The first table below looks at the demand for Crystal Reports skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Crystal Reports 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Birmingham 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
SAP Crystal Reports
Rank 40 54 46
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -8
Contract jobs citing Crystal Reports 3 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.683% 0.322% 0.585%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.297% 1.170% 3.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £263 £363 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.58% +40.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £363 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £363 £284
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £26.25 £19.75
% change year-on-year
-27.61% +32.91%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
91 171 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 20.73% 27.54% 19.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 104 61
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £236 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £440 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 0
Average hourly rate £26.75 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Crystal Reports
West Midlands

Crystal Reports
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Crystal Reports across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Birmingham Crystal Reports Jobs Demand Trend

Crystal Reports
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Crystal Reports Daily Rate Trend

Crystal Reports
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Crystal Reports Hourly Rate Trend

Crystal Reports
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Crystal Reports 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 Crystal Reports.

1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis

Crystal Reports
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Report Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (25.00%) CRM Manager
3 1 (25.00%) CRM Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) CRM Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) CRM
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA