The first table below looks at the demand for Data Mining skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Mining over the 3 months to 24 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 Leicestershire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Mining
Rank 32 16 -
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -
Contract jobs citing Data Mining 2 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.948% 4.206% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.846% 18.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £360 £380
% change year-on-year
+21.52% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £52.50 £40.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+31.25% +220.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
52 50 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 24.64% 23.36% 28.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 15 15
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.08% +0.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £191 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £431 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 13
Average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +1.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.70 £8.50 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £32.50 £34.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Data Mining
East Midlands

Data Mining
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire Data Mining Jobs Demand Trend

Data Mining
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Data Mining 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 Data Mining.

1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Games
2 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (80.00%) MS Visio
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Game Development
3 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Software Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Process Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Code Coverage
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing

Data Mining
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Data Mining 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 Data Mining. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (80.00%) MS Visio
General
1 4 (80.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Development Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Game Development
2 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Process Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Code Coverage
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft