The first table below looks at the demand for Data Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Management over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Management
Rank 16 19 22
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Management 11 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 6.875% 4.737% 3.590%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.910% 6.870% 5.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 5
Average daily rate £275 £450 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.88% +111.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £145 £350 £149
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £450 £244
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.47 £32.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-55.14% +17.27%
All Processes & Methodologies
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
111 131 139
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 69.38% 68.95% 71.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 64 57
Average daily rate £375 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 10
Average hourly rate £26.25 £14.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -53.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.15 £14.00 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £64.50 £35.20 £40.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Data Management
Scotland

Data Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Data Management across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Aberdeen Data Management Jobs Demand Trend

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Management across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Data Management Daily Rate Trend

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Management across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Aberdeen Data Management Daily Rate Histogram

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Management across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Data Management Hourly Rate Trend

Data Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Data Management 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 Data Management.

1 11 (45.83%) Degree
2 7 (29.17%) SAP GTS
2 7 (29.17%) SAP
2 7 (29.17%) Cisco
2 7 (29.17%) Citrix
2 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
2 7 (29.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 6 (25.00%) IP Telephony
3 6 (25.00%) Wireless
3 6 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (25.00%) CCIE
3 6 (25.00%) Remedy
3 6 (25.00%) BGP
3 6 (25.00%) EIGRP
3 6 (25.00%) MGCP
3 6 (25.00%) Project Management
3 6 (25.00%) H.323
3 6 (25.00%) LAN
3 6 (25.00%) VoIP
3 6 (25.00%) WAN
3 6 (25.00%) VPN
3 6 (25.00%) Windows
3 6 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 6 (25.00%) SAP CCM
3 6 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (25.00%) Time Management
3 6 (25.00%) Riverbed
4 5 (20.83%) Windows 7
4 5 (20.83%) CCNP
5 4 (16.67%) SharePoint

Data Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Data Management 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 Data Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (12.50%) Software Packaging
2 2 (8.333%) X-Windows
3 1 (4.167%) SAP PI
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.167%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (4.167%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (29.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 7 (29.17%) SAP GTS
2 6 (25.00%) SAP CCM
3 1 (4.167%) JDE World
3 1 (4.167%) SmartPlant
3 1 (4.167%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) LAN
1 6 (25.00%) VoIP
1 6 (25.00%) WAN
1 6 (25.00%) VPN
1 6 (25.00%) BGP
1 6 (25.00%) EIGRP
1 6 (25.00%) MGCP
1 6 (25.00%) H.323
1 6 (25.00%) Wireless
1 6 (25.00%) IP Telephony
1 6 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (4.167%) VSAT
2 1 (4.167%) VLAN
2 1 (4.167%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) GIS
2 1 (4.167%) OpenWorks
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.167%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (4.167%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MSI
1 1 (4.167%) InstallShield
General
1 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (8.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Analyst
1 6 (25.00%) Network Engineer
1 6 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Data Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Project Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Coordinator
5 1 (4.167%) Technical Support Specialist
5 1 (4.167%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) JDE Business Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (4.167%) Technical Support
5 1 (4.167%) Applications Packager
5 1 (4.167%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (8.333%) Taxonomies
3 1 (4.167%) Streaming Video
3 1 (4.167%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Windows 7
3 3 (12.50%) Windows XP
4 2 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Project Management
1 6 (25.00%) Time Management
2 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (8.333%) ITIL
3 2 (8.333%) Security Testing
3 2 (8.333%) Change Control
3 2 (8.333%) Capacity Management
3 2 (8.333%) Workflow
4 1 (4.167%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.167%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.167%) Process Management
4 1 (4.167%) Change Management
4 1 (4.167%) PDM
4 1 (4.167%) Asset Management
4 1 (4.167%) Information Management
4 1 (4.167%) Document Management
4 1 (4.167%) Network Design
4 1 (4.167%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) CCIE
2 6 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (20.83%) CCNP
4 2 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) QA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) SAP
1 7 (29.17%) Cisco
1 7 (29.17%) Citrix
2 6 (25.00%) Remedy
2 6 (25.00%) Riverbed
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.333%) Oracle
5 1 (4.167%) Business Objects
5 1 (4.167%) VMware
5 1 (4.167%) JD Edwards