City of London MS Access Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Access 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 MS Access over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Access
Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bridgwater Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheshire Chester City of London Corby Coventry Crawley Croydon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Glamorgan Glasgow Greenford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kent King's Lynn Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Preston Reading Redditch Rugby Ruislip Scotland Sevenoaks Shropshire Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Thames Valley UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Weybridge Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	147	143
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	77	56
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.102 %	0.057 %
As % of the category below	4.461 %	3.883 %
Daily rates quoted	49	19
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£345
Average daily rate	£404	£357
% change on same period last year	+13.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£435	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£278	£299
% change on same period last year	-7.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£75.00	£15.00
Average hourly rate	£80.50	£16.38
% change on same period last year	+391.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£86.00	£17.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.52	£19.31
% change on same period last year	+32.16 %
Database & Business Intelligence City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	1726	1442
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.292 %	1.480 %
Daily rates quoted	992	670
Average minimum daily rate	£401	£423
Average daily rate	£435	£455
% change on same period last year	-4.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£469	£488
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	55	31
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.09	£21.75
Average hourly rate	£33.71	£23.69
% change on same period last year	+42.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.32	£25.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.75	£31.10
% change on same period last year	+5.30 %
MS Access 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.

MS Access
Demand Trend

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

MS Access
Daily Rate Trend

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

MS Access
Daily Rate Histogram

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

MS Access
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MS Access
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 108 (57.75 %) MS Excel 2 70 (37.43 %) SQL 3 62 (33.16 %) Finance 4 61 (32.62 %) Microsoft 5 60 (32.09 %) VBA 6 58 (31.02 %) Banking 7 52 (27.81 %) SQL Server 8 31 (16.58 %) Investment Banking 9 28 (14.97 %) Front Office 10 21 (11.23 %) VB 11 19 (10.16 %) Reference Data 12 18 (9.626 %) .NET 13 17 (9.091 %) Derivative 14 16 (8.556 %) Oracle 15 15 (8.021 %) Business Analysis

15 15 (8.021 %) Data Analysis 15 15 (8.021 %) Equities 16 14 (7.487 %) Migration 17 11 (5.882 %) VB.NET 17 11 (5.882 %) Market Risk 18 10 (5.348 %) Project Management 19 9 (4.813 %) Back Office 19 9 (4.813 %) Risk Management 19 9 (4.813 %) Equity Derivative 19 9 (4.813 %) MS Office 19 9 (4.813 %) CRM 19 9 (4.813 %) RAD 20 8 (4.278 %) BusinessObjects 20 8 (4.278 %) Business Objects 20 8 (4.278 %) C#

MS Access
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing MS Access 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 MS Access. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 18 (9.626 %) .NET 2 4 (2.139 %) XML 3 3 (1.604 %) CSS 3 3 (1.604 %) ASP 4 2 (1.070 %) HTML 4 2 (1.070 %) ODBC 4 2 (1.070 %) XHTML 5 1 (0.535 %) XML Schema 5 1 (0.535 %) OLE 5 1 (0.535 %) DAO 5 1 (0.535 %) AJAX 5 1 (0.535 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 1 (0.535 %) XSL 5 1 (0.535 %) ASP.NET 5 1 (0.535 %) ADO 5 1 (0.535 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 3 (1.604 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (0.535 %) SAS
Applications 1 108 (57.75 %) MS Excel 2 9 (4.813 %) MS Office 3 8 (4.278 %) MS PowerPoint 4 3 (1.604 %) Photoshop 5 2 (1.070 %) MS Visio 6 1 (0.535 %) MS Project 6 1 (0.535 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 2 (1.070 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 1 2 (1.070 %) Cerner Millennium 2 1 (0.535 %) Oracle 11i 2 1 (0.535 %) SAP Oil and Gas 2 1 (0.535 %) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking 1 3 (1.604 %) Intranet 1 3 (1.604 %) Internet 2 1 (0.535 %) LAN 2 1 (0.535 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 52 (27.81 %) SQL Server 2 19 (10.16 %) Reference Data 3 8 (4.278 %) Data Cleansing 3 8 (4.278 %) BusinessObjects 4 7 (3.743 %) Data Mining 5 6 (3.209 %) DTS 6 4 (2.139 %) SQL Server 7 6 4 (2.139 %) ETL 6 4 (2.139 %) SQL Server 2005 7 3 (1.604 %) Oracle 10g 8 2 (1.070 %) SQL Server 2000 8 2 (1.070 %) Datawarehouse 9 1 (0.535 %) SAP BW 9 1 (0.535 %) GIS 9 1 (0.535 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 1 (0.535 %) TOAD 9 1 (0.535 %) Oracle Discoverer 9 1 (0.535 %) Crystal Reports 9 1 (0.535 %) Oracle Reports 9 1 (0.535 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 3 (1.604 %) Dreamweaver 2 2 (1.070 %) FrontPage 2 2 (1.070 %) Oracle APEX 3 1 (0.535 %) QuickTest Pro 3 1 (0.535 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 62 (33.16 %) Finance 2 58 (31.02 %) Banking 3 31 (16.58 %) Investment Banking 4 28 (14.97 %) Front Office 5 9 (4.813 %) Back Office 6 8 (4.278 %) Insurance 7 6 (3.209 %) Corporate Banking 8 5 (2.674 %) Marketing 8 5 (2.674 %) Wholesale Banking 8 5 (2.674 %) Government 8 5 (2.674 %) Health 9 4 (2.139 %) Financial Institution 10 3 (1.604 %) Legal 10 3 (1.604 %) Publishing 11 2 (1.070 %) Retail 12 1 (0.535 %) Telecoms 12 1 (0.535 %) Criminal Justice 12 1 (0.535 %) Local Government 12 1 (0.535 %) General Ledger
Job Titles 1 92 (49.20 %) Analyst 2 76 (40.64 %) Developer 3 43 (22.99 %) Business Analyst 4 33 (17.65 %) Data Analyst 5 30 (16.04 %) Access Developer 6 13 (6.952 %) Applications Support 7 12 (6.417 %) VBA Developer 8 10 (5.348 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 9 9 (4.813 %) Excel Developer 10 8 (4.278 %) Support Analyst 11 7 (3.743 %) Excel VBA Developer 12 6 (3.209 %) Business Developer 12 6 (3.209 %) Information Analyst 12 6 (3.209 %) Programmer 12 6 (3.209 %) Analyst Developer 13 5 (2.674 %) Team Leader 13 5 (2.674 %) Developer Analyst 13 5 (2.674 %) Junior 13 5 (2.674 %) .NET Developer 13 5 (2.674 %) Business Data Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 17 (9.091 %) Derivative 2 15 (8.021 %) Equities 3 11 (5.882 %) Market Risk 4 9 (4.813 %) Equity Derivative 5 8 (4.278 %) Credit Risk 6 6 (3.209 %) Interest Rate Derivative 6 6 (3.209 %) Fixed Income 6 6 (3.209 %) Credit Derivative 6 6 (3.209 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 6 (3.209 %) NHS 7 4 (2.139 %) Management Information System 8 3 (1.604 %) Data Integration 9 2 (1.070 %) Exotic Derivative 9 2 (1.070 %) Asset Management 10 1 (0.535 %) Data Protection Act 10 1 (0.535 %) French Language 10 1 (0.535 %) Fund Management 10 1 (0.535 %) AS400 10 1 (0.535 %) Tandem 10 1 (0.535 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 5 (2.674 %) Windows 2 4 (2.139 %) UNIX 3 3 (1.604 %) Windows XP 4 1 (0.535 %) Linux 4 1 (0.535 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (0.535 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (8.021 %) Data Analysis 1 15 (8.021 %) Business Analysis 2 14 (7.487 %) Migration 3 10 (5.348 %) Project Management 4 9 (4.813 %) Risk Management 4 9 (4.813 %) RAD 4 9 (4.813 %) CRM 5 8 (4.278 %) ERD 6 6 (3.209 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 6 (3.209 %) Financial Modelling 7 5 (2.674 %) Information Management 8 4 (2.139 %) PRINCE2 9 3 (1.604 %) Business Intelligence 9 3 (1.604 %) Change Management 9 3 (1.604 %) Validation 9 3 (1.604 %) Logistics 9 3 (1.604 %) Web Development 10 2 (1.070 %) Software Testing 10 2 (1.070 %) Data Migration 10 2 (1.070 %) PRINCE
Programming Languages 1 70 (37.43 %) SQL 2 60 (32.09 %) VBA 3 21 (11.23 %) VB 4 11 (5.882 %) VB.NET 5 8 (4.278 %) C# 6 7 (3.743 %) VB6 7 6 (3.209 %) Perl 8 4 (2.139 %) Transact-SQL 9 3 (1.604 %) Korn 10 1 (0.535 %) PHP5 10 1 (0.535 %) C 10 1 (0.535 %) PHP 10 1 (0.535 %) PL/SQL 10 1 (0.535 %) COBOL 10 1 (0.535 %) Java	Qualifications 1 6 (3.209 %) Degree 2 3 (1.604 %) MCP 2 3 (1.604 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (1.070 %) CIMA 4 1 (0.535 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (0.535 %) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (2.139 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 3 (1.604 %) Basel II 2 3 (1.604 %) QA 2 3 (1.604 %) SLA	Vendors 1 61 (32.62 %) Microsoft 2 16 (8.556 %) Oracle 3 8 (4.278 %) Business Objects 4 4 (2.139 %) Cognos 5 3 (1.604 %) SAP 5 3 (1.604 %) SmartStream 5 3 (1.604 %) Informatica 6 2 (1.070 %) Bloomberg 6 2 (1.070 %) Cerner 6 2 (1.070 %) Sybase 7 1 (0.535 %) PeopleSoft 7 1 (0.535 %) Citrix 7 1 (0.535 %) Niku 7 1 (0.535 %) Lagan 7 1 (0.535 %) JDA 7 1 (0.535 %) Sage 7 1 (0.535 %) Reuters