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The table below looks at the demand for Entity-Relationship Diagram (ER Diagram) 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 ERD over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEntity-Relationship Diagram (ER Diagram)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank128159
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.110 %0.043 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£275-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£280-
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads18232310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.598 %2.389 %
Daily rates quoted580764
Average minimum daily rate£358£353
Average daily rate£383£373
% change on same period last year+2.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted212304
Average minimum hourly rate£27.89£32.08
Average hourly rate£29.32£33.56
% change on same period last year-12.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.75£35.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
ERD EnglandERD
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.

ERD
Demand Trend

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

East of England ERD Demand Trend

ERD
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England ERD Daily Rate Trend

ERD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERD within the East of England region over the 3 months to 15 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.

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
HertfordshireNew entry-2£300-
ERD EnglandERD
England

ERD
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ERD 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 ERD.

12 (100.00 %)VB.NET
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)MCP
12 (100.00 %)MCAD
12 (100.00 %)MCSD
12 (100.00 %)DHTML
12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
12 (100.00 %)VBScript
12 (100.00 %)DTS
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (100.00 %)Telecoms
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)VB
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)RAD

ERD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ERD 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 ERD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (100.00 %)XML
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)DTS
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Telecoms
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)Web Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows XP
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)RAD
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)DHTML
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
12 (100.00 %)VBScript
12 (100.00 %)VB.NET
21 (50.00 %)VB
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (100.00 %)MCP
12 (100.00 %)MCAD
12 (100.00 %)MCSD
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification