The first table below looks at the demand for ReportNet 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 ReportNet over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos ReportNet
Rank 202 217 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Contract jobs citing ReportNet 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% 0.013% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.073% 0.070% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 -
All Database & Business Intelligence
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1374 1437 1816
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 21.54% 18.27% 18.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1030 1034 1360
Average daily rate £425 £425 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.52%
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 £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 19 14
Average hourly rate £36.04 £33.75 £25.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.79% +31.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £17.10 £17.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.75 £47.50 £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
ReportNet
London

ReportNet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London ReportNet Jobs Demand Trend

ReportNet
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London ReportNet Daily Rate Trend

ReportNet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London ReportNet Hourly Rate Trend

ReportNet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing ReportNet 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 ReportNet.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 5 (100.00%) Cognos
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 5 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 5 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) SAP XI
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 5 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (80.00%) Banking
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (60.00%) Migration
3 3 (60.00%) Change Management
3 3 (60.00%) Data Mapping
3 3 (60.00%) Test Management
4 2 (40.00%) IBM
4 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
4 2 (40.00%) IIS
4 2 (40.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (40.00%) Apache
4 2 (40.00%) Tomcat
4 2 (40.00%) J2EE
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle
4 2 (40.00%) JUnit

ReportNet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing ReportNet 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 ReportNet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) SAP XI
2 2 (40.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (40.00%) IIS
2 2 (40.00%) Apache
2 2 (40.00%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 5 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) JUnit
General
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Change Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Business Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Business Objects Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Mapping
2 3 (60.00%) Test Management
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 5 (100.00%) Cognos
2 2 (40.00%) IBM
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle