The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Reference Data over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Bristol 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reference Data
Rank 49 55 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 1 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.187% 0.706% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.111% 4.380% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £510 £390 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £398 £330
% change year-on-year
+16.20% +20.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
90 137 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 16.85% 16.12% 17.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 91 45
Average daily rate £338 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £237 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £512 £451 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 8
Average hourly rate £42.50 £32.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.81% +60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Reference Data
South West

Reference Data
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Reference Data across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Bristol Reference Data Jobs Demand Trend

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Reference Data Daily Rate Trend

Reference Data
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Reference Data Hourly Rate Trend

Reference Data
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data.

1 2 (66.67%) SAS
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Retail Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management

Reference Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Retail Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Report Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Banking Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) SAS Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Business Objects