Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

This section looks at the demand for Data Access Object (DAO) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DAO over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkData Access Object (DAO)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank552613
Rank change on same period last yearUp+61
Matching contract IT job ads825
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.025 %
As % of the category below0.049 %0.112 %
Daily rates quoted28
Average minimum daily rate£225£378
Average daily rate£263£394
% change on same period last year-33.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£200£333
% change on same period last year-39.99 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1630622401
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.73 %22.35 %
Daily rates quoted56846989
Average minimum daily rate£353£370
Average daily rate£380£395
% change on same period last year-3.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£407£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted9621377
Average minimum hourly rate£30.45£30.70
Average hourly rate£32.66£33.18
% change on same period last year-1.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.87£35.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.03
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
DAO UKDAO
UK

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.

DAO
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DAO across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England DAO Demand Trend

DAO
Daily Rate Trend

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

England DAO Daily Rate Trend

DAO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England DAO Hourly Rate Trend

DAO
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DAO 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
LondonUp+573£325-24.41 %
West MidlandsUp+43£200-
South EastUp+511--
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
DAO UKDAO
UK

DAO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

18 (53.33 %)ADO
26 (40.00 %)Java
26 (40.00 %)Oracle
35 (33.33 %)J2EE
35 (33.33 %)SQL
44 (26.67 %)VBA
44 (26.67 %).NET
44 (26.67 %)JUnit
44 (26.67 %)SQL Server
44 (26.67 %)Struts
44 (26.67 %)XML
44 (26.67 %)Hibernate
44 (26.67 %)MS Access
44 (26.67 %)Spring
53 (20.00 %)ActiveX
53 (20.00 %)VB
53 (20.00 %)MS Excel
53 (20.00 %)Eclipse
53 (20.00 %)XSD
62 (13.33 %)ODBC
62 (13.33 %)WebServices
62 (13.33 %)JSP
62 (13.33 %)Servlets
62 (13.33 %)ATL
62 (13.33 %)Crystal Reports
62 (13.33 %)WebLogic
62 (13.33 %)C#
62 (13.33 %)C++
62 (13.33 %)NetBeans
62 (13.33 %)MVC

DAO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing DAO 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 DAO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (53.33 %)ADO
25 (33.33 %)J2EE
34 (26.67 %)XML
34 (26.67 %)Struts
34 (26.67 %)Spring
34 (26.67 %)Hibernate
34 (26.67 %).NET
43 (20.00 %)ActiveX
43 (20.00 %)XSD
52 (13.33 %)WebServices
52 (13.33 %)ODBC
52 (13.33 %)JSP
52 (13.33 %)Servlets
52 (13.33 %)ATL
52 (13.33 %)WSDL
52 (13.33 %)MVC
52 (13.33 %)JAX-WS
52 (13.33 %)NetBeans
52 (13.33 %)JSR 168
61 (6.667 %)WCF
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)WebLogic
12 (13.33 %)ESB
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (20.00 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (26.67 %)SQL Server
14 (26.67 %)MS Access
22 (13.33 %)Crystal Reports
22 (13.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (13.33 %)Oracle 9i
31 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (26.67 %)JUnit
23 (20.00 %)Eclipse
32 (13.33 %)JDeveloper
41 (6.667 %)Rational Rose
41 (6.667 %)Ant
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (13.33 %)Finance
12 (13.33 %)Banking
12 (13.33 %)Investment Banking
21 (6.667 %)Marketing
21 (6.667 %)Back Office
21 (6.667 %)Retail
21 (6.667 %)Automotive
21 (6.667 %)Government
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (86.67 %)Developer
26 (40.00 %)Java Developer
33 (20.00 %)Analyst
33 (20.00 %)J2EE Developer
42 (13.33 %)VB Developer
42 (13.33 %)VB6 Developer
42 (13.33 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (6.667 %)C++/C# Developer
51 (6.667 %)RAD Developer
51 (6.667 %)SQL Server Analyst
51 (6.667 %)C++ Developer
51 (6.667 %)Analyst Developer
51 (6.667 %)Systems Developer
51 (6.667 %)Test Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Systems Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Senior Developer
51 (6.667 %)Data Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)N-Tier
11 (6.667 %)EPoS
11 (6.667 %)Management Information System
11 (6.667 %)Credit Derivative
11 (6.667 %)Derivative
11 (6.667 %)Market Risk
11 (6.667 %)Multithreading
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (13.33 %)Migration
12 (13.33 %)Unit Testing
12 (13.33 %)Continuous Integration
12 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
21 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
21 (6.667 %)Test Scripting
21 (6.667 %)Web Design
21 (6.667 %)Data Analysis
21 (6.667 %)Use Case
21 (6.667 %)Internet Marketing
21 (6.667 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (6.667 %)OOP
21 (6.667 %)OO
21 (6.667 %)RAD
21 (6.667 %)Change Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (40.00 %)Java
25 (33.33 %)SQL
34 (26.67 %)VBA
43 (20.00 %)VB
52 (13.33 %)VB6
52 (13.33 %)C#
52 (13.33 %)C++
61 (6.667 %)Delphi
61 (6.667 %)JavaScript
61 (6.667 %)Perl
61 (6.667 %)VC++
61 (6.667 %)Python
61 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
61 (6.667 %)Ruby
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (40.00 %)Oracle
21 (6.667 %)Sybase
21 (6.667 %)ILOG
21 (6.667 %)Remedy
21 (6.667 %)Primavera