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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of IBM products and/or services in IT jobs within the Watford region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank954
Rank change on same period last yearUp+45
Matching permanent IT job ads867
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.003 %
As % of the category below31.50 %2.500 %
Salaries quoted546
Average minimum salary£37,383£34,500
Average salary£40,094£36,000
% change on same period last year+11.37 %
Average maximum salary£42,805£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£42,645£43,862
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Watford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Watford
Matching permanent IT job ads273280
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.149 %0.118 %
Salaries quoted228248
Average minimum salary£40,177£35,127
Average salary£43,192£38,165
% change on same period last year+13.17 %
Average maximum salary£46,208£41,202
UK excluding London average salary£40,005£41,895
% change on same period last year-4.51 %
IBM HertfordshireIBM
Hertfordshire

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).

IBM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing IBM across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Watford IBM Demand Trend

IBM
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IBM across the Watford region.

Watford IBM Salary Trend

IBM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IBM across the Watford region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Watford IBM Salary Histogram

IBM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Watford 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.

195 (70.90 %)UNIX
279 (58.96 %)WebSphere
378 (58.21 %)E-Commerce
472 (53.73 %)DB2
552 (38.81 %)Windows
649 (36.57 %)HTTP
748 (35.82 %)SAN
748 (35.82 %)WebSphere Application Server
841 (30.60 %)Linux
841 (30.60 %)IBM HTTP Server
936 (26.87 %)Oracle
1035 (26.12 %)SQL
1035 (26.12 %)Games
1134 (25.37 %)MQSeries
1233 (24.63 %)Perl
1233 (24.63 %)AIX
1332 (23.88 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1428 (20.90 %)Java
1526 (19.40 %)J2EE
1623 (17.16 %)Retail
1623 (17.16 %)Brocade
1721 (15.67 %)Tomcat
1817 (12.69 %)Tivoli
1817 (12.69 %)Finance
1817 (12.69 %)SQL Server
1817 (12.69 %)JDBC
1916 (11.94 %)Sybase
1916 (11.94 %)Middleware
2014 (10.45 %)JUnit
2113 (9.701 %)JavaScript

IBM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Watford 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.

Watford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
179 (58.96 %)WebSphere
226 (19.40 %)J2EE
317 (12.69 %)JDBC
416 (11.94 %)Middleware
513 (9.701 %)XHTML
513 (9.701 %)JMS
513 (9.701 %)Struts
513 (9.701 %)HTML
513 (9.701 %)CSS
612 (8.955 %)EJB
711 (8.209 %)JSP
83 (2.239 %)Servlets
83 (2.239 %)XML
83 (2.239 %)JSF
83 (2.239 %)AJAX
92 (1.493 %)MVC
92 (1.493 %).NET
101 (0.746 %)XSLT
101 (0.746 %)Hibernate
101 (0.746 %)NetBeans
Watford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
148 (35.82 %)WebSphere Application Server
241 (30.60 %)IBM HTTP Server
334 (25.37 %)MQSeries
421 (15.67 %)Tomcat
513 (9.701 %)IIS
65 (3.731 %)JBoss
71 (0.746 %)WebLogic
Watford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (4.478 %)MS Excel
22 (1.493 %)MS Office
22 (1.493 %)Spreadsheet
31 (0.746 %)MS Project
31 (0.746 %)MS Visio
31 (0.746 %)MS PowerPoint
Watford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
149 (36.57 %)HTTP
248 (35.82 %)SAN
38 (5.970 %)SSL
38 (5.970 %)TCP/IP
47 (5.224 %)DNS
47 (5.224 %)SNMP
51 (0.746 %)Internet
Watford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
172 (53.73 %)DB2
217 (12.69 %)SQL Server
33 (2.239 %)TOAD
41 (0.746 %)OLTP
41 (0.746 %)MySQL
Watford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (10.45 %)JUnit
23 (2.239 %)TestDirector
32 (1.493 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
32 (1.493 %)Eclipse
41 (0.746 %)JDeveloper
41 (0.746 %)JBuilder
41 (0.746 %)Log4j
Watford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (26.12 %)Games
223 (17.16 %)Retail
317 (12.69 %)Finance
412 (8.955 %)Insurance
52 (1.493 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.746 %)Front Office
61 (0.746 %)Banking
61 (0.746 %)Pensions
Watford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
160 (44.78 %)Administrator
241 (30.60 %)Applications Support
333 (24.63 %)Storage Administrator
422 (16.42 %)SAN Administrator
520 (14.93 %)Support Specialist
520 (14.93 %)Applications Specialist
520 (14.93 %)Developer
520 (14.93 %)Applications Support Specialist
619 (14.18 %)Systems Administrator
715 (11.19 %)Analyst
814 (10.45 %)UNIX Support
913 (9.701 %)UNIX Administrator
1012 (8.955 %)UNIX Specialist
1012 (8.955 %)Java Developer
1012 (8.955 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1111 (8.209 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1210 (7.463 %)J2EE Developer
139 (6.716 %)Junior
148 (5.970 %)Support Analyst
157 (5.224 %)Web Developer
Watford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (3.731 %)HACMP
23 (2.239 %)Firmware
32 (1.493 %)Mainframe
32 (1.493 %)Web 2.0
41 (0.746 %)Tandem
41 (0.746 %)EPoS
Watford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
195 (70.90 %)UNIX
252 (38.81 %)Windows
341 (30.60 %)Linux
433 (24.63 %)AIX
511 (8.209 %)Red Hat Linux
64 (2.985 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
73 (2.239 %)SUSE
81 (0.746 %)Windows Server 2003
Watford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
178 (58.21 %)E-Commerce
212 (8.955 %)Continuous Integration
37 (5.224 %)UML
45 (3.731 %)ITSM
45 (3.731 %)Service Management
54 (2.985 %)Change Management
63 (2.239 %)Risk Analysis
72 (1.493 %)RAD
72 (1.493 %)PRINCE2
72 (1.493 %)ERP
72 (1.493 %)SOA
81 (0.746 %)PRINCE
81 (0.746 %)Project Management
81 (0.746 %)ITIL
81 (0.746 %)OO
81 (0.746 %)Content Management
81 (0.746 %)Web Development
81 (0.746 %)Problem Management
Watford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
135 (26.12 %)SQL
233 (24.63 %)Perl
328 (20.90 %)Java
413 (9.701 %)JavaScript
413 (9.701 %)PL/SQL
59 (6.716 %)Korn
65 (3.731 %)VB
73 (2.239 %)Shell Script
81 (0.746 %)XPath
81 (0.746 %)C++
Watford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (2.985 %)Sun Certification
22 (1.493 %)MCSE
22 (1.493 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.746 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.746 %)ITIL Certification
31 (0.746 %)SNIA Certification
Watford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (5.970 %)SLA
Watford IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
132 (23.88 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
217 (12.69 %)Tivoli
37 (5.224 %)Tivoli Monitoring
37 (5.224 %)Netcool
37 (5.224 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
37 (5.224 %)CONTROL-M
Watford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
136 (26.87 %)Oracle
223 (17.16 %)Brocade
316 (11.94 %)Sybase
411 (8.209 %)Red Hat
57 (5.224 %)BMC
64 (2.985 %)Sun
73 (2.239 %)Microsoft
82 (1.493 %)Tridion
82 (1.493 %)Blue Martini
82 (1.493 %)HP
82 (1.493 %)Interwoven
91 (0.746 %)BEA
91 (0.746 %)NetApp
91 (0.746 %)Cisco
91 (0.746 %)Remedy
91 (0.746 %)ATG