The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ab Initio products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ab Initio over the 3 months to 24 May 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 currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within the Ab Initio Software Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ab Initio
Rank 624 678 602
Rank change year-on-year
+54 -76
Permanent jobs citing Ab Initio 241 224 286
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.223% 0.186% 0.230%
As % of the Vendors category 0.464% 0.390% 0.490%
Number of salaries quoted 172 178 190
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £47,350 £47,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-10.47% -4.54%
All Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
51990 57424 58365
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 48.10% 47.58% 46.91%
Number of salaries quoted 42441 48386 48502
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000

Ab Initio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Ab Initio within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Ab Initio Jobs Demand Trend

Ab Initio
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ab Initio within the UK.

Ab Initio Salary Trend

Ab Initio
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ab Initio over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Ab Initio Salary Histogram

Ab Initio
Top 28 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ab Initio within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +19 207 £57,500 -4.16%
London +19 89 £60,000 -5.51%
North West +47 51 £39,000 -15.21%
South East -18 41 £67,500 +28.57%
Scotland +29 31 £41,000 +17.14%
Manchester +6 29 £39,000 -17.02%
Berkshire +2 25 £70,000 +33.33%
Cheshire +21 20 £36,500 -14.11%
West Lothian - 20 £36,000 -
Livingston - 19 £36,000 -
Reading -5 18 £70,000 +36.58%
Chester -1 16 £39,500 -7.05%
Hertfordshire +14 13 - -
East of England +7 13 - -
City of London -14 13 £57,500 -2.12%
St Albans - 13 - -
Buckinghamshire - 10 £55,000 -
Milton Keynes - 7 £55,000 -
Edinburgh +8 6 £52,500 +50.00%
Warrington - 4 £35,750 -
West Midlands -17 3 £57,250 +20.52%
High Wycombe - 3 £45,000 -
Coventry - 3 £57,250 -
Hampshire -29 2 £40,000 -20.00%
Oxfordshire - 2 £72,500 -
Oxford - 2 £72,500 -
Basingstoke -16 1 £40,000 -20.00%
Southwark - 1 £95,000 -

Ab Initio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Ab Initio.

1 382 (82.68%) ETL
2 278 (60.17%) Business Intelligence
3 260 (56.28%) Informatica
4 234 (50.65%) Data Warehouse
5 221 (47.84%) Oracle
6 192 (41.56%) DataStage
7 178 (38.53%) SQL
8 171 (37.01%) UNIX
9 138 (29.87%) Teradata
10 133 (28.79%) IBM
11 122 (26.41%) Finance
12 117 (25.32%) Netezza
12 117 (25.32%) SQL Server
13 112 (24.24%) Business Objects
14 109 (23.59%) Data Management
15 106 (22.94%) Cognos
16 105 (22.73%) Data Modelling
17 96 (20.78%) Analytics
18 95 (20.56%) DB2
19 89 (19.26%) Microsoft
19 89 (19.26%) MicroStrategy
20 88 (19.05%) Shell Script
21 86 (18.61%) SAS
22 81 (17.53%) MS Excel
23 77 (16.67%) IBM InfoSphere
24 73 (15.80%) Degree
25 70 (15.15%) Big Data
26 68 (14.72%) QlikView
27 67 (14.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
28 62 (13.42%) Information Management

Ab Initio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Ab Initio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (6.926%) WebSphere
2 31 (6.710%) Web Services
3 18 (3.896%) J2EE
4 15 (3.247%) .NET
5 10 (2.165%) XML
6 5 (1.082%) Middleware
6 5 (1.082%) JSP
7 4 (0.866%) REST
7 4 (0.866%) SOAP
7 4 (0.866%) Spring
7 4 (0.866%) Hibernate
8 3 (0.649%) COM
9 2 (0.433%) MDX
9 2 (0.433%) SAP XI
10 1 (0.216%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 86 (18.61%) SAS
2 18 (3.896%) WebSphere MQ
3 15 (3.247%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.814%) WebLogic
5 6 (1.299%) WebLogic Portal
6 5 (1.082%) JCAPS
7 4 (0.866%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (0.866%) WMQI
7 4 (0.866%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.433%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 81 (17.53%) MS Excel
2 42 (9.091%) SPSS
3 10 (2.165%) PowerPivot
4 5 (1.082%) MS Office
5 3 (0.649%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.216%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (1.082%) MultiFonds
1 5 (1.082%) Applix TM1
1 5 (1.082%) Advent Geneva
2 3 (0.649%) Oracle CRM
2 3 (0.649%) Cognos Controller
3 2 (0.433%) Siebel Analytics
3 2 (0.433%) Cognos Planning
4 1 (0.216%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.216%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.216%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.216%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.216%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.814%) Broadband
2 8 (1.732%) HTTP
3 6 (1.299%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.649%) FTP
5 2 (0.433%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.216%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 234 (50.65%) Data Warehouse
2 192 (41.56%) DataStage
3 117 (25.32%) SQL Server
4 95 (20.56%) DB2
5 77 (16.67%) IBM InfoSphere
6 70 (15.15%) Big Data
7 68 (14.72%) QlikView
8 67 (14.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 60 (12.99%) OLAP
10 51 (11.04%) RDBMS
11 50 (10.82%) BusinessObjects
12 49 (10.61%) PowerCenter
12 49 (10.61%) Oracle OLAP
13 47 (10.17%) Oracle BI EE
13 47 (10.17%) Hadoop
14 42 (9.091%) Data Mining
15 41 (8.874%) Oracle OWB
16 37 (8.009%) Pentaho
17 35 (7.576%) Spotfire
18 28 (6.061%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 23 (4.978%) ERwin
1 23 (4.978%) Talend Open Studio
2 10 (2.165%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.732%) ClearCase
3 8 (1.732%) ClearQuest
4 6 (1.299%) JIRA
4 6 (1.299%) JUnit
5 5 (1.082%) Subversion
6 4 (0.866%) Hudson
6 4 (0.866%) Ant
7 1 (0.216%) Oracle Forms
General
1 122 (26.41%) Finance
2 40 (8.658%) Telecoms
3 34 (7.359%) Banking
4 33 (7.143%) Advertising
5 28 (6.061%) Retail
5 28 (6.061%) Marketing
6 23 (4.978%) Financial Institution
7 7 (1.515%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.082%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (0.649%) Games
9 3 (0.649%) Publishing
9 3 (0.649%) International Banking
10 2 (0.433%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 177 (38.31%) Developer
2 103 (22.29%) Consultant
3 73 (15.80%) Ab Initio Developer
4 61 (13.20%) ETL Developer
5 55 (11.90%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 47 (10.17%) Business Consultant
7 28 (6.061%) Architect
8 23 (4.978%) Analyst
9 21 (4.545%) Data Warehouse Developer
10 18 (3.896%) ETL Consultant
11 16 (3.463%) Senior Consultant
11 16 (3.463%) Technical Leader
12 15 (3.247%) Support Engineer
13 14 (3.030%) Designer
13 14 (3.030%) Applications Support
14 13 (2.814%) Team Leader
15 12 (2.597%) Support Analyst
15 12 (2.597%) DataStage Developer
15 12 (2.597%) Data Consultant
16 11 (2.381%) Ab Initio Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.143%) Data Integration
2 30 (6.494%) Computer Science
3 23 (4.978%) Mainframe
4 22 (4.762%) IBM Mainframe
5 21 (4.545%) DataPower
6 20 (4.329%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.381%) Visualisation
8 10 (2.165%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.515%) Data Conversion
9 7 (1.515%) Data Extraction
10 5 (1.082%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.866%) Reference Data
11 4 (0.866%) SaaS
11 4 (0.866%) PaaS
12 3 (0.649%) Replication
12 3 (0.649%) Kindle
12 3 (0.649%) FMCG
13 2 (0.433%) Informatics
13 2 (0.433%) Fat Client
13 2 (0.433%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 171 (37.01%) UNIX
2 37 (8.009%) Solaris
3 35 (7.576%) Linux
4 27 (5.844%) AIX
5 9 (1.948%) Windows
6 1 (0.216%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (82.68%) ETL
2 278 (60.17%) Business Intelligence
3 109 (23.59%) Data Management
4 105 (22.73%) Data Modelling
5 96 (20.78%) Analytics
6 62 (13.42%) Information Management
6 62 (13.42%) Master Data Management
7 47 (10.17%) Data Architecture
8 39 (8.442%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (8.225%) Data Analytics
10 33 (7.143%) Data Analysis
11 31 (6.710%) Unit Testing
12 29 (6.277%) Agile Software Development
13 28 (6.061%) Data Governance
14 26 (5.628%) Dimensional Modelling
15 25 (5.411%) Stakeholder Management
16 23 (4.978%) Scrum
16 23 (4.978%) Data Cleansing
17 21 (4.545%) Requirements Management
18 19 (4.113%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 178 (38.53%) SQL
2 88 (19.05%) Shell Script
3 51 (11.04%) Java
4 35 (7.576%) Perl
5 28 (6.061%) Korn
5 28 (6.061%) PL/SQL
6 22 (4.762%) JCL
7 14 (3.030%) Python
7 14 (3.030%) COBOL
8 13 (2.814%) C#
8 13 (2.814%) C++
8 13 (2.814%) Bash shell
9 10 (2.165%) C
10 7 (1.515%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.649%) PHP
12 2 (0.433%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.433%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 73 (15.80%) Degree
2 7 (1.515%) ISEB
2 7 (1.515%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.299%) ISTQB
3 6 (1.299%) ISEB Practitioner
4 5 (1.082%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.082%) MCP
4 5 (1.082%) SC Cleared
5 4 (0.866%) MCDBA
5 4 (0.866%) MCSD
5 4 (0.866%) MCITP
6 1 (0.216%) PMP
6 1 (0.216%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.216%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.091%) Data Quality
2 25 (5.411%) QA
3 11 (2.381%) SLA
4 3 (0.649%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (0.649%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (0.433%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.216%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 260 (56.28%) Informatica
2 221 (47.84%) Oracle
3 138 (29.87%) Teradata
4 133 (28.79%) IBM
5 117 (25.32%) Netezza
6 112 (24.24%) Business Objects
7 106 (22.94%) Cognos
8 89 (19.26%) Microsoft
8 89 (19.26%) MicroStrategy
9 55 (11.90%) Tableau
10 54 (11.69%) SAP
11 45 (9.740%) DataFlux
12 32 (6.926%) Sybase
13 28 (6.061%) Siebel
14 23 (4.978%) Talend
15 18 (3.896%) Trillium
16 12 (2.597%) Hyperion
17 11 (2.381%) TIBCO
18 8 (1.732%) Fundtech
18 8 (1.732%) Niku
Chester, North West
Keywords: Ab Initio Developer, Developer, Abinitio, ETL Developer, BI, Business Intelligence, ETL, UNIX, Software Life Cycle, Stakeholders, Shell Scripting, Design, Architecture, Version Control, Release Planning, Code, Reporting, Documentation,...
Salt
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
The successful Lead Business Intelligence ETL Developer (Ab Initio) must have excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills... Business Intelligence / Ab Initio / ETL / Data Warehouse / Netezza or Teradata / Lead...
bridgenoble
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
West London
Lead Developer - ETL, Ab Initio, SDLC, Big-Data, Waterfall Our client, one of the world's most recognised home-entertainment brands is seeking a Lead Developer to join...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + + Excellent Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 1 May 2013
Livingston, West Lothian
Data Warehouse developer with sound knowledge of RDBMS (Oracle or Teradata or Netezza or MYSQL or Informix), strong SQL as well as Unix scripting / Korn skills and ideally...
Opus Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
IT, architect, data warehouse, data modelling, terabyte, database, ETL, design, governance, develop* VLDB, netezza, teradata, exadata, exasol, enterprise... Candidate Requirements - Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills - (Ideally)...
Computer People
Salary: £60000.00 - £90000.00 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Integration Team Lead - ab Initio required by leading Financial Services organisation. My client is a multinational non-profit Financial Services Organisation that is putting renewed emphasis on the...
Jonathan Garth
Salary: From £45,000 to £75,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Developer, Programmer, SQL Server, SQL, SSRS, SSAS, SSIS, SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Integration Services, ETL, Ab Initio, Informatica, BusinessObjects Data Integrator, BODI,...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
They need an Ab Initio Developer who has hands-on graph development experience, on AIX and / or Solaris operating systems. UNIX shell scripting expertise is desired, as well...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Qlikview, Cognos, Business Objects, Tableau, Talend, SAS, Microstrategy) Data Warehousing. (Oracle, DB2, Teradata. Sybase, SQL Server, Netezza etc) ETL. (Informatica, Ab Initio, DataStage, OWB, ODI, Talend etc) Data...
KDR
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + bonus / benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Livingston, Lothian, Scotland
As Software Developer your key tasks will include; * Gaining knowledge and experience of a variety of systems, techniques and practices within the functional area, keeping up to date...
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
BI Consultants with the following are of interest - OLAP and Reporting : SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos, Microstrategy, OBIEE, SAS, Microsoft, Qlikview, Tableau, Spotfire, Pentaho. Analytics and Data Mining : SAS or...
Lawrence Harvey Enterprise
Salary: £45000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus / Car / Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
o Microstrategy OLAP Services... - Strong database skills (SQL Server or Oracle) including T-SQL/PLSQL... - Experience of one or more ETL tools (Ab Initio, SSIS, Informatica, OWB, BODI...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Microstrategy OLAP Services. Microstrategy Multisource Option. Microstrategy Distribution Services. Microstrategy Web. Microstrategy Report Services. Data modelling + dimensional modelling experience. Strong database skills (SQL Server or Oracle) including T-...
Sanderson
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Essential Skills: - Ab Initio Development - UNIX - AIX / Solaris - UNIX Shell Scripting - SDLC My client is requiring an Ab Initio Software Engineer with, UNIX (AIX or Solaris) experience to...
Nationwide People Ltd
Salary: £45000 - 55000 Per Annum plus benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Favoured Technical Skills: OLAP and Reporting : SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos, Microstrategy, OBIEE, SAS, Microsoft, Qlikview, Tableau, Spotfire, Pentaho... ETL and Data Cleansing : Informatica, IBM InfoSphere DataStage , AbInitio, Oracle, DataFlux,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £68,000 per annum with a number of fantastic additiona
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Favoured Technical Skills: OLAP and Reporting : SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos, Microstrategy, OBIEE, SAS, Microsoft, Qlikview, Tableau, Spotfire, Pentaho... ETL and Data Cleansing : Informatica, IBM InfoSphere DataStage , AbInitio, Oracle, DataFlux,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £68,000 per annum with a number of fantastic additiona
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Favoured Technical Skills: OLAP and Reporting : SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos, Microstrategy, OBIEE, SAS, Microsoft, Qlikview, Tableau, Spotfire, Pentaho... ETL and Data Cleansing : Informatica, IBM InfoSphere DataStage , AbInitio, Oracle, DataFlux,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £68,000 per annum with a number of fantastic additiona
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Responsibilities of the Technically lead role are: Managing the design of and building industrial Applications across a diverse range of languages inclusive of, but not limited to: - Mainframe -...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Salary: £60000 to £65000 per annum - Exceptional Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Berkshire
Responsibilities of the Technically lead role are: Managing the design of and building industrial Applications across a diverse range of languages inclusive of, but not limited to: - Mainframe -...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Salary: £60000 to £65000 per annum - Exceptional Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Candidates should have a strong technical background with relevant integration technologies such as Ab Initio, Web Methods, Websphere or Informatica, and will be leading a delivery team to...
Aston Carter
Posted: 23 May 2013
West Midlands
Specific knowledge and skills for the Integration Project Lead Subject Matter Expert (SME) knowledge in at least one area of Integration technology (Ab Initio, Web Methods) ... Ensuring that...
Robert Walters
Salary: £1 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013