The first table below looks at the demand for PowerExchange skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PowerExchange over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Lancashire 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Informatica PowerExchange
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing PowerExchange 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £550 £375
% change year-on-year
- +46.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
27 78 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 13.37% 18.27% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 39 25
Average daily rate £275 £300 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -8.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £475 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 9
Average hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £20.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £78.94 £30.00 £64.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
PowerExchange
North West

PowerExchange
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PowerExchange across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Lancashire PowerExchange Jobs Demand Trend

PowerExchange
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire PowerExchange Daily Rate Trend

PowerExchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing PowerExchange 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 PowerExchange.

1 10 (100.00%) Informatica
2 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) Shell Script
3 6 (60.00%) Oracle
4 5 (50.00%) ETL
4 5 (50.00%) Change Data Capture
5 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (30.00%) BC Cleared
7 2 (20.00%) PowerCenter
7 2 (20.00%) Workflow
7 2 (20.00%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (20.00%) XML
7 2 (20.00%) UNIX
8 1 (10.00%) Windows
8 1 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (10.00%) ClearCase
8 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
8 1 (10.00%) DB2
8 1 (10.00%) Web Services
8 1 (10.00%) Trillium
8 1 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
8 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
8 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
8 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
8 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (10.00%) Information Management
8 1 (10.00%) Finance
8 1 (10.00%) Migration

PowerExchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing PowerExchange 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 PowerExchange. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle Workflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) PowerCenter
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) DB2
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) ClearCase
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Informatica Specialist
2 5 (50.00%) Exchange Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Informatica Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Informatica Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ETL
1 5 (50.00%) Change Data Capture
2 2 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (10.00%) Information Management
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (10.00%) Release Management
3 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
1 7 (70.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Informatica
2 6 (60.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) Trillium