The first table below looks at the demand for UniData skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UniData over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Rocket Software UniData
Rank 504 553 562
Rank change year-on-year
+49 +9
Contract jobs citing UniData 9 6 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.022% 0.011% 0.016%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.105% 0.059% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 4
Average daily rate £550 £416 £506
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.37% -17.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £456 £308 £483
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £523 £679
UK excluding London average daily rate £235 £281 -
% change year-on-year
-16.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £37.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.50 -
All Database & Business Intelligence
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
8593 10220 11506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 20.67% 19.16% 20.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5272 6030 6543
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £529 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 241 362
Average hourly rate £25.00 £28.50 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.28% -8.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.36 £14.16 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
UniData
UK

UniData
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing UniData across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

England UniData Jobs Demand Trend

UniData
Daily Rate Trend

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

England UniData Daily Rate Trend

UniData
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UniData across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England UniData Daily Rate Histogram

UniData
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England UniData Hourly Rate Trend

UniData
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UniData within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +45 8 £550 -
West Midlands +6 1 £235 -16.37%
UniData
UK

UniData
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing UniData 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 UniData.

1 12 (100.00%) SQL
2 10 (83.33%) Perl
2 10 (83.33%) Sybase
2 10 (83.33%) UNIX
2 10 (83.33%) Global One
3 5 (41.67%) Front Office
4 4 (33.33%) Finance
4 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 3 (25.00%) Shell Script
5 3 (25.00%) Middleware
5 3 (25.00%) Automated Testing
6 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (16.67%) .NET
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 2 (16.67%) C#
7 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
7 1 (8.333%) OLAP
7 1 (8.333%) COM
7 1 (8.333%) SOAP
7 1 (8.333%) Web Services
7 1 (8.333%) ITIL
7 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
7 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
7 1 (8.333%) CRM
7 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (8.333%) Migration
7 1 (8.333%) Retail
7 1 (8.333%) ActiveMQ

UniData
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing UniData 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 UniData. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (25.00%) Middleware
2 2 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (8.333%) COM
3 1 (8.333%) SOAP
3 1 (8.333%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (8.333%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (83.33%) Global One
2 1 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (8.333%) OLAP
3 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (8.333%) JasperReports
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 5 (41.67%) Front Office
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) Analyst
3 6 (50.00%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Integration Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Support Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Support Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Developer Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) C# Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Report Writer
4 1 (8.333%) CRM Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (8.333%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
2 1 (8.333%) CRM
2 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (8.333%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) Logistics
2 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
2 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
2 1 (8.333%) Performance Testing
2 1 (8.333%) System Testing
2 1 (8.333%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) SQL
2 10 (83.33%) Perl
3 3 (25.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Sybase
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.333%) RedPrairie