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This section looks at the demand for Migration skills within the Dorset region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Migration over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Migration
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank207
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads2750
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.050 %
As % of the category below9.441 %17.36 %
Daily rates quoted1937
Average minimum daily rate£403£403
Average daily rate£424£417
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£444£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£383
% change on same period last year+1.75 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.50
Average hourly rate-£23.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.83£23.29
% change on same period last year+10.90 %
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Dorset
Matching contract IT job ads286288
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.381 %0.287 %
Daily rates quoted110158
Average minimum daily rate£353£359
Average daily rate£375£375
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted4724
Average minimum hourly rate£30.45£33.57
Average hourly rate£32.33£35.09
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.21£36.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Migration South WestMigration
South West

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.

Migration
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Migration across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Dorset Migration Demand Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset Migration Daily Rate Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Migration across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Dorset Migration Daily Rate Histogram

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Migration
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BournemouthDown-910£485+14.76 %
PooleUp+69£390+2.39 %
Migration South WestMigration
South West

Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Migration 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 Migration.

127 (54.00 %)Data Migration
223 (46.00 %)Finance
319 (38.00 %)Banking
412 (24.00 %)Pensions
59 (18.00 %)Sybase
59 (18.00 %)Data Cleansing
67 (14.00 %)Investment Banking
67 (14.00 %)Data Management
67 (14.00 %)Corporate Banking
76 (12.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
76 (12.00 %)Performance Testing
76 (12.00 %)Regression Testing
76 (12.00 %)J2EE
85 (10.00 %)Windows
85 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
85 (10.00 %)Ascential
85 (10.00 %)Informatica
85 (10.00 %)DataStage
85 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
85 (10.00 %)Legal
85 (10.00 %)Project Management
85 (10.00 %)Summit
85 (10.00 %)Data Protection
85 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
85 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
85 (10.00 %)Release Management
94 (8.000 %)MailMarshal
94 (8.000 %)Retail
94 (8.000 %)Replication
94 (8.000 %)MAILsweeper

Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing Migration 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 Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (12.00 %)J2EE
23 (6.000 %)WebSphere
31 (2.000 %)TAPI
31 (2.000 %)XML
31 (2.000 %).NET
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
15 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
15 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (10.00 %)Summit
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (6.000 %)SAN
22 (4.000 %)DHCP
22 (4.000 %)TCP/IP
22 (4.000 %)DNS
31 (2.000 %)Symposium
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (18.00 %)Data Cleansing
25 (10.00 %)DataStage
33 (6.000 %)SQL Server
42 (4.000 %)ETL
51 (2.000 %)OLAP
51 (2.000 %)DTS
51 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (2.000 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
51 (2.000 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (2.000 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (2.000 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (46.00 %)Finance
219 (38.00 %)Banking
312 (24.00 %)Pensions
47 (14.00 %)Corporate Banking
47 (14.00 %)Investment Banking
55 (10.00 %)Legal
64 (8.000 %)Retail
72 (4.000 %)Retail Banking
81 (2.000 %)Insurance
81 (2.000 %)Financial Institution
81 (2.000 %)Front Office
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (32.00 %)Analyst
215 (30.00 %)Project Manager
311 (22.00 %)Data Manager
48 (16.00 %)Business Analyst
55 (10.00 %)Support Analyst
64 (8.000 %)Data Analyst
64 (8.000 %)Migration Project Manager
73 (6.000 %)Messaging Analyst
73 (6.000 %)SAN Engineer
73 (6.000 %)Messaging Support Analyst
73 (6.000 %)Consultant
73 (6.000 %)Data Migration Analyst
82 (4.000 %)Data Consultant
82 (4.000 %)Migration Consultant
91 (2.000 %)Financial Analyst
91 (2.000 %)SQL Server Analyst
91 (2.000 %)1st Line Support Analyst
91 (2.000 %)Oracle Analyst
91 (2.000 %)ETL Consultant
91 (2.000 %)Server Specialist
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (8.000 %)Replication
23 (6.000 %)Clustering
23 (6.000 %)PMI
31 (2.000 %)Spanish Language
31 (2.000 %)Data Conversion
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (10.00 %)Windows
15 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (6.000 %)Solaris
31 (2.000 %)UNIX
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (54.00 %)Data Migration
27 (14.00 %)Data Management
36 (12.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
36 (12.00 %)Performance Testing
36 (12.00 %)Regression Testing
45 (10.00 %)Project Management
45 (10.00 %)Data Protection
45 (10.00 %)Release Management
53 (6.000 %)PRINCE
53 (6.000 %)Asset Management
53 (6.000 %)PRINCE2
53 (6.000 %)Stakeholder Management
62 (4.000 %)Data Modelling
62 (4.000 %)Data Analysis
71 (2.000 %)Business Analysis
71 (2.000 %)Service Delivery
71 (2.000 %)Programme Management
71 (2.000 %)Validation
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (8.000 %)SQL
23 (6.000 %)Java
31 (2.000 %)C
31 (2.000 %)Transact-SQL
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (8.000 %)MCSE
14 (8.000 %)MCSA
14 (8.000 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (6.000 %)PRINCE2 Certification
23 (6.000 %)MCP
31 (2.000 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.000 %)SLA
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (8.000 %)MailMarshal
22 (4.000 %)Active Directory
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (8.000 %)MAILsweeper
Dorset IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (18.00 %)Sybase
25 (10.00 %)Ascential
25 (10.00 %)Informatica
34 (8.000 %)Oracle
43 (6.000 %)Brocade
43 (6.000 %)Cisco
43 (6.000 %)Microsoft
43 (6.000 %)EMC
51 (2.000 %)Nortel
51 (2.000 %)Teradata