Scotland Ab Initio Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ab Initio products and/or services in IT contracts within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ab Initio over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds Livingston London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Reading Scotland Slough South East South West Surrey Tadworth Thames Valley UK West Lothian West Yorkshire Wirral Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	91	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	11	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.015 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.871 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum daily rate	£405	-
Average daily rate	£405	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£405	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£351	£476
% change on same period last year	-26.41 %
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	£35.70	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1263	1630
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.667 %	1.623 %
Daily rates quoted	241	298
Average minimum daily rate	£316	£296
Average daily rate	£338	£311
% change on same period last year	+8.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£326
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	85	116
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.34	£19.06
Average hourly rate	£20.55	£20.05
% change on same period last year	+2.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.75	£21.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.13 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Ab Initio Software Corporation (AbInitio).

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ab Initio across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ab Initio across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ab Initio within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Edinburgh	-	2	-	-
West Lothian	-	2	£450	-

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Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 14 (87.50 %) Migration 2 6 (37.50 %) ETL 2 6 (37.50 %) Data Migration 3 5 (31.25 %) Datawarehouse 3 5 (31.25 %) UNIX 4 4 (25.00 %) Oracle 5 3 (18.75 %) Billing 5 3 (18.75 %) CRM 5 3 (18.75 %) Informatica 6 2 (12.50 %) PL/SQL 6 2 (12.50 %) SQL 6 2 (12.50 %) Chordiant 6 2 (12.50 %) TOAD 6 2 (12.50 %) Casewise 6 2 (12.50 %) ERwin

7 1 (6.250 %) Shell Script 7 1 (6.250 %) Finance

Ab Initio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (37.50 %) ETL 2 5 (31.25 %) Datawarehouse 3 2 (12.50 %) TOAD	Development Applications 1 2 (12.50 %) ERwin
General 1 3 (18.75 %) Billing 2 1 (6.250 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 5 (31.25 %) Ab Initio Consultant 1 5 (31.25 %) Ab Initio Developer 1 5 (31.25 %) Consultant 1 5 (31.25 %) Developer 2 4 (25.00 %) Data Manager 3 1 (6.250 %) Technical Lead 3 1 (6.250 %) Data Migration Analyst 3 1 (6.250 %) Analyst 3 1 (6.250 %) Data Analyst
Operating Systems 1 5 (31.25 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (87.50 %) Migration 2 6 (37.50 %) Data Migration 3 3 (18.75 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 2 (12.50 %) PL/SQL 1 2 (12.50 %) SQL 2 1 (6.250 %) Shell Script	Vendors 1 4 (25.00 %) Oracle 2 3 (18.75 %) Informatica 3 2 (12.50 %) Chordiant 3 2 (12.50 %) Casewise