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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Business (eBusiness) 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 E-business over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Business (eBusiness)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank27-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.679 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£210-
Average daily rate£230-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£393£341
% change on same period last year+15.16 %
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-£45.00
% change on same period last year-
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Belfast
Matching contract IT job ads11252
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.176 %0.057 %
Daily rates quoted2218
Average minimum daily rate£283£373
Average daily rate£302£415
% change on same period last year-27.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£456
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£369
% change on same period last year+2.93 %
Hourly rates quoted162
Average minimum hourly rate£17.66£19.38
Average hourly rate£18.86£19.44
% change on same period last year-2.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.05£19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.09£29.91
% change on same period last year-6.09 %
E-business County AntrimE-business
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.

E-business
Demand Trend

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

Belfast E-business Demand Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Trend

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

Belfast E-business Daily Rate Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-business across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008.

Belfast E-business Daily Rate Histogram

E-business
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing E-business 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 E-business.

113 (100.00 %)Oracle
211 (84.62 %)Oracle Reports
310 (76.92 %)Finance
48 (61.54 %)Business Intelligence
57 (53.85 %)Cognos
57 (53.85 %)General Ledger
64 (30.77 %)Oracle Applications
64 (30.77 %)User Acceptance Testing
64 (30.77 %)Performance Testing
64 (30.77 %)Unit Testing
64 (30.77 %)Integration Testing
64 (30.77 %)SQL
64 (30.77 %)Management Information System
64 (30.77 %)BusinessObjects
64 (30.77 %)Business Objects
73 (23.08 %)Oracle Financials
73 (23.08 %)Data Modelling
73 (23.08 %)BC Cleared
73 (23.08 %)Security Cleared
73 (23.08 %)Oracle General Ledger
73 (23.08 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
82 (15.38 %)Service Management
91 (7.692 %)ETL
91 (7.692 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (7.692 %)Oracle Forms
91 (7.692 %)Citrix
91 (7.692 %)LoadRunner

E-business
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing E-business 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 E-business. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (30.77 %)Oracle Applications
23 (23.08 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
23 (23.08 %)Oracle General Ledger
23 (23.08 %)Oracle Financials
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (84.62 %)Oracle Reports
24 (30.77 %)BusinessObjects
31 (7.692 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (7.692 %)ETL
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.692 %)Oracle Forms
11 (7.692 %)LoadRunner
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (76.92 %)Finance
27 (53.85 %)General Ledger
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (30.77 %)Consultant
14 (30.77 %)Oracle Consultant
14 (30.77 %)E-Business Consultant
23 (23.08 %)Cognos Support
23 (23.08 %)Developer
32 (15.38 %)Oracle Applications Support
32 (15.38 %)Cognos Developer
32 (15.38 %)Business Consultant
41 (7.692 %)Report Developer
41 (7.692 %)Tester
41 (7.692 %)Applications Support
41 (7.692 %)Performance Tester
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (30.77 %)Management Information System
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (61.54 %)Business Intelligence
24 (30.77 %)User Acceptance Testing
24 (30.77 %)Performance Testing
24 (30.77 %)Unit Testing
24 (30.77 %)Integration Testing
33 (23.08 %)BC Cleared
33 (23.08 %)Security Cleared
33 (23.08 %)Data Modelling
42 (15.38 %)Service Management
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (30.77 %)SQL
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (100.00 %)Oracle
27 (53.85 %)Cognos
34 (30.77 %)Business Objects
41 (7.692 %)Citrix