The first table below looks at the demand for TOAD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TOAD over the 3 months to 19 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 Merseyside 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quest TOAD
Rank 26 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing TOAD 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.529% 0.813% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.439% 2.439% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £400 £305 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £313 £360
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £44.25 £33.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+34.09% -12.00%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
41 82 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 21.69% 33.33% 21.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 34 29
Average daily rate £363 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £200 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £350 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 6
Average hourly rate - £17.48 £25.66
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -31.87%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
TOAD
North West

TOAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside TOAD Daily Rate Trend

TOAD
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning

TOAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Database Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle