The first table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GIS 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the City of London 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
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank 196 209 232
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +23
Contract jobs citing GIS 7 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.109% 0.102% 0.041%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.503% 0.566% 0.223%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 3
Average daily rate £350 £350 £501
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -30.06%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+10.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £34.13 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.31 £16.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-4.31% -53.62%
All Database & Business Intelligence
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1393 1413 1794
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 21.68% 17.97% 18.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1046 1017 1345
Average daily rate £425 £425 £459
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 19 14
Average hourly rate £39.51 £33.75 £25.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.05% +31.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £17.10 £17.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.90 £47.50 £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £26.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -18.46%
GIS
London

GIS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

GIS
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 21 May 2013.

City of London GIS Daily Rate Histogram

GIS
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 21 May 2013.

City of London GIS Hourly Rate Histogram

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 7 (50.00%) .NET
2 6 (42.86%) C#
3 5 (35.71%) ArcGIS
3 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
3 5 (35.71%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) Oracle
4 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
4 4 (28.57%) Windows
4 4 (28.57%) Python
4 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (28.57%) ESRI
5 3 (21.43%) HTML5
5 3 (21.43%) VB.NET
5 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET
5 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (21.43%) ArcObjects
6 2 (14.29%) WCF
6 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
6 2 (14.29%) Ajax
6 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
6 2 (14.29%) MVC
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
6 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio
6 2 (14.29%) CAD
6 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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
1 7 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (21.43%) HTML5
2 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET
2 3 (21.43%) ArcObjects
3 2 (14.29%) WCF
3 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 2 (14.29%) Ajax
3 2 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (7.143%) Middleware
4 1 (7.143%) Silverlight
4 1 (7.143%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) ArcGIS
2 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.143%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) AutoCAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 1 (7.143%) Big Data
3 1 (7.143%) OpenWorks
3 1 (7.143%) Data Mining
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (21.43%) GIS Developer
3 3 (21.43%) .NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Architect
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.143%) GIS Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Systems Support
5 1 (7.143%) Applications Support
5 1 (7.143%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
2 1 (7.143%) N-Tier
2 1 (7.143%) Neural Network
2 1 (7.143%) Photography
2 1 (7.143%) RIA
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (7.143%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.143%) UNIX
3 1 (7.143%) HPUX
3 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (14.29%) MVC
2 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 2 (14.29%) CAD
2 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.143%) Analytics
3 1 (7.143%) Data Virtualisation
3 1 (7.143%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (7.143%) ETL
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL
3 1 (7.143%) UML
3 1 (7.143%) OOP
3 1 (7.143%) TOGAF
3 1 (7.143%) Content Management
3 1 (7.143%) Document Management
3 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
3 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.143%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) C#
2 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 5 (35.71%) SQL
3 4 (28.57%) Python
4 3 (21.43%) VB.NET
5 1 (7.143%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) ISEB
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
1 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Oracle
2 4 (28.57%) ESRI
3 1 (7.143%) IBM
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.143%) Informatica
3 1 (7.143%) Red Hat
3 1 (7.143%) Remedy
3 1 (7.143%) Intergraph
City of London
Entity Framework SQL Server 2008/2012 with GIS extensionsThe candidate will be expected to work with the Architects and team to iterate the next level of design detail...
JAM
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 8 May 2013