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The table below looks at the demand for Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) skills within the Cardiff 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Database Connectivity (ODBC)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank30-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.333 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£459£316
% change on same period last year+45.13 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.21£18.09
% change on same period last year+44.91 %
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cardiff
Matching contract IT job ads6051
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.050 %
Daily rates quoted2211
Average minimum daily rate£346£266
Average daily rate£362£300
% change on same period last year+20.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£35.00£31.50
% change on same period last year+11.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
ODBC South WalesODBC
South Wales

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 Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cardiff ODBC Demand Trend

ODBC
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

12 (100.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)J2EE
21 (50.00 %)Ant
21 (50.00 %)JUnit
21 (50.00 %)Business Objects
21 (50.00 %)PVCS
21 (50.00 %)DCOM
21 (50.00 %)EJB
21 (50.00 %)Struts
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)Solaris
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)Swing
21 (50.00 %)LDAP
21 (50.00 %)JBuilder
21 (50.00 %)N-Tier
21 (50.00 %)Business Intelligence
21 (50.00 %)BusinessObjects
21 (50.00 %)Hummingbird
21 (50.00 %)Unified Process
21 (50.00 %)JRules
21 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
21 (50.00 %)Java

ODBC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)DCOM
11 (50.00 %)EJB
11 (50.00 %)Struts
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)Swing
11 (50.00 %)JRules
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)LDAP
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)BusinessObjects
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Ant
11 (50.00 %)JUnit
11 (50.00 %)PVCS
11 (50.00 %)JBuilder
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Java Developer
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)N-Tier
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Solaris
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)UML
11 (50.00 %)Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)Unified Process
11 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)Java
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Business Objects
11 (50.00 %)Hummingbird