The first table below looks at the demand for OLTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OLTP 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 East of England 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
Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
Rank 114 128 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Contract jobs citing OLTP 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.046% 0.034% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.243% 0.153% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £450 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £320 £315
% change year-on-year
+40.62% +1.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
412 654 553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 19.13% 22.19% 21.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 354 254
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 31 45
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £21.50 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £36.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
OLTP
England

OLTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England OLTP Jobs Demand Trend

OLTP
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England OLTP Daily Rate Trend

OLTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England OLTP Hourly Rate Trend

OLTP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OLTP within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire - 1 £450 -
OLTP
England

OLTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing OLTP 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 OLTP.

1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
4 4 (50.00%) Windows
4 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Azure
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
5 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
5 3 (37.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (37.50%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (25.00%) Linux
6 2 (25.00%) Retail
7 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
7 1 (12.50%) Service Management
7 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (12.50%) Ab Initio
7 1 (12.50%) Teradata
7 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
7 1 (12.50%) Degree
7 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
7 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning

OLTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing OLTP 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 OLTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (37.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (37.50%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (12.50%) OLAP
4 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
General
1 2 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) DBA
1 6 (75.00%) SQL DBA
2 1 (12.50%) Database Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
2 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
2 1 (12.50%) Web Application Development
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) SOA
2 1 (12.50%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Ab Initio
2 1 (12.50%) Teradata
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle