City of London Data Migration Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Data Migration skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Data Migration over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Argyll and Bute Atherstone Avon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Haywards Heath Helensburgh Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hinckley Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Reading Redhill Sandwich Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stirling Stoke-on-Trent Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wolverhampton Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	113	170
Rank change on same period last year	+57
Matching contract IT job ads	116	29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.154 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	2.468 %	0.862 %
Daily rates quoted	71	16
Average minimum daily rate	£444	£369
Average daily rate	£478	£384
% change on same period last year	+24.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£511	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£424	£405
% change on same period last year	+4.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.00	-
Average hourly rate	£33.08	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.17	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.01	£24.55
% change on same period last year	+18.16 %
Processes & Methodologies City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	4701	3363
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.243 %	3.451 %
Daily rates quoted	2632	1566
Average minimum daily rate	£425	£450
Average daily rate	£466	£487
% change on same period last year	-4.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£506	£523
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£375
% change on same period last year	+1.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	107	74
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.46	£26.50
Average hourly rate	£30.87	£28.77
% change on same period last year	+7.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.28	£31.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.43	£30.35
% change on same period last year	-3.02 %
Data Migration London

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Data Migration across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Migration across the City of London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Migration across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Migration across the City of London region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Migration across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 239 (100.00 %) Migration 2 93 (38.91 %) Banking 3 80 (33.47 %) Investment Banking 4 64 (26.78 %) SQL 5 51 (21.34 %) Oracle 6 42 (17.57 %) Back Office 7 36 (15.06 %) Finance 8 35 (14.64 %) Informatica 9 34 (14.23 %) Reference Data 10 31 (12.97 %) Derivative 10 31 (12.97 %) SQL Server 11 30 (12.55 %) Business Analysis 12 29 (12.13 %) ETL 13 27 (11.30 %) UNIX 14 25 (10.46 %) XML

14 25 (10.46 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 15 24 (10.04 %) Equities 16 22 (9.205 %) PL/SQL 17 21 (8.787 %) Equity Derivative 17 21 (8.787 %) Security Cleared 18 20 (8.368 %) Sybase 18 20 (8.368 %) Data Modelling 19 19 (7.950 %) Transact-SQL 19 19 (7.950 %) Datawarehouse 20 18 (7.531 %) Windows 20 18 (7.531 %) Oracle 10g 20 18 (7.531 %) Project Management 20 18 (7.531 %) Quality Management 20 18 (7.531 %) Data Cleansing 21 17 (7.113 %) Interest Rate Derivative

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 Development 1 25 (10.46 %) XML 2 15 (6.276 %) XML Schema 3 11 (4.603 %) Middleware 4 9 (3.766 %) Oracle Streams 5 6 (2.510 %) .NET 6 3 (1.255 %) Servlets 6 3 (1.255 %) Struts 7 2 (0.837 %) ASP.NET 7 2 (0.837 %) Hibernate 7 2 (0.837 %) Spring 8 1 (0.418 %) FpML 8 1 (0.418 %) JDBC 8 1 (0.418 %) ADO.NET 8 1 (0.418 %) ADSI 8 1 (0.418 %) MAPI	Application Platforms 1 9 (3.766 %) WebLogic 2 2 (0.837 %) MQSeries 2 2 (0.837 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (0.837 %) Oracle Spatial 3 1 (0.418 %) Oracle Workflow 3 1 (0.418 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 7 (2.929 %) MS Office 2 2 (0.837 %) MS PowerPoint 2 2 (0.837 %) CA Clarity 2 2 (0.837 %) MS Project 3 1 (0.418 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.418 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 7 (2.929 %) Loan IQ 2 3 (1.255 %) Oracle HRMS 3 2 (0.837 %) FLEXCUBE 3 2 (0.837 %) Siebel Analytics 3 2 (0.837 %) Advent Geneva 3 2 (0.837 %) Staffware 4 1 (0.418 %) SAP Business One 4 1 (0.418 %) SAP Oil and Gas 4 1 (0.418 %) Oracle 11i 4 1 (0.418 %) SAP FI 4 1 (0.418 %) Oracle Applications 4 1 (0.418 %) SAP FI/CO 4 1 (0.418 %) Summit 4 1 (0.418 %) SAP CO 4 1 (0.418 %) Adaptiv
Communications & Networking 1 4 (1.674 %) LDAP 1 4 (1.674 %) LAN 1 4 (1.674 %) VLAN 2 2 (0.837 %) SAN 2 2 (0.837 %) Internet 3 1 (0.418 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 34 (14.23 %) Reference Data 2 31 (12.97 %) SQL Server 3 29 (12.13 %) ETL 4 19 (7.950 %) Datawarehouse 5 18 (7.531 %) Oracle 10g 5 18 (7.531 %) Data Cleansing 6 16 (6.695 %) PowerCenter 7 12 (5.021 %) SQL Server 2005 7 12 (5.021 %) DTS 8 8 (3.347 %) RDBMS 9 7 (2.929 %) BusinessObjects 9 7 (2.929 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 6 (2.510 %) SQL Server 2000 11 4 (1.674 %) OLAP 11 4 (1.674 %) Oracle 8/8i 11 4 (1.674 %) BusinessObjects XI 11 4 (1.674 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 11 4 (1.674 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 12 3 (1.255 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 12 3 (1.255 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 6 (2.510 %) TestDirector 2 3 (1.255 %) MSI 3 2 (0.837 %) Oracle Forms 4 1 (0.418 %) ClearCase 4 1 (0.418 %) ERwin 4 1 (0.418 %) CruiseControl 4 1 (0.418 %) LSMW	General 1 93 (38.91 %) Banking 2 80 (33.47 %) Investment Banking 3 42 (17.57 %) Back Office 4 36 (15.06 %) Finance 5 16 (6.695 %) Government 6 10 (4.184 %) Insurance 7 7 (2.929 %) Front Office 8 6 (2.510 %) Financial Institution 9 5 (2.092 %) Corporate Banking 10 4 (1.674 %) Marketing 11 3 (1.255 %) Telecoms 12 2 (0.837 %) Legal 13 1 (0.418 %) Law 13 1 (0.418 %) Education 13 1 (0.418 %) Retail 13 1 (0.418 %) Pensions 13 1 (0.418 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 84 (35.15 %) Analyst 2 61 (25.52 %) Business Analyst 3 43 (17.99 %) Developer 4 32 (13.39 %) Project Manager 5 19 (7.950 %) SQL Developer 6 17 (7.113 %) Data Analyst 7 14 (5.858 %) DBA 8 13 (5.439 %) Consultant 9 11 (4.603 %) Informatica Developer 10 8 (3.347 %) Oracle DBA 10 8 (3.347 %) Database Designer 10 8 (3.347 %) Banking Business Analyst 10 8 (3.347 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 11 7 (2.929 %) Administrator 11 7 (2.929 %) Architect 12 6 (2.510 %) Tester 12 6 (2.510 %) Data Manager 13 5 (2.092 %) Test Manager 13 5 (2.092 %) Senior Tester 13 5 (2.092 %) SQL DBA	Miscellaneous 1 31 (12.97 %) Derivative 2 25 (10.46 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 24 (10.04 %) Equities 4 21 (8.787 %) Equity Derivative 5 17 (7.113 %) Credit Derivative 5 17 (7.113 %) Interest Rate Derivative 6 8 (3.347 %) Data Integration 7 7 (2.929 %) Fat Client 7 7 (2.929 %) Thin Client 8 6 (2.510 %) Replication 8 6 (2.510 %) Data Conversion 9 3 (1.255 %) Data Extraction 10 2 (0.837 %) Clustering 11 1 (0.418 %) Management Information System 11 1 (0.418 %) Economics 11 1 (0.418 %) Asset Management 11 1 (0.418 %) Statistics 11 1 (0.418 %) DTCC 11 1 (0.418 %) Mathematics 11 1 (0.418 %) Physics
Operating Systems 1 27 (11.30 %) UNIX 2 18 (7.531 %) Windows 3 17 (7.113 %) Linux 4 7 (2.929 %) Windows 2000 4 7 (2.929 %) AIX 4 7 (2.929 %) Solaris 5 5 (2.092 %) Windows Server 2003 6 4 (1.674 %) Windows XP 7 3 (1.255 %) Windows Vista 8 1 (0.418 %) NetWare 8 1 (0.418 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 239 (100.00 %) Migration 2 30 (12.55 %) Business Analysis 3 21 (8.787 %) Security Cleared 4 20 (8.368 %) Data Modelling 5 18 (7.531 %) Project Management 5 18 (7.531 %) Quality Management 6 16 (6.695 %) SC Cleared 7 14 (5.858 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 14 (5.858 %) Data Analysis 8 11 (4.603 %) Validation 9 9 (3.766 %) UML 10 8 (3.347 %) CRM 10 8 (3.347 %) Workflow 11 7 (2.929 %) Data Management 11 7 (2.929 %) Data Mapping 12 6 (2.510 %) Test Scripting 12 6 (2.510 %) GAP Analysis 12 6 (2.510 %) PRINCE2 12 6 (2.510 %) Business Intelligence 13 5 (2.092 %) Data Architecture
Programming Languages 1 64 (26.78 %) SQL 2 22 (9.205 %) PL/SQL 3 19 (7.950 %) Transact-SQL 4 11 (4.603 %) Shell Script 5 10 (4.184 %) Java 6 8 (3.347 %) Perl 7 6 (2.510 %) C# 8 5 (2.092 %) C 9 4 (1.674 %) VB 10 2 (0.837 %) VBA 10 2 (0.837 %) C++ 11 1 (0.418 %) JavaScript 11 1 (0.418 %) VBScript 11 1 (0.418 %) VB.NET 11 1 (0.418 %) ABAP 11 1 (0.418 %) JCL	Qualifications 1 8 (3.347 %) Degree 2 1 (0.418 %) ISEB 2 1 (0.418 %) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (3.347 %) QA 2 6 (2.510 %) MiFID	System Software 1 13 (5.439 %) Oracle RMAN 2 9 (3.766 %) AquaLogic 3 5 (2.092 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 4 (1.674 %) Oracle RAC 4 4 (1.674 %) Active Directory 4 4 (1.674 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 3 (1.255 %) OpenView 1 3 (1.255 %) AssetCenter 2 2 (0.837 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 2 (0.837 %) AutoSys	Vendors 1 51 (21.34 %) Oracle 2 35 (14.64 %) Informatica 3 20 (8.368 %) Sybase 4 12 (5.021 %) SAP 5 11 (4.603 %) Microsoft 6 9 (3.766 %) BEA 7 7 (2.929 %) Trillium 7 7 (2.929 %) Business Objects 7 7 (2.929 %) salesforce.com 8 6 (2.510 %) Sun 9 5 (2.092 %) HP 9 5 (2.092 %) Siebel 9 5 (2.092 %) VMware 10 4 (1.674 %) Citrix 11 2 (0.837 %) EMC 11 2 (0.837 %) Cognos 11 2 (0.837 %) GoldenSource 11 2 (0.837 %) Advent 11 2 (0.837 %) LANSA 11 2 (0.837 %) NetApp