The first table below looks at the demand for Informix 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Informix
Rank 114 127 121
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Contract jobs citing Informix 4 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.172% 0.161% 0.164%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.752% 0.733% 0.743%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
Average daily rate £325 £320 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -20.00%
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
532 682 673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 22.82% 21.92% 22.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 355 367
Average daily rate £325 £300 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -9.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £453 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 33 43
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 £16.28 £13.35 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £75.50 £43.50 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Informix
England

Informix
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Informix Daily Rate Histogram

Informix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Informix Hourly Rate Trend

Informix
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Informix within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Merseyside - 4 £325 -
Informix
England

Informix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (45.45%) C
1 5 (45.45%) Perl
1 5 (45.45%) UNIX
2 4 (36.36%) Uniface
3 3 (27.27%) Subversion
3 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
3 3 (27.27%) IBM
3 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
3 3 (27.27%) Linux
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) Oracle
3 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
3 3 (27.27%) DB2
4 2 (18.18%) SAP
4 2 (18.18%) .NET
4 2 (18.18%) Java
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 2 (18.18%) AIX
4 2 (18.18%) HPUX
4 2 (18.18%) Solaris
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Process Management
4 2 (18.18%) Sun
4 2 (18.18%) Baan
4 2 (18.18%) JD Edwards
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (18.18%) Degree

Informix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (18.18%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) CICS
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Internet
1 1 (9.091%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
1 3 (27.27%) DB2
2 1 (9.091%) RDBMS
2 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Subversion
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) C Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Uniface Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) SQL DBA
5 1 (9.091%) Development Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) DBA
5 1 (9.091%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.091%) Replication
2 1 (9.091%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) UNIX
2 3 (27.27%) Linux
3 2 (18.18%) Windows
3 2 (18.18%) AIX
3 2 (18.18%) HPUX
3 2 (18.18%) Solaris
4 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
1 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Process Management
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (18.18%) Resource Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) C
1 5 (45.45%) Perl
2 4 (36.36%) Uniface
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 2 (18.18%) Java
5 1 (9.091%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) IBM
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Sun
2 2 (18.18%) Baan
2 2 (18.18%) JD Edwards
3 1 (9.091%) Teradata
3 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
3 1 (9.091%) Sybase