England TOAD Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Quest TOAD 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 TOAD over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Quest TOAD
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Bath Berkshire Blackburn Bournemouth Bradford Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire City of London Dartford Docklands, London Dorset East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Glasgow Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Oxfordshire Preston Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West Staines Surrey Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wimbledon Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	387	445
Rank change on same period last year	+58
Matching contract IT job ads	180	198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.240 %	0.200 %
As % of the category below	1.350 %	1.040 %
Daily rates quoted	62	69
Average minimum daily rate	£376	£353
Average daily rate	£397	£377
% change on same period last year	+5.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£419	£402
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£327
% change on same period last year	+8.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.03	£28.00
Average hourly rate	£33.27	£28.17
% change on same period last year	+18.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.51	£28.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.41	-
% change on same period last year	-
Database & Business Intelligence England
Matching contract IT job ads	13330	19036
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	17.77 %	19.26 %
Daily rates quoted	4311	5676
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£375
Average daily rate	£390	£400
% change on same period last year	-2.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£414	£426
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	949	1222
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.37	£28.79
Average hourly rate	£31.68	£31.03
% change on same period last year	+2.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.99	£33.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
TOAD 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.

TOAD
Demand Trend

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

TOAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TOAD across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

TOAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TOAD across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TOAD within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+64	98	£415	+2.76 %
South East	+34	34	£341	-3.16 %
Yorkshire	+23	13	£270	-
West Midlands	+5	9	-	-
East of England	+10	7	£413	+37.83 %
South West	+11	7	£412	+20.43 %
Midlands	+15	6	£325	-
North West	-2	6	£315	+5.08 %
North East	+14	1	-	-

TOAD UK

TOAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing TOAD 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 TOAD.

1 339 (86.70 %) Oracle 2 312 (79.80 %) SQL 3 167 (42.71 %) PL/SQL 4 156 (39.90 %) Oracle 10g 5 117 (29.92 %) Oracle 9i 5 117 (29.92 %) UNIX 6 83 (21.23 %) Finance 7 79 (20.20 %) XML 8 73 (18.67 %) Java 9 67 (17.14 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 62 (15.86 %) Datawarehouse 11 60 (15.35 %) Business Intelligence 12 52 (13.30 %) Oracle Reports 13 50 (12.79 %) Security Cleared 13 50 (12.79 %) Windows

13 50 (12.79 %) ETL 14 49 (12.53 %) HTML 15 48 (12.28 %) Cognos 16 47 (12.02 %) Oracle Forms 17 44 (11.25 %) User Acceptance Testing 17 44 (11.25 %) Banking 18 41 (10.49 %) Shell Script 19 40 (10.23 %) J2EE 20 35 (8.951 %) SC Cleared 21 34 (8.696 %) WebLogic 21 34 (8.696 %) VB 22 32 (8.184 %) .NET 22 32 (8.184 %) RDBMS 23 29 (7.417 %) JavaScript 24 28 (7.161 %) VBA

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing TOAD 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 TOAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 79 (20.20 %) XML 2 49 (12.53 %) HTML 3 40 (10.23 %) J2EE 4 32 (8.184 %) .NET 5 25 (6.394 %) ODBC 6 21 (5.371 %) CSS 7 20 (5.115 %) ASP.NET 8 16 (4.092 %) WebSphere 9 15 (3.836 %) XSL 10 14 (3.581 %) Struts 10 14 (3.581 %) WebServices 11 13 (3.325 %) XSLT 12 11 (2.813 %) JSP 13 9 (2.302 %) ActiveX 14 8 (2.046 %) Swing 14 8 (2.046 %) AJAX 14 8 (2.046 %) Servlets 14 8 (2.046 %) DCOM 15 7 (1.790 %) EJB 15 7 (1.790 %) JDBC	Application Platforms 1 34 (8.696 %) WebLogic 2 24 (6.138 %) Apache 3 22 (5.627 %) Tomcat 4 16 (4.092 %) IIS 5 5 (1.279 %) SharePoint 6 4 (1.023 %) Oracle Workflow 7 3 (0.767 %) CoreMedia CMS 7 3 (0.767 %) SAS 8 2 (0.512 %) Oracle Application Server 8 2 (0.512 %) Documentum 8 2 (0.512 %) ATG Dynamo 9 1 (0.256 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 1 (0.256 %) Oracle 9iAS 9 1 (0.256 %) ColdFusion 9 1 (0.256 %) TeamSite 9 1 (0.256 %) WebLogic Portal 9 1 (0.256 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 26 (6.650 %) MS Project 2 17 (4.348 %) MS Office 3 16 (4.092 %) CA Clarity 4 12 (3.069 %) Open Workbench 4 12 (3.069 %) MS Excel 5 5 (1.279 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 6 (1.535 %) Oracle 11i 1 6 (1.535 %) Oracle EBS 2 4 (1.023 %) Oracle Applications 2 4 (1.023 %) Oracle Financials 2 4 (1.023 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 3 3 (0.767 %) MAXIMO 4 2 (0.512 %) assyst 4 2 (0.512 %) SAP CRM 5 1 (0.256 %) Oracle HRMS 5 1 (0.256 %) Summit 5 1 (0.256 %) Oracle iRecruitment
Communications & Networking 1 9 (2.302 %) TCP/IP 2 8 (2.046 %) Intranet 3 7 (1.790 %) IIOP 4 3 (0.767 %) SSH 5 2 (0.512 %) SSL 5 2 (0.512 %) Internet 5 2 (0.512 %) LDAP 6 1 (0.256 %) Broadband 6 1 (0.256 %) FTP 6 1 (0.256 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 156 (39.90 %) Oracle 10g 2 117 (29.92 %) Oracle 9i 3 67 (17.14 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 62 (15.86 %) Datawarehouse 5 52 (13.30 %) Oracle Reports 6 50 (12.79 %) ETL 7 32 (8.184 %) RDBMS 8 26 (6.650 %) BusinessObjects 9 23 (5.882 %) DecisionStream 10 22 (5.627 %) MS Access 11 19 (4.859 %) SQL Server 12 17 (4.348 %) Oracle Discoverer 13 14 (3.581 %) SQLPlus 14 12 (3.069 %) DataStage 15 11 (2.813 %) Crystal Reports 16 9 (2.302 %) Cognos Powerplay 16 9 (2.302 %) Star Schema 16 9 (2.302 %) Data Mart 17 8 (2.046 %) Data Cleansing 17 8 (2.046 %) SQL Navigator
Development Applications 1 47 (12.02 %) Oracle Forms 2 27 (6.905 %) TestDirector 3 16 (4.092 %) QuickTest Pro 3 16 (4.092 %) WinRunner 4 13 (3.325 %) LoadRunner 4 13 (3.325 %) JDeveloper 5 11 (2.813 %) Eclipse 5 11 (2.813 %) PVCS 5 11 (2.813 %) ClearQuest 6 9 (2.302 %) ClearCase 7 8 (2.046 %) Visual Studio 8 7 (1.790 %) ERwin 8 7 (1.790 %) PowerBuilder 9 6 (1.535 %) WebLogic Workshop 10 5 (1.279 %) QARun 11 4 (1.023 %) Subversion 11 4 (1.023 %) TestPartner 11 4 (1.023 %) JIRA 11 4 (1.023 %) Ant 12 3 (0.767 %) Rational Rose	General 1 83 (21.23 %) Finance 2 44 (11.25 %) Banking 3 28 (7.161 %) Investment Banking 3 28 (7.161 %) Government 4 18 (4.604 %) Publishing 5 14 (3.581 %) Health 6 12 (3.069 %) Corporate Banking 6 12 (3.069 %) Telecoms 7 10 (2.558 %) Retail 8 9 (2.302 %) Construction 9 6 (1.535 %) Pharmaceutical 10 5 (1.279 %) Criminal Justice 10 5 (1.279 %) Marketing 11 4 (1.023 %) Police 12 3 (0.767 %) Front Office 13 2 (0.512 %) Back Office 13 2 (0.512 %) Financial Institution 13 2 (0.512 %) Education 13 2 (0.512 %) Billing 13 2 (0.512 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 150 (38.36 %) Developer 2 119 (30.43 %) Analyst 3 75 (19.18 %) Oracle Developer 4 51 (13.04 %) DBA 4 51 (13.04 %) Oracle DBA 5 33 (8.440 %) Test Analyst 6 23 (5.882 %) Data Analyst 7 21 (5.371 %) Business Analyst 8 20 (5.115 %) Cognos Developer 9 19 (4.859 %) SQL Developer 10 16 (4.092 %) PL/SQL Developer 10 16 (4.092 %) Tester 10 16 (4.092 %) Business Intelligence Developer 11 15 (3.836 %) Junior 12 12 (3.069 %) Junior Oracle DBA 12 12 (3.069 %) Junior DBA 13 11 (2.813 %) Coordinator 13 11 (2.813 %) Systems Analyst 13 11 (2.813 %) Consultant 13 11 (2.813 %) Report Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 9 (2.302 %) W3C 1 9 (2.302 %) Credit Risk 2 6 (1.535 %) Market Risk 2 6 (1.535 %) NHS 3 5 (1.279 %) Client/Server 4 4 (1.023 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 5 3 (0.767 %) Data Extraction 6 2 (0.512 %) Derivative 6 2 (0.512 %) Management Information System 6 2 (0.512 %) Equities 7 1 (0.256 %) IVR 7 1 (0.256 %) Cryptography 7 1 (0.256 %) NPfIT 7 1 (0.256 %) Chemistry 7 1 (0.256 %) Computer Science 7 1 (0.256 %) Wiki
Operating Systems 1 117 (29.92 %) UNIX 2 50 (12.79 %) Windows 3 14 (3.581 %) Solaris 4 11 (2.813 %) Windows 2000 5 10 (2.558 %) Windows XP 6 5 (1.279 %) Windows Server 2003 7 4 (1.023 %) Linux 8 3 (0.767 %) HPUX 9 2 (0.512 %) Windows NT 10 1 (0.256 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 60 (15.35 %) Business Intelligence 2 50 (12.79 %) Security Cleared 3 44 (11.25 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 35 (8.951 %) SC Cleared 5 28 (7.161 %) Data Analysis 5 28 (7.161 %) Software Testing 6 23 (5.882 %) UML 6 23 (5.882 %) OO 6 23 (5.882 %) Data Modelling 7 19 (4.859 %) Migration 8 17 (4.348 %) Business Analysis 8 17 (4.348 %) RUP 9 15 (3.836 %) Test Scripting 10 10 (2.558 %) Unified Process 11 9 (2.302 %) OOD 11 9 (2.302 %) Data Migration 12 8 (2.046 %) CRM 12 8 (2.046 %) ITIL 13 7 (1.790 %) OOA/OOD 14 6 (1.535 %) OOP
Programming Languages 1 312 (79.80 %) SQL 2 167 (42.71 %) PL/SQL 3 73 (18.67 %) Java 4 41 (10.49 %) Shell Script 5 34 (8.696 %) VB 6 29 (7.417 %) JavaScript 7 28 (7.161 %) VBA 8 23 (5.882 %) C# 9 17 (4.348 %) VB6 10 12 (3.069 %) C 11 10 (2.558 %) C++ 12 9 (2.302 %) Perl 12 9 (2.302 %) VBScript 12 9 (2.302 %) VB.NET 13 8 (2.046 %) PHP 13 8 (2.046 %) COBOL 14 6 (1.535 %) PHP4 15 2 (0.512 %) Korn 15 2 (0.512 %) PHP5 15 2 (0.512 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 20 (5.115 %) ISEB 2 8 (2.046 %) ISEB Practitioner 3 7 (1.790 %) Sun Certification 4 4 (1.023 %) Degree 5 1 (0.256 %) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 16 (4.092 %) QA 2 9 (2.302 %) ISO9001 3 6 (1.535 %) Basel II 4 1 (0.256 %) GAAP 4 1 (0.256 %) ISO8583	System Software 1 19 (4.859 %) Oracle RMAN 2 6 (1.535 %) Oracle RAC 3 1 (0.256 %) Active Directory 3 1 (0.256 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 22 (5.627 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 2 2 (0.512 %) AutoSys 3 1 (0.256 %) Oracle Statspack 3 1 (0.256 %) OpenView Configuration Management	Vendors 1 339 (86.70 %) Oracle 2 48 (12.28 %) Cognos 3 26 (6.650 %) Microsoft 3 26 (6.650 %) Business Objects 4 18 (4.604 %) Actuate 5 15 (3.836 %) CA 5 15 (3.836 %) Sun 5 15 (3.836 %) Niku 6 10 (2.558 %) Altova 7 9 (2.302 %) Macromedia 8 7 (1.790 %) Sybase 9 6 (1.535 %) MicroStrategy 10 5 (1.279 %) Siebel 11 4 (1.023 %) HP 12 3 (0.767 %) Vignette 12 3 (0.767 %) Amdocs 12 3 (0.767 %) webMethods 13 2 (0.512 %) Remedy 13 2 (0.512 %) IBM 13 2 (0.512 %) ATG