The first table below looks at the demand for Adabas skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adabas 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the South East 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
Software AG Adabas
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Adabas 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £375 £550
% change year-on-year
- -31.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1476 1742 2148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.94% 17.17% 20.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 779 879 1025
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 53 116
Average hourly rate £27.50 £26.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.76% -30.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £16.50 £18.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.25 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Adabas
England

Adabas
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Adabas across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South East Adabas Jobs Demand Trend

Adabas
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Adabas across the South East region.

South East Adabas Daily Rate Trend

Adabas
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Adabas across the South East region.

South East Adabas Hourly Rate Trend

Adabas
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Adabas 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 Adabas.

1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) NATURAL
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) VB6
2 1 (50.00%) SCJP
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) Ajax
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) ClearCase
2 1 (50.00%) Sun
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) Sun Certification
2 1 (50.00%) RequisitePro
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL

Adabas
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Adabas 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 Adabas. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) Ajax
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (50.00%) ASP
2 1 (50.00%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (50.00%) RequisitePro
1 1 (50.00%) Ant
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Natural/Adabas Programmer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (50.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) NATURAL
2 1 (50.00%) VB6
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SCJP
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) Sun Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Sun
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle