The first table below looks at the demand for MS Access 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 MS Access over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Access
Rank 51 66 68
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +2
Contract jobs citing MS Access 7 13 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.095% 1.305% 0.543%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.512% 5.439% 2.488%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
Average daily rate £348 £260 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.65% -48.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £275 £275
% change year-on-year
+3.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £21.40
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -15.86%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
127 239 201
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 19.87% 24.00% 21.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 112 104
Average daily rate £341 £325 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £428 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 5
Average hourly rate £140.00 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+300.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
MS Access
East of England

MS Access
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire MS Access Jobs Demand Trend

MS Access
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire MS Access Daily Rate Trend

MS Access
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire MS Access Hourly Rate Trend

MS Access
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MS Access within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hemel Hempstead +6 2 £270 -
Watford - - - -
MS Access
East of England

MS Access
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing MS Access 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 MS Access.

1 7 (58.33%) Oracle
2 6 (50.00%) VBA
3 5 (41.67%) Java
4 4 (33.33%) SQL
4 4 (33.33%) Business Objects
4 4 (33.33%) Essbase
5 3 (25.00%) .NET
5 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
6 2 (16.67%) GIS
6 2 (16.67%) NEC
6 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 2 (16.67%) Ethernet
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 2 (16.67%) Ericsson
6 2 (16.67%) Mapinfo
6 2 (16.67%) VB
6 2 (16.67%) MS Office
6 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
6 2 (16.67%) C#
6 2 (16.67%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Modelling
7 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (8.333%) PowerPivot
7 1 (8.333%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (8.333%) PerformancePoint
7 1 (8.333%) Retail
7 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
7 1 (8.333%) Logistics
7 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis

MS Access
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing MS Access 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 MS Access. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (8.333%) .NET Framework
2 1 (8.333%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (8.333%) PowerPivot
2 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Ethernet
2 1 (8.333%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Essbase
2 2 (16.67%) GIS
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (8.333%) PerformancePoint
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (8.333%) Data Mining
3 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) FrontPage
General
1 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.333%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Essbase Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Design Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Essbase Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Transmission Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Transmission Planning Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Java Developer
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Modelling
1 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
1 1 (8.333%) Logistics
1 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
1 1 (8.333%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (8.333%) Data Migration
1 1 (8.333%) Data Validation
1 1 (8.333%) ETL
1 1 (8.333%) OOP
1 1 (8.333%) OO
1 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Validation
1 1 (8.333%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) VBA
2 5 (41.67%) Java
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (16.67%) VB
4 2 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
5 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
5 1 (8.333%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
1 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.333%) BC Cleared
1 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Oracle
2 4 (33.33%) Business Objects
3 2 (16.67%) NEC
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Ericsson
3 2 (16.67%) Mapinfo
3 2 (16.67%) Nokia Siemens Networks