The first table below looks at the demand for PowerExchange 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 PowerExchange 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 Application Platforms 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
Informatica PowerExchange
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing PowerExchange 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £550 £378
% change year-on-year
- +45.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
413 585 492
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 17.72% 18.80% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 300 261
Average daily rate £300 £318 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.51% -7.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £188 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 39 34
Average hourly rate £19.25 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.75% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.70 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
PowerExchange
England

PowerExchange
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West PowerExchange Daily Rate Trend

PowerExchange
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 15 (100.00%) Informatica
2 10 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 10 (66.67%) SQL
2 10 (66.67%) Oracle
3 8 (53.33%) Change Data Capture
4 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
5 6 (40.00%) ETL
6 5 (33.33%) XML
6 5 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (33.33%) Workflow
7 4 (26.67%) PowerCenter
7 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
8 3 (20.00%) BC Cleared
9 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
9 2 (13.33%) Data Quality
9 2 (13.33%) Trillium
9 2 (13.33%) Oracle 10g
9 2 (13.33%) UNIX
9 2 (13.33%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
9 2 (13.33%) Release Management
9 2 (13.33%) Data Cleansing
9 2 (13.33%) Data Integration
9 2 (13.33%) Quality Management
10 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
10 1 (6.667%) Information Management
10 1 (6.667%) Finance
10 1 (6.667%) Migration
10 1 (6.667%) ClearCase
10 1 (6.667%) Windows

PowerExchange
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 5 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (6.667%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (33.33%) Oracle Workflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) PowerCenter
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.667%) DB2
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) ClearCase
General
1 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Informatica Specialist
2 5 (33.33%) Developer
2 5 (33.33%) Informatica Developer
2 5 (33.33%) Exchange Specialist
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Integration Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Informatica Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Data Integration Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Data Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) UNIX
2 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Change Data Capture
2 6 (40.00%) ETL
3 5 (33.33%) Workflow
4 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
4 2 (13.33%) Release Management
4 2 (13.33%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (13.33%) Quality Management
5 1 (6.667%) Information Management
5 1 (6.667%) Migration
5 1 (6.667%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) Shell Script
1 10 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Informatica
2 10 (66.67%) Oracle
3 2 (13.33%) Trillium