The first table below looks at the demand for Data Migration skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Migration over the 3 months to 17 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 Glasgow 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Migration
Rank 75 40 44
Rank change year-on-year
-35 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 5 20 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.531% 2.591% 2.714%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.780% 3.817% 3.992%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 6
Average daily rate £270 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.50% +14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £390 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £41.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-46.98% +10.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
641 524 476
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 68.05% 67.88% 68.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 285 285
Average daily rate £338 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £236 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £499
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 14
Average hourly rate £9.25 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Data Migration
Scotland

Data Migration
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Data Migration Jobs Demand Trend

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Data Migration Daily Rate Trend

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Data Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Data Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Data Migration 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 Data Migration.

1 15 (100.00%) Migration
2 7 (46.67%) Finance
3 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 5 (33.33%) Oracle
4 4 (26.67%) Project Management
5 3 (20.00%) Banking
5 3 (20.00%) Legal
5 3 (20.00%) Sybase
5 3 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (20.00%) OC4J
6 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) Perl
6 2 (13.33%) Fixed Income
7 1 (6.667%) Retail
7 1 (6.667%) Asset Management
7 1 (6.667%) Data Analysis
7 1 (6.667%) Investment Banking
7 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (6.667%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
7 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
7 1 (6.667%) UNIX
7 1 (6.667%) Windows
7 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
7 1 (6.667%) Windows XP
7 1 (6.667%) Data Mining
7 1 (6.667%) HTTP
7 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
7 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
7 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification

Data Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing Data Migration 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 Data Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (20.00%) OC4J
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (6.667%) Data Mining
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Legal
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (6.667%) Retail
3 1 (6.667%) Investment Banking
3 1 (6.667%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Business Analyst
1 4 (26.67%) Analyst
1 4 (26.67%) DBA
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle DBA
2 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Sybase Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Data Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Financial Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Migration Project Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Data Migration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Fixed Income
2 1 (6.667%) NHS
2 1 (6.667%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) UNIX
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
1 1 (6.667%) Windows XP
1 1 (6.667%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (26.67%) Project Management
3 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
4 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.667%) Asset Management
4 1 (6.667%) Data Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) Perl
3 1 (6.667%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (20.00%) Sybase
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft