The first table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 17 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 North East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank - 37 43
Contract jobs citing GIS 0 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - 2.301% 0.673%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 13.10% 2.344%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 2
Average daily rate - £413 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +29.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £365 £350
% change year-on-year
+6.16% +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.31 £15.75 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-2.79% -54.34%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
69 84 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 26.14% 17.57% 28.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 56 69
Average daily rate £325 £355 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.45% +9.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.26 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
GIS
England

GIS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East GIS Jobs Demand Trend

GIS
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East GIS Daily Rate Trend

GIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East GIS Hourly Rate Trend

GIS
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

1 3 (75.00%) ISEB
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Photography
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Writer
2 1 (25.00%) Author
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Author
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (75.00%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft