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This section looks at the demand for Geographic Information System (GIS) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeographic Information System (GIS)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank204193
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads166
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.895 %0.429 %
Daily rates quoted50
Average minimum daily rate£640-
Average daily rate£652-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£664-
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£330
% change on same period last year-9.35 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£39.20-
Average hourly rate£44.20-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£49.20-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.24£18.91
% change on same period last year+44.07 %
Database & Business Intelligence City of LondonDatabase & Business Intelligence
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads17871400
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.356 %1.485 %
Daily rates quoted1007648
Average minimum daily rate£405£428
Average daily rate£439£462
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£472£495
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£354
% change on same period last year-1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted4529
Average minimum hourly rate£31.39£22.13
Average hourly rate£33.72£24.16
% change on same period last year+39.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.05£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.43£30.86
% change on same period last year+5.09 %
GIS LondonGIS
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.

GIS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GIS across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

City of London GIS Demand Trend

GIS
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London GIS Daily Rate Trend

GIS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GIS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

City of London GIS Daily Rate Histogram

GIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London GIS Hourly Rate Trend

GIS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GIS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

City of London GIS Hourly Rate Histogram

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing GIS 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 GIS.

117 (62.96 %)Oracle
212 (44.44 %)Solaris
212 (44.44 %)Sun
39 (33.33 %)Unix
39 (33.33 %)C#
39 (33.33 %)Java
39 (33.33 %)ESRI
48 (29.63 %)ArcGIS
48 (29.63 %)SC Cleared
48 (29.63 %)Security Cleared
48 (29.63 %)SQL
48 (29.63 %)SQL Server
48 (29.63 %)Microsoft
57 (25.93 %)ArcSDE
65 (18.52 %)Windows
65 (18.52 %).NET
65 (18.52 %)ArcObjects
65 (18.52 %)Oracle Spatial
74 (14.81 %)ArcIMS
74 (14.81 %)Government
74 (14.81 %)MS Office
74 (14.81 %)Mapinfo
74 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2000
83 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
83 (11.11 %)Internet
83 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
83 (11.11 %)LAN
83 (11.11 %)Active Directory
83 (11.11 %)Linux
83 (11.11 %)Windows 2000

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing GIS 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 GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
15 (18.52 %).NET
15 (18.52 %)ArcObjects
23 (11.11 %).NET Framework
32 (7.407 %)HTML
32 (7.407 %)ASP.NET
32 (7.407 %)CSS
32 (7.407 %)WebServices
32 (7.407 %)XML
32 (7.407 %)WinForms
32 (7.407 %)AJAX
32 (7.407 %)ASP.NET 2.0
41 (3.704 %)J2EE
Application Platforms
18 (29.63 %)ArcGIS
27 (25.93 %)ArcSDE
35 (18.52 %)Oracle Spatial
44 (14.81 %)ArcIMS
53 (11.11 %)MapXtreme
62 (7.407 %)MS Exchange
Applications
14 (14.81 %)MS Office
21 (3.704 %)MS Visio
21 (3.704 %)SPSS
21 (3.704 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (3.704 %)MS Project
Business Applications
11 (3.704 %)Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
13 (11.11 %)LAN
13 (11.11 %)Internet
13 (11.11 %)VLAN
22 (7.407 %)Firewall
22 (7.407 %)TCP/IP
31 (3.704 %)SAN
31 (3.704 %)WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
18 (29.63 %)SQL Server
24 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (7.407 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (7.407 %)Oracle 9i
42 (7.407 %)Datawarehouse
42 (7.407 %)DTS
42 (7.407 %)Oracle 10g
51 (3.704 %)SQL Server 7
51 (3.704 %)MS Access
51 (3.704 %)Oracle Reports
51 (3.704 %)Oracle OWB
Development Applications
12 (7.407 %)Visual Studio
21 (3.704 %)ERwin
General
14 (14.81 %)Government
22 (7.407 %)Local Government
22 (7.407 %)Finance
31 (3.704 %)Auditing
31 (3.704 %)Health
31 (3.704 %)Banking
31 (3.704 %)Investment Banking
31 (3.704 %)Insurance
Job Titles
16 (22.22 %)Developer
25 (18.52 %)Analyst
25 (18.52 %)Consultant
34 (14.81 %)Architect
43 (11.11 %)Business Analyst
43 (11.11 %)Solutions Architect
43 (11.11 %)Technical Manager
43 (11.11 %)GIS Consultant
52 (7.407 %)GIS Developer
52 (7.407 %)Technical Consultant
52 (7.407 %)GIS Manager
52 (7.407 %)Technical Project Manager
52 (7.407 %)Project Manager
61 (3.704 %)Software Engineer
61 (3.704 %)Business Systems Analyst
61 (3.704 %)Systems Analyst
61 (3.704 %)Systems Engineer
61 (3.704 %)Data Architect
61 (3.704 %)Senior Developer
61 (3.704 %)Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
13 (11.11 %)Thin Client
13 (11.11 %)Fat Client
22 (7.407 %)Management Information System
31 (3.704 %)PMI
31 (3.704 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
112 (44.44 %)Solaris
29 (33.33 %)Unix
35 (18.52 %)Windows
43 (11.11 %)Windows XP
43 (11.11 %)Linux
43 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
43 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (7.407 %)Windows NT
52 (7.407 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
18 (29.63 %)SC Cleared
18 (29.63 %)Security Cleared
23 (11.11 %)Data Migration
23 (11.11 %)Data Analysis
23 (11.11 %)UML
23 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
23 (11.11 %)Migration
32 (7.407 %)Business Continuity
32 (7.407 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (7.407 %)PRINCE2
41 (3.704 %)Systems Analysis
41 (3.704 %)Business Analysis
41 (3.704 %)Software Testing
41 (3.704 %)Risk Management
41 (3.704 %)Practice Management
41 (3.704 %)SOA
41 (3.704 %)Project Management
41 (3.704 %)SSADM
41 (3.704 %)RUP
Programming Languages
19 (33.33 %)C#
19 (33.33 %)Java
28 (29.63 %)SQL
32 (7.407 %)Transact-SQL
32 (7.407 %)MapBasic
32 (7.407 %)JavaScript
32 (7.407 %)PL/SQL
41 (3.704 %)VBA
Qualifications
11 (3.704 %)MCP
11 (3.704 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (3.704 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (7.407 %)ISO17799
System Software
13 (11.11 %)Active Directory
13 (11.11 %)NetBackup
13 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (7.407 %)Oracle RAC
Vendors
117 (62.96 %)Oracle
212 (44.44 %)Sun
39 (33.33 %)ESRI
48 (29.63 %)Microsoft
54 (14.81 %)Mapinfo
63 (11.11 %)VMware
71 (3.704 %)ProClarity
71 (3.704 %)CA
71 (3.704 %)Hyperion
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