The first table below looks at the demand for Data Mining skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Mining over the 3 months to 22 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 Guildford 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Mining
Rank 26 19 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Contract jobs citing Data Mining 6 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 2.752% 1.653% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.50% 9.091% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £225 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £445 £360 £380
% change year-on-year
+23.61% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £52.50 £40.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+31.25% +220.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
48 22 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 22.02% 18.18% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 11 11
Average daily rate £353 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Average hourly rate £23.38 £24.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.60% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
Data Mining
Surrey

Data Mining
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford Data Mining Jobs Demand Trend

Data Mining
Daily Rate Trend

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

Guildford Data Mining Daily Rate Trend

Data Mining
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford region citing Data Mining 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 Mining.

1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 6 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 6 (100.00%) Games
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Process Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Game Development
1 6 (100.00%) Kinect
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 8
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Streaming Video
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript

Data Mining
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford region citing Data Mining 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 Mining. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
1 2 (33.33%) WCF
1 2 (33.33%) REST
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 6 (100.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Development Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Development Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (100.00%) Kinect
2 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 4 (66.67%) Streaming Video
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows 8
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 6 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Process Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Game Development
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Load Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft