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The table below looks at the demand for Reference Data 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 Reference Data over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReference Data
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£311
% change on same period last year+20.56 %
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£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads369462
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.581 %0.495 %
Daily rates quoted8376
Average minimum daily rate£314£345
Average daily rate£334£354
% change on same period last year-5.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£346
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Hourly rates quoted3951
Average minimum hourly rate£26.06£25.54
Average hourly rate£27.72£28.29
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.37£31.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.32£31.87
% change on same period last year-14.27 %
Reference Data EnglandReference Data
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 Reference Data across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

East Midlands Reference Data Demand Trend

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Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data.

11 (100.00 %)COBOL
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
11 (100.00 %)Finance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Technical Lead
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Mainframe
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (100.00 %)UML
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)COBOL