Kent Migration Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Migration skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Migration over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Amersham Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bradford-on-Avon Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chichester Chippenham Cirencester City of London Cobham Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Diss Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh Ely England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guernsey Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hounslow Huddersfield Inverurie Ipswich Isle of Wight Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Larne Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Neath Port Talbot Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Port Talbot Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rugby Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidmouth Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southall Southampton Southport Staffordshire Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Telford Thames Valley Thetford Thirsk Trowbridge Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warminster Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	30	18
Rank change on same period last year	-12
Matching contract IT job ads	19	36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.031 %	0.039 %
As % of the category below	8.261 %	12.33 %
Daily rates quoted	9	5
Average minimum daily rate	£208	£313
Average daily rate	£218	£350
% change on same period last year	-37.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£229	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£376	£365
% change on same period last year	+3.04 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.00	£19.33
Average hourly rate	£13.50	£20.00
% change on same period last year	-32.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.00	£20.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.34	£28.39
% change on same period last year	-17.81 %
Processes & Methodologies Kent
Matching contract IT job ads	230	292
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.370 %	0.314 %
Daily rates quoted	71	67
Average minimum daily rate	£315	£337
Average daily rate	£327	£355
% change on same period last year	-7.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£339	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£372
% change on same period last year	+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	22	39
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.00	£26.99
Average hourly rate	£24.10	£28.80
% change on same period last year	-16.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.19	£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.24	£29.63
% change on same period last year	-4.68 %
Migration South East

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 Migration across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Migration across the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Canterbury	-1	3	£200	-
Sevenoaks	-	3	£213	-
Dartford	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing 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 Migration.

1 15 (33.33 %) Data Migration 2 11 (24.44 %) SQL 2 11 (24.44 %) Active Directory 3 10 (22.22 %) Novell 3 10 (22.22 %) SQL Server 3 10 (22.22 %) Windows 4 9 (20.00 %) .NET 5 8 (17.78 %) Oracle 6 7 (15.56 %) Windows Server 2003 6 7 (15.56 %) Microsoft 6 7 (15.56 %) SharePoint 7 6 (13.33 %) Oracle 10g 7 6 (13.33 %) PL/SQL 7 6 (13.33 %) C# 7 6 (13.33 %) UNIX

7 6 (13.33 %) Project Management 8 5 (11.11 %) SQL Server 2005 8 5 (11.11 %) ASP.NET 8 5 (11.11 %) VB 9 4 (8.889 %) NDS 9 4 (8.889 %) DNS 9 4 (8.889 %) CRM 9 4 (8.889 %) Marketing 9 4 (8.889 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 4 (8.889 %) Insurance 9 4 (8.889 %) Shell Script 10 3 (6.667 %) Health 10 3 (6.667 %) Windows XP 10 3 (6.667 %) SAN 10 3 (6.667 %) Intranet

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing 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 Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 9 (20.00 %) .NET 2 5 (11.11 %) ASP.NET 3 2 (4.444 %) COM+ 3 2 (4.444 %) ADO 3 2 (4.444 %) NHibernate 3 2 (4.444 %) .NET Framework 3 2 (4.444 %) WPF 4 1 (2.222 %) ASP 4 1 (2.222 %) XML 4 1 (2.222 %) ODBC 4 1 (2.222 %) SAP Basis 4 1 (2.222 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 7 (15.56 %) SharePoint 2 4 (8.889 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 3 (6.667 %) IIS 4 2 (4.444 %) MS Exchange 4 2 (4.444 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 1 (2.222 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 1 (2.222 %) SharePoint Portal Server 5 1 (2.222 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 1 (2.222 %) MS Office 1 1 (2.222 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (2.222 %) GoldMine
Communications & Networking 1 4 (8.889 %) DNS 2 3 (6.667 %) SAN 2 3 (6.667 %) Intranet 3 2 (4.444 %) Internet 3 2 (4.444 %) Extranet 4 1 (2.222 %) TELNET	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (22.22 %) SQL Server 2 6 (13.33 %) Oracle 10g 3 5 (11.11 %) SQL Server 2005 4 2 (4.444 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (4.444 %) SQLPlus 4 2 (4.444 %) ETL 4 2 (4.444 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 2 (4.444 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 2 (4.444 %) Oracle 9i 5 1 (2.222 %) MS Access 5 1 (2.222 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (2.222 %) BusinessObjects 5 1 (2.222 %) Oracle Reports 5 1 (2.222 %) EDRMS
Development Applications 1 2 (4.444 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (2.222 %) PowerBuilder 2 1 (2.222 %) ProC 2 1 (2.222 %) CruiseControl	General 1 4 (8.889 %) Insurance 1 4 (8.889 %) Marketing 2 3 (6.667 %) Health 3 2 (4.444 %) Government
Job Titles 1 8 (17.78 %) Project Manager 2 7 (15.56 %) Developer 2 7 (15.56 %) Analyst 3 6 (13.33 %) DBA 4 3 (6.667 %) Consultant 4 3 (6.667 %) .NET Developer 4 3 (6.667 %) Technical Manager 5 2 (4.444 %) Oracle DBA 5 2 (4.444 %) Development DBA 5 2 (4.444 %) SQL DBA 5 2 (4.444 %) Programme Manager 5 2 (4.444 %) Administrator 5 2 (4.444 %) Migration Engineer 6 1 (2.222 %) Data Analyst 6 1 (2.222 %) Project Leader 6 1 (2.222 %) Programmer 6 1 (2.222 %) Technical Support 6 1 (2.222 %) Technical Consultant 6 1 (2.222 %) Lead Developer 6 1 (2.222 %) Desktop Support	Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.444 %) NHS 1 2 (4.444 %) Management Information System 2 1 (2.222 %) N-Tier 2 1 (2.222 %) Mainframe 2 1 (2.222 %) NPfIT
Operating Systems 1 10 (22.22 %) Windows 2 7 (15.56 %) Windows Server 2003 3 6 (13.33 %) UNIX 4 3 (6.667 %) Windows 2000 4 3 (6.667 %) Windows XP 5 1 (2.222 %) AIX 5 1 (2.222 %) Solaris 5 1 (2.222 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (33.33 %) Data Migration 2 6 (13.33 %) Project Management 3 4 (8.889 %) CRM 4 2 (4.444 %) Data Mapping 4 2 (4.444 %) PRINCE2 4 2 (4.444 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (2.222 %) SC Cleared 5 1 (2.222 %) Business Intelligence 5 1 (2.222 %) Change Management 5 1 (2.222 %) Disaster Recovery 5 1 (2.222 %) Stakeholder Management 5 1 (2.222 %) Programme Management 5 1 (2.222 %) Agile Software Development 5 1 (2.222 %) TDD 5 1 (2.222 %) Information Management 5 1 (2.222 %) Software Engineering 5 1 (2.222 %) Supplier Management 5 1 (2.222 %) Release Management
Programming Languages 1 11 (24.44 %) SQL 2 6 (13.33 %) C# 2 6 (13.33 %) PL/SQL 3 5 (11.11 %) VB 4 4 (8.889 %) Shell Script 5 2 (4.444 %) AWK 5 2 (4.444 %) VB6 5 2 (4.444 %) Korn 5 2 (4.444 %) VB.NET 5 2 (4.444 %) VBScript 6 1 (2.222 %) C 6 1 (2.222 %) JavaScript 6 1 (2.222 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 1 (2.222 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (4.444 %) SLA	System Software 1 11 (24.44 %) Active Directory 2 4 (8.889 %) NDS 3 2 (4.444 %) NetBackup 3 2 (4.444 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (2.222 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 2 (4.444 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 2 1 (2.222 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 10 (22.22 %) Novell 2 8 (17.78 %) Oracle 3 7 (15.56 %) Microsoft 4 2 (4.444 %) Cisco 4 2 (4.444 %) IBM 4 2 (4.444 %) VERITAS 4 2 (4.444 %) VMware 4 2 (4.444 %) NetApp 5 1 (2.222 %) Teradata 5 1 (2.222 %) Brocade 5 1 (2.222 %) Symantec 5 1 (2.222 %) HP 5 1 (2.222 %) Business Objects 5 1 (2.222 %) SAP 5 1 (2.222 %) Cognos