The first table below looks at the demand for Crystal Reports 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 Crystal Reports over the 3 months to 20 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 Database & Business Intelligence 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Crystal Reports
Rank - 53 68
Contract jobs citing Crystal Reports 0 15 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - 1.889% 0.435%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 7.653% 1.794%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 1
Average daily rate - £281 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.10%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
+12.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.28 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year
+11.45% +19.23%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
132 196 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.93% 24.69% 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 120 111
Average daily rate £388 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.16% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £225 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £383 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -20.63%
Crystal Reports
North West

Crystal Reports
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Crystal Reports Jobs Demand Trend

Crystal Reports
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Crystal Reports Daily Rate Trend

Crystal Reports
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Crystal Reports Hourly Rate Trend

Crystal Reports
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Crystal Reports within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Warrington - - - -
Crystal Reports
North West

Crystal Reports
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Crystal Reports 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 Crystal Reports.

1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Cognos
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Billing
2 1 (14.29%) assyst
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005

Crystal Reports
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Crystal Reports 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 Crystal Reports. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) assyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
1 6 (85.71%) Crystal Reports Developer
1 6 (85.71%) Report Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Crystal Reports Writer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Crystal Reports Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Report Writer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cognos