The first table below looks at the demand for Big Data skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Big Data over the 3 months to 23 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 Hertfordshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Big Data
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Big Data 7 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.099% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.932% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £444 -
% change year-on-year
+1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
118 203 174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 18.52% 20.91% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 84 82
Average daily rate £375 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £452 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 7
Average hourly rate £22.75 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
Big Data
East of England

Big Data
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Big Data Jobs Demand Trend

Big Data
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Big Data Daily Rate Trend

Big Data
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Big Data across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Big Data Daily Rate Histogram

Big Data
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Welwyn Garden City - 3 £800 -
Big Data
East of England

Big Data
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Big Data 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 Big Data.

1 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) ETL
2 4 (44.44%) Teradata
3 3 (33.33%) Retail
4 2 (22.22%) Data Management
4 2 (22.22%) Marketing
4 2 (22.22%) Tableau
4 2 (22.22%) MicroStrategy
4 2 (22.22%) Facebook
4 2 (22.22%) Business Objects

Big Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Big Data 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 Big Data. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (33.33%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Project Manager
1 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence Manager
1 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Technical Project Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Technical Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Data Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) ETL
3 2 (22.22%) Data Management
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Teradata
2 2 (22.22%) Tableau
2 2 (22.22%) MicroStrategy
2 2 (22.22%) Facebook
2 2 (22.22%) Business Objects