The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ab Initio products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ab Initio 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 Vendors for the Scotland 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Ab Initio Software Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ab Initio
Rank 107 100 105
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +5
Contract jobs citing Ab Initio 11 10 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.451% 0.376% 0.217%
As % of the Vendors category 1.002% 0.958% 0.502%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 2
Average daily rate £425 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -12.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £388 £400
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £72.50 - -
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1098 1044 1196
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.02% 39.25% 43.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 469 514
Average daily rate £373 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £214 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 51 56
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +47.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.70 £10.00 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Ab Initio
UK

Ab Initio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Ab Initio Jobs Demand Trend

Ab Initio
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Ab Initio Daily Rate Trend

Ab Initio
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ab Initio across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Ab Initio Daily Rate Histogram

Ab Initio
Contract Locations

The table below 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 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
Edinburgh +6 4 £525 +46.85%
West Lothian - 4 £425 -
Glasgow -17 3 £338 -3.57%
Ab Initio
UK

Ab Initio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 15 (65.22%) ETL
2 12 (52.17%) UNIX
3 11 (47.83%) Informatica
4 9 (39.13%) SQL
5 8 (34.78%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (34.78%) Finance
6 7 (30.43%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (26.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (21.74%) Data Modelling
8 5 (21.74%) Oracle
9 4 (17.39%) IBM
9 4 (17.39%) TDD
9 4 (17.39%) Scrum
9 4 (17.39%) Netezza
10 3 (13.04%) Asset Management
10 3 (13.04%) Dimensional Modelling
10 3 (13.04%) Data Integration
10 3 (13.04%) PowerCenter
10 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
10 3 (13.04%) OLAP
10 3 (13.04%) Web Services
10 3 (13.04%) XML
11 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
11 2 (8.696%) Java
11 2 (8.696%) PL/SQL
11 2 (8.696%) Star Schema
11 2 (8.696%) Mainframe
11 2 (8.696%) Banking
11 2 (8.696%) Waterfall
11 2 (8.696%) Data Analysis

Ab Initio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 3 (13.04%) Web Services
1 3 (13.04%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) PowerPivot
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (30.43%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (26.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (13.04%) PowerCenter
3 3 (13.04%) OLAP
4 2 (8.696%) SQL Server
4 2 (8.696%) Star Schema
5 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) ERwin
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Banking
3 1 (4.348%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (4.348%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.348%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (78.26%) Developer
2 8 (34.78%) Ab Initio Developer
3 6 (26.09%) Informatica Developer
4 4 (17.39%) ETL Developer
4 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Designer
6 1 (4.348%) Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) Lead Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Data Integration
2 2 (8.696%) Mainframe
2 2 (8.696%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 12 (52.17%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) ETL
2 8 (34.78%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (21.74%) Data Modelling
4 4 (17.39%) TDD
4 4 (17.39%) Scrum
5 3 (13.04%) Asset Management
5 3 (13.04%) Dimensional Modelling
6 2 (8.696%) Waterfall
6 2 (8.696%) Data Analysis
6 2 (8.696%) Automated Testing
6 2 (8.696%) Investment Management
7 1 (4.348%) Unit Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Business Analysis
7 1 (4.348%) Zachman Framework
7 1 (4.348%) TOGAF
7 1 (4.348%) Content Management
7 1 (4.348%) Kimball Methodology
7 1 (4.348%) Inmon Methodology
7 1 (4.348%) Metadata Management
7 1 (4.348%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) SQL
2 2 (8.696%) Java
2 2 (8.696%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.348%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) QA
1 1 (4.348%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Informatica
2 5 (21.74%) Oracle
3 4 (17.39%) IBM
3 4 (17.39%) Netezza
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.348%) DataFlux
5 1 (4.348%) Salesforce.com