The first table below looks at the demand for IBM Certification in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IBM Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 Qualifications for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Certification
Rank 198 177 160
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -17
Permanent jobs citing IBM Certification 6 8 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.119% 0.176% 0.384%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.415% 0.713% 1.330%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 14
Average salary £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.52% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £42,500 £38,950
10% offered a salary of more than £61,750 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1447 1122 1203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 28.78% 24.62% 28.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1162 951 971
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
IBM Certification
England

IBM Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands IBM Certification Salary Trend

IBM Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IBM Certification across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands IBM Certification Salary Histogram

IBM Certification
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Warwickshire - 2 - -
Worcestershire - 2 £61,250 -
Birmingham - 1 £45,000 -
IBM Certification
England

IBM Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 8 (100.00%) IBM
2 5 (62.50%) WebSphere
3 3 (37.50%) UNIX
3 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) RDBMS
3 3 (37.50%) Java
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 3 (37.50%) DB2
3 3 (37.50%) Linux
3 3 (37.50%) EAI
3 3 (37.50%) SOA
3 3 (37.50%) ESB
3 3 (37.50%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 3 (37.50%) WebSphere MQ
4 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 2 (25.00%) Subversion
4 2 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (25.00%) WebSphere Portal
4 2 (25.00%) TortoiseSVN
4 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (25.00%) Windows NT
4 2 (25.00%) ClearCase
4 2 (25.00%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (25.00%) zOS
4 2 (25.00%) Citrix
4 2 (25.00%) HPUX
4 2 (25.00%) VMware
5 1 (12.50%) Jython
5 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Process Server

IBM Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 5 (62.50%) WebSphere
2 1 (12.50%) JSP
2 1 (12.50%) Servlets
2 1 (12.50%) Struts
2 1 (12.50%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) ESB
1 3 (37.50%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 3 (37.50%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (25.00%) WebSphere Portal
2 2 (25.00%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Process Server
3 1 (12.50%) Quickr
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) RDBMS
1 3 (37.50%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Subversion
1 2 (25.00%) TortoiseSVN
1 2 (25.00%) ClearCase
2 1 (12.50%) Ant
2 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Eclipse
2 1 (12.50%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Build Forge
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) WebSphere Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Portal Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) UNIX
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 2000 Server
2 2 (25.00%) Windows NT
2 2 (25.00%) zOS
2 2 (25.00%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) EAI
1 3 (37.50%) SOA
2 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Content Management
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Jython
2 1 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Sun Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) IBM
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 2 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (12.50%) Sun
4 1 (12.50%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Lotus