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The table below looks at the demand for Geographic Information System (GIS) skills within the London 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 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeographic Information System (GIS)
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank312326
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads110159
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.148 %0.159 %
As % of the category below1.692 %1.577 %
Daily rates quoted3521
Average minimum daily rate£380£275
Average daily rate£402£287
% change on same period last year+40.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£298
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£319
% change on same period last year-0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted2460
Average minimum hourly rate£19.71£15.61
Average hourly rate£22.10£17.22
% change on same period last year+28.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.50£18.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.42£18.02
% change on same period last year+46.64 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
London
Matching contract IT job ads650010085
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.758 %10.09 %
Daily rates quoted26473690
Average minimum daily rate£383£397
Average daily rate£409£425
% change on same period last year-3.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£435£452
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£357
% change on same period last year-2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted307482
Average minimum hourly rate£27.99£26.31
Average hourly rate£29.89£28.33
% change on same period last year+5.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.80£30.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.32£32.17
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
GIS EnglandGIS
England

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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

London 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 London region.

London GIS Daily Rate Trend

GIS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GIS across the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

London GIS Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

London GIS Hourly Rate Trend

GIS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GIS across the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

London GIS Hourly Rate Histogram

GIS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-2512£728-
CroydonNew entry-1--
GIS EnglandGIS
England

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

164 (30.05 %)Oracle
255 (25.82 %)ArcGIS
344 (20.66 %)ESRI
436 (16.90 %)Mapinfo
531 (14.55 %)Sun
630 (14.08 %)SQL
727 (12.68 %).NET
826 (12.21 %)C#
826 (12.21 %)Solaris
925 (11.74 %)UNIX
925 (11.74 %)Microsoft
1023 (10.80 %)Java
1122 (10.33 %)Degree
1221 (9.859 %)SQL Server
1221 (9.859 %)ArcIMS
1320 (9.390 %)ArcSDE
1419 (8.920 %)Windows
1419 (8.920 %)ArcObjects
1518 (8.451 %)MS Excel
1518 (8.451 %)Oracle 10g
1518 (8.451 %)Migration
1617 (7.981 %)Oracle Spatial
1617 (7.981 %)Security Cleared
1716 (7.512 %)Government
1814 (6.573 %)Data Modelling
1814 (6.573 %)SC Cleared
1913 (6.103 %)Internet
1913 (6.103 %)Datawarehouse
2012 (5.634 %)WebServices
2012 (5.634 %)Visual Studio

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (12.68 %).NET
219 (8.920 %)ArcObjects
312 (5.634 %)WebServices
48 (3.756 %)J2EE
48 (3.756 %)ASP.NET
55 (2.347 %)AJAX
64 (1.878 %)HTML
64 (1.878 %)XML
73 (1.408 %)Middleware
73 (1.408 %)WinForms
73 (1.408 %).NET Framework
82 (0.939 %)ActiveX
82 (0.939 %)SOAP
91 (0.469 %)Struts
91 (0.469 %)ASP
91 (0.469 %)EJB
91 (0.469 %)CSS
91 (0.469 %)Servlets
91 (0.469 %)MVC
91 (0.469 %)LAMP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
155 (25.82 %)ArcGIS
221 (9.859 %)ArcIMS
320 (9.390 %)ArcSDE
417 (7.981 %)Oracle Spatial
58 (3.756 %)MapXtreme
58 (3.756 %)MS Exchange
64 (1.878 %)Apache
64 (1.878 %)Tomcat
64 (1.878 %)Smallworld
73 (1.408 %)CMS
73 (1.408 %)LiveLink
73 (1.408 %)Oracle Workflow
73 (1.408 %)Content Management Server
82 (0.939 %)Oracle Application Server
82 (0.939 %)IIS
82 (0.939 %)BizTalk Server
91 (0.469 %)WebLogic
91 (0.469 %)Oracle 9iAS
91 (0.469 %)NetWeaver
91 (0.469 %)JBoss
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (8.451 %)MS Excel
211 (5.164 %)MS Office
35 (2.347 %)SPSS
35 (2.347 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.939 %)ArcView
42 (0.939 %)Acrobat
42 (0.939 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.469 %)ArcInfo
51 (0.469 %)CA Clarity
51 (0.469 %)MS Visio
51 (0.469 %)Photoshop
51 (0.469 %)MS Project
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.939 %)Oracle CRM
12 (0.939 %)Oracle Applications
12 (0.939 %)Summit
21 (0.469 %)Oracle Financials
21 (0.469 %)Oracle EBS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (6.103 %)Internet
29 (4.225 %)TCP/IP
38 (3.756 %)Firewall
45 (2.347 %)VLAN
45 (2.347 %)VPN
45 (2.347 %)LAN
45 (2.347 %)SAN
54 (1.878 %)Intranet
54 (1.878 %)Wireless
62 (0.939 %)Softphone
62 (0.939 %)SDH
71 (0.469 %)SSL
71 (0.469 %)Extranet
71 (0.469 %)GPRS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (9.859 %)SQL Server
218 (8.451 %)Oracle 10g
313 (6.103 %)Datawarehouse
410 (4.695 %)MS Access
410 (4.695 %)SQL Server 2005
58 (3.756 %)Oracle 9i
58 (3.756 %)ETL
66 (2.817 %)SQL Server 2000
66 (2.817 %)Oracle Reports
75 (2.347 %)Crystal Reports
75 (2.347 %)Oracle OWB
75 (2.347 %)Oracle 11g
84 (1.878 %)RDBMS
93 (1.408 %)Oracle 8/8i
93 (1.408 %)BusinessObjects
102 (0.939 %)TOAD
102 (0.939 %)MySQL
102 (0.939 %)OLAP
102 (0.939 %)Data Cleansing
111 (0.469 %)SQLite
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (5.634 %)Visual Studio
25 (2.347 %)ERwin
32 (0.939 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.469 %)Synon
41 (0.469 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.469 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.469 %)Subversion
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (7.512 %)Government
211 (5.164 %)Finance
37 (3.286 %)Banking
37 (3.286 %)Investment Banking
46 (2.817 %)Retail
55 (2.347 %)Health
64 (1.878 %)Construction
64 (1.878 %)Telecoms
64 (1.878 %)Police
73 (1.408 %)Local Government
82 (0.939 %)Electric
82 (0.939 %)Aerospace
82 (0.939 %)Automotive
82 (0.939 %)Financial Institution
82 (0.939 %)Back Office
91 (0.469 %)Law
91 (0.469 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.469 %)Criminal Justice
91 (0.469 %)Insurance
91 (0.469 %)Auditing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
160 (28.17 %)Analyst
242 (19.72 %)Developer
332 (15.02 %)GIS Analyst
426 (12.21 %)GIS Developer
520 (9.390 %)Consultant
616 (7.512 %)Data Analyst
714 (6.573 %)Data Manager
714 (6.573 %)GIS Consultant
811 (5.164 %)Architect
811 (5.164 %)GIS Manager
910 (4.695 %)Project Manager
910 (4.695 %)Business Analyst
107 (3.286 %)Support Analyst
115 (2.347 %)ETL Developer
124 (1.878 %)Solutions Architect
124 (1.878 %)Trainer
124 (1.878 %)Programme Manager
133 (1.408 %)Systems Engineer
133 (1.408 %)Technical Support
133 (1.408 %)Senior Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (4.225 %)Thin Client
19 (4.225 %)Fat Client
27 (3.286 %)Tandem
36 (2.817 %)Management Information System
36 (2.817 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
44 (1.878 %)Client/Server
44 (1.878 %)Replication
44 (1.878 %)Statistics
53 (1.408 %)Data Extraction
62 (0.939 %)Chemistry
62 (0.939 %)Data Conversion
62 (0.939 %)NLPG
62 (0.939 %)Clustering
71 (0.469 %)NHS
71 (0.469 %)Grid Computing
71 (0.469 %)CCTV
71 (0.469 %)Neural Network
71 (0.469 %)LLPG
71 (0.469 %)Taxonomies
71 (0.469 %)Photography
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
126 (12.21 %)Solaris
225 (11.74 %)UNIX
319 (8.920 %)Windows
49 (4.225 %)Linux
49 (4.225 %)Windows Server 2003
58 (3.756 %)Windows 2000
66 (2.817 %)VMS
75 (2.347 %)Windows XP
83 (1.408 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (0.939 %)Windows NT
101 (0.469 %)AIX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (8.451 %)Migration
217 (7.981 %)Security Cleared
314 (6.573 %)SC Cleared
314 (6.573 %)Data Modelling
412 (5.634 %)Data Migration
510 (4.695 %)OO
69 (4.225 %)Data Analysis
78 (3.756 %)Data Management
78 (3.756 %)ITIL
78 (3.756 %)CAD
87 (3.286 %)Business Intelligence
87 (3.286 %)Business Analysis
87 (3.286 %)Asset Management
96 (2.817 %)Project Management
96 (2.817 %)Quality Management
96 (2.817 %)UML
105 (2.347 %)PRINCE2
105 (2.347 %)Strategic Planning
105 (2.347 %)Information Management
105 (2.347 %)Disaster Recovery
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (14.08 %)SQL
226 (12.21 %)C#
323 (10.80 %)Java
412 (5.634 %)VB.NET
511 (5.164 %)JavaScript
610 (4.695 %)VB
78 (3.756 %)COBOL
87 (3.286 %)VBA
94 (1.878 %)C
94 (1.878 %)PL/SQL
103 (1.408 %)Delphi
112 (0.939 %)C++
112 (0.939 %)Perl
112 (0.939 %)Transact-SQL
112 (0.939 %)MapBasic
121 (0.469 %)Korn
121 (0.469 %)AWK
121 (0.469 %)PHP
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (10.33 %)Degree
22 (0.939 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.469 %)Microsoft Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.939 %)ISO17799
21 (0.469 %)SLA
21 (0.469 %)BS7666
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (2.817 %)NetBackup
25 (2.347 %)Active Directory
25 (2.347 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (1.408 %)Oracle RAC
41 (0.469 %)Oracle RMAN
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.469 %)BMC PATROL
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
164 (30.05 %)Oracle
244 (20.66 %)ESRI
336 (16.90 %)Mapinfo
431 (14.55 %)Sun
525 (11.74 %)Microsoft
67 (3.286 %)VMware
75 (2.347 %)Hyperion
84 (1.878 %)SAP
93 (1.408 %)Red Hat
93 (1.408 %)Business Objects
102 (0.939 %)Adobe
102 (0.939 %)Citrix
102 (0.939 %)Genesys
102 (0.939 %)Brio
102 (0.939 %)GGP
111 (0.469 %)Comino
111 (0.469 %)Google
111 (0.469 %)VERITAS
111 (0.469 %)Borland
111 (0.469 %)BMC