East Midlands Crystal Reports Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Business Objects Crystal Reports skills within the East Midlands 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 Crystal Reports over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Objects Crystal Reports
Location Ashton-under-Lyne Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire City of London County Antrim Crawley Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Durham East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Halesowen Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hull Huntingdon Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Preston Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Rotherham Royston Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southend-on-Sea Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	62	80
Rank change on same period last year	+18
Matching contract IT job ads	29	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	7.436 %	2.965 %
Daily rates quoted	13	0
Average minimum daily rate	£219	-
Average daily rate	£240	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£261	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£287	£287
% change on same period last year	-0.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.67	£10.00
Average hourly rate	£28.90	£15.00
% change on same period last year	+92.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.13	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.19	£21.44
% change on same period last year	+8.14 %
Database & Business Intelligence East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	390	371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.549 %	0.375 %
Daily rates quoted	99	45
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£338
Average daily rate	£358	£347
% change on same period last year	+3.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£350
% change on same period last year	-2.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	39	55
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.89	£23.25
Average hourly rate	£28.84	£25.39
% change on same period last year	+13.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.78	£27.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.04	£31.90
% change on same period last year	-5.83 %
Crystal Reports England

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Crystal Reports across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Crystal Reports across the East Midlands region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Crystal Reports across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Crystal Reports across the East Midlands region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Crystal Reports across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Crystal Reports within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
Leicestershire	+23	12	£327	-
Northamptonshire	-	7	£193	-
Nottinghamshire	0	4	£350	-

Crystal Reports England

Crystal Reports
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Crystal Reports 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 Crystal Reports.

1 25 (51.02 %) .NET 2 23 (46.94 %) ASP.NET 3 20 (40.82 %) VB 4 19 (38.78 %) SQL Server 5 16 (32.65 %) Microsoft 6 15 (30.61 %) SQL 7 13 (26.53 %) VB.NET 8 12 (24.49 %) Visual Studio 9 11 (22.45 %) Windows 9 11 (22.45 %) HTML 10 10 (20.41 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 10 (20.41 %) Windows Server 2003 10 10 (20.41 %) C# 10 10 (20.41 %) C++ 10 10 (20.41 %) VBA

10 10 (20.41 %) Oracle 10 10 (20.41 %) OO 11 9 (18.37 %) ASP 11 9 (18.37 %) JavaScript 11 9 (18.37 %) UML 11 9 (18.37 %) VB6 11 9 (18.37 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 9 (18.37 %) AJAX 12 8 (16.33 %) Degree 12 8 (16.33 %) OOD 12 8 (16.33 %) C 12 8 (16.33 %) Oracle Reports 13 7 (14.29 %) Oracle 10g 13 7 (14.29 %) Software Engineering 14 6 (12.24 %) QA

Crystal Reports
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Crystal Reports 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 Crystal Reports. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 25 (51.02 %) .NET 2 23 (46.94 %) ASP.NET 3 11 (22.45 %) HTML 4 9 (18.37 %) AJAX 4 9 (18.37 %) ASP 5 2 (4.082 %) XML 6 1 (2.041 %) WebSphere 6 1 (2.041 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (2.041 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 2 (4.082 %) Commerce Server 2 1 (2.041 %) IIS 2 1 (2.041 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (2.041 %) SAS
Applications 1 4 (8.163 %) MS Excel 2 2 (4.082 %) Spreadsheet 3 1 (2.041 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (2.041 %) Navision
Communications & Networking 1 2 (4.082 %) LAN 1 2 (4.082 %) WAN 1 2 (4.082 %) Wireless 2 1 (2.041 %) IP Telephony 2 1 (2.041 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 19 (38.78 %) SQL Server 2 10 (20.41 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 9 (18.37 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 8 (16.33 %) Oracle Reports 5 7 (14.29 %) Oracle 10g 6 5 (10.20 %) SQL Server 2005 7 3 (6.122 %) SQL Server 2000 8 2 (4.082 %) BusinessObjects 9 1 (2.041 %) MS Access 9 1 (2.041 %) DTS 9 1 (2.041 %) OLAP
Development Applications 1 12 (24.49 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (2.041 %) ClearCase	General 1 4 (8.163 %) Government 2 1 (2.041 %) Telecoms 2 1 (2.041 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 25 (51.02 %) Developer 2 13 (26.53 %) .NET Developer 3 11 (22.45 %) Analyst 3 11 (22.45 %) VB.NET Developer 4 6 (12.24 %) Software Engineer 5 5 (10.20 %) Support Analyst 5 5 (10.20 %) Crystal Reports Developer 5 5 (10.20 %) Report Developer 6 3 (6.122 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 3 (6.122 %) Data Analyst 6 3 (6.122 %) C# Developer 7 2 (4.082 %) Applications Support Analyst 7 2 (4.082 %) C++ Developer 7 2 (4.082 %) Applications Support 7 2 (4.082 %) Programmer 7 2 (4.082 %) Senior Analyst 7 2 (4.082 %) Trainer 7 2 (4.082 %) SQL Developer 7 2 (4.082 %) SQL Server Developer 7 2 (4.082 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.041 %) NHS 1 1 (2.041 %) SCADA
Operating Systems 1 11 (22.45 %) Windows 2 10 (20.41 %) Windows Server 2003 3 3 (6.122 %) UNIX 4 2 (4.082 %) Linux 5 1 (2.041 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (20.41 %) OO 2 9 (18.37 %) UML 3 8 (16.33 %) OOD 4 7 (14.29 %) Software Engineering 5 3 (6.122 %) Security Cleared 5 3 (6.122 %) Statistical Analysis 6 2 (4.082 %) WFM 6 2 (4.082 %) SC Cleared 6 2 (4.082 %) Validation 6 2 (4.082 %) ERP 7 1 (2.041 %) Data Modelling 7 1 (2.041 %) E-Commerce 7 1 (2.041 %) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages 1 20 (40.82 %) VB 2 15 (30.61 %) SQL 3 13 (26.53 %) VB.NET 4 10 (20.41 %) VBA 4 10 (20.41 %) C# 4 10 (20.41 %) C++ 5 9 (18.37 %) JavaScript 5 9 (18.37 %) VB6 6 8 (16.33 %) C 7 2 (4.082 %) Perl 8 1 (2.041 %) Java 8 1 (2.041 %) SAS Macro	Qualifications 1 8 (16.33 %) Degree 2 4 (8.163 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (12.24 %) ISO9001 1 6 (12.24 %) QA	Systems Management 1 1 (2.041 %) AutoSys
Vendors 1 16 (32.65 %) Microsoft 2 10 (20.41 %) Oracle 3 3 (6.122 %) Cisco 4 2 (4.082 %) Business Objects 4 2 (4.082 %) Citrix 5 1 (2.041 %) Epicor 5 1 (2.041 %) Sage 5 1 (2.041 %) CheckPoint 5 1 (2.041 %) McAfee Security