Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DataStage skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DataStage over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Scotland region.

 IBM InfoSphere DataStage
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank7876100
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Up+24
Matching contract IT job ads1424
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland0.719 %0.135 %0.141 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category3.857 %0.664 %0.615 %
Daily rates quoted500
Average daily rate£413--
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£301£400
% change year-on-year
+29.46 %-24.68 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£40.99
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
363301650
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland18.63 %20.38 %22.94 %
Daily rates quoted14263131
Average daily rate£325£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£219£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£450£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£320£350
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted193022
Average hourly rate£25.00£32.50£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07 %+38.29 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.70£16.00£10.60
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.00£41.70£33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£26.50£32.00
% change year-on-year
+3.770 %-17.18 %
DataStage UKDataStage
UK

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.

DataStage
Demand Trend

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

Scotland DataStage Demand Trend

DataStage
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland DataStage Daily Rate Trend

DataStage
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DataStage within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EdinburghDown-137£420-
GlasgowNew entry-2--
DataStage UKDataStage
UK

DataStage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

115 (55.56 %)IBM
212 (44.44 %)WebSphere
310 (37.04 %)ETL
310 (37.04 %)UNIX
310 (37.04 %)Solaris
49 (33.33 %)XML
58 (29.63 %)J2EE
58 (29.63 %)WebSphere Message Broker
67 (25.93 %)Oracle
67 (25.93 %)Java
67 (25.93 %)SOA
76 (22.22 %)Web Services
76 (22.22 %)WebSphere MQ
76 (22.22 %)ESB
85 (18.52 %)SQL
94 (14.81 %)Datawarehouse
94 (14.81 %)Finance
103 (11.11 %)Banking
103 (11.11 %)ClearCase
112 (7.407 %)Eclipse
112 (7.407 %)TOAD
112 (7.407 %)HP
112 (7.407 %)CICS
112 (7.407 %)Windows
112 (7.407 %)AIX
112 (7.407 %)RAD
112 (7.407 %)PL/SQL
112 (7.407 %)Ant
112 (7.407 %)WebSphere Application Server
112 (7.407 %)SQL Server

DataStage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (44.44 %)WebSphere
29 (33.33 %)XML
38 (29.63 %)J2EE
46 (22.22 %)Web Services
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (29.63 %)WebSphere Message Broker
26 (22.22 %)WebSphere MQ
26 (22.22 %)ESB
32 (7.407 %)CICS
32 (7.407 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (7.407 %)Progress Actional
32 (7.407 %)WebSphere Process Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (37.04 %)ETL
24 (14.81 %)Datawarehouse
32 (7.407 %)TOAD
32 (7.407 %)SQL Server
32 (7.407 %)QualityStage
41 (3.704 %)Oracle 11g
41 (3.704 %)DB2
41 (3.704 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (3.704 %)BusinessObjects
41 (3.704 %)Oracle 10g
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (11.11 %)ClearCase
22 (7.407 %)Eclipse
22 (7.407 %)Ant
22 (7.407 %)CruiseControl
22 (7.407 %)Maven
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (14.81 %)Finance
23 (11.11 %)Banking
32 (7.407 %)Construction
41 (3.704 %)Insurance
41 (3.704 %)Auditing
41 (3.704 %)Retail
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
115 (55.56 %)Developer
27 (25.93 %)Consultant
36 (22.22 %)DataStage Consultant
36 (22.22 %)DataStage Developer
36 (22.22 %)WebSphere Developer
44 (14.81 %)ETL Developer
53 (11.11 %)Analyst
62 (7.407 %)ETL Consultant
62 (7.407 %)Configuration Analyst
71 (3.704 %)Test Analyst
71 (3.704 %)Configuration Manager
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (7.407 %)Mainframe
21 (3.704 %)N-Tier
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (37.04 %)UNIX
110 (37.04 %)Solaris
22 (7.407 %)Windows
22 (7.407 %)AIX
22 (7.407 %)MVS
31 (3.704 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (3.704 %)Linux
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (25.93 %)SOA
22 (7.407 %)RAD
31 (3.704 %)Migration
31 (3.704 %)Configuration Management
31 (3.704 %)RDF
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (25.93 %)Java
25 (18.52 %)SQL
32 (7.407 %)PL/SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (3.704 %)Security Cleared
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.704 %)QA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (7.407 %)HP Quality Center
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (55.56 %)IBM
27 (25.93 %)Oracle
32 (7.407 %)HP
41 (3.704 %)Business Objects
41 (3.704 %)Ascential
41 (3.704 %)MicroStrategy
41 (3.704 %)Red Hat
41 (3.704 %)Cognos