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The table below looks at the demand for Replication skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Replication over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReplication
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank266241
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching contract IT job ads345571
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.492 %0.591 %
As % of the category below2.430 %2.938 %
Daily rates quoted123211
Average minimum daily rate£382£417
Average daily rate£403£437
% change on same period last year-7.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£457
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£377
% change on same period last year-11.29 %
Hourly rates quoted1433
Average minimum hourly rate£35.36£23.55
Average hourly rate£37.03£24.38
% change on same period last year+51.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.71£25.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.60£23.86
% change on same period last year+53.40 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1419719434
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.23 %20.10 %
Daily rates quoted55276869
Average minimum daily rate£434£466
Average daily rate£466£499
% change on same period last year-6.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£499£533
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£341
% change on same period last year+2.48 %
Hourly rates quoted11531536
Average minimum hourly rate£23.99£23.83
Average hourly rate£25.85£25.72
% change on same period last year+0.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.71£27.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.03£26.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Replication UKReplication
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.

Replication
Demand Trend

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

England Replication Demand Trend

Replication
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Replication Daily Rate Trend

Replication
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Replication across the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

England Replication Daily Rate Histogram

Replication
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Replication Hourly Rate Trend

Replication
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Replication across the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

England Replication Hourly Rate Histogram

Replication
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Replication within the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 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-15198£437-5.29 %
South EastUp+2575£314-26.38 %
East of EnglandUp+3618£333-
South WestUp+3014£258+28.80 %
North WestDown-1311£410+60.78 %
YorkshireUp+1311£400+18.51 %
West MidlandsDown-49£400+12.90 %
MidlandsUp+215£250-
North EastUp+103--
East MidlandsDown-12--
Replication UKReplication
UK

Replication
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Replication 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 Replication.

1227 (36.61 %)SQL
2202 (32.58 %)SQL Server
3161 (25.97 %)Windows
4150 (24.19 %)Oracle
5148 (23.87 %)UNIX
6123 (19.84 %)Sybase
7115 (18.55 %)Microsoft
7115 (18.55 %)Finance
8114 (18.39 %)SAN
8114 (18.39 %)Clustering
8114 (18.39 %)Banking
9101 (16.29 %)SQL Server 2005
1084 (13.55 %)Investment Banking
1183 (13.39 %)Windows Server 2003
1278 (12.58 %)Solaris
1375 (12.10 %)SQL Server 2000
1467 (10.81 %)Sybase ASE
1467 (10.81 %)Migration
1467 (10.81 %)Linux
1564 (10.32 %)Active Directory
1564 (10.32 %)EMC
1658 (9.355 %)Disaster Recovery
1753 (8.548 %)Transact-SQL
1852 (8.387 %)DNS
1949 (7.903 %)TCP/IP
2048 (7.742 %)DTS
2144 (7.097 %)Security Cleared
2242 (6.774 %)Shell Script
2341 (6.613 %)Oracle 10g
2341 (6.613 %)AIX

Replication
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Replication 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 Replication. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (4.839 %).NET
130 (4.839 %)WebServices
222 (3.548 %)XML
222 (3.548 %)HTML
317 (2.742 %)Middleware
413 (2.097 %)ODBC
511 (1.774 %)LAMP
69 (1.452 %).NET Framework
69 (1.452 %)ASP
69 (1.452 %)ASP.NET
78 (1.290 %)WCF
78 (1.290 %)AJAX
78 (1.290 %)WebSphere
87 (1.129 %)J2EE
96 (0.968 %)SOAP
96 (0.968 %)Oracle Streams
105 (0.806 %)Drupal
105 (0.806 %)Windows SharePoint Services
114 (0.645 %)UDDI
123 (0.484 %)CGI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
132 (5.161 %)IIS
231 (5.000 %)MS Exchange
322 (3.548 %)Lotus Notes
322 (3.548 %)Lotus Domino
418 (2.903 %)Exchange Server 2003
513 (2.097 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
513 (2.097 %)Apache
611 (1.774 %)BizTalk Server
611 (1.774 %)SharePoint
710 (1.613 %)Exchange Server 5.5
710 (1.613 %)CMS
87 (1.129 %)ESB
87 (1.129 %)Exchange Server 2007
96 (0.968 %)SharePoint Portal Server
96 (0.968 %)WebLogic
105 (0.806 %)WebSphere Application Server
105 (0.806 %)Content Management Server
105 (0.806 %)Oracle Workflow
114 (0.645 %)Oracle Application Server
114 (0.645 %)WebLogic Portal
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
140 (6.452 %)MS Excel
26 (0.968 %)MS Office
26 (0.968 %)MS PowerPoint
35 (0.806 %)MS Project
44 (0.645 %)Spreadsheet
53 (0.484 %)MS Visio
62 (0.323 %)Doxygen
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.484 %)SAP FI
13 (0.484 %)SAP CO
13 (0.484 %)SAP FI/CO
22 (0.323 %)SAP MDM
22 (0.323 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.161 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.161 %)SAP CRM
31 (0.161 %)RMDS
31 (0.161 %)SAP Oil and Gas
31 (0.161 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
31 (0.161 %)SAP ERP
31 (0.161 %)SAP FI-CA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1114 (18.39 %)SAN
252 (8.387 %)DNS
349 (7.903 %)TCP/IP
421 (3.387 %)Firewall
517 (2.742 %)DHCP
612 (1.935 %)Intranet
711 (1.774 %)HTTP
711 (1.774 %)Connectrix
89 (1.452 %)LAN
89 (1.452 %)WAN
98 (1.290 %)VPN
107 (1.129 %)DMZ
107 (1.129 %)SSH
114 (0.645 %)Wireless
114 (0.645 %)CTI
114 (0.645 %)LDAP
123 (0.484 %)Internet
132 (0.323 %)SSL
132 (0.323 %)FTP
132 (0.323 %)SMTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1202 (32.58 %)SQL Server
2101 (16.29 %)SQL Server 2005
375 (12.10 %)SQL Server 2000
467 (10.81 %)Sybase ASE
548 (7.742 %)DTS
641 (6.613 %)Oracle 10g
740 (6.452 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
839 (6.290 %)MySQL
937 (5.968 %)Oracle 9i
1034 (5.484 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1129 (4.677 %)RDBMS
1227 (4.355 %)Oracle 8/8i
1321 (3.387 %)DB2
1321 (3.387 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1417 (2.742 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1516 (2.581 %)OLAP
1610 (1.613 %)Datawarehouse
179 (1.452 %)ETL
179 (1.452 %)OLTP
188 (1.290 %)Oracle Reports
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (2.258 %)Visual Studio
211 (1.774 %)Ant
310 (1.613 %)ClearCase
47 (1.129 %)TestDirector
47 (1.129 %)ClearQuest
47 (1.129 %)JIRA
52 (0.323 %)Selenium
52 (0.323 %)NUnit
52 (0.323 %)CruiseControl
61 (0.161 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.161 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.161 %)ERwin
61 (0.161 %)ProC
61 (0.161 %)Oracle Designer 10g
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1115 (18.55 %)Finance
2114 (18.39 %)Banking
384 (13.55 %)Investment Banking
420 (3.226 %)Government
514 (2.258 %)Telecoms
610 (1.613 %)Financial Institution
79 (1.452 %)Insurance
88 (1.290 %)Billing
97 (1.129 %)Retail
106 (0.968 %)Military
106 (0.968 %)Front Office
115 (0.806 %)Games
115 (0.806 %)Marketing
115 (0.806 %)Auditing
115 (0.806 %)Online Games
123 (0.484 %)Music
132 (0.323 %)Advertising
132 (0.323 %)Publishing
132 (0.323 %)Pensions
132 (0.323 %)Education
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1242 (39.03 %)DBA
2111 (17.90 %)SQL DBA
386 (13.87 %)Sybase DBA
477 (12.42 %)Administrator
575 (12.10 %)SQL Server DBA
664 (10.32 %)Developer
762 (10.00 %)Analyst
841 (6.613 %)Oracle DBA
938 (6.129 %)Consultant
1029 (4.677 %)Support Analyst
1126 (4.194 %)Storage Administrator
1224 (3.871 %)SQL Developer
1321 (3.387 %)Architect
1415 (2.419 %)SQL Server Developer
1514 (2.258 %)Systems Administrator
1514 (2.258 %)Applications Support
1613 (2.097 %)PHP Developer
1712 (1.935 %)Storage Specialist
1712 (1.935 %)Active Directory Specialist
1712 (1.935 %)SAN Administrator
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1114 (18.39 %)Clustering
227 (4.355 %)CLARiiON
322 (3.548 %)Symmetrix
420 (3.226 %)Blackberry
516 (2.581 %)Mainframe
613 (2.097 %)EMC Centera
712 (1.935 %)N-Tier
810 (1.613 %)Equities
99 (1.452 %)AS400
108 (1.290 %)Derivative
117 (1.129 %)HACMP
126 (0.968 %)IBM Mainframe
134 (0.645 %)Celerra
134 (0.645 %)Client/Server
143 (0.484 %)Firmware
152 (0.323 %)Data Extraction
152 (0.323 %)Data Integration
161 (0.161 %)Multithreading
161 (0.161 %)Device Driver
161 (0.161 %)Management Information System
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1161 (25.97 %)Windows
2148 (23.87 %)UNIX
383 (13.39 %)Windows Server 2003
478 (12.58 %)Solaris
567 (10.81 %)Linux
641 (6.613 %)AIX
729 (4.677 %)HPUX
729 (4.677 %)Windows 2000
828 (4.516 %)Windows 2000 Server
919 (3.065 %)Red Hat Linux
1016 (2.581 %)Debian
119 (1.452 %)OpenVMS
125 (0.806 %)Windows XP
125 (0.806 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
134 (0.645 %)Windows Vista
134 (0.645 %)Tru64
143 (0.484 %)SUSE
152 (0.323 %)zOS
152 (0.323 %)Windows NT
161 (0.161 %)FreeBSD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
167 (10.81 %)Migration
258 (9.355 %)Disaster Recovery
344 (7.097 %)Security Cleared
441 (6.613 %)Load Balancing
536 (5.806 %)SC Cleared
536 (5.806 %)ITIL
623 (3.710 %)Business Intelligence
718 (2.903 %)Project Management
816 (2.581 %)Data Modelling
915 (2.419 %)Configuration Management
1013 (2.097 %)PRINCE2
1112 (1.935 %)E-Commerce
1112 (1.935 %)Technical Architecture
1112 (1.935 %)Data Migration
1211 (1.774 %)Incident Management
1310 (1.613 %)Release Management
1310 (1.613 %)B2B
149 (1.452 %)UML
149 (1.452 %)Workflow
149 (1.452 %)Web Development
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1227 (36.61 %)SQL
253 (8.548 %)Transact-SQL
342 (6.774 %)Shell Script
438 (6.129 %)Java
526 (4.194 %)PL/SQL
624 (3.871 %)Perl
716 (2.581 %)PHP
814 (2.258 %)C#
913 (2.097 %)C
1012 (1.935 %)JavaScript
1111 (1.774 %)LotusScript
129 (1.452 %)VBScript
129 (1.452 %)C++
138 (1.290 %)VB
138 (1.290 %)Korn
147 (1.129 %)VB6
152 (0.323 %)Python
161 (0.161 %)REXX
161 (0.161 %)PHP5
161 (0.161 %)Ruby
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (3.548 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (2.258 %)Degree
313 (2.097 %)MCSE
48 (1.290 %)MCDBA
57 (1.129 %)ISEB
57 (1.129 %)MCSA
57 (1.129 %)MCP
66 (0.968 %)ISTQB
75 (0.806 %)Oracle Certification
84 (0.645 %)HND
93 (0.484 %)OCP
102 (0.323 %)CCNA
102 (0.323 %)Cisco Certification
111 (0.161 %)CCNP
111 (0.161 %)HP ASE
111 (0.161 %)MBA
111 (0.161 %)MCITP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.452 %)QA
24 (0.645 %)JSP 440
33 (0.484 %)ISO8583
41 (0.161 %)Basel II
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
164 (10.32 %)Active Directory
239 (6.290 %)Oracle RAC
331 (5.000 %)Oracle RMAN
415 (2.419 %)NetBackup
511 (1.774 %)MetaFrame
610 (1.613 %)VMware Infrastructure
77 (1.129 %)MailMarshal
77 (1.129 %)MSMQ
77 (1.129 %)ISA Server
83 (0.484 %)VMware ESX
83 (0.484 %)Terminal Services
92 (0.323 %)NFS
92 (0.323 %)LiteSpeed
101 (0.161 %)Squid
101 (0.161 %)RACF
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
122 (3.548 %)EMC TimeFinder
210 (1.613 %)MAILsweeper
38 (1.290 %)Tivoli
38 (1.290 %)CONTROL-M
46 (0.968 %)AutoSys
46 (0.968 %)OVOW
46 (0.968 %)OVPI
55 (0.806 %)Nagios
55 (0.806 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
64 (0.645 %)Foglight
73 (0.484 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
73 (0.484 %)DiskXtender
73 (0.484 %)EMC NetWorker
82 (0.323 %)SCCM
82 (0.323 %)CA SiteMinder
82 (0.323 %)Norton AntiVirus
82 (0.323 %)EMC Navisphere
91 (0.161 %)WSUS
91 (0.161 %)OMEGAMON
91 (0.161 %)BMC PATROL
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1150 (24.19 %)Oracle
2123 (19.84 %)Sybase
3115 (18.55 %)Microsoft
464 (10.32 %)EMC
539 (6.290 %)HP
637 (5.968 %)VERITAS
735 (5.645 %)Brocade
834 (5.484 %)IBM
929 (4.677 %)Cisco
1025 (4.032 %)VMware
1123 (3.710 %)Lotus
1221 (3.387 %)Sun
1319 (3.065 %)Citrix
1416 (2.581 %)Red Hat
1513 (2.097 %)Symantec
1612 (1.935 %)TIBCO
1711 (1.774 %)Hitachi
189 (1.452 %)SAP
197 (1.129 %)NetApp
205 (0.806 %)CA