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The table below looks at the demand for Business Intelligence (BI) skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Intelligence (BI)
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank8-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.000 %
As % of the category below20.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted120
Average minimum daily rate£255-
Average daily rate£269-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£283-
UK excluding London average daily rate£412£413
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.46£21.70
% change on same period last year-14.90 %
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Belfast
Matching contract IT job ads10541
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.171 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted2418
Average minimum daily rate£273£409
Average daily rate£291£444
% change on same period last year-34.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£478
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£373
% change on same period last year+2.00 %
Hourly rates quoted212
Average minimum hourly rate£17.09£19.38
Average hourly rate£17.89£19.44
% change on same period last year-7.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.70£19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.25£29.44
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
Business Intelligence County AntrimBusiness Intelligence
County Antrim

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.

Business Intelligence
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Intelligence across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Belfast Business Intelligence Demand Trend

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Intelligence across the Belfast region.

Belfast Business Intelligence Daily Rate Trend

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Intelligence across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Belfast Business Intelligence Daily Rate Histogram

Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence.

120 (45.45 %)SQL Server
120 (45.45 %)Cognos
120 (45.45 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
120 (45.45 %)SQL Server 2005
219 (43.18 %)SQL Server 2000
219 (43.18 %)Oracle
318 (40.91 %)SQL
318 (40.91 %)Windows
318 (40.91 %)SQL Server Integration Services
318 (40.91 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
318 (40.91 %)Migration
417 (38.64 %)Finance
516 (36.36 %)MS Excel
615 (34.09 %)RDBMS
714 (31.82 %)Oracle Reports
811 (25.00 %)Oracle Financials
811 (25.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
98 (18.18 %)General Ledger
98 (18.18 %)Oracle General Ledger
103 (6.818 %)Data Modelling
103 (6.818 %)E-business
103 (6.818 %)Clustering
103 (6.818 %)Oracle Applications
103 (6.818 %)BC Cleared
103 (6.818 %)Security Cleared
112 (4.545 %)Windows Server 2003
121 (2.273 %)ETL
121 (2.273 %)Middleware
121 (2.273 %)Transact-SQL
121 (2.273 %)DB2

Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (2.273 %)Middleware
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
116 (36.36 %)MS Excel
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
120 (45.45 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
211 (25.00 %)Oracle Financials
38 (18.18 %)Oracle General Ledger
43 (6.818 %)Oracle Applications
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (45.45 %)SQL Server
120 (45.45 %)SQL Server 2005
219 (43.18 %)SQL Server 2000
318 (40.91 %)SQL Server Integration Services
318 (40.91 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
415 (34.09 %)RDBMS
514 (31.82 %)Oracle Reports
611 (25.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (2.273 %)Datawarehouse
71 (2.273 %)ETL
71 (2.273 %)BusinessObjects
71 (2.273 %)DB2
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (38.64 %)Finance
28 (18.18 %)General Ledger
31 (2.273 %)Banking
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (45.45 %)DBA
120 (45.45 %)SQL DBA
218 (40.91 %)SQL Server DBA
39 (20.45 %)Cognos Support
39 (20.45 %)Developer
48 (18.18 %)Cognos Developer
55 (11.36 %)Cognos Consultant
55 (11.36 %)Consultant
61 (2.273 %)Ab Initio Developer
61 (2.273 %)Junior Tester
61 (2.273 %)Senior DBA
61 (2.273 %)Senior SQL DBA
61 (2.273 %)Analyst
61 (2.273 %)Test Manager
61 (2.273 %)Test Analyst
61 (2.273 %)Administrator
61 (2.273 %)Tester
61 (2.273 %)Junior
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (6.818 %)Clustering
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (40.91 %)Windows
22 (4.545 %)Windows Server 2003
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (40.91 %)Migration
23 (6.818 %)Data Modelling
23 (6.818 %)E-business
23 (6.818 %)BC Cleared
23 (6.818 %)Security Cleared
31 (2.273 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (2.273 %)Integration Testing
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (40.91 %)SQL
21 (2.273 %)Transact-SQL
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.273 %)QA
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (45.45 %)Cognos
219 (43.18 %)Oracle
31 (2.273 %)Business Objects
31 (2.273 %)Microsoft
31 (2.273 %)HP
31 (2.273 %)EMC
31 (2.273 %)Avaya
31 (2.273 %)Actuate
31 (2.273 %)Ab Initio