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This section looks at the demand for Business Objects Crystal Reports skills within the England 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Objects Crystal Reports
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank217216
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads482652
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.642 %0.650 %
As % of the category below3.621 %3.351 %
Daily rates quoted168170
Average minimum daily rate£302£301
Average daily rate£329£321
% change on same period last year+2.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£341
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£292
% change on same period last year+8.04 %
Hourly rates quoted4254
Average minimum hourly rate£25.52£21.64
Average hourly rate£27.96£23.72
% change on same period last year+17.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.39£25.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.62£25.00
% change on same period last year+14.46 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
England
Matching contract IT job ads1331219456
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled17.74 %19.41 %
Daily rates quoted43085841
Average minimum daily rate£362£374
Average daily rate£387£400
% change on same period last year-3.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£411£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£358
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted9171398
Average minimum hourly rate£29.21£28.87
Average hourly rate£31.43£30.89
% change on same period last year+1.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.65£32.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.15£32.12
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
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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.

Crystal Reports
Demand Trend

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

England Crystal Reports Demand Trend

Crystal Reports
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Crystal Reports Daily Rate Trend

Crystal Reports
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Crystal Reports across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England Crystal Reports Daily Rate Histogram

Crystal Reports
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Crystal Reports Hourly Rate Trend

Crystal Reports
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Crystal Reports across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England Crystal Reports Hourly Rate Histogram

Crystal Reports
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Crystal Reports within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
LondonDown-6154£339-0.64 %
South EastUp+5483£381+22.62 %
YorkshireUp+3859£342+18.85 %
West MidlandsDown-452£342+24.54 %
North WestUp+1343£253-11.40 %
South WestDown-1038£225-24.07 %
East of EnglandUp+229£317+29.55 %
East MidlandsUp+716£214-
MidlandsUp+910£284-
South CoastUp+11--
North EastDown-231--
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Crystal Reports
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1564 (54.55 %)SQL
2382 (36.94 %)SQL Server
3268 (25.92 %)Oracle
4265 (25.63 %).NET
5262 (25.34 %)BusinessObjects
5262 (25.34 %)Business Objects
6196 (18.96 %)Oracle Reports
7168 (16.25 %)Finance
8163 (15.76 %)VB
9145 (14.02 %)ASP.NET
10139 (13.44 %)Microsoft
11124 (11.99 %)VB.NET
11124 (11.99 %)SQL Server 2005
12121 (11.70 %)C#
13107 (10.35 %)Windows
14104 (10.06 %)VB6
15102 (9.865 %)MS Excel
16101 (9.768 %)SQL Server 2000
1796 (9.284 %)XML
1894 (9.091 %)PL/SQL
1993 (8.994 %)Oracle 10g
2085 (8.221 %)Transact-SQL
2183 (8.027 %)ITIL
2277 (7.447 %)Datawarehouse
2277 (7.447 %)Business Intelligence
2375 (7.253 %)Government
2474 (7.157 %)JavaScript
2571 (6.867 %)Banking
2668 (6.576 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2668 (6.576 %)Security Cleared

Crystal Reports
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1265 (25.63 %).NET
2145 (14.02 %)ASP.NET
396 (9.284 %)XML
464 (6.190 %)ASP
558 (5.609 %)HTML
644 (4.255 %)WebServices
734 (3.288 %)WebSphere
824 (2.321 %)AJAX
923 (2.224 %)CSS
1022 (2.128 %)XSLT
1117 (1.644 %)ODBC
1216 (1.547 %)WinForms
1216 (1.547 %).NET Framework
1314 (1.354 %)NHibernate
1314 (1.354 %)WCF
1314 (1.354 %)WPF
1314 (1.354 %)WF
1314 (1.354 %)WSE
1314 (1.354 %)Spring.NET
1314 (1.354 %)iBATIS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (3.385 %)SharePoint
219 (1.838 %)WebSphere MQ
316 (1.547 %)CMS
415 (1.451 %)IIS
514 (1.354 %)BizTalk Server
612 (1.161 %)MS Exchange
79 (0.870 %)Tomcat
79 (0.870 %)SAS
88 (0.774 %)Apache
97 (0.677 %)Commerce Server
97 (0.677 %)Content Management Server
97 (0.677 %)Rendezvous
106 (0.580 %)ArcGIS
106 (0.580 %)Lotus Notes
115 (0.484 %)IBM HTTP Server
124 (0.387 %)Exchange Server 2003
124 (0.387 %)LiveLink
124 (0.387 %)SharePoint Server 2007
124 (0.387 %)Oracle HTTP Server
124 (0.387 %)ColdFusion
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1102 (9.865 %)MS Excel
232 (3.095 %)MS Office
312 (1.161 %)MS Visio
411 (1.064 %)Spreadsheet
59 (0.870 %)MS PowerPoint
67 (0.677 %)MS Project
73 (0.290 %)Acrobat
82 (0.193 %)CA Clarity
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
125 (2.418 %)Remedy ITSM
219 (1.838 %)Summit
313 (1.257 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
49 (0.870 %)Loan IQ
57 (0.677 %)assyst
57 (0.677 %)Remedy AR System
66 (0.580 %)Findur
73 (0.290 %)Pivotal CRM
73 (0.290 %)Minerva
73 (0.290 %)Microsoft CRM
73 (0.290 %)LongView
73 (0.290 %)GoldMine
82 (0.193 %)SageBI
82 (0.193 %)Dynamics GP
82 (0.193 %)SAP R/3
82 (0.193 %)Navision
82 (0.193 %)SAP HR
82 (0.193 %)PeopleSoft Financials
82 (0.193 %)SimCorp Dimension
82 (0.193 %)arcHouse
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (1.451 %)LAN
115 (1.451 %)Internet
214 (1.354 %)WAN
39 (0.870 %)Intranet
48 (0.774 %)LDAP
48 (0.774 %)Extranet
48 (0.774 %)TCP/IP
57 (0.677 %)HTTPS
65 (0.484 %)HTTP
74 (0.387 %)3G
74 (0.387 %)Wireless
83 (0.290 %)FTP
83 (0.290 %)Broadband
92 (0.193 %)DHCP
92 (0.193 %)SAN
92 (0.193 %)VPN
92 (0.193 %)DNS
101 (0.097 %)Firewall
101 (0.097 %)VoIP
101 (0.097 %)TETRA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1382 (36.94 %)SQL Server
2262 (25.34 %)BusinessObjects
3196 (18.96 %)Oracle Reports
4124 (11.99 %)SQL Server 2005
5101 (9.768 %)SQL Server 2000
693 (8.994 %)Oracle 10g
777 (7.447 %)Datawarehouse
868 (6.576 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
967 (6.480 %)MS Access
1051 (4.932 %)Oracle 9i
1140 (3.868 %)BusinessObjects XI
1236 (3.482 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1335 (3.385 %)ETL
1427 (2.611 %)OLAP
1522 (2.128 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1618 (1.741 %)GIS
1618 (1.741 %)DB2
1716 (1.547 %)TOAD
1716 (1.547 %)DataStage
1815 (1.451 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
160 (5.803 %)Visual Studio
217 (1.644 %)VSS/SourceSafe
316 (1.547 %)ClearCase
414 (1.354 %)ReSharper
414 (1.354 %)Selenium
414 (1.354 %)FitNesse
512 (1.161 %)PeopleTools
610 (0.967 %)Subversion
79 (0.870 %)InterDev
88 (0.774 %)NUnit
88 (0.774 %)Oracle Forms
97 (0.677 %)ERwin
106 (0.580 %)TestDirector
106 (0.580 %)InstallShield
106 (0.580 %)Flash
115 (0.484 %)Ant
115 (0.484 %)Eclipse
123 (0.290 %)ClearQuest
123 (0.290 %)Oracle APEX
132 (0.193 %)Log4j
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1168 (16.25 %)Finance
275 (7.253 %)Government
371 (6.867 %)Banking
434 (3.288 %)Investment Banking
530 (2.901 %)Back Office
626 (2.515 %)Insurance
724 (2.321 %)Law
822 (2.128 %)Legal
822 (2.128 %)Telecoms
919 (1.838 %)Local Government
1017 (1.644 %)Pensions
1017 (1.644 %)Marketing
1017 (1.644 %)Front Office
1110 (0.967 %)Health
129 (0.870 %)Retail
138 (0.774 %)Pharmaceutical
138 (0.774 %)Financial Institution
146 (0.580 %)Construction
146 (0.580 %)Education
155 (0.484 %)Military
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1521 (50.39 %)Developer
2264 (25.53 %)Analyst
3123 (11.90 %)Report Developer
4113 (10.93 %)Crystal Reports Developer
596 (9.284 %).NET Developer
679 (7.640 %)SQL Developer
755 (5.319 %)Consultant
854 (5.222 %)Support Analyst
854 (5.222 %)Data Analyst
949 (4.739 %)SQL Server Developer
1043 (4.159 %)Information Analyst
1139 (3.772 %)DBA
1237 (3.578 %)Applications Support
1334 (3.288 %)MI Analyst
1433 (3.191 %)Business Developer
1433 (3.191 %)Programmer
1433 (3.191 %)Business Analyst
1532 (3.095 %)VB.NET Developer
1532 (3.095 %)Crystal Reports Writer
1628 (2.708 %)Business Objects Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (2.805 %)NHS
227 (2.611 %)Management Information System
319 (1.838 %)Fixed Income
416 (1.547 %)Derivative
514 (1.354 %)Client/Server
613 (1.257 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
613 (1.257 %)Equities
613 (1.257 %)Data Integration
711 (1.064 %)N-Tier
89 (0.870 %)Computer Science
95 (0.484 %)Blackberry
104 (0.387 %)CMDB
113 (0.290 %)Multithreading
113 (0.290 %)Mathematics
113 (0.290 %)Physics
113 (0.290 %)Mainframe
113 (0.290 %)Replication
113 (0.290 %)Data Protection Act
122 (0.193 %)SCADA
122 (0.193 %)Robotics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1107 (10.35 %)Windows
239 (3.772 %)Windows Server 2003
334 (3.288 %)UNIX
428 (2.708 %)Linux
518 (1.741 %)Windows 2000
616 (1.547 %)Windows XP
76 (0.580 %)Solaris
83 (0.290 %)Windows NT
83 (0.290 %)Windows Server 2008
83 (0.290 %)Red Hat Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
183 (8.027 %)ITIL
277 (7.447 %)Business Intelligence
368 (6.576 %)Security Cleared
448 (4.642 %)SC Cleared
547 (4.545 %)OO
642 (4.062 %)UML
741 (3.965 %)Migration
835 (3.385 %)ITSM
933 (3.191 %)Data Analysis
1028 (2.708 %)Service Management
1028 (2.708 %)ERP
1028 (2.708 %)Data Migration
1127 (2.611 %)CRM
1226 (2.515 %)Business Analysis
1323 (2.224 %)Unit Testing
1422 (2.128 %)User Acceptance Testing
1422 (2.128 %)Data Management
1516 (1.547 %)Agile Software Development
1615 (1.451 %)Data Modelling
1615 (1.451 %)Dimensional Modelling
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1564 (54.55 %)SQL
2163 (15.76 %)VB
3124 (11.99 %)VB.NET
4121 (11.70 %)C#
5104 (10.06 %)VB6
694 (9.091 %)PL/SQL
785 (8.221 %)Transact-SQL
874 (7.157 %)JavaScript
965 (6.286 %)Java
1051 (4.932 %)VBA
1141 (3.965 %)C++
1226 (2.515 %)VBScript
1318 (1.741 %)VC++
1416 (1.547 %)C
1514 (1.354 %)SQR
1611 (1.064 %)PHP
178 (0.774 %)Perl
187 (0.677 %)Shell Script
195 (0.484 %)PeopleCode
204 (0.387 %)Delphi
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
135 (3.385 %)Degree
216 (1.547 %)ITIL Certification
36 (0.580 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (0.290 %)MCSD
43 (0.290 %)HNC
52 (0.193 %)HND
52 (0.193 %)MCDBA
61 (0.097 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.097 %)ACCA
61 (0.097 %)CIMA
61 (0.097 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (1.547 %)QA
210 (0.967 %)SLA
35 (0.484 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.387 %)ISO9001
51 (0.097 %)ISO9000
51 (0.097 %)BS7799
51 (0.097 %)JSP 440
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (0.870 %)Active Directory
24 (0.387 %)Backup Exec
32 (0.193 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
32 (0.193 %)ISA Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
121 (2.031 %)AutoSys
211 (1.064 %)CONTROL-M
310 (0.967 %)OpenView
48 (0.774 %)Tivoli
54 (0.387 %)Netcool
63 (0.290 %)NNM
72 (0.193 %)Foglight
81 (0.097 %)OVSD
81 (0.097 %)ServiceCenter
81 (0.097 %)TIBCO Hawk
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1268 (25.92 %)Oracle
2262 (25.34 %)Business Objects
3139 (13.44 %)Microsoft
443 (4.159 %)Remedy
533 (3.191 %)Sybase
628 (2.708 %)IBM
726 (2.515 %)BMC
821 (2.031 %)SAP
917 (1.644 %)Epicor
1016 (1.547 %)PeopleSoft
1115 (1.451 %)Cognos
1213 (1.257 %)HP
1312 (1.161 %)Sage
1410 (0.967 %)TIBCO
159 (0.870 %)ESRI
159 (0.870 %)thinkFolio
159 (0.870 %)Agresso
168 (0.774 %)Hyperion
168 (0.774 %)Citrix
177 (0.677 %)Cisco