The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sybase 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 Sybase over the 3 months to 17 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 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 Sybase, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sybase
Rank 225 230 79
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -151
Contract jobs citing Sybase 347 412 1280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.835% 0.772% 2.268%
As % of the Vendors category 1.794% 1.669% 4.924%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 309 935
Average daily rate £500 £530 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.66% +0.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £425 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £372
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +7.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
Average hourly rate £12.00 £67.50 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-82.22% +50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.00 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year
-83.70% -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19343 24682 25994
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.53% 46.26% 46.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 10648 13062 13369
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £238 £250
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 1121 1209 1513
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £11.99 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sybase
UK

Sybase
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Sybase Jobs Demand Trend

Sybase
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Sybase Daily Rate Trend

Sybase
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sybase across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Sybase Daily Rate Histogram

Sybase
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Sybase Hourly Rate Trend

Sybase
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sybase across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Sybase Hourly Rate Histogram

Sybase
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sybase within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -7 322 £500 -9.09%
West Midlands - 9 £475 -
South East +23 7 £463 +2.83%
South West +19 3 - -
Yorkshire - 3 £255 -
North West +14 2 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Sybase
UK

Sybase
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sybase 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 Sybase.

1 373 (57.47%) SQL
2 336 (51.77%) Oracle
3 277 (42.68%) Banking
4 269 (41.45%) Finance
5 238 (36.67%) SQL Server
6 221 (34.05%) Java
7 210 (32.36%) UNIX
8 200 (30.82%) Investment Banking
9 146 (22.50%) C#
10 128 (19.72%) Linux
11 104 (16.02%) Front Office
12 90 (13.87%) Solaris
12 90 (13.87%) Perl
13 79 (12.17%) Business Objects
14 75 (11.56%) .NET
15 74 (11.40%) T-SQL
16 73 (11.25%) Shell Script
17 72 (11.09%) Derivative
18 69 (10.63%) Sybase ASE
19 67 (10.32%) Windows
20 66 (10.17%) C++
21 63 (9.707%) Agile Software Development
22 62 (9.553%) SAP
22 62 (9.553%) Data Warehouse
23 60 (9.245%) MS Excel
24 59 (9.091%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
25 56 (8.629%) Fixed Income
26 54 (8.320%) Spring
27 53 (8.166%) Business Intelligence
27 53 (8.166%) Multithreading

Sybase
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Sybase 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 Sybase. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 75 (11.56%) .NET
2 54 (8.320%) Spring
3 50 (7.704%) XML
4 35 (5.393%) WPF
5 32 (4.931%) Middleware
6 31 (4.777%) Swing
7 28 (4.314%) Hibernate
7 28 (4.314%) HTML
8 27 (4.160%) Web Services
9 23 (3.544%) XSLT
10 22 (3.390%) JMS
11 20 (3.082%) J2EE
12 18 (2.773%) Silverlight
13 17 (2.619%) WCF
13 17 (2.619%) WebSphere
14 16 (2.465%) jQuery
14 16 (2.465%) ASP.NET
15 15 (2.311%) CSS
16 14 (2.157%) WinForms
17 12 (1.849%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 25 (3.852%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.236%) WebLogic
3 19 (2.928%) NetWeaver
4 17 (2.619%) Oracle Coherence
5 16 (2.465%) Apache
6 13 (2.003%) IIS
7 9 (1.387%) Rendezvous
8 8 (1.233%) SAS
8 8 (1.233%) Tomcat
8 8 (1.233%) MSMQ
9 7 (1.079%) MQSeries
9 7 (1.079%) TIBCO EMS
9 7 (1.079%) Confluence
10 5 (0.770%) MTS
11 4 (0.616%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.462%) CMS
12 3 (0.462%) GlassFish
13 2 (0.308%) GemFire
13 2 (0.308%) Exchange Server 2007
13 2 (0.308%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 60 (9.245%) MS Excel
2 9 (1.387%) MS Office
3 8 (1.233%) MS PowerPoint
4 7 (1.079%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.924%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.154%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 15 (2.311%) Summit
1 15 (2.311%) RMDS
2 13 (2.003%) ION MarketView
3 10 (1.541%) SAP BPC
3 10 (1.541%) Global One
4 6 (0.924%) SAP CRM
4 6 (0.924%) Endur
4 6 (0.924%) Kondor+
5 5 (0.770%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.616%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.462%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 3 (0.462%) Oracle BPM
8 2 (0.308%) Front Arena
9 1 (0.154%) Murex MxG2000
9 1 (0.154%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.317%) SAN
2 19 (2.928%) HTTP
3 9 (1.387%) NAS
4 7 (1.079%) Internet
5 3 (0.462%) Intranet
5 3 (0.462%) LDAP
6 2 (0.308%) LAN
6 2 (0.308%) VoIP
6 2 (0.308%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.308%) Wireless
7 1 (0.154%) Firewall
7 1 (0.154%) DNS
7 1 (0.154%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.154%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 238 (36.67%) SQL Server
2 69 (10.63%) Sybase ASE
3 62 (9.553%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (7.550%) BusinessObjects
5 48 (7.396%) RDBMS
6 42 (6.471%) Sybase IQ
7 40 (6.163%) DB2
8 30 (4.622%) BusinessObjects XI
9 25 (3.852%) SAP BW
10 24 (3.698%) OLAP
11 19 (2.928%) QlikView
12 18 (2.773%) Star Schema
13 17 (2.619%) Oracle 10g
13 17 (2.619%) DataStage
13 17 (2.619%) SQL Server 2005
13 17 (2.619%) Oracle Exadata
14 16 (2.465%) BODI
15 15 (2.311%) Oracle OLAP
16 14 (2.157%) Oracle 11g
16 14 (2.157%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 46 (7.088%) Subversion
2 22 (3.390%) JUnit
3 20 (3.082%) Maven
4 17 (2.619%) JIRA
5 15 (2.311%) Visual Studio
6 14 (2.157%) Eclipse
7 11 (1.695%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
8 10 (1.541%) QuickTest Pro
9 9 (1.387%) Selenium
10 8 (1.233%) PowerBuilder
10 8 (1.233%) Ant
11 7 (1.079%) TeamCity
11 7 (1.079%) TortoiseSVN
12 6 (0.924%) Talend Open Studio
13 5 (0.770%) ClearCase
14 3 (0.462%) Mockito
14 3 (0.462%) Hudson
14 3 (0.462%) Eclipse RCP
14 3 (0.462%) FishEye
14 3 (0.462%) NUnit
General
1 277 (42.68%) Banking
2 269 (41.45%) Finance
3 200 (30.82%) Investment Banking
4 104 (16.02%) Front Office
5 46 (7.088%) Back Office
6 15 (2.311%) Financial Institution
7 11 (1.695%) Retail
8 9 (1.387%) Corporate Banking
8 9 (1.387%) French Language
9 7 (1.079%) Marketing
10 5 (0.770%) Legal
10 5 (0.770%) Advertising
11 2 (0.308%) Games
11 2 (0.308%) German Language
12 1 (0.154%) Portuguese Language
12 1 (0.154%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.154%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.154%) Publishing
12 1 (0.154%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.154%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 342 (52.70%) Developer
2 108 (16.64%) Analyst
3 101 (15.56%) Java Developer
4 49 (7.550%) DBA
5 45 (6.934%) C# Developer
6 43 (6.626%) Support Analyst
7 34 (5.239%) Senior Developer
7 34 (5.239%) Consultant
7 34 (5.239%) Sybase Developer
8 33 (5.085%) Architect
9 32 (4.931%) C++ Developer
9 32 (4.931%) Sybase DBA
10 29 (4.468%) Business Developer
11 28 (4.314%) Business Objects Developer
12 24 (3.698%) Administrator
13 23 (3.544%) UNIX Systems Administrator
13 23 (3.544%) Business Analyst
14 18 (2.773%) Systems Administrator
14 18 (2.773%) SQL Developer
15 16 (2.465%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 72 (11.09%) Derivative
2 59 (9.091%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 56 (8.629%) Fixed Income
4 45 (6.934%) Credit Risk
5 40 (6.163%) Equities
6 24 (3.698%) Replication
7 22 (3.390%) Symmetrix DMX
8 18 (2.773%) Market Risk
8 18 (2.773%) Wiki
9 17 (2.619%) SWIFT
10 16 (2.465%) Computer Science
11 15 (2.311%) RIA
12 14 (2.157%) Mathematics
13 10 (1.541%) Equity Derivative
14 9 (1.387%) Clustering
15 7 (1.079%) Interest Rate Derivative
15 7 (1.079%) N-Tier
15 7 (1.079%) Data Integration
15 7 (1.079%) Open Source
15 7 (1.079%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 210 (32.36%) UNIX
2 128 (19.72%) Linux
3 90 (13.87%) Solaris
4 67 (10.32%) Windows
5 36 (5.547%) AIX
6 23 (3.544%) SUSE
7 15 (2.311%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (2.003%) Windows XP
9 12 (1.849%) Windows Server 2003
10 10 (1.541%) HPUX
11 5 (0.770%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.308%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.308%) Android
13 1 (0.154%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.154%) NetWare
13 1 (0.154%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (9.707%) Agile Software Development
2 53 (8.166%) Business Intelligence
2 53 (8.166%) Multithreading
3 48 (7.396%) ETL
3 48 (7.396%) TDD
4 43 (6.626%) Migration
5 41 (6.317%) ITIL
6 38 (5.855%) OO
7 36 (5.547%) Risk Management
8 35 (5.393%) Data Modelling
9 32 (4.931%) Analytics
10 30 (4.622%) Change Management
11 27 (4.160%) Workflow
12 26 (4.006%) Project Management
13 24 (3.698%) Unit Testing
14 22 (3.390%) Dimensional Modelling
14 22 (3.390%) RDF
15 21 (3.236%) MVVM
16 20 (3.082%) Scrum
17 19 (2.928%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 373 (57.47%) SQL
2 221 (34.05%) Java
3 146 (22.50%) C#
4 90 (13.87%) Perl
5 74 (11.40%) T-SQL
6 73 (11.25%) Shell Script
7 66 (10.17%) C++
8 44 (6.780%) PL/SQL
9 36 (5.547%) JavaScript
9 36 (5.547%) VBA
10 28 (4.314%) Korn
11 21 (3.236%) Python
11 21 (3.236%) VB
12 19 (2.928%) C
13 17 (2.619%) R
14 10 (1.541%) ABAP
15 8 (1.233%) C-shell
16 7 (1.079%) Bash shell
16 7 (1.079%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.770%) Scala
Qualifications
1 45 (6.934%) Degree
2 10 (1.541%) ISEB
2 10 (1.541%) ISTQB
3 8 (1.233%) HP ASE
4 3 (0.462%) SAP Certification
5 2 (0.308%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.308%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.308%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.154%) MCSD
6 1 (0.154%) MCSE
6 1 (0.154%) PMP
6 1 (0.154%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.468%) QA
2 8 (1.233%) SLA
3 1 (0.154%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.154%) Basel II
3 1 (0.154%) Basel III
3 1 (0.154%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 22 (3.390%) Veritas Volume Manager
1 22 (3.390%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 17 (2.619%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.541%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.541%) Oracle RAC
4 7 (1.079%) NFS
5 1 (0.154%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.154%) Samba
5 1 (0.154%) SRDF
5 1 (0.154%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.541%) Tivoli
1 10 (1.541%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (1.233%) Control-M
3 5 (0.770%) Data Guard
4 4 (0.616%) Nagios
5 2 (0.308%) Splunk
5 2 (0.308%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.154%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.154%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 336 (51.77%) Oracle
2 79 (12.17%) Business Objects
3 62 (9.553%) SAP
4 47 (7.242%) Microsoft
5 42 (6.471%) EMC
5 42 (6.471%) Bloomberg
6 38 (5.855%) Reuters
7 36 (5.547%) Sun
8 32 (4.931%) TIBCO
9 30 (4.622%) Veritas
10 26 (4.006%) Murex
11 25 (3.852%) Informatica
11 25 (3.852%) VMware
12 21 (3.236%) Cognos
13 17 (2.619%) IBM
14 15 (2.311%) MicroStrategy
14 15 (2.311%) JBoss
14 15 (2.311%) ION Trading
15 14 (2.157%) Citrix
15 14 (2.157%) NetApp
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