The first table below looks at the demand for Business Intelligence skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 21 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Cheshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Intelligence (BI)
Rank 31 48 39
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 33 18 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.490% 2.236% 3.905%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.011% 3.651% 5.672%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 6
Average daily rate £425 £338 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.83% -9.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £319 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £55.00 - £28.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £23.25 £33.13
% change year-on-year
+72.04% -29.81%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
549 493 670
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 74.69% 61.24% 68.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 250 374
Average daily rate £375 £353 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.30% +8.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £271 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +17.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £31.10 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Business Intelligence
North West

Business Intelligence
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Business Intelligence across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cheshire Business Intelligence Jobs Demand Trend

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Business Intelligence Daily Rate Trend

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Intelligence across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Business Intelligence Daily Rate Histogram

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Intelligence across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Business Intelligence Hourly Rate Trend

Business Intelligence
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington +5 16 £380 +16.92%
Chester - 5 £451 -
Crewe +4 1 - -
Macclesfield +3 1 - -
Business Intelligence
North West

Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence.

1 34 (50.75%) Oracle
2 29 (43.28%) SAP
3 20 (29.85%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (26.87%) SAP BW
5 16 (23.88%) SQL
6 14 (20.90%) UNIX
7 12 (17.91%) SAP BI
7 12 (17.91%) Finance
8 11 (16.42%) CRM
8 11 (16.42%) PL/SQL
9 10 (14.93%) NetWeaver
9 10 (14.93%) Microsoft
9 10 (14.93%) SAP Basis
10 9 (13.43%) ETL
10 9 (13.43%) Test Scripting
10 9 (13.43%) Oracle BI EE
11 8 (11.94%) SAP BPC
11 8 (11.94%) SQL Server
11 8 (11.94%) DB2
11 8 (11.94%) Business Objects
11 8 (11.94%) Cognos
12 7 (10.45%) Migration
12 7 (10.45%) Oracle Payroll
12 7 (10.45%) SAP XI
12 7 (10.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (10.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (10.45%) BusinessObjects
12 7 (10.45%) Oracle EBS R12
12 7 (10.45%) SC Cleared
12 7 (10.45%) Security Cleared

Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (14.93%) SAP Basis
2 7 (10.45%) SAP XI
3 4 (5.970%) EDI
4 3 (4.478%) XML
4 3 (4.478%) .NET
5 2 (2.985%) WCF
5 2 (2.985%) WPF
5 2 (2.985%) MDX
5 2 (2.985%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.985%) Java EE
5 2 (2.985%) WebSphere
5 2 (2.985%) Middleware
5 2 (2.985%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.985%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 1 (1.493%) Web Dynpro
6 1 (1.493%) Web Services
6 1 (1.493%) SAP Business Workflow
Application Platforms
1 10 (14.93%) NetWeaver
2 5 (7.463%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.478%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (4.478%) MS Project
1 3 (4.478%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.985%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (11.94%) SAP BPC
2 7 (10.45%) Oracle Payroll
2 7 (10.45%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (5.970%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (4.478%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (4.478%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (2.985%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 2 (2.985%) SAP PS
5 2 (2.985%) Maximo
6 1 (1.493%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (1.493%) SAP CO
6 1 (1.493%) SAP FI
6 1 (1.493%) SAP MM
6 1 (1.493%) SAP HR
6 1 (1.493%) SAP SD
6 1 (1.493%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.478%) LAN
1 3 (4.478%) WAN
1 3 (4.478%) SNMP
1 3 (4.478%) SAN
2 2 (2.985%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (29.85%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (26.87%) SAP BW
3 12 (17.91%) SAP BI
4 9 (13.43%) Oracle BI EE
5 8 (11.94%) SQL Server
5 8 (11.94%) DB2
6 7 (10.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (10.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (10.45%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (8.955%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (8.955%) Oracle 11g
8 4 (5.970%) SAP Data Services
8 4 (5.970%) RDBMS
8 4 (5.970%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (5.970%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (4.478%) Oracle 10g
9 3 (4.478%) SQL Server 2008
10 2 (2.985%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (2.985%) Oracle 8/8i
11 1 (1.493%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.985%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (17.91%) Finance
2 3 (4.478%) Billing
2 3 (4.478%) Local Government
3 1 (1.493%) Marketing
3 1 (1.493%) Banking
3 1 (1.493%) German Language
Job Titles
1 22 (32.84%) Consultant
2 17 (25.37%) Developer
3 10 (14.93%) SAP Consultant
4 8 (11.94%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 7 (10.45%) SAP Basis Consultant
6 6 (8.955%) Architect
6 6 (8.955%) Business Consultant
7 5 (7.463%) Oracle Developer
7 5 (7.463%) Oracle Consultant
8 4 (5.970%) SAP Tester
8 4 (5.970%) Tester
9 3 (4.478%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (4.478%) Release Manager
9 3 (4.478%) Data Warehouse Developer
9 3 (4.478%) Payroll Consultant
9 3 (4.478%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 3 (4.478%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
9 3 (4.478%) Analyst
9 3 (4.478%) Senior Business Intelligence Consultant
9 3 (4.478%) Oracle Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.463%) NHS
2 3 (4.478%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.478%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.985%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 14 (20.90%) UNIX
2 3 (4.478%) Solaris
3 2 (2.985%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (16.42%) CRM
2 9 (13.43%) ETL
2 9 (13.43%) Test Scripting
3 7 (10.45%) Migration
4 6 (8.955%) TOGAF
4 6 (8.955%) Workflow
5 5 (7.463%) E-Commerce
6 4 (5.970%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (5.970%) Data Mapping
6 4 (5.970%) Project Management
6 4 (5.970%) Data Modelling
6 4 (5.970%) Regression Testing
7 3 (4.478%) Data Management
7 3 (4.478%) ITIL
7 3 (4.478%) PRINCE2
7 3 (4.478%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (4.478%) Kimball Methodology
8 2 (2.985%) Analytics
8 2 (2.985%) Feature Driven Development
8 2 (2.985%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 16 (23.88%) SQL
2 11 (16.42%) PL/SQL
3 6 (8.955%) Java
4 5 (7.463%) T-SQL
4 5 (7.463%) ABAP
5 3 (4.478%) C#
6 2 (2.985%) C
7 1 (1.493%) VB
7 1 (1.493%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (10.45%) SC Cleared
1 7 (10.45%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.955%) Degree
3 3 (4.478%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.493%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.493%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.493%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (7.463%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 34 (50.75%) Oracle
2 29 (43.28%) SAP
3 10 (14.93%) Microsoft
4 8 (11.94%) Business Objects
4 8 (11.94%) Cognos
5 5 (7.463%) Primavera
6 3 (4.478%) Ab Initio
6 3 (4.478%) IBM
7 1 (1.493%) Open Text
7 1 (1.493%) VMware
7 1 (1.493%) HP
7 1 (1.493%) Adobe
7 1 (1.493%) Informatica
7 1 (1.493%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (1.493%) TSYS
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