The first table below looks at the demand for Business Intelligence skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Intelligence 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Essex 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
Business Intelligence (BI)
Rank 36 28 38
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +10
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 11 17 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.736% 4.096% 3.061%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.819% 6.773% 5.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 7
Average daily rate £450 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £195 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £375 £660
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+87.50% -40.74%
All Processes & Methodologies
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
288 251 239
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 71.64% 60.48% 60.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 119 108
Average daily rate £325 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £125 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 37 38
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.37% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £17.00 £23.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £38.98 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Business Intelligence
East of England

Business Intelligence
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Business Intelligence Jobs Demand Trend

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Business Intelligence Daily Rate Trend

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Essex Business Intelligence Daily Rate Histogram

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Business Intelligence Hourly Rate Trend

Business Intelligence
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the Essex 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
Chelmsford -5 3 £500 +233.33%
Southend-on-Sea - 1 - -
Business Intelligence
East of England

Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence.

1 18 (64.29%) SQL Server
2 15 (53.57%) SQL
3 12 (42.86%) T-SQL
3 12 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
4 9 (32.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (28.57%) .NET
6 7 (25.00%) Oracle
6 7 (25.00%) Web Services
6 7 (25.00%) NHS
6 7 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (21.43%) ASP.NET
8 5 (17.86%) CRM
8 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
8 5 (17.86%) C#
8 5 (17.86%) CTI
8 5 (17.86%) Intranet
8 5 (17.86%) Internet
8 5 (17.86%) GIS
8 5 (17.86%) Finance
8 5 (17.86%) IVR
8 5 (17.86%) SaaS
9 4 (14.29%) ETL
10 3 (10.71%) Sage
10 3 (10.71%) CSS
10 3 (10.71%) Windows
10 3 (10.71%) OLAP
10 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
10 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005

Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (28.57%) .NET
2 7 (25.00%) Web Services
3 6 (21.43%) ASP.NET
4 3 (10.71%) CSS
5 2 (7.143%) Ajax
5 2 (7.143%) .NET Framework
5 2 (7.143%) jQuery
5 2 (7.143%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (3.571%) HTML
6 1 (3.571%) XML
6 1 (3.571%) XSL
6 1 (3.571%) WCF
6 1 (3.571%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.143%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Project
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Sage 200
2 1 (3.571%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) CTI
1 5 (17.86%) Intranet
1 5 (17.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (64.29%) SQL Server
2 12 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (32.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (17.86%) GIS
7 3 (10.71%) OLAP
7 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
8 2 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (3.571%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (17.86%) Finance
2 2 (7.143%) Spanish Language
2 2 (7.143%) Retail
3 1 (3.571%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Developer
2 9 (32.14%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) SQL Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Report Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) SharePoint Developer
4 3 (10.71%) Information Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) NHS Information Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Report Writer
5 2 (7.143%) Head of Business Intelligence
5 2 (7.143%) Integration Specialist
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Database Analyst
5 2 (7.143%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Junior
6 1 (3.571%) Web Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Cognos Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) NHS
2 5 (17.86%) IVR
2 5 (17.86%) SaaS
3 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.571%) Informatics
4 1 (3.571%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
2 1 (3.571%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.86%) CRM
2 4 (14.29%) ETL
3 2 (7.143%) Web Development
3 2 (7.143%) Information Management
3 2 (7.143%) Migration
3 2 (7.143%) Project Management
3 2 (7.143%) ERP
4 1 (3.571%) Validation
4 1 (3.571%) TDD
4 1 (3.571%) Business Analysis
4 1 (3.571%) Data Analysis
4 1 (3.571%) Kimball Methodology
4 1 (3.571%) Performance Management
4 1 (3.571%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (3.571%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (53.57%) SQL
2 12 (42.86%) T-SQL
3 5 (17.86%) C#
4 2 (7.143%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.143%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.00%) Oracle
3 3 (10.71%) Sage
4 2 (7.143%) Cognos
5 1 (3.571%) IBM
5 1 (3.571%) Actuate
5 1 (3.571%) Business Objects