The first table below looks at the demand for Informix skills in IT contracts advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Informix 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Liverpool 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Informix
Rank 18 - 24
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Informix 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 2.920% - 0.617%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 14.81% - 3.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+11.53% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Liverpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
27 59 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 19.71% 32.42% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 29 13
Average daily rate £400 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £290 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £346 £308
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £14.79 £9.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+64.30% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Informix
Merseyside

Informix
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Informix across the Liverpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Liverpool Informix Jobs Demand Trend

Informix
Daily Rate Trend

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

Liverpool Informix Daily Rate Trend

Informix
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Informix across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Liverpool Informix Daily Rate Histogram

Informix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool region citing Informix 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 Informix.

1 5 (62.50%) UNIX
1 5 (62.50%) Perl
1 5 (62.50%) C
2 4 (50.00%) Uniface
3 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
3 3 (37.50%) Subversion
3 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) Resource Management
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) Process Management
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (25.00%) .NET
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (25.00%) DB2
4 2 (25.00%) SAP
4 2 (25.00%) Windows
4 2 (25.00%) AIX
4 2 (25.00%) HPUX
4 2 (25.00%) Solaris
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 2 (25.00%) ERP

Informix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool region citing Informix 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 Informix. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (25.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Subversion
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) C Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Uniface Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Consultant
5 1 (12.50%) Support Consultant
5 1 (12.50%) Development Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) UNIX
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) AIX
2 2 (25.00%) HPUX
2 2 (25.00%) Solaris
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
1 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (25.00%) Resource Management
2 2 (25.00%) Process Management
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Perl
1 5 (62.50%) C
2 4 (50.00%) Uniface
3 2 (25.00%) Java
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
1 2 (25.00%) IBM
1 2 (25.00%) Sun
1 2 (25.00%) Baan
1 2 (25.00%) JD Edwards