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Hi Everyone,

For those of you who are looking for a project recently, I guess you probably have the same feeling as I do. I think the demand for Datastage ( as well as other ETL / DW tools) is cooling down since the second half the 2008, maybe not as bad as other areas, but I can definitely feel the difference now. I am obviously getting less phone calls / emails, and more agents are asking super low rates. Number of postings on dice today is probably only 2/3 of the same period last year.

What should i say..?

Believe that there is a place for you and you will get it soon. All the best.

Fact is market is dull because of financial crisis which lead to budget cut etc

I started working on Datastage in 2002, I am not sure how bad the market will go this year , but so far I am more happy in 2009 than 2002. A friend of mine ( not myself, ok ) told me he got laid off from Ascential back then and it took him nearly 5 months to get a contract.

Seems to be a lot of jobs in JAVA right now.

The world economic downturn in the 1990s led to a surge in data warehouse/data mart activity as businesses sought ways to focus on getting good data with which to concentrate on the strengths of their business. There is no reason, in my opinion, why the same would not be true now.

I'm seeing demand, however it is taking longer to close contracts because approval cycles are taking longer (budgets are tighter). It can mean more downtime between gigs if you aren't careful.

If you are talented, there's always a need...

If you're good, money is easy.

-- Eddie Felsen to the Cruiser.

Data integration will be cushioned more than other parts of IT since it is something that has to happen and some activities designed to cut IT budgets such as system decommissioning and mergers and acquisitions need data integration activities.