The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of ESRI products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ESRI 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 Vendors for the 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ESRI
Rank 479 516 532
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +16
Contract jobs citing ESRI 31 42 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.075% 0.079% 0.071%
As % of the Vendors category 0.160% 0.170% 0.154%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 10
Average daily rate £363 £370 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.02% +9.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £303 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £500 £504
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
+15.94% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £17.50 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.36% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.37 £19.50 -
% change year-on-year
-26.29% -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19343 24682 25994
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.53% 46.26% 46.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 10648 13062 13369
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1121 1209 1513
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £11.99 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
ESRI
UK

ESRI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ESRI across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

England ESRI Jobs Demand Trend

ESRI
Daily Rate Trend

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

England ESRI Daily Rate Trend

ESRI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ESRI across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England ESRI Daily Rate Histogram

ESRI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England ESRI Hourly Rate Trend

ESRI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ESRI within the 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
South East +28 17 £300 -17.80%
South West +28 8 £600 -
North West +13 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 - -
London +10 1 £275 -29.03%
West Midlands +3 1 £525 +61.53%
Yorkshire -2 1 - -
ESRI
UK

ESRI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 65 (84.42%) ArcGIS
2 60 (77.92%) GIS
3 46 (59.74%) .NET
4 41 (53.25%) C#
5 36 (46.75%) JavaScript
6 34 (44.16%) Python
7 28 (36.36%) Windows
8 26 (33.77%) Visual Studio
9 23 (29.87%) Oracle
9 23 (29.87%) jQuery
10 22 (28.57%) Java
10 22 (28.57%) Web Services
10 22 (28.57%) ArcObjects
11 21 (27.27%) SQL Server
12 20 (25.97%) Silverlight
13 19 (24.68%) IIS
13 19 (24.68%) Data Modelling
14 18 (23.38%) SQL
14 18 (23.38%) Dojo
14 18 (23.38%) Ajax
14 18 (23.38%) WCF
14 18 (23.38%) Windows 7
15 16 (20.78%) Security Cleared
15 16 (20.78%) HTML
15 16 (20.78%) J2EE
16 15 (19.48%) XML
17 14 (18.18%) XSD
17 14 (18.18%) CSS
18 13 (16.88%) Servlets
18 13 (16.88%) Data Management

ESRI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 46 (59.74%) .NET
2 23 (29.87%) jQuery
3 22 (28.57%) Web Services
3 22 (28.57%) ArcObjects
4 20 (25.97%) Silverlight
5 18 (23.38%) WCF
5 18 (23.38%) Dojo
5 18 (23.38%) Ajax
6 16 (20.78%) HTML
6 16 (20.78%) J2EE
7 15 (19.48%) XML
8 14 (18.18%) XSD
8 14 (18.18%) CSS
9 13 (16.88%) Servlets
10 9 (11.69%) REST
11 8 (10.39%) Managed Extensibility Framework
11 8 (10.39%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 8 (10.39%) Apache Flex
12 7 (9.091%) HTML5
13 5 (6.494%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 65 (84.42%) ArcGIS
2 19 (24.68%) IIS
3 10 (12.99%) ArcIMS
3 10 (12.99%) ArcSDE
4 5 (6.494%) Oracle Spatial
5 2 (2.597%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (2.597%) MS Exchange
6 1 (1.299%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (1.299%) Apache
6 1 (1.299%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (2.597%) ArcInfo
2 1 (1.299%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.299%) MS Office
2 1 (1.299%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.299%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.896%) Firewall
2 2 (2.597%) SAN
3 1 (1.299%) RTCP
3 1 (1.299%) RTP
3 1 (1.299%) RFID
3 1 (1.299%) GSM
3 1 (1.299%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (77.92%) GIS
2 21 (27.27%) SQL Server
3 13 (16.88%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (12.99%) Oracle 11g
5 7 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (6.494%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (6.494%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (5.195%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (2.597%) JasperReports
9 1 (1.299%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (1.299%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 26 (33.77%) Visual Studio
2 8 (10.39%) MSTest
2 8 (10.39%) Moq
3 6 (7.792%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.299%) QADirector
General
1 8 (10.39%) Publishing
2 2 (2.597%) Local Government
2 2 (2.597%) Finance
3 1 (1.299%) Advertising
3 1 (1.299%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (46.75%) Developer
2 26 (33.77%) GIS Developer
3 11 (14.29%) Architect
4 10 (12.99%) Programmer
5 9 (11.69%) .NET Developer
6 8 (10.39%) Software Programmer
6 8 (10.39%) Software Developer
6 8 (10.39%) Software Engineer
6 8 (10.39%) Analyst
7 7 (9.091%) DBA
7 7 (9.091%) C# Programmer
7 7 (9.091%) C# Developer
8 6 (7.792%) GIS Analyst
8 6 (7.792%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (6.494%) Administrator
9 5 (6.494%) C# .NET Developer
9 5 (6.494%) .NET Programmer
10 4 (5.195%) Database Developer
11 3 (3.896%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 3 (3.896%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.88%) RIA
2 8 (10.39%) Client/Server
3 5 (6.494%) Open Source
4 4 (5.195%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.195%) Statistics
5 3 (3.896%) Data Conversion
6 2 (2.597%) Replication
7 1 (1.299%) LLPG
7 1 (1.299%) Computer Science
7 1 (1.299%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.299%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 28 (36.36%) Windows
2 18 (23.38%) Windows 7
3 10 (12.99%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (9.091%) Linux
4 7 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (6.494%) HPUX
6 3 (3.896%) UNIX
7 2 (2.597%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (1.299%) Windows CE
8 1 (1.299%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.68%) Data Modelling
2 13 (16.88%) Data Management
3 9 (11.69%) ETL
3 9 (11.69%) Unit Testing
4 8 (10.39%) UML
5 7 (9.091%) Migration
6 6 (7.792%) Information Management
6 6 (7.792%) Data Migration
7 5 (6.494%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (6.494%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (5.195%) Validation
8 4 (5.195%) System Testing
9 3 (3.896%) Time Management
9 3 (3.896%) Data Cleansing
9 3 (3.896%) Data Architecture
9 3 (3.896%) Asset Management
10 2 (2.597%) ITIL
10 2 (2.597%) Technical Architecture
11 1 (1.299%) Web Development
11 1 (1.299%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 41 (53.25%) C#
2 36 (46.75%) JavaScript
3 34 (44.16%) Python
4 22 (28.57%) Java
5 18 (23.38%) SQL
6 8 (10.39%) VB.NET
7 4 (5.195%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.299%) VB
8 1 (1.299%) PHP
8 1 (1.299%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (20.78%) Security Cleared
2 13 (16.88%) DV Cleared
3 5 (6.494%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.195%) Degree
5 1 (1.299%) ISEB
5 1 (1.299%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.896%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.299%) JTAG
2 1 (1.299%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.597%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.299%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 23 (29.87%) Oracle
2 7 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.091%) Red Hat
3 6 (7.792%) Mapinfo
4 2 (2.597%) HP
4 2 (2.597%) JBoss
5 1 (1.299%) Kofax
5 1 (1.299%) Google