The first table below looks at the demand for PowerExchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PowerExchange 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 of the Application Platforms category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Informatica PowerExchange
Rank 201 214 243
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +29
Contract jobs citing PowerExchange 2 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.031% 0.051% 0.020%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.184% 0.335% 0.139%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
Average daily rate - £550 £403
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +36.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £550 £378
% change year-on-year
- +45.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1088 1193 1435
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 17.06% 15.17% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 808 1010
Average daily rate £405 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £253 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 35 63
Average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.00 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.20 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
PowerExchange
London

PowerExchange
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PowerExchange across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

City of London PowerExchange Jobs Demand Trend

PowerExchange
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PowerExchange across the City of London region.

City of London PowerExchange Daily Rate Trend

PowerExchange
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing PowerExchange 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited PowerExchange.

1 8 (100.00%) Informatica
2 6 (75.00%) PowerCenter
3 5 (62.50%) Finance
4 4 (50.00%) Banking
5 3 (37.50%) ISO 9001
5 3 (37.50%) B2B
5 3 (37.50%) Financial Institution
6 2 (25.00%) Fixed Income
6 2 (25.00%) Control-M
6 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
6 2 (25.00%) FpML
6 2 (25.00%) C
6 2 (25.00%) Oracle
6 2 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (25.00%) ETL
6 2 (25.00%) Derivative
7 1 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (12.50%) iPad
7 1 (12.50%) Metadata Management
7 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
7 1 (12.50%) Essbase
7 1 (12.50%) HTTP

PowerExchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing PowerExchange also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PowerExchange. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) FpML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) PowerCenter
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (12.50%) Essbase
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Banking
3 3 (37.50%) Financial Institution
4 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Developer
1 2 (25.00%) Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Informatica Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Informatica Developer
2 1 (12.50%) ETL Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Informatica Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Fixed Income
1 2 (25.00%) Derivative
2 1 (12.50%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) B2B
2 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (12.50%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Control-M
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Informatica
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle