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 Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ab Initio 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 Hertfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ab Initio
Rank 61 - 63
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Ab Initio 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.311% - 0.346%
As % of the Vendors category 0.683% - 0.670%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
Average daily rate £430 - £400
90% offered a daily rate of more than £414 - £380
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 - £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £72.50 - -
All Vendors
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
293 364 448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 45.57% 37.60% 51.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 140 168
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £185 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £471 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 36 70
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -54.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £36.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Ab Initio
East of England

Ab Initio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Ab Initio Daily 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 Hertfordshire 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
St Albans - 2 £430 -
Ab Initio
East of England

Ab Initio
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 4 (80.00%) Retail
2 3 (60.00%) ETL
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (40.00%) TIBCO
3 2 (40.00%) Teradata
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (40.00%) SOA
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) DataFlux
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology
4 1 (20.00%) Inmon Methodology
4 1 (20.00%) Metadata Management
4 1 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) OLAP
4 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (20.00%) ERwin
4 1 (20.00%) OLTP
4 1 (20.00%) IBM
4 1 (20.00%) Informatica

Ab Initio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (20.00%) OLAP
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (20.00%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) ERwin
General
1 4 (80.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Trainer
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modeller
2 1 (20.00%) TIBCO Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ETL
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) SOA
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology
3 1 (20.00%) Inmon Methodology
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) TIBCO
1 2 (40.00%) Teradata
2 1 (20.00%) DataFlux
2 1 (20.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Informatica