehouse
15 22 (14.57%) SharePoint
15 22 (14.57%) WebSphere
16 21 (13.91%) MS Exchange
17 20 (13.25%) Microsoft Certification
17 20 (13.25%) Cisco
17 20 (13.25%) ITIL
18 19 (12.58%) WebSphere Application Server
18 19 (12.58%) Service Delivery
19 18 (11.92%) VMware
19 18 (11.92%) Data Management
20 17 (11.26%) SQL Server
20 17 (11.26%) RDBMS

IBM Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing IBM Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (14.57%) WebSphere
2 14 (9.272%) XML
2 14 (9.272%) ODBC
2 14 (9.272%) HTML
2 14 (9.272%) CSS
2 14 (9.272%) Ajax
3 13 (8.609%) XPages
4 12 (7.947%) WebSphere MQ
5 6 (3.974%) Middleware
6 1 (0.662%) JSF
6 1 (0.662%) JSP
6 1 (0.662%) Servlets
6 1 (0.662%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 30 (19.87%) IBM Notes
2 22 (14.57%) SharePoint
3 21 (13.91%) MS Exchange
4 19 (12.58%) WebSphere Application Server
5 16 (10.60%) Lync
6 15 (9.934%) Quickr
7 14 (9.272%) Lotus Domino
8 12 (7.947%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 8 (5.298%) FileNet
9 8 (5.298%) WebSphere Process Server
10 5 (3.311%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (1.987%) ESB
12 2 (1.325%) WebSphere Portal
12 2 (1.325%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (1.325%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (1.325%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 27 (17.88%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.325%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 35 (23.18%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (0.662%) FileNet Content Manager
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.60%) SAN
2 3 (1.987%) Network Security
2 3 (1.987%) IP Telephony
2 3 (1.987%) snoop
2 3 (1.987%) Internet
3 2 (1.325%) LDAP
3 2 (1.325%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (15.23%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (11.26%) SQL Server
2 17 (11.26%) RDBMS
3 16 (10.60%) Oracle Reports
4 15 (9.934%) Oracle 8/8i
5 14 (9.272%) SQL Server 2008
5 14 (9.272%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (6.623%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (3.311%) DataStage
8 4 (2.649%) DB2
9 3 (1.987%) Oracle 11g
10 2 (1.325%) UniData
11 1 (0.662%) ActiveReports
11 1 (0.662%) Oracle BI EE
11 1 (0.662%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.662%) OLTP
11 1 (0.662%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 2 (1.325%) Ant
1 2 (1.325%) ClearCase
1 2 (1.325%) TortoiseSVN
1 2 (1.325%) Subversion
2 1 (0.662%) Build Forge
2 1 (0.662%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (0.662%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
2 1 (0.662%) Eclipse
General
1 25 (16.56%) Finance
2 16 (10.60%) Advertising
2 16 (10.60%) Banking
3 5 (3.311%) Financial Institution
3 5 (3.311%) Back Office
4 4 (2.649%) Investment Banking
5 3 (1.987%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.987%) Law
6 2 (1.325%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.662%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (17.88%) Administrator
2 26 (17.22%) Consultant
3 22 (14.57%) Developer
4 19 (12.58%) Architect
5 16 (10.60%) IT Trainer
5 16 (10.60%) Team Leader
5 16 (10.60%) Trainer
6 14 (9.272%) Business Analyst
6 14 (9.272%) Analyst
6 14 (9.272%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 12 (7.947%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (7.947%) Cognos Consultant
8 11 (7.285%) Business Intelligence Consultant
9 9 (5.960%) Technical Account Manager
9 9 (5.960%) Technical Manager
9 9 (5.960%) Account Manager
9 9 (5.960%) Lotus Notes Developer
10 8 (5.298%) Domino Developer
11 7 (4.636%) Infrastructure Architect
11 7 (4.636%) FileNet Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.934%) Enterprise Storage
2 7 (4.636%) Statistics
2 7 (4.636%) Replication
3 6 (3.974%) Blackberry
4 5 (3.311%) PDA
4 5 (3.311%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.987%) EPoS
5 3 (1.987%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.662%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 52 (34.44%) Linux
2 43 (28.48%) Windows
3 30 (19.87%) UNIX
4 9 (5.960%) AIX
5 8 (5.298%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (5.298%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (4.636%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.987%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.987%) Solaris
7 3 (1.987%) Mac OS X
7 3 (1.987%) SUSE
8 2 (1.325%) zOS
8 2 (1.325%) Windows NT
8 2 (1.325%) HPUX
8 2 (1.325%) Windows XP
8 2 (1.325%) Windows 8
8 2 (1.325%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.325%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.50%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (19.21%) Project Management
3 20 (13.25%) ITIL
4 19 (12.58%) Service Delivery
5 18 (11.92%) Data Management
6 15 (9.934%) Service Management
6 15 (9.934%) PRINCE2
7 14 (9.272%) ETL
7 14 (9.272%) Workflow
7 14 (9.272%) Business Analytics
7 14 (9.272%) Kimball Methodology
7 14 (9.272%) Analytics
8 13 (8.609%) Business Analysis
8 13 (8.609%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (7.947%) Product Management
9 12 (7.947%) Data Protection
10 9 (5.960%) Data Modelling
11 8 (5.298%) ERP
12 7 (4.636%) Document Management
12 7 (4.636%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 41 (27.15%) SQL
2 14 (9.272%) LotusScript
3 10 (6.623%) PL/SQL
4 9 (5.960%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.987%) Java
5 3 (1.987%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.325%) Jython
6 2 (1.325%) Perl
Qualifications
1 20 (13.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (7.947%) Degree
3 7 (4.636%) MCITP
3 7 (4.636%) Oracle Certification
4 6 (3.974%) Microsoft Certified Architect
4 6 (3.974%) NCDA
4 6 (3.974%) NCIE
5 5 (3.311%) HP AIS
5 5 (3.311%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (3.311%) MCDST
5 5 (3.311%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.311%) CCNA
5 5 (3.311%) MCSA
6 4 (2.649%) Sun Certification
7 2 (1.325%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.325%) MCP
7 2 (1.325%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.636%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.636%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (4.636%) Oracle RAC
2 6 (3.974%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.987%) XenApp
3 3 (1.987%) vSphere
4 2 (1.325%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.325%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (15.89%) Tivoli
2 23 (15.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 151 (100.00%) IBM
2 41 (27.15%) Cognos
3 36 (23.84%) Microsoft
4 32 (21.19%) Lotus
5 30 (19.87%) Oracle
6 20 (13.25%) Cisco
7 18 (11.92%) VMware
8 16 (10.60%) IronPort
9 10 (6.623%) Citrix
10 8 (5.298%) HP
11 7 (4.636%) Red Hat
11 7 (4.636%) Kofax
12 6 (3.974%) NetApp
13 5 (3.311%) DataCore
13 5 (3.311%) Informatica
13 5 (3.311%) Dell
14 4 (2.649%) Sun
15 2 (1.325%) EMC
16 1 (0.662%) Lombardi
16 1 (0.662%) Interwoven
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