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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ascential products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ascential over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAscential
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank530617
Rank change on same period last yearUp+87
Matching contract IT job ads2024
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.024 %
As % of the category below0.070 %0.059 %
Daily rates quoted101
Average minimum daily rate£438£500
Average daily rate£448£500
% change on same period last year-10.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£458£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£467£500
% change on same period last year-6.66 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads2843140655
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.72 %40.85 %
Daily rates quoted862912025
Average minimum daily rate£375£389
Average daily rate£400£413
% change on same period last year-3.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£354
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted26433810
Average minimum hourly rate£23.04£23.35
Average hourly rate£24.54£24.81
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.05£26.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.36£24.43
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Ascential UKAscential
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Ascential Software Corporation.

Ascential
Demand Trend

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

England Ascential Demand Trend

Ascential
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Ascential Daily Rate Trend

Ascential
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ascential across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England Ascential Daily Rate Histogram

Ascential
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Ascential Hourly Rate Trend

Ascential
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ascential within the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South WestUp+288£472-
LondonUp+666£275-
North WestUp+121--
South EastUp+401£425-
Ascential UKAscential
UK

Ascential
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Ascential 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 Ascential.

121 (56.76 %)DataStage
218 (48.65 %)ETL
315 (40.54 %)Oracle
412 (32.43 %)IBM
412 (32.43 %)Finance
511 (29.73 %)Informatica
511 (29.73 %)Migration
511 (29.73 %)Cognos
610 (27.03 %)Business Intelligence
610 (27.03 %)Data Management
610 (27.03 %)Data Migration
79 (24.32 %)Datawarehouse
88 (21.62 %)UNIX
88 (21.62 %)Legal
88 (21.62 %)Data Protection
88 (21.62 %)Pensions
97 (18.92 %)QualityStage
106 (16.22 %)Banking
106 (16.22 %)Oracle 9i
106 (16.22 %)SQL
115 (13.51 %)C
115 (13.51 %)PL/SQL
115 (13.51 %)RDBMS
115 (13.51 %)WebSphere
124 (10.81 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
124 (10.81 %)Data Analysis
124 (10.81 %)Shell Script
124 (10.81 %)ProfileStage
124 (10.81 %)AIX
133 (8.108 %)Business Objects

Ascential
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Ascential 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 Ascential. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (13.51 %)WebSphere
21 (2.703 %)XML
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.703 %)IIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (10.81 %)ProfileStage
14 (10.81 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
22 (5.405 %)SAP IS-U
31 (2.703 %)Siebel Analytics
31 (2.703 %)Cognos Planning
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (56.76 %)DataStage
218 (48.65 %)ETL
39 (24.32 %)Datawarehouse
47 (18.92 %)QualityStage
56 (16.22 %)Oracle 9i
65 (13.51 %)RDBMS
73 (8.108 %)Oracle OWB
73 (8.108 %)BusinessObjects
82 (5.405 %)Star Schema
82 (5.405 %)Oracle 10g
82 (5.405 %)DB2
91 (2.703 %)OLAP
91 (2.703 %)Informix
91 (2.703 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (2.703 %)Hyperion Essbase
91 (2.703 %)SQL Server 2005
91 (2.703 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (2.703 %)Oracle OLAP
91 (2.703 %)Data Cleansing
91 (2.703 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (32.43 %)Finance
28 (21.62 %)Legal
28 (21.62 %)Pensions
36 (16.22 %)Banking
43 (8.108 %)FMCG
52 (5.405 %)Marketing
52 (5.405 %)Retail
52 (5.405 %)Health
52 (5.405 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (2.703 %)Financial Institution
61 (2.703 %)Insurance
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (24.32 %)Data Manager
27 (18.92 %)Developer
35 (13.51 %)Project Manager
35 (13.51 %)DataStage Developer
44 (10.81 %)Data Analyst
44 (10.81 %)Analyst
53 (8.108 %)Consultant
53 (8.108 %)Lead Developer
53 (8.108 %)ETL Consultant
53 (8.108 %)DataStage Consultant
62 (5.405 %)Datawarehouse Developer
71 (2.703 %)Data Modeller
71 (2.703 %)ETL Developer
71 (2.703 %)Oracle Datawarehouse Developer
71 (2.703 %)BI Manager
71 (2.703 %)Oracle DBA
71 (2.703 %)Oracle Developer
71 (2.703 %)DBA
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.703 %)Data Extraction
11 (2.703 %)Data Integration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (21.62 %)UNIX
24 (10.81 %)AIX
31 (2.703 %)HPUX
31 (2.703 %)Windows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (29.73 %)Migration
210 (27.03 %)Data Management
210 (27.03 %)Business Intelligence
210 (27.03 %)Data Migration
38 (21.62 %)Data Protection
44 (10.81 %)Data Analysis
53 (8.108 %)Project Management
62 (5.405 %)Logistics
62 (5.405 %)Data Modelling
71 (2.703 %)Unit Testing
71 (2.703 %)System Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (16.22 %)SQL
25 (13.51 %)C
25 (13.51 %)PL/SQL
34 (10.81 %)Shell Script
42 (5.405 %)Transact-SQL
51 (2.703 %)COBOL
51 (2.703 %)Korn
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (40.54 %)Oracle
212 (32.43 %)IBM
311 (29.73 %)Informatica
311 (29.73 %)Cognos
43 (8.108 %)Business Objects
52 (5.405 %)SAP
61 (2.703 %)Siebel
61 (2.703 %)Microsoft
61 (2.703 %)Hyperion