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The table below looks at the demand for Star Schema 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 jobs that have cited Star Schema over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStar Schema
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank199193
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.203 %0.286 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£417£347
% change on same period last year+19.92 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads14791397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.102 %1.411 %
Daily rates quoted831616
Average minimum daily rate£386£419
Average daily rate£416£447
% change on same period last year-6.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£445£474
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£351
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted5126
Average minimum hourly rate£27.52£24.01
Average hourly rate£30.08£25.41
% change on same period last year+18.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.64£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.04£31.73
% change on same period last year-5.33 %
Star Schema LondonStar Schema
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.

Star Schema
Demand Trend

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

City of London Star Schema Demand Trend

Star Schema
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Star Schema Daily Rate Trend

Star Schema
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Star Schema 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 Star Schema.

120 (86.96 %)SQL
120 (86.96 %)Datawarehouse
216 (69.57 %)Oracle
314 (60.87 %)ETL
412 (52.17 %)SQL Server
511 (47.83 %)OLAP
610 (43.48 %)Data Modelling
610 (43.48 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
610 (43.48 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
79 (39.13 %)Finance
88 (34.78 %)SQL Server 2005
88 (34.78 %)SQL Server 2000
97 (30.43 %)Banking
106 (26.09 %)PL/SQL
115 (21.74 %).NET
115 (21.74 %)Oracle Reports
124 (17.39 %)Oracle OWB
124 (17.39 %)Sybase
124 (17.39 %)Cognos
124 (17.39 %)Oracle Discoverer
124 (17.39 %)Oracle OLAP
133 (13.04 %)Data Mapping
133 (13.04 %)C#
133 (13.04 %)UNIX
133 (13.04 %)Windows
133 (13.04 %)Linux
133 (13.04 %)Loan IQ
133 (13.04 %)General Ledger
133 (13.04 %)Front Office
142 (8.696 %)Back Office

Star Schema
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Star Schema 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 Star Schema. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (21.74 %).NET
22 (8.696 %)ASP.NET
22 (8.696 %)MDX
31 (4.348 %)WinForms
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.348 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (13.04 %)Loan IQ
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (86.96 %)Datawarehouse
214 (60.87 %)ETL
312 (52.17 %)SQL Server
411 (47.83 %)OLAP
510 (43.48 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
510 (43.48 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
68 (34.78 %)SQL Server 2005
68 (34.78 %)SQL Server 2000
75 (21.74 %)Oracle Reports
84 (17.39 %)Oracle Discoverer
84 (17.39 %)Oracle OWB
84 (17.39 %)Oracle OLAP
92 (8.696 %)MySQL
101 (4.348 %)Data Mart
101 (4.348 %)RDBMS
101 (4.348 %)Oracle 10g
101 (4.348 %)BusinessObjects
101 (4.348 %)PowerCenter
101 (4.348 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (4.348 %)Oracle 9i
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (8.696 %)AllFusion
12 (8.696 %)ERwin
21 (4.348 %)Oracle Forms
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (39.13 %)Finance
27 (30.43 %)Banking
33 (13.04 %)General Ledger
33 (13.04 %)Front Office
42 (8.696 %)Back Office
51 (4.348 %)Education
51 (4.348 %)Investment Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (73.91 %)Developer
210 (43.48 %)Datawarehouse Developer
37 (30.43 %)Analyst
45 (21.74 %)Oracle Developer
54 (17.39 %)SQL Developer
54 (17.39 %)Datawarehouse Analyst
63 (13.04 %)Developer Analyst
63 (13.04 %)Oracle Database Developer
63 (13.04 %)SQL Server Developer
63 (13.04 %)Data Analyst
63 (13.04 %)Database Developer
72 (8.696 %)Architect
72 (8.696 %)Data Architect
81 (4.348 %)Design Engineer
81 (4.348 %)C# Developer
81 (4.348 %)Analyst Developer
81 (4.348 %)Informatica Developer
81 (4.348 %)ETL Developer
81 (4.348 %)Oracle Datawarehouse Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.696 %)Credit Risk
21 (4.348 %)Data Integration
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (13.04 %)UNIX
13 (13.04 %)Windows
13 (13.04 %)Linux
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (43.48 %)Data Modelling
23 (13.04 %)Data Mapping
32 (8.696 %)Data Architecture
32 (8.696 %)Business Intelligence
32 (8.696 %)OO
32 (8.696 %)CRM
32 (8.696 %)EAI
32 (8.696 %)Investment Management
41 (4.348 %)Data Migration
41 (4.348 %)Migration
41 (4.348 %)Business Analysis
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (86.96 %)SQL
26 (26.09 %)PL/SQL
33 (13.04 %)C#
42 (8.696 %)Shell Script
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (69.57 %)Oracle
24 (17.39 %)Sybase
24 (17.39 %)Cognos
32 (8.696 %)Informatica
41 (4.348 %)ProClarity
41 (4.348 %)Microsoft
41 (4.348 %)Business Objects