Bristol ODBC Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ODBC over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
Location Belfast Berkshire Bristol Canary Wharf Cardiff Chippenham Chorley City of London County Antrim Coventry Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Enfield England Essex Exeter Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Home Counties Lancashire London Manchester North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Slough South East South Wales South West Stevenage Teesside UK Wales Wallingford West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	70
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.917 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£300
Average daily rate	-	£300
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£404	£349
% change on same period last year	+15.65 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.36	£15.33
% change on same period last year	+85.03 %
Application Development Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	201	218
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.286 %	0.220 %
Daily rates quoted	46	67
Average minimum daily rate	£282	£289
Average daily rate	£312	£308
% change on same period last year	+1.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£341	£327
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£333
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	35	43
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.51	£32.46
Average hourly rate	£34.49	£37.93
% change on same period last year	-9.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.47	£43.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.18	£32.06
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
ODBC South West

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.

ODBC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ODBC across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ODBC
Daily Rate Trend

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

ODBC
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ODBC across the Bristol region.