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This section looks at the demand for Geographic Information System (GIS) skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeographic Information System (GIS)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7767
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads310
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.010 %
As % of the category below1.024 %3.968 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£342
Average daily rate-£342
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£342
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£324
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.22£18.69
% change on same period last year+40.31 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads293252
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.391 %0.251 %
Daily rates quoted6426
Average minimum daily rate£281£340
Average daily rate£298£359
% change on same period last year-17.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£358
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted1830
Average minimum hourly rate£28.77£28.04
Average hourly rate£31.10£29.15
% change on same period last year+6.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.42£30.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.15£32.12
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
GIS West YorkshireGIS
West Yorkshire

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.

GIS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GIS across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Leeds GIS Demand Trend

GIS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds GIS Daily Rate Trend

GIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds GIS Hourly Rate Trend

GIS
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing GIS 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 GIS.

110 (66.67 %)SQL
110 (66.67 %)Oracle
110 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
110 (66.67 %)Oracle Reports
24 (26.67 %)ESRI
33 (20.00 %)Government
41 (6.667 %)ArcSDE
41 (6.667 %)C#
41 (6.667 %)ArcView
41 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (6.667 %)LINQ
41 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
41 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
41 (6.667 %)SQL Server
41 (6.667 %).NET
41 (6.667 %)ArcGIS
41 (6.667 %)ArcIMS

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing GIS 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 GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.667 %).NET
11 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
11 (6.667 %)LINQ
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.667 %)ArcGIS
11 (6.667 %)ArcIMS
11 (6.667 %)ArcSDE
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.667 %)ArcView
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
110 (66.67 %)Oracle Reports
21 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (6.667 %)SQL Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (20.00 %)Government
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (66.67 %)Analyst
110 (66.67 %)MI Analyst
28 (53.33 %)Information Analyst
32 (13.33 %)GIS Developer
32 (13.33 %)Data Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Developer
41 (6.667 %).NET Developer
41 (6.667 %)C# Developer
41 (6.667 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (6.667 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (66.67 %)SQL
21 (6.667 %)C#
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (66.67 %)Oracle
24 (26.67 %)ESRI