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This section looks at the demand for Sybase PowerBuilder skills across the UK with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PowerBuilder over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSybase PowerBuilder
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank557573
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads2882
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.083 %
As % of the category below0.413 %0.953 %
Daily rates quoted1417
Average minimum daily rate£354£382
Average daily rate£375£415
% change on same period last year-9.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£449
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£350
% change on same period last year-6.63 %
Hourly rates quoted08
Average minimum hourly rate-£36.25
Average hourly rate-£42.81
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£49.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads67738600
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.028 %8.701 %
Daily rates quoted22372632
Average minimum daily rate£336£356
Average daily rate£360£376
% change on same period last year-4.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted481600
Average minimum hourly rate£29.97£32.62
Average hourly rate£32.02£34.59
% change on same period last year-7.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.07£36.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %

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.

PowerBuilder
Demand Trend

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

PowerBuilder Demand Trend

PowerBuilder
Daily Rate Trend

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

PowerBuilder Daily Rate Trend

PowerBuilder
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PowerBuilder within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

PowerBuilder Daily Rate Histogram

PowerBuilder
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PowerBuilder Hourly Rate Trend

PowerBuilder
Top 16 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PowerBuilder within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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+2027£375-10.69 %
LondonUp+3114£422-3.00 %
West MidlandsUp+95--
MerseysideUp+54£304-13.09 %
North WestDown-34£304-13.09 %
South EastUp+304£344-
City of LondonDown-294£406-12.16 %
Docklands, LondonUp+222£310-38.61 %
BerkshireUp+192£288-
BirminghamUp+192--
LiverpoolDown-32£300-14.28 %
ScotlandUp+281--
BootleNew entry-1£313-
GlasgowNew entry-1--
SolihullUp+31--
SurreyNew entry-1£400-

PowerBuilder
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PowerBuilder 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 PowerBuilder.

153 (62.35 %)SQL
250 (58.82 %)Sybase
339 (45.88 %)Perl
436 (42.35 %)Java
535 (41.18 %)UNIX
632 (37.65 %)Banking
728 (32.94 %)XML
728 (32.94 %)Oracle
825 (29.41 %)C
923 (27.06 %)Struts
1021 (24.71 %)HTML
1021 (24.71 %)Finance
1120 (23.53 %)JDBC
1120 (23.53 %)JSP
1219 (22.35 %)JavaScript
1316 (18.82 %)VB
1415 (17.65 %)Transact-SQL
1415 (17.65 %)C++
1513 (15.29 %).NET
1513 (15.29 %)J2EE
1513 (15.29 %)Investment Banking
1612 (14.12 %)PL/SQL
1612 (14.12 %)OOA/OOD
1711 (12.94 %)OO
1711 (12.94 %)Solaris
1711 (12.94 %)Tomcat
1711 (12.94 %)WebServices
1711 (12.94 %)Shell Script
1810 (11.76 %)VBA
1810 (11.76 %)Oracle 9i

PowerBuilder
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PowerBuilder 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 PowerBuilder. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (32.94 %)XML
223 (27.06 %)Struts
321 (24.71 %)HTML
420 (23.53 %)JDBC
420 (23.53 %)JSP
513 (15.29 %).NET
513 (15.29 %)J2EE
611 (12.94 %)WebServices
79 (10.59 %)J2SE
88 (9.412 %)SOAP
97 (8.235 %)EJB
97 (8.235 %)CSS
97 (8.235 %)CGI
97 (8.235 %)XSL
97 (8.235 %)ODBC
97 (8.235 %)CORBA
97 (8.235 %)Swing
103 (3.529 %).NET Framework
112 (2.353 %)ASP.NET
121 (1.176 %)WinForms
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (12.94 %)Tomcat
28 (9.412 %)Apache
37 (8.235 %)IIS
42 (2.353 %)Tuxedo
51 (1.176 %)MS Exchange
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (8.235 %)MS Project
22 (2.353 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (2.353 %)Oracle Financials
12 (2.353 %)Staffware
12 (2.353 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (8.235 %)TCP/IP
17 (8.235 %)IIOP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (11.76 %)Oracle 9i
29 (10.59 %)SQL Server
29 (10.59 %)Oracle 10g
37 (8.235 %)TOAD
37 (8.235 %)MS Access
45 (5.882 %)RDBMS
54 (4.706 %)Datawarehouse
54 (4.706 %)SQL Server 2005
63 (3.529 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (2.353 %)Sybase ASA
72 (2.353 %)Reference Data
72 (2.353 %)SQL Server 7
72 (2.353 %)Ingres
72 (2.353 %)Oracle Reports
72 (2.353 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (1.176 %)Crystal Reports
81 (1.176 %)Oracle Discoverer
81 (1.176 %)Oracle OWB
81 (1.176 %)Data Mart
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (8.235 %)Eclipse
26 (7.059 %)Ant
33 (3.529 %)ClearCase
33 (3.529 %)ClearQuest
42 (2.353 %)Visual Studio
51 (1.176 %)PVCS
51 (1.176 %)Rational Rose
51 (1.176 %)ChangeMan
51 (1.176 %)RequisitePro
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
132 (37.65 %)Banking
221 (24.71 %)Finance
313 (15.29 %)Investment Banking
43 (3.529 %)Back Office
51 (1.176 %)Financial Institution
51 (1.176 %)Education
51 (1.176 %)General Ledger
51 (1.176 %)Retail
51 (1.176 %)Billing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
168 (80.00 %)Developer
219 (22.35 %)Java Developer
219 (22.35 %)Sybase Developer
317 (20.00 %)PowerBuilder Developer
49 (10.59 %)Analyst
58 (9.412 %)Project Manager
66 (7.059 %)C Developer
75 (5.882 %)SQL Developer
75 (5.882 %)Java Web Developer
75 (5.882 %)Web Developer
84 (4.706 %).NET Developer
84 (4.706 %)Support Analyst
84 (4.706 %)Applications Support
84 (4.706 %)Java Analyst Developer
84 (4.706 %)Analyst Developer
93 (3.529 %)Applications Support Analyst
93 (3.529 %)VB.NET Developer
93 (3.529 %)C++ Developer
93 (3.529 %)Oracle Developer
93 (3.529 %)Senior Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (9.412 %)Client/Server
18 (9.412 %)Credit Risk
27 (8.235 %)W3C
36 (7.059 %)Equities
45 (5.882 %)Market Risk
54 (4.706 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61 (1.176 %)Cryptography
61 (1.176 %)Management Information System
61 (1.176 %)Grid Computing
61 (1.176 %)PMI
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
135 (41.18 %)UNIX
211 (12.94 %)Solaris
37 (8.235 %)Windows
46 (7.059 %)Linux
52 (2.353 %)Windows NT
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (14.12 %)OOA/OOD
211 (12.94 %)OO
39 (10.59 %)UML
39 (10.59 %)RUP
47 (8.235 %)OOD
54 (4.706 %)Asset Management
54 (4.706 %)Unit Testing
62 (2.353 %)Test Scripting
62 (2.353 %)DSDM
62 (2.353 %)Project Management
62 (2.353 %)RAD
62 (2.353 %)Unified Process
62 (2.353 %)Security Cleared
71 (1.176 %)PRINCE2
71 (1.176 %)Change Management
71 (1.176 %)Disaster Recovery
71 (1.176 %)Risk Management
71 (1.176 %)Migration
71 (1.176 %)Data Modelling
71 (1.176 %)Release Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
153 (62.35 %)SQL
239 (45.88 %)Perl
336 (42.35 %)Java
425 (29.41 %)C
519 (22.35 %)JavaScript
616 (18.82 %)VB
715 (17.65 %)Transact-SQL
715 (17.65 %)C++
812 (14.12 %)PL/SQL
911 (12.94 %)Shell Script
1010 (11.76 %)VBA
119 (10.59 %)DHTML
128 (9.412 %)VB6
128 (9.412 %)VB.NET
137 (8.235 %)C#
145 (5.882 %)Korn
153 (3.529 %)COBOL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.176 %)PMI Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (8.235 %)ISO9001
21 (1.176 %)IAS 39
21 (1.176 %)MiFID
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (7.059 %)AutoSys
16 (7.059 %)CONTROL-M
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
150 (58.82 %)Sybase
228 (32.94 %)Oracle
37 (8.235 %)Altova
37 (8.235 %)Macromedia
43 (3.529 %)Microsoft
52 (2.353 %)Sun
61 (1.176 %)Citrix
61 (1.176 %)BEA
61 (1.176 %)Remedy
61 (1.176 %)Tangosol
61 (1.176 %)Brio
61 (1.176 %)Serena
61 (1.176 %)GoldenSource
61 (1.176 %)DataSynapse
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