The first table below looks at the demand for E-business skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited E-business over the 3 months to 21 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Leeds 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Business (eBusiness)
Rank 71 - 53
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing E-business 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.132% - 0.328%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.180% - 0.488%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £383 £413 £470
% change year-on-year
-7.27% -12.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £55.00 £26.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+105.60% -37.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
556 637 410
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 73.45% 71.57% 67.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 374 205
Average daily rate £310 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £242 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £452 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 19
Average hourly rate £33.50 £19.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.02% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.70 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
E-business
West Yorkshire

E-business
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing E-business across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leeds E-business Jobs Demand Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds E-business Daily Rate Trend

E-business
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds E-business Hourly Rate Trend

E-business
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing E-business 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 E-business.

1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
2 5 (83.33%) UNIX
2 5 (83.33%) Oracle 8/8i
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (66.67%) SQLPlus
3 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (16.67%) SOA
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (16.67%) RDBMS

E-business
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing E-business 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 E-business. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle 8/8i
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (66.67%) SQLPlus
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (16.67%) RDBMS
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) DBA
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle