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The table below looks at the demand for Sterling Commerce Gentran skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Gentran over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSterling Commerce Gentran
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank559633
Rank change on same period last yearUp+74
Matching contract IT job ads54
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.052 %0.031 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
UK
Matching contract IT job ads954212796
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled13.60 %13.23 %
Daily rates quoted29593456
Average minimum daily rate£350£347
Average daily rate£374£368
% change on same period last year+1.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£337
% change on same period last year+3.82 %
Hourly rates quoted8401313
Average minimum hourly rate£22.94£22.14
Average hourly rate£24.45£23.67
% change on same period last year+3.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.95£25.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.76£23.84
% change on same period last year+3.86 %

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.

Gentran
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Gentran within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Gentran Demand Trend

Gentran
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Gentran within the UK.

Gentran Daily Rate Trend

Gentran
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Gentran within the UK.

Gentran Hourly Rate Trend

Gentran
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Gentran within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+925£400-
North WestUp+184£400-
ManchesterNew entry-3£400-
SolihullNew entry-1--
CheshireUp+11--
West MidlandsNew entry-1--

Gentran
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Gentran 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 Gentran.

142 (80.77 %)Mainframe
241 (78.85 %)Middleware
340 (76.92 %)Windows
439 (75.00 %)Tandem
538 (73.08 %)AIX
538 (73.08 %)UNIX
636 (69.23 %)HPUX
636 (69.23 %)Solaris
636 (69.23 %)Tivoli
636 (69.23 %)Shell Script
636 (69.23 %)OMEGAMON
728 (53.85 %)Change Management
816 (30.77 %)WBIMB
914 (26.92 %)WebSphere MQ
914 (26.92 %)SSL
1012 (23.08 %)Cisco
1012 (23.08 %)WebSphere
1110 (19.23 %)WebSphere Application Server
129 (17.31 %)Finance
136 (11.54 %)Banking
144 (7.692 %)SAP
144 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
144 (7.692 %)SAP R/3
144 (7.692 %)SAP BI
144 (7.692 %)HP
144 (7.692 %)SAP BW
144 (7.692 %)NetWeaver
153 (5.769 %)CICS
153 (5.769 %)MVS
153 (5.769 %)EDI

Gentran
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Gentran 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 Gentran. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
141 (78.85 %)Middleware
216 (30.77 %)WBIMB
312 (23.08 %)WebSphere
43 (5.769 %)EDI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (26.92 %)WebSphere MQ
210 (19.23 %)WebSphere Application Server
34 (7.692 %)NetWeaver
43 (5.769 %)CICS
51 (1.923 %)IIS
51 (1.923 %)SharePoint
51 (1.923 %)WebSphere Message Broker
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.923 %)MS Office
11 (1.923 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (7.692 %)SAP R/3
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (26.92 %)SSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (7.692 %)SAP BW
14 (7.692 %)SAP BI
21 (1.923 %)SQL Server
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (17.31 %)Finance
26 (11.54 %)Banking
33 (5.769 %)General Ledger
42 (3.846 %)Financial Institution
51 (1.923 %)Retail Banking
51 (1.923 %)Retail
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (23.08 %)Consultant
210 (19.23 %)Infrastructure Specialist
34 (7.692 %)Developer
34 (7.692 %)Test Manager
34 (7.692 %)SAP Manager
34 (7.692 %)SAP Test Manager
43 (5.769 %)WebSphere Specialist
52 (3.846 %)WebSphere Consultant
52 (3.846 %)UNIX Specialist
61 (1.923 %)Systems Engineer
61 (1.923 %)Applications Developer
61 (1.923 %)Senior Systems Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
142 (80.77 %)Mainframe
239 (75.00 %)Tandem
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
140 (76.92 %)Windows
238 (73.08 %)AIX
238 (73.08 %)UNIX
336 (69.23 %)HPUX
336 (69.23 %)Solaris
43 (5.769 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (53.85 %)Change Management
24 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
33 (5.769 %)B2B
42 (3.846 %)Disaster Recovery
42 (3.846 %)Unit Testing
42 (3.846 %)Integration Testing
42 (3.846 %)Test Management
51 (1.923 %)Test Scripting
51 (1.923 %)Security Cleared
51 (1.923 %)Migration
51 (1.923 %)Document Management
51 (1.923 %)Performance Testing
51 (1.923 %)Project Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
136 (69.23 %)Shell Script
23 (5.769 %)JCL
31 (1.923 %)Java
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
136 (69.23 %)Tivoli
136 (69.23 %)OMEGAMON
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (23.08 %)Cisco
24 (7.692 %)SAP
24 (7.692 %)HP
32 (3.846 %)IBM
32 (3.846 %)Microsoft