The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sybase products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sybase over the 3 months to 23 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 Glasgow 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sybase
Rank 11 51 48
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -3
Contract jobs citing Sybase 123 6 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 13.00% 0.776% 2.119%
As % of the Vendors category 27.89% 1.739% 3.906%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 3 6
Average daily rate £394 £325 £354
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.15% -8.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £305 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £325 £396
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £372
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +7.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.25 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year
-84.81% -
All Vendors
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
441 345 384
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 46.62% 44.63% 54.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 159 201
Average daily rate £338 £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £220 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £443 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 27 11
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.90 £35.00 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Sybase
Scotland

Sybase
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Sybase Hourly Rate Trend

Sybase
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

1 152 (72.38%) SQL
2 102 (48.57%) Java
3 90 (42.86%) UNIX
4 86 (40.95%) C#
5 62 (29.52%) Spring
6 61 (29.05%) Multithreading
7 60 (28.57%) SQL Server
8 58 (27.62%) Finance
9 45 (21.43%) Fixed Income
9 45 (21.43%) Oracle
10 44 (20.95%) Linux
11 43 (20.48%) WPF
12 34 (16.19%) Perl
13 33 (15.71%) RDBMS
14 32 (15.24%) XML
14 32 (15.24%) Windows
14 32 (15.24%) DB2
15 30 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
15 30 (14.29%) Banking
16 29 (13.81%) JUnit
17 27 (12.86%) Tomcat
18 25 (11.90%) Eclipse
19 23 (10.95%) C++
19 23 (10.95%) Shell Script
20 22 (10.48%) WinForms
21 21 (10.00%) Subversion
22 20 (9.524%) OO
23 19 (9.048%) J2SE
23 19 (9.048%) JMS
23 19 (9.048%) Data Modelling

Sybase
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 62 (29.52%) Spring
2 43 (20.48%) WPF
3 32 (15.24%) XML
4 22 (10.48%) WinForms
5 19 (9.048%) J2SE
5 19 (9.048%) JMS
5 19 (9.048%) Hibernate
6 14 (6.667%) .NET
7 11 (5.238%) XSLT
8 9 (4.286%) J2EE
9 7 (3.333%) XSL
9 7 (3.333%) SOAP
9 7 (3.333%) Web Services
10 6 (2.857%) HTML5
10 6 (2.857%) CSS
11 5 (2.381%) HTML
11 5 (2.381%) jQuery
12 4 (1.905%) Ext JS
12 4 (1.905%) Sencha Touch
13 3 (1.429%) SWT
Application Platforms
1 27 (12.86%) Tomcat
2 8 (3.810%) Mule
3 4 (1.905%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.429%) GlassFish
5 2 (0.952%) Lightstreamer
6 1 (0.476%) FileNet
6 1 (0.476%) Apache
6 1 (0.476%) Documentum
Applications
1 8 (3.810%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.476%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.429%) HTTP
2 2 (0.952%) SAN
2 2 (0.952%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 33 (15.71%) RDBMS
3 32 (15.24%) DB2
4 8 (3.810%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (3.810%) Sybase IQ
5 7 (3.333%) SQL Server 2000
5 7 (3.333%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.333%) DTS
5 7 (3.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
7 5 (2.381%) Data Mining
8 4 (1.905%) Sybase ASE
9 3 (1.429%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (1.429%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.952%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.476%) KDB
11 1 (0.476%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 29 (13.81%) JUnit
2 25 (11.90%) Eclipse
3 21 (10.00%) Subversion
4 13 (6.190%) JIRA
5 11 (5.238%) Maven
6 9 (4.286%) Jenkins
7 7 (3.333%) ClearCase
7 7 (3.333%) Selenium
7 7 (3.333%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.429%) Bugzilla
8 3 (1.429%) Ant
8 3 (1.429%) CruiseControl
8 3 (1.429%) Eclipse RCP
8 3 (1.429%) Trac
8 3 (1.429%) Hudson
9 2 (0.952%) QuickTest Pro
10 1 (0.476%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.476%) TestComplete
10 1 (0.476%) Aptana Studio
General
1 58 (27.62%) Finance
2 30 (14.29%) Banking
3 15 (7.143%) Front Office
4 13 (6.190%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.476%) Legal
Job Titles
1 165 (78.57%) Developer
2 60 (28.57%) C# Developer
3 55 (26.19%) Java Developer
4 24 (11.43%) WPF Developer
5 21 (10.00%) Analyst
6 16 (7.619%) WinForms Developer
7 15 (7.143%) Sybase Developer
8 14 (6.667%) Support Analyst
8 14 (6.667%) Applications Support
8 14 (6.667%) Applications Support Analyst
9 13 (6.190%) C++ Developer
10 12 (5.714%) Senior Developer
11 7 (3.333%) ScrumMaster
12 6 (2.857%) Senior C# Developer
12 6 (2.857%) Applications Developer
12 6 (2.857%) Informatica Developer
13 5 (2.381%) SQL Developer
13 5 (2.381%) .NET Developer
13 5 (2.381%) Consultant
13 5 (2.381%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 45 (21.43%) Fixed Income
2 15 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (6.667%) Equity Derivative
4 11 (5.238%) Data Integration
4 11 (5.238%) Derivative
5 9 (4.286%) N-Tier
6 8 (3.810%) Computer Science
7 7 (3.333%) Market Risk
8 4 (1.905%) Mathematics
8 4 (1.905%) Clustering
9 3 (1.429%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.952%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.952%) iPad
10 2 (0.952%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.476%) Equities
11 1 (0.476%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 90 (42.86%) UNIX
2 44 (20.95%) Linux
3 32 (15.24%) Windows
4 6 (2.857%) Solaris
5 3 (1.429%) Windows XP
5 3 (1.429%) Windows Vista
6 2 (0.952%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.476%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (29.05%) Multithreading
2 30 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 20 (9.524%) OO
4 19 (9.048%) Data Modelling
4 19 (9.048%) Scrum
5 14 (6.667%) ITIL
5 14 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
6 13 (6.190%) Unit Testing
7 12 (5.714%) Analytics
8 11 (5.238%) Extreme Programming
9 10 (4.762%) Test Automation
9 10 (4.762%) ETL
10 9 (4.286%) UML
11 7 (3.333%) Risk Management
11 7 (3.333%) Migration
12 6 (2.857%) User Acceptance Testing
12 6 (2.857%) SOA
13 5 (2.381%) TDD
13 5 (2.381%) Software Testing
13 5 (2.381%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 152 (72.38%) SQL
2 102 (48.57%) Java
3 86 (40.95%) C#
4 34 (16.19%) Perl
5 23 (10.95%) C++
5 23 (10.95%) Shell Script
6 17 (8.095%) T-SQL
7 12 (5.714%) C++/CLI
7 12 (5.714%) VB
8 9 (4.286%) VBA
9 7 (3.333%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.381%) Python
11 4 (1.905%) Scala
11 4 (1.905%) Jython
12 3 (1.429%) Korn
12 3 (1.429%) Bash shell
13 2 (0.952%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.952%) VBScript
13 2 (0.952%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.476%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (4.762%) Degree
2 2 (0.952%) SC Cleared
2 2 (0.952%) Security Cleared
2 2 (0.952%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.667%) SLA
2 8 (3.810%) QA
3 1 (0.476%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.476%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.476%) Control-M
Vendors
1 45 (21.43%) Oracle
2 12 (5.714%) Informatica
3 4 (1.905%) Sencha
3 4 (1.905%) ION Trading
3 4 (1.905%) Perforce
4 3 (1.429%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.429%) Avaloq
5 2 (0.952%) Sun
5 2 (0.952%) Temenos
5 2 (0.952%) CA
6 1 (0.476%) VMware
6 1 (0.476%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.476%) SAP
6 1 (0.476%) JBoss
6 1 (0.476%) IBM
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
A rapidly expanding client based in Glasgow are seeking a Java/Scala Developer to join the existing team... You should be adaptable to multiple technologies, but experience in...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Developers with the following skills are encouraged to apply: * Extensive experience in Java, ideally within a multi-threaded environment * Strong Object Orientated Design experience. * Any experience in Hibernate,...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 22 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Developers with the following skills are encouraged to apply: * Extensive experience in Java, ideally within a multi-threaded environment * Strong Object Orientated Design experience. * Any experience in Hibernate,...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Posted: 23 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
They are not looking for business analysts with a background in testing) - Strong database analysis skills on Sybase and/or DB2, with a proficiency in writing complex SQL...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £350 - £425 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
They are not looking for business analysts with a background in testing) - Strong database analysis skills on Sybase and/or DB2, with a proficiency in writing complex SQL...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £350 - £425 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013