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 North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ab Initio over the 3 months to 18 June 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 North West 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ab Initio
Rank 115 131 123
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -8
Contract jobs citing Ab Initio 7 3 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.290% 0.099% 0.296%
As % of the Vendors category 0.633% 0.192% 0.646%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
Average daily rate £380 £450 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.55% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £350 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £392 £550 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £379 £400
% change year-on-year
-1.05% -5.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £72.50 - -
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1106 1565 1394
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.89% 51.40% 45.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 719 695
Average daily rate £334 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 88 98
Average hourly rate £20.50 £17.76 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.46% -1.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.69 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.17 £30.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Ab Initio
England

Ab Initio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire -2 3 £380 -15.55% 2
Manchester - - - - 3
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England

Ab Initio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 8 (72.73%) SQL
1 8 (72.73%) ETL
2 6 (54.55%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (45.45%) E-Commerce
3 5 (45.45%) Cognos
3 5 (45.45%) Oracle
4 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) RDBMS
5 3 (27.27%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
5 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
5 3 (27.27%) Kimball Methodology
6 2 (18.18%) Big Data
6 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (18.18%) Dimensional Modelling
6 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
6 2 (18.18%) Red Gate
6 2 (18.18%) T-SQL
6 2 (18.18%) Finance
6 2 (18.18%) Migration
7 1 (9.091%) TIBCO
7 1 (9.091%) Project Management
7 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
7 1 (9.091%) UNIX
7 1 (9.091%) Windows
7 1 (9.091%) Linux
7 1 (9.091%) Data Cleansing
7 1 (9.091%) Data Integration
7 1 (9.091%) Banking
7 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Ab Initio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 Development
1 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (27.27%) RDBMS
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (18.18%) Big Data
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Test Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Ab Initio Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Implementation Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Ab Initio Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
1 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) ETL
2 5 (45.45%) E-Commerce
3 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
4 3 (27.27%) Kimball Methodology
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (18.18%) Dimensional Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
6 1 (9.091%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (9.091%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
3 2 (18.18%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle
1 5 (45.45%) Cognos
2 2 (18.18%) Red Gate
3 1 (9.091%) TIBCO
Chester, North West
ETL, SQL Server, Cubes, Data, Testing, SSRS, SSASData Tester, 6 month contract starting ASAP, Chester, £340 - £380 per dayMy client are looking for an experienced data tester to...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £340.00 - £380.00 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
ETL, SQL Server, Cubes, Data, Testing, SSRS, SSAS Data Tester, 6 month contract starting ASAP, Chester, £340 - £380 per day My client are looking for an experienced data...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £340.00 - £380.00 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
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