The first table below looks at the demand for IBM InfoSphere skills 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 IBM InfoSphere 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 Database & Business Intelligence category 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM InfoSphere
Rank 118 133 127
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -6
Contract jobs citing IBM InfoSphere 1 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.042% 0.063% 0.100%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.185% 0.284% 0.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £350 £225 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+55.55% -35.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £438
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
540 704 669
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 22.87% 22.32% 22.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 370 371
Average daily rate £325 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £453 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 33 41
Average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.57 £10.80 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £71.50 £35.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
IBM InfoSphere
England

IBM InfoSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West IBM InfoSphere Jobs Demand Trend

IBM InfoSphere
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IBM InfoSphere across the North West region.

North West IBM InfoSphere Daily Rate Trend

IBM InfoSphere
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM InfoSphere within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Manchester +15 1 £350 +55.55%
IBM InfoSphere
England

IBM InfoSphere
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing IBM InfoSphere 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 IBM InfoSphere.

1 2 (100.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) ERwin
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Solvency II
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) XSD
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) Siebel
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Star Schema

IBM InfoSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing IBM InfoSphere 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 IBM InfoSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) XSD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) ERwin
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modeller
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Siebel