North East Business Intelligence Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Business Intelligence (BI) skills within the North East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Intelligence (BI)
Location Abingdon Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Cheshire Chester Chorley City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Egham England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Inverness Ipswich Jersey Johnstone Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stafford Staffordshire Staines Strathclyde Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wiltshire Woking Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	42	27
Rank change on same period last year	-15
Matching contract IT job ads	17	45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.022 %	0.047 %
As % of the category below	4.427 %	9.657 %
Daily rates quoted	4	9
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£338
Average daily rate	£333	£349
% change on same period last year	-4.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£340	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£425	£398
% change on same period last year	+6.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.52	£37.75
% change on same period last year	-21.79 %
Processes & Methodologies North East
Matching contract IT job ads	384	466
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.506 %	0.487 %
Daily rates quoted	102	108
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£312
Average daily rate	£370	£327
% change on same period last year	+13.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£383	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£375
% change on same period last year	+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	44	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.42	£24.90
Average hourly rate	£24.81	£26.40
% change on same period last year	-6.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.19	£27.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.33
% change on same period last year	-3.28 %
Business Intelligence 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.

Business Intelligence
Demand Trend

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

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Intelligence across the North East region.

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Intelligence across the North East region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Intelligence across the North East region.

Business Intelligence
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Business Intelligence within the North East region over the 3 months to 8 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Tyne and Wear	-16	12	£333	-4.86 %

Business Intelligence England

Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence.

1 15 (46.88 %) SQL 2 13 (40.63 %) Business Objects 2 13 (40.63 %) Datawarehouse 2 13 (40.63 %) BusinessObjects 3 10 (31.25 %) ETL 3 10 (31.25 %) SQL Server 4 9 (28.13 %) Oracle 5 8 (25.00 %) Government 5 8 (25.00 %) Business Analysis 5 8 (25.00 %) SQL Server 2005 6 7 (21.88 %) Transact-SQL 7 6 (18.75 %) MicroStrategy 7 6 (18.75 %) BusinessObjects XI 7 6 (18.75 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 7 6 (18.75 %) Dimensional Modelling

8 5 (15.63 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 5 (15.63 %) BODI 8 5 (15.63 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 5 (15.63 %) Crystal Reports 9 4 (12.50 %) Data Management 9 4 (12.50 %) Data Modelling 10 3 (9.375 %) Web Development 10 3 (9.375 %) SAP 10 3 (9.375 %) Migration 10 3 (9.375 %) Service Delivery 11 2 (6.250 %) BT 11 2 (6.250 %) Oracle Applications 11 2 (6.250 %) SAP XI 11 2 (6.250 %) SAP Basis 11 2 (6.250 %) Unix

Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (6.250 %) SAP XI 1 2 (6.250 %) SAP Basis 1 2 (6.250 %) MDX	Application Platforms 1 1 (3.125 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 1 (3.125 %) MS Exchange 1 1 (3.125 %) NetWeaver
Business Applications 1 2 (6.250 %) Oracle Applications 2 1 (3.125 %) SAP R/3	Communications & Networking 1 1 (3.125 %) Network Security 1 1 (3.125 %) VLAN 1 1 (3.125 %) NetScreen 1 1 (3.125 %) LAN 1 1 (3.125 %) WAN 1 1 (3.125 %) IPCC 1 1 (3.125 %) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (40.63 %) Datawarehouse 1 13 (40.63 %) BusinessObjects 2 10 (31.25 %) ETL 2 10 (31.25 %) SQL Server 3 8 (25.00 %) SQL Server 2005 4 6 (18.75 %) BusinessObjects XI 4 6 (18.75 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 5 5 (15.63 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 5 (15.63 %) BODI 5 5 (15.63 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 5 (15.63 %) Crystal Reports 6 2 (6.250 %) DTS 6 2 (6.250 %) OLAP 6 2 (6.250 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 2 (6.250 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 1 (3.125 %) Data Mart 7 1 (3.125 %) Oracle Reports 7 1 (3.125 %) SQL Server 7 7 1 (3.125 %) SQL Server 2000 7 1 (3.125 %) SAP BI	Development Applications 1 1 (3.125 %) ERwin
General 1 8 (25.00 %) Government 2 1 (3.125 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 11 (34.38 %) Developer 2 7 (21.88 %) Consultant 3 6 (18.75 %) Analyst 4 5 (15.63 %) Business Developer 4 5 (15.63 %) Business Objects Developer 5 4 (12.50 %) SQL Developer 5 4 (12.50 %) Report Developer 6 3 (9.375 %) SQL Server Developer 6 3 (9.375 %) SAP Consultant 6 3 (9.375 %) Business Intelligence Consultant 6 3 (9.375 %) Architect 7 2 (6.250 %) Lead Developer 7 2 (6.250 %) Business Consultant 7 2 (6.250 %) Crystal Reports Developer 7 2 (6.250 %) SAP Basis Consultant 7 2 (6.250 %) Datawarehouse Analyst 7 2 (6.250 %) Business Intelligence Specialist 8 1 (3.125 %) Server Analyst 8 1 (3.125 %) Senior Network Support 8 1 (3.125 %) Senior Network Support Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 2 (6.250 %) Data Integration 2 1 (3.125 %) Dutch Language	Operating Systems 1 2 (6.250 %) Unix
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (25.00 %) Business Analysis 2 6 (18.75 %) Dimensional Modelling 3 4 (12.50 %) Data Management 3 4 (12.50 %) Data Modelling 4 3 (9.375 %) Web Development 4 3 (9.375 %) Migration 4 3 (9.375 %) Service Delivery 5 1 (3.125 %) Performance Management 5 1 (3.125 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (3.125 %) Data Analysis 5 1 (3.125 %) Technical Architecture 5 1 (3.125 %) Service Management	Programming Languages 1 15 (46.88 %) SQL 2 7 (21.88 %) Transact-SQL 3 1 (3.125 %) Java 3 1 (3.125 %) PHP 3 1 (3.125 %) Pascal
Qualifications 1 2 (6.250 %) MCTS	System Software 1 1 (3.125 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 13 (40.63 %) Business Objects 2 9 (28.13 %) Oracle 3 6 (18.75 %) MicroStrategy 4 3 (9.375 %) SAP 5 2 (6.250 %) BT 5 2 (6.250 %) Cognos 6 1 (3.125 %) Nokia 6 1 (3.125 %) CheckPoint 6 1 (3.125 %) Cisco