The first table below looks at the demand for TOAD 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 TOAD over the 3 months to 18 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quest TOAD
Rank 29 - 23
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing TOAD 3 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.333% - 2.881%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.172% - 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
Average daily rate £330 - £328
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £308 £360
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £44.25 £33.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
+34.09% -15.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
58 69 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 25.78% 16.12% 23.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 33 41
Average daily rate £300 £325 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £163 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £475 £399
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £333
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
Average hourly rate £33.00 £21.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.48% -41.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.60 £21.00 £36.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.60 £21.50 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.25 £26.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+6.60% -15.87%
TOAD
North West

TOAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire TOAD Jobs Demand Trend

TOAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire TOAD Daily Rate Trend

TOAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire TOAD Hourly Rate Trend

TOAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing TOAD 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 TOAD.

1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) FTP
2 4 (80.00%) HTTP
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (80.00%) SOAP
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) HP
2 4 (80.00%) LoadRunner
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) zOS
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) JCL
4 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) VSAM
4 1 (20.00%) BPEL
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (20.00%) CICS
4 1 (20.00%) XML
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence

TOAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing TOAD 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 TOAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (80.00%) SOAP
1 4 (80.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (20.00%) CICS
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) FTP
1 4 (80.00%) HTTP
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (20.00%) OLTP
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Performance Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Test Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Performance Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Test Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) E-Business Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (20.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) BPEL
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Stress Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) SOA
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) JCL
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
2 4 (80.00%) HP
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix