The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ab Initio products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ab Initio 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 Vendors for the England 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Ab Initio Software Corporation.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ab Initio
Rank 485 483 493
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +10
Contract jobs citing Ab Initio 47 62 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.109% 0.117% 0.152%
As % of the Vendors category 0.232% 0.253% 0.326%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 41 46
Average daily rate £375 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £326 £350 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £530 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £383 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.08% -4.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £72.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £72.50 - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20241 24494 26701
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.78% 46.25% 46.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11110 12869 13881
Average daily rate £400 £395 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.26% -4.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1142 1229 1552
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -4.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.37 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
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Ab Initio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Ab Initio across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

England Ab Initio Jobs Demand Trend

Ab Initio
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Ab Initio across the England region.

England Ab Initio Daily Rate Trend

Ab Initio
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ab Initio across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Ab Initio Daily Rate Histogram

Ab Initio
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Ab Initio across the England region.

England Ab Initio Hourly Rate Trend

Ab Initio
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ab Initio within the England region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East +22 22 £357 -6.78% 4
London +9 14 £463 -2.63% 11
North West +23 9 £360 -20.00% 3
East of England - 1 £500 - 2
Midlands - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
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Ab Initio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Ab Initio 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 Ab Initio.

1 54 (52.94%) ETL
2 52 (50.98%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (44.12%) Business Intelligence
4 38 (37.25%) Data Modelling
5 33 (32.35%) SQL
6 32 (31.37%) Teradata
7 30 (29.41%) ERwin
8 28 (27.45%) Informatica
9 25 (24.51%) IBM
9 25 (24.51%) Oracle
10 22 (21.57%) Finance
11 21 (20.59%) Retail
12 20 (19.61%) Telecoms
12 20 (19.61%) Kimball Methodology
13 18 (17.65%) Metadata Management
13 18 (17.65%) Waterfall
14 17 (16.67%) DataFlux
14 17 (16.67%) Data Quality
14 17 (16.67%) Inmon Methodology
14 17 (16.67%) Business Analysis
15 16 (15.69%) Zachman Framework
15 16 (15.69%) TOGAF
15 16 (15.69%) Banking
16 15 (14.71%) UNIX
17 11 (10.78%) SQL Server
17 11 (10.78%) E-Commerce
18 10 (9.804%) Cognos
18 10 (9.804%) Data Mapping
18 10 (9.804%) HP Quality Center
19 9 (8.824%) Requirements Analysis

Ab Initio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Ab Initio 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 Ab Initio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (3.922%) WebSphere
2 2 (1.961%) ASP
2 2 (1.961%) HTML
3 1 (0.980%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (0.980%) Middleware
3 1 (0.980%) CSS
3 1 (0.980%) Servlets
3 1 (0.980%) Web Services
3 1 (0.980%) XML
3 1 (0.980%) DOM
3 1 (0.980%) JMS
3 1 (0.980%) REST
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.941%) SAS
2 2 (1.961%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.980%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (0.980%) SPSS
1 1 (0.980%) MS Project
1 1 (0.980%) MS Excel
1 1 (0.980%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.980%) HFM
1 1 (0.980%) Hyperion Planning
1 1 (0.980%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.980%) Unica Affinium
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.961%) 4G
2 1 (0.980%) Internet
2 1 (0.980%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (50.98%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (10.78%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.882%) RDBMS
4 5 (4.902%) DataStage
5 4 (3.922%) IBM InfoSphere
5 4 (3.922%) Big Data
5 4 (3.922%) DB2
5 4 (3.922%) OLAP
5 4 (3.922%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (2.941%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (2.941%) Data Mart
6 3 (2.941%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.961%) QlikView
7 2 (1.961%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.961%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.961%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.980%) Oracle OWB
8 1 (0.980%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.980%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.980%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 30 (29.41%) ERwin
2 1 (0.980%) InterDev
2 1 (0.980%) XDE
2 1 (0.980%) Talend Open Studio
2 1 (0.980%) FrontPage
General
1 22 (21.57%) Finance
2 21 (20.59%) Retail
3 20 (19.61%) Telecoms
4 16 (15.69%) Banking
5 7 (6.863%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (1.961%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.961%) Games
7 1 (0.980%) Automotive
7 1 (0.980%) General Ledger
7 1 (0.980%) Billing
7 1 (0.980%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.980%) Marketing
7 1 (0.980%) German Language
Job Titles
1 25 (24.51%) Developer
2 19 (18.63%) Consultant
3 16 (15.69%) Ab Initio Developer
4 14 (13.73%) Architect
4 14 (13.73%) Designer
5 13 (12.75%) Test Leader
6 11 (10.78%) Analyst
7 8 (7.843%) Data Architect
7 8 (7.843%) Ab Initio Consultant
8 5 (4.902%) Data Warehouse Developer
9 4 (3.922%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 4 (3.922%) Business Analyst
10 3 (2.941%) Data Analyst
10 3 (2.941%) Data Modeller
11 2 (1.961%) Business Intelligence Architect
11 2 (1.961%) Technical Implementation Manager
11 2 (1.961%) ETL Developer
11 2 (1.961%) Test Engineer
11 2 (1.961%) Team Leader
11 2 (1.961%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.922%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.961%) Mathematics
2 2 (1.961%) Online Games
2 2 (1.961%) Data Integration
3 1 (0.980%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.980%) Data Extraction
3 1 (0.980%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.71%) UNIX
2 5 (4.902%) Linux
3 3 (2.941%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (52.94%) ETL
2 45 (44.12%) Business Intelligence
3 38 (37.25%) Data Modelling
4 20 (19.61%) Kimball Methodology
5 18 (17.65%) Metadata Management
5 18 (17.65%) Waterfall
6 17 (16.67%) Inmon Methodology
6 17 (16.67%) Business Analysis
7 16 (15.69%) Zachman Framework
7 16 (15.69%) TOGAF
8 11 (10.78%) E-Commerce
9 10 (9.804%) Data Mapping
10 9 (8.824%) Requirements Analysis
11 8 (7.843%) Test Scripting
12 7 (6.863%) Dimensional Modelling
13 6 (5.882%) Data Management
13 6 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
14 5 (4.902%) Software Testing
14 5 (4.902%) Test Strategy
14 5 (4.902%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 33 (32.35%) SQL
2 7 (6.863%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.922%) Java
3 4 (3.922%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.961%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.980%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.980%) VBA
5 1 (0.980%) Bash shell
5 1 (0.980%) Korn
Qualifications
1 6 (5.882%) SC Cleared
1 6 (5.882%) Security Cleared
2 2 (1.961%) Degree
3 1 (0.980%) CIPFA
3 1 (0.980%) CIMA
3 1 (0.980%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.941%) QA
Systems Management
1 10 (9.804%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.961%) Control-M
Vendors
1 32 (31.37%) Teradata
2 28 (27.45%) Informatica
3 25 (24.51%) IBM
3 25 (24.51%) Oracle
4 17 (16.67%) DataFlux
5 10 (9.804%) Cognos
6 7 (6.863%) Netezza
7 6 (5.882%) TIBCO
8 5 (4.902%) Microsoft
9 4 (3.922%) Business Objects
9 4 (3.922%) SAP
10 2 (1.961%) Red Gate
10 2 (1.961%) MicroStrategy
10 2 (1.961%) Hyperion
10 2 (1.961%) HP
11 1 (0.980%) Open Text
11 1 (0.980%) Brio
11 1 (0.980%) Casewise
11 1 (0.980%) CA
11 1 (0.980%) EMC
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ETL, SQL Server, Cubes, Data, Testing, SSRS, SSASData Tester, 6 month contract starting ASAP, Chester, £340 - £380 per dayMy client are looking for an experienced data tester to...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £340.00 - £380.00 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Skills/experience:- - TOGAF, Zachman or similar certification - Experience working on large scale database applications, data warehousing or BI initiatives - Demonstrable governance/Technical Design Authority experience - Very strong logical...
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Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
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