Oxfordshire DataStage Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM WebSphere DataStage (Data Stage) skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited DataStage over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM WebSphere DataStage (Data Stage)
Location Berkshire Bootle Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Chesterfield City of London Coventry Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands Edinburgh England Farnborough Folkestone Hampshire High Wycombe Kent Leeds Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Merseyside Middlesex Midlands North West Oxford Oxfordshire Scotland South East South West Staines Surrey Swindon UK Walton-on-Thames West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	53	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	1.036 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£350	-
Average daily rate	£350	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£350	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£375	£369
% change on same period last year	+1.54 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£53.50	£40.00
% change on same period last year	+33.74 %
Database & Business Intelligence Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	193	147
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.254 %	0.156 %
Daily rates quoted	38	27
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£277
Average daily rate	£387	£305
% change on same period last year	+26.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£430	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.03	£23.65
Average hourly rate	£31.18	£25.38
% change on same period last year	+22.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.34	£27.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.43	£30.86
% change on same period last year	+5.09 %
DataStage South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

DataStage
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DataStage across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

DataStage
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DataStage across the Oxfordshire region.

DataStage
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing DataStage within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Oxford	-	2	£350	-

DataStage South East

DataStage
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing DataStage 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 DataStage.

1 2 (66.67 %) Java 2 1 (33.33 %) Local Government 2 1 (33.33 %) WebSphere 2 1 (33.33 %) Government 2 1 (33.33 %) J2EE 2 1 (33.33 %) IIS 2 1 (33.33 %) Datawarehouse 2 1 (33.33 %) ETL 2 1 (33.33 %) Mercator

DataStage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing DataStage 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 DataStage. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (33.33 %) J2EE 1 1 (33.33 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 1 (33.33 %) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (33.33 %) Datawarehouse 1 1 (33.33 %) ETL	General 1 1 (33.33 %) Government 1 1 (33.33 %) Local Government
Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Developer 1 2 (66.67 %) DataStage Developer 2 1 (33.33 %) Consultant 2 1 (33.33 %) Java Developer 2 1 (33.33 %) ETL Consultant 2 1 (33.33 %) DataStage Consultant	Programming Languages 1 2 (66.67 %) Java
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Mercator