The first table below looks at the demand for RDBMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RDBMS 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 Lancashire 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
Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing RDBMS 11 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 5.288% - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.97% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
Average daily rate £336 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £366
% change year-on-year
- -11.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £34.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+8.82% -15.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
58 82 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 27.88% 19.66% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 39 42
Average daily rate £300 £263 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £155 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £425 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 7
Average hourly rate £30.00 £18.20 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+64.83% -48.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £14.90 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.50 £39.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
RDBMS
North West

RDBMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire RDBMS Jobs Demand Trend

RDBMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire RDBMS Daily Rate Trend

RDBMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire RDBMS Hourly Rate Trend

RDBMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RDBMS within the Lancashire 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
Blackpool - 6 £315 -
Lytham St Annes - 4 £342 -
RDBMS
North West

RDBMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing RDBMS 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 RDBMS.

1 10 (90.91%) SQL
1 10 (90.91%) J2EE
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle
1 10 (90.91%) DB2
1 10 (90.91%) HTML
1 10 (90.91%) Java
1 10 (90.91%) OO
2 9 (81.82%) JMS
2 9 (81.82%) EJB
2 9 (81.82%) XML
2 9 (81.82%) XSL
2 9 (81.82%) OOA/OOD
2 9 (81.82%) Curam
2 9 (81.82%) JNDI
3 8 (72.73%) Use Case
3 8 (72.73%) Web Services
3 8 (72.73%) JAAS
3 8 (72.73%) WSDL
4 7 (63.64%) SOAP
5 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) C
6 2 (18.18%) JSP
7 1 (9.091%) Servlets
7 1 (9.091%) UML
7 1 (9.091%) CSS
7 1 (9.091%) JDBC
7 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
7 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (9.091%) WebLogic
7 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio

RDBMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 10 (90.91%) J2EE
1 10 (90.91%) HTML
2 9 (81.82%) JMS
2 9 (81.82%) EJB
2 9 (81.82%) XML
2 9 (81.82%) XSL
2 9 (81.82%) JNDI
3 8 (72.73%) Web Services
3 8 (72.73%) JAAS
3 8 (72.73%) WSDL
4 7 (63.64%) SOAP
5 2 (18.18%) JSP
6 1 (9.091%) Servlets
6 1 (9.091%) CSS
6 1 (9.091%) JDBC
6 1 (9.091%) XHTML
6 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (9.091%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) DB2
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
1 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1 1 (9.091%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Java Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.091%) PKI
1 1 (9.091%) RMADS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) OO
2 9 (81.82%) OOA/OOD
3 8 (72.73%) Use Case
4 1 (9.091%) UML
4 1 (9.091%) RAD
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
4 1 (9.091%) MVC
4 1 (9.091%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.091%) Information Security
4 1 (9.091%) TOGAF
4 1 (9.091%) Information Assurance
4 1 (9.091%) Security Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) SQL
1 10 (90.91%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) C
3 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) CISSP
2 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle
2 9 (81.82%) Curam
3 1 (9.091%) IBM
3 1 (9.091%) Citrix
3 1 (9.091%) ArcSight
3 1 (9.091%) TippingPoint