The first table below looks at the demand for Data Migration 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 Data Migration over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Migration
Rank 47 49 47
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 16 16 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.177% 1.975% 2.500%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.909% 3.213% 3.620%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 8
Average daily rate £393 £360 £369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.02% -2.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £188 £317
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £380 £360
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £41.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-61.44% +10.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
550 498 663
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 74.83% 61.48% 69.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 254 367
Average daily rate £375 £351 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.99% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £270 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 26
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +12.05%
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 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Data Migration
North West

Data Migration
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Data Migration Jobs Demand Trend

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Data Migration Daily Rate Trend

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Migration across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheshire Data Migration Daily Rate Histogram

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Data Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Data Migration
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 2 - -
Chester - 2 £463 -
Macclesfield 0 1 - -
Knutsford - 1 - -
Data Migration
North West

Data Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Data Migration 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 Data Migration.

1 25 (100.00%) Migration
2 11 (44.00%) Finance
2 11 (44.00%) SAP
3 7 (28.00%) ETL
4 6 (24.00%) SQL
5 5 (20.00%) Oracle
5 5 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 5 (20.00%) Validation
6 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (16.00%) Banking
7 3 (12.00%) Retail
7 3 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (12.00%) Ariba
7 3 (12.00%) Test Scripting
8 2 (8.000%) Non-Functional Testing
8 2 (8.000%) Windows 8
8 2 (8.000%) Mobile Banking
8 2 (8.000%) Windows 7
8 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
8 2 (8.000%) Online Banking
8 2 (8.000%) Windows Vista
8 2 (8.000%) Resource Management
8 2 (8.000%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (8.000%) Data Validation
8 2 (8.000%) Tivoli
8 2 (8.000%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 2 (8.000%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (8.000%) CSG Singleview

Data Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Data Migration 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 Data Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.000%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) CSG Singleview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (8.000%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (8.000%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (8.000%) DB2
3 1 (4.000%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.000%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (4.000%) SAP BW
3 1 (4.000%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (4.000%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) LSMW
General
1 11 (44.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Banking
3 3 (12.00%) Retail
4 2 (8.000%) Billing
5 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.000%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Analyst
2 8 (32.00%) Data Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Project Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Technical Manager
4 3 (12.00%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (12.00%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (8.000%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Migration Consultant
5 2 (8.000%) SAP Data Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Business Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Test Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Data Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Cognos Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) UNIX Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Mobile Banking
1 2 (8.000%) Online Banking
2 1 (4.000%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) Windows 8
1 2 (8.000%) Windows 7
1 2 (8.000%) Windows Vista
1 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
1 2 (8.000%) Windows
1 2 (8.000%) AIX
2 1 (4.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Migration
2 7 (28.00%) ETL
3 5 (20.00%) Validation
4 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.00%) Test Scripting
6 2 (8.000%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.000%) Resource Management
6 2 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (8.000%) Data Validation
6 2 (8.000%) ITIL
6 2 (8.000%) Regression Testing
6 2 (8.000%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (4.000%) Data Analysis
7 1 (4.000%) Workflow
7 1 (4.000%) Change Management
7 1 (4.000%) ERP
7 1 (4.000%) Data Modelling
7 1 (4.000%) SOA
7 1 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.000%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) ISEB
1 2 (8.000%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.000%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 2 (8.000%) Tivoli
1 2 (8.000%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) SAP
2 5 (20.00%) Oracle
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) Ariba
4 2 (8.000%) Siebel
5 1 (4.000%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (4.000%) Business Objects
5 1 (4.000%) Cognos
5 1 (4.000%) IBM
5 1 (4.000%) Hyperion
5 1 (4.000%) Informatica
5 1 (4.000%) JD Edwards