East of England Business Intelligence Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Intelligence (BI) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Intelligence (BI)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Cheshire Chester Chorley City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Gatwick Glasgow Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Inverness Ipswich Jersey Johnstone Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Strathclyde Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wiltshire Windsor Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	107	102
Rank change on same period last year	-5
Matching contract IT job ads	40	52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.053 %	0.053 %
As % of the category below	1.812 %	2.235 %
Daily rates quoted	23	24
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£357
Average daily rate	£362	£383
% change on same period last year	-5.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£383	£410
UK excluding London average daily rate	£414	£405
% change on same period last year	+2.02 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£35.00
Average hourly rate	-	£35.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.11	£39.27
% change on same period last year	-25.86 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	2207	2327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.942 %	2.354 %
Daily rates quoted	810	817
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£362
Average daily rate	£399	£383
% change on same period last year	+4.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£422	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	209	236
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.47	£28.76
Average hourly rate	£30.60	£30.20
% change on same period last year	+1.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.74	£31.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Business Intelligence 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.

Business Intelligence
Demand Trend

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

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Intelligence across the East of England region.

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Intelligence across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Intelligence across the East of England region.

Business Intelligence
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Cambridgeshire	+18	18	£400	-
Hertfordshire	-13	15	£362	-11.28 %
Suffolk	+7	4	£325	-
Norfolk	+2	2	£250	-
East Anglia	-	1	-	-

Business Intelligence England

Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence.

1 67 (52.34 %) Datawarehouse 2 58 (45.31 %) SQL 3 51 (39.84 %) SQL Server 4 46 (35.94 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 5 45 (35.16 %) OLAP 6 41 (32.03 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 38 (29.69 %) Finance 7 38 (29.69 %) Transact-SQL 8 37 (28.91 %) DTS 9 33 (25.78 %) ProClarity 10 29 (22.66 %) SQL Server 2005 11 26 (20.31 %) Cognos 11 26 (20.31 %) ETL 12 24 (18.75 %) BusinessObjects 12 24 (18.75 %) Business Objects

12 24 (18.75 %) Insurance 13 20 (15.63 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 13 20 (15.63 %) SQL Server 2000 14 19 (14.84 %) Microsoft 14 19 (14.84 %) SQL Server Integration Services 15 18 (14.06 %) Oracle 16 15 (11.72 %) Business Analysis 17 14 (10.94 %) XML 18 13 (10.16 %) .NET 19 12 (9.375 %) Windows 20 11 (8.594 %) VBA 20 11 (8.594 %) SharePoint 21 10 (7.813 %) Migration 21 10 (7.813 %) VB.NET 21 10 (7.813 %) RAD

Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 14 (10.94 %) XML 2 13 (10.16 %) .NET 3 2 (1.563 %) ASP.NET 3 2 (1.563 %) SAP XI 4 1 (0.781 %) WebServices 4 1 (0.781 %) ADO 4 1 (0.781 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 11 (8.594 %) SharePoint 2 2 (1.563 %) BizTalk Server 3 1 (0.781 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 2 (1.563 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.781 %) CA Clarity 2 1 (0.781 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 5 (3.906 %) Oracle Applications 2 4 (3.125 %) Oracle EBS 2 4 (3.125 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 3 1 (0.781 %) Oracle Financials 3 1 (0.781 %) Cognos Planning
Communications & Networking 1 3 (2.344 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 67 (52.34 %) Datawarehouse 2 51 (39.84 %) SQL Server 3 46 (35.94 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 4 45 (35.16 %) OLAP 5 41 (32.03 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 37 (28.91 %) DTS 7 29 (22.66 %) SQL Server 2005 8 26 (20.31 %) ETL 9 24 (18.75 %) BusinessObjects 10 20 (15.63 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 10 20 (15.63 %) SQL Server 2000 11 19 (14.84 %) SQL Server Integration Services 12 9 (7.031 %) Oracle Reports 13 8 (6.250 %) Oracle Discoverer 14 6 (4.688 %) Cognos Impromptu 15 5 (3.906 %) Oracle 10g 15 5 (3.906 %) Oracle 9i 15 5 (3.906 %) Cognos Powerplay 16 4 (3.125 %) BODI 17 3 (2.344 %) ReportNet
Development Applications 1 2 (1.563 %) ERwin	General 1 38 (29.69 %) Finance 2 24 (18.75 %) Insurance 3 8 (6.250 %) Telecoms 3 8 (6.250 %) Retail 4 5 (3.906 %) Banking 5 4 (3.125 %) Publishing 6 3 (2.344 %) Games 6 3 (2.344 %) Financial Institution 7 2 (1.563 %) Government 7 2 (1.563 %) Health 7 2 (1.563 %) Marketing 8 1 (0.781 %) Auditing 8 1 (0.781 %) Local Government 8 1 (0.781 %) Retail Banking 8 1 (0.781 %) Manufacturing 8 1 (0.781 %) Back Office 8 1 (0.781 %) Automotive 8 1 (0.781 %) Education
Job Titles 1 64 (50.00 %) Developer 2 26 (20.31 %) Business Intelligence Developer 3 24 (18.75 %) Analyst 3 24 (18.75 %) Datawarehouse Developer 4 20 (15.63 %) Business Developer 5 15 (11.72 %) SQL Developer 6 13 (10.16 %) Business Analyst 7 11 (8.594 %) Consultant 7 11 (8.594 %) Project Manager 8 9 (7.031 %) Oracle Developer 9 7 (5.469 %) Business Intelligence Consultant 9 7 (5.469 %) Senior Analyst 9 7 (5.469 %) SQL Server Developer 10 5 (3.906 %) ETL Developer 10 5 (3.906 %) Business Intelligence Analyst 10 5 (3.906 %) Report Developer 10 5 (3.906 %) Senior Business Analyst 10 5 (3.906 %) Business Consultant 11 4 (3.125 %) Project Leader 11 4 (3.125 %) Senior Manager	Miscellaneous 1 3 (2.344 %) Mainframe 1 3 (2.344 %) iDTV 2 1 (0.781 %) NHS 2 1 (0.781 %) Management Information System 2 1 (0.781 %) Replication 2 1 (0.781 %) Data Integration
Operating Systems 1 12 (9.375 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (11.72 %) Business Analysis 2 10 (7.813 %) RAD 2 10 (7.813 %) Migration 3 9 (7.031 %) Project Management 3 9 (7.031 %) Dimensional Modelling 4 8 (6.250 %) PRINCE2 5 7 (5.469 %) Data Modelling 6 4 (3.125 %) Use Case 7 3 (2.344 %) E-Commerce 7 3 (2.344 %) Data Analysis 8 2 (1.563 %) CMMI 8 2 (1.563 %) Stakeholder Management 8 2 (1.563 %) UML 8 2 (1.563 %) DSDM 8 2 (1.563 %) CRM 8 2 (1.563 %) Security Cleared 9 1 (0.781 %) QMS 9 1 (0.781 %) Requirements Management 9 1 (0.781 %) Business Development 9 1 (0.781 %) Matrix Management
Programming Languages 1 58 (45.31 %) SQL 2 38 (29.69 %) Transact-SQL 3 11 (8.594 %) VBA 4 10 (7.813 %) VB.NET 5 3 (2.344 %) C# 6 2 (1.563 %) Java 6 2 (1.563 %) C 7 1 (0.781 %) VB	Qualifications 1 2 (1.563 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 2 (1.563 %) Degree 2 1 (0.781 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (3.125 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	Vendors 1 33 (25.78 %) ProClarity 2 26 (20.31 %) Cognos 3 24 (18.75 %) Business Objects 4 19 (14.84 %) Microsoft 5 18 (14.06 %) Oracle 6 8 (6.250 %) SAP 7 6 (4.688 %) MicroStrategy 8 5 (3.906 %) Trillium 9 3 (2.344 %) Ab Initio 9 3 (2.344 %) Informatica 10 2 (1.563 %) Hyperion 11 1 (0.781 %) Genesys 11 1 (0.781 %) ION Trading 11 1 (0.781 %) ARDENTIA 11 1 (0.781 %) Netezza