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The table below looks at the demand for IBM Informix skills across the UK with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Informix over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Informix
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank504586
Rank change on same period last yearUp+82
Matching contract IT job ads6786
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.094 %0.086 %
As % of the category below0.479 %0.426 %
Daily rates quoted1410
Average minimum daily rate£429£344
Average daily rate£440£369
% change on same period last year+19.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£441£337
% change on same period last year+30.92 %
Hourly rates quoted333
Average minimum hourly rate£25.06£23.33
Average hourly rate£26.86£25.00
% change on same period last year+7.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.67£26.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£27.50
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1398420173
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.53 %20.27 %
Daily rates quoted43465870
Average minimum daily rate£355£369
Average daily rate£378£393
% change on same period last year-3.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£350
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Hourly rates quoted9411473
Average minimum hourly rate£28.34£28.89
Average hourly rate£30.37£30.80
% change on same period last year-1.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.39£32.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.29£31.81
% change on same period last year-4.77 %

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.

Informix
Demand Trend

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

Informix Demand Trend

Informix
Daily Rate Trend

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

Informix Daily Rate Trend

Informix
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Informix within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Informix Daily Rate Histogram

Informix
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Informix Hourly Rate Trend

Informix
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Informix within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Informix Hourly Rate Histogram

Informix
Top 26 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Informix within the UK over the 3 months to 6 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+8565£440+19.11 %
LondonUp+8431£425+4.16 %
FelthamNew entry-21--
South EastUp+2814£462+38.26 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1412£462+34.83 %
MarlowNew entry-11£462-
East of EnglandUp+349£400-
SuffolkNew entry-8--
IpswichNew entry-8--
North WestUp+186£250-
CheshireNew entry-5£250-
SurreyNew entry-2--
YorkshireUp+152--
South YorkshireNew entry-2--
BelfastDown-172--
SheffieldNew entry-2--
City of LondonDown-132--
West MidlandsUp+162--
Northern IrelandDown-142--
County AntrimDown-172--
HertfordshireUp+291£400-
StevenageNew entry-1£400-
LiverpoolNew entry-1--
South WestUp+51--
BirminghamNew entry-1--
MerseysideNew entry-1--

Informix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

161 (47.66 %)UNIX
257 (44.53 %)Oracle
347 (36.72 %)SQL
441 (32.03 %)Linux
536 (28.13 %)Windows
629 (22.66 %)SQL Server
728 (21.88 %)Perl
827 (21.09 %)Java
926 (20.31 %)MySQL
926 (20.31 %)RDBMS
1021 (16.41 %)Sybase
1118 (14.06 %)Solaris
1217 (13.28 %)HPUX
1316 (12.50 %)JavaScript
1316 (12.50 %)Cisco
1316 (12.50 %)Sun
1316 (12.50 %)HP
1415 (11.72 %)SAN
1415 (11.72 %)AIX
1514 (10.94 %)VERITAS
1613 (10.16 %)EMC
1613 (10.16 %)PHP
1613 (10.16 %)ITIL
1613 (10.16 %)NetBackup
1712 (9.375 %)Telecoms
1712 (9.375 %)SNIA Certification
1712 (9.375 %)Brocade
1712 (9.375 %)HP Data Protector
1712 (9.375 %)Lotus Notes
1712 (9.375 %)Lotus Domino

Informix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (6.250 %)XML
18 (6.250 %)WebSphere
27 (5.469 %)AJAX
36 (4.688 %).NET
45 (3.906 %)Hibernate
45 (3.906 %)Spring
54 (3.125 %)CSS
54 (3.125 %)ODBC
54 (3.125 %)XHTML
54 (3.125 %)Adobe Flex
63 (2.344 %)Struts
72 (1.563 %)Middleware
72 (1.563 %)JDBC
72 (1.563 %)J2EE
81 (0.781 %)SOAP
81 (0.781 %)OLE
81 (0.781 %)WebServices
81 (0.781 %)HTML
81 (0.781 %).NET Remoting
81 (0.781 %).NET Framework
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (9.375 %)Lotus Notes
112 (9.375 %)Lotus Domino
112 (9.375 %)MS Exchange
24 (3.125 %)Apache
33 (2.344 %)WebSphere Application Server
42 (1.563 %)WebLogic
42 (1.563 %)JBoss
51 (0.781 %)SAS
51 (0.781 %)Oracle Application Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (7.813 %)MS Excel
24 (3.125 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (11.72 %)SAN
29 (7.031 %)TCP/IP
34 (3.125 %)IMAP
41 (0.781 %)Firewall
41 (0.781 %)VPN
41 (0.781 %)VoIP
41 (0.781 %)WAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (22.66 %)SQL Server
226 (20.31 %)MySQL
226 (20.31 %)RDBMS
311 (8.594 %)BusinessObjects
49 (7.031 %)DB2
56 (4.688 %)ETL
65 (3.906 %)SQL Server 2000
65 (3.906 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (3.125 %)Datawarehouse
74 (3.125 %)Oracle 10g
83 (2.344 %)OLAP
83 (2.344 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (1.563 %)Cognos Powerplay
92 (1.563 %)DataStage
92 (1.563 %)DTS
92 (1.563 %)Oracle OLAP
101 (0.781 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (0.781 %)GIS
101 (0.781 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
101 (0.781 %)Sybase ASE
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (7.813 %)Subversion
23 (2.344 %)ERwin
32 (1.563 %)TestDirector
32 (1.563 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.781 %)Flash
41 (0.781 %)ClearCase
41 (0.781 %)WinRunner
41 (0.781 %)JUnit
41 (0.781 %)NUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (9.375 %)Telecoms
211 (8.594 %)Finance
36 (4.688 %)Retail
44 (3.125 %)Government
44 (3.125 %)Banking
52 (1.563 %)Billing
61 (0.781 %)Insurance
61 (0.781 %)Online Games
61 (0.781 %)Health
61 (0.781 %)Games
61 (0.781 %)Electric
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
150 (39.06 %)Analyst
240 (31.25 %)Developer
335 (27.34 %)Support Analyst
420 (15.63 %)Technical Analyst
516 (12.50 %)UNIX Support Analyst
516 (12.50 %)UNIX Support
516 (12.50 %)Technical Support
615 (11.72 %)Technical Support Analyst
79 (7.031 %)Senior Developer
79 (7.031 %)Storage Analyst
88 (6.250 %)Consultant
88 (6.250 %)Java Developer
88 (6.250 %)Database Consultant
97 (5.469 %)Programmer
97 (5.469 %)Administrator
97 (5.469 %)PHP Developer
105 (3.906 %)DBA
105 (3.906 %)Senior Consultant
114 (3.125 %).NET Developer
114 (3.125 %)Support Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (1.563 %)CLARiiON
12 (1.563 %)Symmetrix
12 (1.563 %)Multithreading
21 (0.781 %)Data Conversion
21 (0.781 %)Data Integration
21 (0.781 %)CCTV
21 (0.781 %)HACMP
21 (0.781 %)Management Information System
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
161 (47.66 %)UNIX
241 (32.03 %)Linux
336 (28.13 %)Windows
418 (14.06 %)Solaris
517 (13.28 %)HPUX
615 (11.72 %)AIX
711 (8.594 %)Windows Server 2003
84 (3.125 %)Windows 2000
84 (3.125 %)Windows NT
84 (3.125 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.781 %)Windows Mobile
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (10.16 %)ITIL
27 (5.469 %)Migration
36 (4.688 %)Project Management
45 (3.906 %)Project Planning
54 (3.125 %)UML
63 (2.344 %)Service Management
63 (2.344 %)Business Intelligence
63 (2.344 %)Logistics
63 (2.344 %)Resource Management
63 (2.344 %)ITSM
72 (1.563 %)Data Migration
72 (1.563 %)Manual Testing
72 (1.563 %)Software Engineering
72 (1.563 %)Data Modelling
72 (1.563 %)Change Management
72 (1.563 %)Configuration Management
72 (1.563 %)OOP
72 (1.563 %)OO
81 (0.781 %)E-Commerce
81 (0.781 %)ERP
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
147 (36.72 %)SQL
228 (21.88 %)Perl
327 (21.09 %)Java
416 (12.50 %)JavaScript
513 (10.16 %)PHP
68 (6.250 %)AWK
75 (3.906 %)VB.NET
84 (3.125 %)ActionScript
84 (3.125 %)Shell Script
84 (3.125 %)VB
84 (3.125 %)VB6
93 (2.344 %)DHTML
93 (2.344 %)C
101 (0.781 %)C#
101 (0.781 %)C++
101 (0.781 %)PL/SQL
101 (0.781 %)Transact-SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (9.375 %)SNIA Certification
29 (7.031 %)Degree
29 (7.031 %)ITIL Certification
32 (1.563 %)ISEB
41 (0.781 %)Cisco Certification
41 (0.781 %)CCNA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.563 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.781 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (10.16 %)NetBackup
24 (3.125 %)Active Directory
32 (1.563 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.781 %)Terminal Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (9.375 %)OpenView
112 (9.375 %)Legato
112 (9.375 %)HP Data Protector
24 (3.125 %)Nagios
33 (2.344 %)OVPA
42 (1.563 %)DameWare
51 (0.781 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.781 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
157 (44.53 %)Oracle
221 (16.41 %)Sybase
316 (12.50 %)Sun
316 (12.50 %)HP
316 (12.50 %)Cisco
414 (10.94 %)VERITAS
513 (10.16 %)EMC
612 (9.375 %)Lotus
612 (9.375 %)Brocade
711 (8.594 %)Business Objects
85 (3.906 %)IBM
94 (3.125 %)Red Hat
94 (3.125 %)Citrix
103 (2.344 %)Cognos
103 (2.344 %)Microsoft
103 (2.344 %)CheckPoint
112 (1.563 %)webMethods
112 (1.563 %)Baan
121 (0.781 %)Lawson
121 (0.781 %)Ascential
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