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The table below looks at the demand for Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 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 Sybase ASE over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank468546
Rank change on same period last yearUp+78
Matching contract IT job ads91120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.128 %0.121 %
As % of the category below0.657 %0.601 %
Daily rates quoted5047
Average minimum daily rate£450£470
Average daily rate£478£494
% change on same period last year-3.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£507£518
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£450
% change on same period last year-5.55 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£14.00
Average hourly rate-£14.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1385419953
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.51 %20.16 %
Daily rates quoted42945798
Average minimum daily rate£353£369
Average daily rate£376£393
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£416
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£350
% change on same period last year-2.64 %
Hourly rates quoted9361471
Average minimum hourly rate£28.21£28.91
Average hourly rate£30.17£30.84
% change on same period last year-2.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.13£32.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.04£31.90
% change on same period last year-5.83 %

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.

Sybase ASE
Demand Trend

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

Sybase ASE Demand Trend

Sybase ASE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Sybase ASE Daily Rate Trend

Sybase ASE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sybase ASE within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Sybase ASE Daily Rate Histogram

Sybase ASE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sybase ASE Hourly Rate Trend

Sybase ASE
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sybase ASE within the UK over the 3 months to 10 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
LondonUp+4888£479-3.85 %
EnglandUp+5888£479-3.05 %
City of LondonDown-2017£457-13.29 %
Docklands, LondonUp+183£450-6.49 %
Canary WharfNew entry-3£425-
EdinburghUp+132£425-
ScotlandUp+272£425-
WembleyNew entry-1--

Sybase ASE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Sybase ASE 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 Sybase ASE.

1135 (100.00 %)Sybase
282 (60.74 %)Banking
373 (54.07 %)UNIX
471 (52.59 %)Replication
566 (48.89 %)SQL Server
660 (44.44 %)SQL
755 (40.74 %)Oracle
851 (37.78 %)Investment Banking
945 (33.33 %)Finance
1035 (25.93 %)Solaris
1120 (14.81 %)MS Excel
1217 (12.59 %)Linux
1217 (12.59 %)C#
1316 (11.85 %)Perl
1316 (11.85 %)Windows
1316 (11.85 %)Shell Script
1415 (11.11 %)Migration
1514 (10.37 %)SQL Server 2005
1514 (10.37 %)Degree
1514 (10.37 %)SQL Server 2000
1613 (9.630 %)VB
1712 (8.889 %)HPUX
1712 (8.889 %)Reuters
1712 (8.889 %)Bloomberg
1811 (8.148 %)SAN
1811 (8.148 %)VBA
1811 (8.148 %)Electronic Trading
1910 (7.407 %)Microsoft
209 (6.667 %)Oracle 10g
209 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse

Sybase ASE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Sybase ASE 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 Sybase ASE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (1.481 %).NET
12 (1.481 %)ASP
12 (1.481 %)SOAP
12 (1.481 %)WebServices
12 (1.481 %)XML
12 (1.481 %)JMS
12 (1.481 %)Hibernate
12 (1.481 %)Spring
21 (0.741 %)HTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (1.481 %)Tomcat
12 (1.481 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
12 (1.481 %)Mule
21 (0.741 %)Office Communications Server
21 (0.741 %)Rendezvous
21 (0.741 %)WebLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (14.81 %)MS Excel
22 (1.481 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (8.148 %)SAN
23 (2.222 %)SSH
32 (1.481 %)FTP
32 (1.481 %)HTTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
166 (48.89 %)SQL Server
214 (10.37 %)SQL Server 2000
214 (10.37 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (6.667 %)Sybase IQ
39 (6.667 %)Oracle 10g
39 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse
47 (5.185 %)Oracle 9i
56 (4.444 %)OLAP
56 (4.444 %)BusinessObjects
56 (4.444 %)Oracle OLAP
65 (3.704 %)MySQL
74 (2.963 %)Informix
83 (2.222 %)DB2
83 (2.222 %)DB2 UDB
92 (1.481 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.741 %)ETL
101 (0.741 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.741 %)Reference Data
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.481 %)JUnit
12 (1.481 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12 (1.481 %)NUnit
12 (1.481 %)CruiseControl
12 (1.481 %)Subversion
21 (0.741 %)ARTiSAN
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
182 (60.74 %)Banking
251 (37.78 %)Investment Banking
345 (33.33 %)Finance
43 (2.222 %)Retail Banking
43 (2.222 %)Retail
43 (2.222 %)Front Office
52 (1.481 %)Financial Institution
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
190 (66.67 %)DBA
272 (53.33 %)Sybase DBA
316 (11.85 %)Administrator
413 (9.630 %)Database Engineer
512 (8.889 %)Analyst
611 (8.148 %)Developer
78 (5.926 %)Architect
78 (5.926 %)Support Analyst
87 (5.185 %)SQL DBA
96 (4.444 %)Sybase Developer
105 (3.704 %)Senior DBA
105 (3.704 %)Senior Sybase DBA
114 (2.963 %)Datawarehouse Architect
114 (2.963 %)SQL Server DBA
114 (2.963 %)Infrastructure Engineer
114 (2.963 %)Oracle DBA
114 (2.963 %)Technical Architect
123 (2.222 %)Senior Developer
123 (2.222 %)Development DBA
132 (1.481 %)Sybase Development DBA
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
171 (52.59 %)Replication
28 (5.926 %)Derivative
36 (4.444 %)Fixed Income
45 (3.704 %)Grid Computing
45 (3.704 %)Equities
53 (2.222 %)Clustering
62 (1.481 %)Market Risk
71 (0.741 %)Data Integration
71 (0.741 %)N-Tier
71 (0.741 %)Equity Derivative
71 (0.741 %)Computer Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
173 (54.07 %)UNIX
235 (25.93 %)Solaris
317 (12.59 %)Linux
416 (11.85 %)Windows
512 (8.889 %)HPUX
67 (5.185 %)Red Hat Linux
73 (2.222 %)Windows NT
73 (2.222 %)Windows XP
82 (1.481 %)AIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (11.11 %)Migration
211 (8.148 %)Electronic Trading
37 (5.185 %)Data Modelling
46 (4.444 %)OO
54 (2.963 %)Business Intelligence
54 (2.963 %)BCP
54 (2.963 %)Disaster Recovery
62 (1.481 %)ITIL
62 (1.481 %)Validation
62 (1.481 %)Continuous Integration
71 (0.741 %)Investment Management
71 (0.741 %)Project Planning
71 (0.741 %)Stress Testing
71 (0.741 %)Integration Testing
71 (0.741 %)OOP
71 (0.741 %)Risk Management
71 (0.741 %)Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
160 (44.44 %)SQL
217 (12.59 %)C#
316 (11.85 %)Perl
316 (11.85 %)Shell Script
413 (9.630 %)VB
511 (8.148 %)VBA
68 (5.926 %)Korn
77 (5.185 %)Java
86 (4.444 %)Transact-SQL
95 (3.704 %)C
103 (2.222 %)C++
103 (2.222 %)VBScript
112 (1.481 %)PHP
112 (1.481 %)Jython
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (10.37 %)Degree
21 (0.741 %)HP ASE
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (3.704 %)Oracle RMAN
24 (2.963 %)Oracle RAC
32 (1.481 %)LiteSpeed
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (5.926 %)AutoSys
22 (1.481 %)Foglight
31 (0.741 %)CONTROL-M
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1135 (100.00 %)Sybase
255 (40.74 %)Oracle
312 (8.889 %)Reuters
312 (8.889 %)Bloomberg
410 (7.407 %)Microsoft
58 (5.926 %)Red Hat
66 (4.444 %)Business Objects
75 (3.704 %)VERITAS
84 (2.963 %)Sun
93 (2.222 %)IBM
93 (2.222 %)BMC
93 (2.222 %)Informatica
102 (1.481 %)TIBCO
102 (1.481 %)webMethods
111 (0.741 %)Murex
111 (0.741 %)Calypso
111 (0.741 %)HP