The first table below looks at the demand for Migration skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Migration 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Migration
Rank 26 11 16
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +5
Contract jobs citing Migration 5 21 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.632% 7.721% 8.966%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.333% 10.61% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 9
Average daily rate £170 £361 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.84% +10.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £173 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £442 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £365
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £12.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £22.25 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-21.34% -7.29%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
150 198 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.95% 72.79% 74.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 105 109
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 8
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Migration
East of England

Migration
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Migration Jobs Demand Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Migration Daily Rate Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Migration across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Migration Daily Rate Histogram

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Migration
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Bedfordshire region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford -1 2 £158 +21.15%
Luton -6 1 £150 -61.80%
Migration
East of England

Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Migration 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 Migration.

1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows XP
2 6 (35.29%) MS Excel
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) Windows 7
3 4 (23.53%) Test Strategy
3 4 (23.53%) SCCM
3 4 (23.53%) MS Project
3 4 (23.53%) MS Visio
4 3 (17.65%) Symantec
4 3 (17.65%) MS Office
4 3 (17.65%) VBScript
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle
4 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
4 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (17.65%) Windows Vista
4 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
4 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
4 3 (17.65%) ERP
5 2 (11.76%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 2 (11.76%) EDI
6 1 (5.882%) Apache
6 1 (5.882%) XHTML
6 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
6 1 (5.882%) Data Modelling
6 1 (5.882%) ETL
6 1 (5.882%) SLA
6 1 (5.882%) Project Management

Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Migration 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 Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.76%) EDI
2 1 (5.882%) XHTML
2 1 (5.882%) .NET
2 1 (5.882%) HTML
2 1 (5.882%) CSS
2 1 (5.882%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) Apache
1 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.882%) IIS
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.882%) CMS
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (5.882%) Drupal
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) MS Excel
2 4 (23.53%) MS Project
2 4 (23.53%) MS Visio
3 3 (17.65%) MS Office
4 1 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (5.882%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) SAN
1 1 (5.882%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.882%) MS Access
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 1 (5.882%) French Language
1 1 (5.882%) German Language
1 1 (5.882%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) Test Leader
2 2 (11.76%) Migration Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Project Administrator
2 2 (11.76%) Administrator
3 1 (5.882%) Coordinator
3 1 (5.882%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.882%) Tester
3 1 (5.882%) Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Analyst
3 1 (5.882%) Test Manager
3 1 (5.882%) Migration Technician
3 1 (5.882%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (5.882%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (5.882%) PHP Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) Deployment Project Manager
3 1 (5.882%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) Deployment Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) NHS
1 1 (5.882%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows XP
2 6 (35.29%) Windows 7
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Test Strategy
2 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
2 3 (17.65%) ERP
3 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.882%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.882%) ETL
4 1 (5.882%) Project Management
4 1 (5.882%) CRM
4 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.882%) Regression Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Workflow
4 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.882%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Unit Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
4 1 (5.882%) Manual Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Time Management
4 1 (5.882%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (5.882%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) VBScript
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.882%) VBA
2 1 (5.882%) C
2 1 (5.882%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.882%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) ISEB
1 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (5.882%) ISTQB
1 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (5.882%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.882%) VMware ESX
2 1 (5.882%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) SCCM
2 1 (5.882%) SCOM
2 1 (5.882%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Symantec
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 1 (5.882%) SAP
3 1 (5.882%) VMware
3 1 (5.882%) Salesforce.com
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