The first table below looks at the demand for Data Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Analysis over the 3 months to 23 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Dorset 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Analysis
Rank - 23 35
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 0 8 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset - 2.974% 2.154%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 4.348% 2.979%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
Average daily rate - £375 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £348
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +47.05%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £21.75 £21.79
% change year-on-year
+5.74% -0.18%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
164 184 235
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 78.10% 68.40% 72.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 110 121
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £290 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £682 £518 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 9
Average hourly rate £32.00 £34.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.24% -14.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.75 £27.00 £22.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £48.00 £165.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Data Analysis
South West

Data Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Data Analysis across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Dorset Data Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Analysis across the Dorset region.

Dorset Data Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Analysis across the Dorset region.

Dorset Data Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Data Analysis
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis.

1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (80.00%) TOAD
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Discoverer
1 4 (80.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (80.00%) Release Management
1 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Star Schema
2 3 (60.00%) UNIX
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) SWIFT
3 1 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology

Data Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (80.00%) TOAD
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Discoverer
2 3 (60.00%) Star Schema
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Payments Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (80.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (80.00%) Release Management
1 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle