The first table below looks at the demand for TOAD 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 TOAD over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quest TOAD
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing TOAD 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 0.510% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.923% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £319 £350
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -8.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £33.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
52 35 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 26.53% 13.31% 14.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 19 22
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £350 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £417 £425 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £25.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
TOAD
South West

TOAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset TOAD Jobs Demand Trend

TOAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset TOAD Daily Rate Trend

TOAD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TOAD within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth - 1 - -
TOAD
South West

TOAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing TOAD 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 TOAD.

1 8 (100.00%) Oracle
2 7 (87.50%) SQL
3 6 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (75.00%) Data Modelling
3 6 (75.00%) Test Management
4 5 (62.50%) UNIX
4 5 (62.50%) PL/SQL
4 5 (62.50%) Linux
4 5 (62.50%) Star Schema
5 4 (50.00%) Configuration Management
5 4 (50.00%) Oracle Discoverer
5 4 (50.00%) Finance
5 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
5 4 (50.00%) Release Management
6 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
7 2 (25.00%) Middleware
7 2 (25.00%) HTTP
7 2 (25.00%) HTTPS
7 2 (25.00%) HP
7 2 (25.00%) ISEB
7 2 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
7 2 (25.00%) LoadRunner
7 2 (25.00%) Java
7 2 (25.00%) WebLogic
7 2 (25.00%) JDBC
7 2 (25.00%) ODBC
7 2 (25.00%) Windows
7 2 (25.00%) Solaris
7 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
7 2 (25.00%) ISTQB

TOAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing TOAD 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 TOAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) JDBC
1 2 (25.00%) ODBC
1 2 (25.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) HTTP
1 2 (25.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (12.50%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (62.50%) Star Schema
3 4 (50.00%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (25.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (25.00%) Introscope
2 1 (12.50%) JProfiler
2 1 (12.50%) JProbe
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
1 5 (62.50%) Oracle Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) QA Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) UNIX
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Test Management
1 6 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Release Management
2 4 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Dimensional Modelling
5 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Kimball Methodology
5 1 (12.50%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) PL/SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) C
4 1 (12.50%) C++
4 1 (12.50%) VB
4 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISEB
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (25.00%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) HP