North West ArcIMS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for ESRI ArcIMS skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ArcIMS over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

ESRI ArcIMS
Location Avon Bath Berkshire Bristol Cheshire Chester City of London East of England England Fareham Hampshire Kent London M4 Corridor Maidstone Newbury Norfolk North West Norwich Somerset South East South West UK Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	121	134
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	22	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.029 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	3.710 %	0.683 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£352
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	11	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£39.55	-
Average hourly rate	£43.86	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£48.18	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.56	-
% change on same period last year	-
Application Platforms North West
Matching contract IT job ads	593	586
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.790 %	0.593 %
Daily rates quoted	125	112
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£288
Average daily rate	£351	£303
% change on same period last year	+16.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£370	£317
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	71	76
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.12	£21.92
Average hourly rate	£25.45	£23.92
% change on same period last year	+6.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.79	£25.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
ArcIMS 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.

ArcIMS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ArcIMS across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

ArcIMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

ArcIMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ArcIMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ArcIMS across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ArcIMS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ArcIMS within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 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
Cheshire	-6	6	-	-

ArcIMS England

ArcIMS
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ArcIMS 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 ArcIMS.

1 41 (100.00 %) .NET 1 41 (100.00 %) C# 2 40 (97.56 %) ASP.NET 3 31 (75.61 %) GIS 4 27 (65.85 %) SQL 5 20 (48.78 %) ESRI 6 18 (43.90 %) Internet 7 15 (36.59 %) PRINCE2 8 7 (17.07 %) Google 8 7 (17.07 %) ArcObjects 8 7 (17.07 %) ArcGIS 9 6 (14.63 %) Project Management 9 6 (14.63 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 2 (4.878 %) JavaScript 10 2 (4.878 %) Oracle

10 2 (4.878 %) SQL Server 11 1 (2.439 %) ASP 11 1 (2.439 %) PDA 11 1 (2.439 %) ArcSDE

ArcIMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ArcIMS 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 ArcIMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 41 (100.00 %) .NET 2 40 (97.56 %) ASP.NET 3 7 (17.07 %) ArcObjects 4 1 (2.439 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 7 (17.07 %) ArcGIS 2 1 (2.439 %) ArcSDE
Communications & Networking 1 18 (43.90 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 31 (75.61 %) GIS 2 2 (4.878 %) SQL Server
Job Titles 1 40 (97.56 %) Developer 2 11 (26.83 %) Applications Developer 3 9 (21.95 %) GIS Developer 4 4 (9.756 %) .NET Developer 4 4 (9.756 %) C# Developer 5 3 (7.317 %) Web Developer 5 3 (7.317 %) Web Applications Developer 6 2 (4.878 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 2 (4.878 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 1 (2.439 %) GIS Analyst 7 1 (2.439 %) Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.439 %) PDA
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (36.59 %) PRINCE2 2 6 (14.63 %) Project Management	Programming Languages 1 41 (100.00 %) C# 2 27 (65.85 %) SQL 3 2 (4.878 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 6 (14.63 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Vendors 1 20 (48.78 %) ESRI 2 7 (17.07 %) Google 3 2 (4.878 %) Oracle