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 South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ab Initio over the 3 months to 19 June 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 South West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ab Initio
Rank 100 - 127
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Ab Initio 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.050% - 0.033%
As % of the Vendors category 0.118% - 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £375 - £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £383 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.08% -4.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £72.50 - -
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
846 1295 1380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 42.11% 41.41% 45.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 717 622
Average daily rate £350 £388 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.67% +6.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £236 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £469
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 91 127
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.23% +7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £41.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Ab Initio
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Ab Initio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Ab Initio Daily Rate Trend

Ab Initio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 7 (100.00%) ETL
2 6 (85.71%) IBM
2 6 (85.71%) Informatica
2 6 (85.71%) ERwin
2 6 (85.71%) Zachman Framework
2 6 (85.71%) TOGAF
2 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Data Modelling
2 6 (85.71%) DataFlux
2 6 (85.71%) Waterfall
2 6 (85.71%) Data Quality
2 6 (85.71%) Kimball Methodology
2 6 (85.71%) Inmon Methodology
2 6 (85.71%) Metadata Management
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) Corporate Banking
3 5 (71.43%) Banking
3 5 (71.43%) Retail
3 5 (71.43%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Korn
4 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
4 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) UNIX
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) System Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Dimensional Modelling

Ab Initio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) ERwin
General
1 5 (71.43%) Corporate Banking
1 5 (71.43%) Banking
1 5 (71.43%) Retail
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Ab Initio Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ETL
2 6 (85.71%) Zachman Framework
2 6 (85.71%) TOGAF
2 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Data Modelling
2 6 (85.71%) Waterfall
2 6 (85.71%) Kimball Methodology
2 6 (85.71%) Inmon Methodology
2 6 (85.71%) Metadata Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Korn
1 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) IBM
1 6 (85.71%) Informatica
1 6 (85.71%) DataFlux
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