The first table below looks at the demand for ODBC skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ODBC over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Development category for the Bournemouth 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ODBC 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 3.053% - -
As % of the Application Development category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £440 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £250 £310
% change year-on-year
+76.00% -19.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.13 £20.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+0.62% -55.55%
All Application Development
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
28 45 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 21.37% 31.69% 22.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 34 30
Average daily rate £350 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £356 £299
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £450 £409
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £165.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
ODBC
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ODBC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ODBC across the Bournemouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bournemouth ODBC Jobs Demand Trend

ODBC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bournemouth ODBC Daily Rate Trend

ODBC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth region citing ODBC 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 ODBC.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 5 (100.00%) JDBC
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Solaris
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) HTTP
1 5 (100.00%) TOAD
1 5 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
1 5 (100.00%) Introscope
1 5 (100.00%) Banking
1 5 (100.00%) Test Management
1 5 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 5 (100.00%) SWIFT
1 5 (100.00%) HP SiteScope
2 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (80.00%) QA
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 4 (80.00%) ISEB
3 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (40.00%) FTP

ODBC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth region citing ODBC 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 ODBC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) JDBC
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) HTTP
1 5 (100.00%) HTTPS
2 2 (40.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 5 (100.00%) Introscope
2 2 (40.00%) JProfiler
2 2 (40.00%) JProbe
General
1 5 (100.00%) Banking
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) QA Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) QA Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Solaris
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Management
2 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) VB
3 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (40.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISEB
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 5 (100.00%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) HP
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle
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