The first table below looks at the demand for ArcGIS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Blackpool region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ArcGIS over the 3 months to 22 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 Application Platforms category for the Blackpool 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ESRI ArcGIS
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Blackpool - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £313 £348
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -10.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.13 £15.00 -
% change year-on-year
-19.16% -
All Application Platforms
Blackpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
2 9 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Blackpool 8.000% 21.43% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 10
Average daily rate - £323 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £22.50 - £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
ArcGIS
Lancashire

ArcGIS
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Blackpool region citing ArcGIS 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 ArcGIS.

1 2 (100.00%) GIS
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling

ArcGIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Blackpool region citing ArcGIS 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 ArcGIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) GIS
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) T-SQL