The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sybase products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sybase over the 3 months to 24 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 Kent 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sybase
Rank 34 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Sybase 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.697% 0.379% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.242% 0.800% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £488 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £372
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +7.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £67.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.25 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year
-84.81% -
All Vendors
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
161 125 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 56.10% 47.35% 47.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 62 93
Average daily rate £300 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £135 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 £27.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.81% -31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.94 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £67.50 £105.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sybase
South East

Sybase
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Sybase Daily Rate Trend

Sybase
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Sybase Hourly Rate Trend

Sybase
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 3 (60.00%) Oracle
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (60.00%) Sybase ASE
1 3 (60.00%) TimesTen
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Exalytics
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Confluence
2 2 (40.00%) WPF
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) PowerBuilder
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Solaris
2 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) MCSD
3 1 (20.00%) DSDM
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (20.00%) MCPD

Sybase
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 2 (40.00%) WPF
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (60.00%) Sybase ASE
1 3 (60.00%) TimesTen
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
1 2 (40.00%) PowerBuilder
1 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) DBA
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle DBA
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Oracle DBA
1 3 (60.00%) Senior DBA
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Sybase DBA
2 2 (40.00%) Sybase DBA
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Development Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) ScrumMaster
3 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Exalytics
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) DSDM
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) MCSD
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) MCPD
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft