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This section looks at the demand for Geographic Information System (GIS) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeographic Information System (GIS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8176
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads117
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.017 %
As % of the category below0.505 %4.315 %
Daily rates quoted07
Average minimum daily rate-£264
Average daily rate-£296
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£328
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.52
Average hourly rate-£15.52
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.75£19.63
% change on same period last year+36.30 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads198394
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.261 %0.392 %
Daily rates quoted88161
Average minimum daily rate£322£333
Average daily rate£347£356
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£359
% change on same period last year-2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted1123
Average minimum hourly rate£21.83£28.18
Average hourly rate£23.79£31.03
% change on same period last year-23.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.75£33.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£32.20
% change on same period last year+1.08 %
GIS East of EnglandGIS
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GIS across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Hertfordshire GIS Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire GIS Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GIS across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire GIS Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing GIS 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 GIS.

11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (50.00 %)ESRI
11 (50.00 %)ArcGIS
11 (50.00 %)ArcIMS
11 (50.00 %)Validation
11 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
11 (50.00 %)ArcObjects

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing GIS 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 GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (50.00 %)ArcObjects
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)ArcGIS
11 (50.00 %)ArcIMS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Systems Support
11 (50.00 %).NET Developer
11 (50.00 %)C# Developer
11 (50.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
11 (50.00 %)SQL Developer
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server Developer
11 (50.00 %)GIS Developer
11 (50.00 %)GIS Technician
11 (50.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Validation
11 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)ESRI