The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Reference Data over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category 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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reference Data
Rank 360 399 268
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -131
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 172 164 385
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.391% 0.314% 0.673%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.426% 1.243% 2.336%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 118 284
Average daily rate £505 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £283 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £658 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £425
% change year-on-year
- -17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £31.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12060 13198 16484
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.42% 25.30% 28.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 7448 7869 10108
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £610 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 526 620 646
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £22.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -0.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.84 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Reference Data
UK

Reference Data
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Reference Data Jobs Demand Trend

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Reference Data Daily Rate Trend

Reference Data
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Reference Data across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Reference Data Daily Rate Histogram

Reference Data
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Reference Data Hourly Rate Trend

Reference Data
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Reference Data across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Reference Data Hourly Rate Histogram

Reference Data
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Reference Data within the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +20 140 £545 +9.00% 38
Yorkshire +20 17 £315 +110.00% 3
South West +29 5 £500 -
South East +17 3 £563 +60.71% 6
East Midlands - - - - 1
Reference Data
UK

Reference Data
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data.

1 178 (56.87%) Banking
2 122 (38.98%) Finance
3 104 (33.23%) Investment Banking
4 74 (23.64%) SQL
5 73 (23.32%) Data Analysis
6 64 (20.45%) Business Analysis
7 57 (18.21%) Data Modelling
8 55 (17.57%) Data Management
9 53 (16.93%) Derivative
10 52 (16.61%) Project Management
11 47 (15.02%) Data Warehouse
12 39 (12.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 39 (12.46%) Migration
13 34 (10.86%) MS Excel
13 34 (10.86%) Retail
13 34 (10.86%) Data Architecture
14 32 (10.22%) Data Mapping
14 32 (10.22%) Asset Management
15 31 (9.904%) User Acceptance Testing
16 29 (9.265%) Back Office
17 28 (8.946%) Front Office
18 25 (7.987%) Agile Software Development
18 25 (7.987%) VBA
18 25 (7.987%) Data Quality
19 24 (7.668%) XML
20 23 (7.348%) MS PowerPoint
21 22 (7.029%) Fixed Income
21 22 (7.029%) Legal
22 21 (6.709%) UML
23 20 (6.390%) Stakeholder Management

Reference Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (7.668%) XML
2 11 (3.514%) .NET
3 10 (3.195%) ASP.NET
4 6 (1.917%) J2EE
5 4 (1.278%) XML Schema
6 3 (0.958%) Middleware
7 2 (0.639%) FpML
8 1 (0.319%) JDBC
8 1 (0.319%) Web Services
8 1 (0.319%) JMS
8 1 (0.319%) MDX
8 1 (0.319%) Velocity
8 1 (0.319%) jQuery
8 1 (0.319%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 9 (2.875%) SAS
2 5 (1.597%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.319%) FileNet
3 1 (0.319%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 34 (10.86%) MS Excel
2 23 (7.348%) MS PowerPoint
3 13 (4.153%) MS Visio
4 7 (2.236%) MS Office
5 6 (1.917%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.597%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.278%) Summit
3 3 (0.958%) Taleo
4 2 (0.639%) Eagle PACE
5 1 (0.319%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.319%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.597%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (1.597%) HTTP
1 5 (1.597%) Firewall
1 5 (1.597%) BIG-IP
2 2 (0.639%) Internet
3 1 (0.319%) FTP
3 1 (0.319%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.319%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (15.02%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (4.153%) Data Mining
2 13 (4.153%) MS Access
3 9 (2.875%) QlikView
4 7 (2.236%) TOAD
4 7 (2.236%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.917%) BusinessObjects XI
5 6 (1.917%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 3 (0.958%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.958%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.639%) MySQL
7 2 (0.639%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (0.639%) Pentaho
7 2 (0.639%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.639%) PerformancePoint
7 2 (0.639%) Big Data
8 1 (0.319%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.319%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.319%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.319%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 16 (5.112%) ERwin
2 6 (1.917%) ClearCase
3 5 (1.597%) Ant
3 5 (1.597%) ClearQuest
3 5 (1.597%) CruiseControl
4 3 (0.958%) Balsamiq Mockups
5 2 (0.639%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 178 (56.87%) Banking
2 122 (38.98%) Finance
3 104 (33.23%) Investment Banking
4 34 (10.86%) Retail
5 29 (9.265%) Back Office
6 28 (8.946%) Front Office
7 22 (7.029%) Legal
8 18 (5.751%) Retail Banking
9 14 (4.473%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.597%) Mandarin Language
10 5 (1.597%) German Language
11 3 (0.958%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.639%) Marketing
12 2 (0.639%) Advertising
12 2 (0.639%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.319%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.319%) Wholesale Banking
13 1 (0.319%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.319%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.319%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 172 (54.95%) Analyst
2 132 (42.17%) Business Analyst
3 58 (18.53%) Data Analyst
4 51 (16.29%) Project Manager
5 31 (9.904%) Architect
6 23 (7.348%) Developer
7 22 (7.029%) Data Architect
8 17 (5.431%) Banking Business Analyst
8 17 (5.431%) Data Modeller
9 14 (4.473%) Business Data Analyst
10 10 (3.195%) Business Manager
10 10 (3.195%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (3.195%) Systems Analyst
11 8 (2.556%) Data Manager
11 8 (2.556%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
11 8 (2.556%) Reference Data Business Analyst
12 7 (2.236%) Senior Business Analyst
12 7 (2.236%) Project Analyst
13 6 (1.917%) Business Objects Developer
13 6 (1.917%) Business Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 53 (16.93%) Derivative
2 39 (12.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 22 (7.029%) Fixed Income
4 17 (5.431%) Market Risk
4 17 (5.431%) Equities
5 13 (4.153%) Credit Derivative
6 12 (3.834%) Wiki
7 11 (3.514%) Credit Risk
8 8 (2.556%) Data Integration
9 5 (1.597%) Replication
9 5 (1.597%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.958%) Computer Science
11 2 (0.639%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 2 (0.639%) PMI
12 1 (0.319%) Data Conversion
12 1 (0.319%) Mainframe
12 1 (0.319%) Economics
12 1 (0.319%) Exotic Derivative
12 1 (0.319%) Pharmacovigilance
12 1 (0.319%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.834%) Windows
2 7 (2.236%) UNIX
3 6 (1.917%) Linux
4 5 (1.597%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (1.597%) CentOS
4 5 (1.597%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.597%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.319%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (23.32%) Data Analysis
2 64 (20.45%) Business Analysis
3 57 (18.21%) Data Modelling
4 55 (17.57%) Data Management
5 52 (16.61%) Project Management
6 39 (12.46%) Migration
7 34 (10.86%) Data Architecture
8 32 (10.22%) Data Mapping
8 32 (10.22%) Asset Management
9 31 (9.904%) User Acceptance Testing
10 25 (7.987%) Agile Software Development
11 21 (6.709%) UML
12 20 (6.390%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (5.751%) Wealth Management
13 18 (5.751%) Data Cleansing
13 18 (5.751%) Data Migration
13 18 (5.751%) Data Governance
14 17 (5.431%) Use Case
15 16 (5.112%) GAP Analysis
15 16 (5.112%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 74 (23.64%) SQL
2 25 (7.987%) VBA
3 7 (2.236%) Java
4 6 (1.917%) C
4 6 (1.917%) Perl
5 3 (0.958%) C#
5 3 (0.958%) VB
6 2 (0.639%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.639%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.319%) COBOL
7 1 (0.319%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (6.070%) Degree
2 5 (1.597%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.639%) ISEB
3 2 (0.639%) PMI Certification
3 2 (0.639%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.319%) BC Cleared
4 1 (0.319%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.319%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.319%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.987%) Data Quality
2 5 (1.597%) FATCA
2 5 (1.597%) SLA
3 3 (0.958%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (0.958%) Basel II
3 3 (0.958%) QA
4 2 (0.639%) MiFID
5 1 (0.319%) Basel III
Systems Management
1 11 (3.514%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.639%) Control-M
Vendors
1 18 (5.751%) Cadis
2 16 (5.112%) Microsoft
3 13 (4.153%) Oracle
4 11 (3.514%) HP
4 11 (3.514%) GoldenSource
5 10 (3.195%) Business Objects
5 10 (3.195%) Bloomberg
6 8 (2.556%) Informatica
7 7 (2.236%) Teradata
8 6 (1.917%) Perforce
9 5 (1.597%) F5
9 5 (1.597%) Pega
9 5 (1.597%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.597%) Cisco
10 4 (1.278%) Netezza
10 4 (1.278%) IBM
10 4 (1.278%) Interwoven
10 4 (1.278%) Trillium
10 4 (1.278%) Cognos
11 3 (0.958%) iRise
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Orgtel
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Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Candidates wishing to apply must have an understanding of the reference data necessary to produce meaningful analysis of data and an ability to work with data (query, analyse...
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Rate: £11.00 - £13.00 per hour
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Business Analyst with experience of data models, data acquisition, storage and distribution solutions, Master Data Management toolsets and client reference data... The ideal Business Analyst will have experience...
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Rate: £600 - £700 per day
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London
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Rate: £450 - £500 per day
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Rate: £315 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
MINT Recruitment
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
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Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
City of London
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Rate: £400 - £401 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
London
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Rate: £Market
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
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Rate: £550 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £650 per annum
Posted: 4 June 2013
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £450 - £700 per day
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Rate: £500 - £600 per day
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Rate: £550 - £600 per day
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Rate: £600 - £700 per day
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Rate: £600 - £750 per day
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