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The table below looks at the demand for Business Intelligence (BI) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Intelligence (BI)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank5170
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads8279
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.132 %0.085 %
As % of the category below4.561 %3.873 %
Daily rates quoted1722
Average minimum daily rate£347£345
Average daily rate£351£354
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£408£407
% change on same period last year+0.19 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£15.33£28.25
Average hourly rate£18.67£29.13
% change on same period last year-35.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.46£21.70
% change on same period last year-14.90 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North West
Matching contract IT job ads17982040
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.889 %2.191 %
Daily rates quoted444444
Average minimum daily rate£358£341
Average daily rate£382£361
% change on same period last year+5.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted204186
Average minimum hourly rate£25.21£26.06
Average hourly rate£26.63£27.86
% change on same period last year-4.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.06£29.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Business Intelligence EnglandBusiness 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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Business Intelligence Demand Trend

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 West region.

North West Business Intelligence Daily Rate Trend

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Intelligence across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

North West Business Intelligence Daily Rate Histogram

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 West region.

North West Business Intelligence Hourly Rate Trend

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Intelligence across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

North West Business Intelligence Hourly Rate Histogram

Business Intelligence
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
ManchesterUp+1021£414+22.75 %
MerseysideDown-910£350-12.50 %
LancashireUp+158£252-
CheshireDown-157£370+35.73 %
CumbriaDown-11£275-
Business Intelligence EnglandBusiness Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

153 (35.33 %)Datawarehouse
251 (34.00 %)SQL
331 (20.67 %)SQL Server
430 (20.00 %)Oracle
529 (19.33 %)SAP
622 (14.67 %)Business Objects
622 (14.67 %)Cognos
622 (14.67 %)BusinessObjects
721 (14.00 %)Hyperion
721 (14.00 %)OLAP
819 (12.67 %)ETL
819 (12.67 %)SQL Server 2005
917 (11.33 %).NET
1015 (10.00 %)Hyperion Essbase
1015 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
1015 (10.00 %)MS Office
1015 (10.00 %)Data Modelling
1015 (10.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1015 (10.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1114 (9.333 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1114 (9.333 %)Microsoft
1114 (9.333 %)SAP BW
1114 (9.333 %)SAP BI
1211 (7.333 %)Finance
1310 (6.667 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1310 (6.667 %)MS Excel
1310 (6.667 %)VB
149 (6.000 %)Transact-SQL
149 (6.000 %)Data Mining
149 (6.000 %)Telecoms

Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (11.33 %).NET
28 (5.333 %)WebServices
33 (2.000 %)ASP.NET
33 (2.000 %)SAP Basis
33 (2.000 %).NET Framework
33 (2.000 %)HTML
42 (1.333 %)XML
51 (0.667 %)CSS
51 (0.667 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (0.667 %)Oracle Fusion
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (5.333 %)SAS
25 (3.333 %)NetWeaver
34 (2.667 %)Gentran
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (10.00 %)MS Office
210 (6.667 %)MS Excel
32 (1.333 %)CA Clarity
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (6.667 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
25 (3.333 %)SAP R/3
34 (2.667 %)Oracle Applications
42 (1.333 %)Oracle 11i
42 (1.333 %)Cognos Planning
51 (0.667 %)Hyperion Planning
51 (0.667 %)SAP FI/CO
51 (0.667 %)SAP CO
51 (0.667 %)SAP FI
51 (0.667 %)Oracle EBS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (0.667 %)CTI
11 (0.667 %)Intranet
11 (0.667 %)Internet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
153 (35.33 %)Datawarehouse
231 (20.67 %)SQL Server
322 (14.67 %)BusinessObjects
421 (14.00 %)OLAP
519 (12.67 %)ETL
519 (12.67 %)SQL Server 2005
615 (10.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
615 (10.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
615 (10.00 %)Hyperion Essbase
714 (9.333 %)SAP BI
714 (9.333 %)SAP BW
714 (9.333 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
89 (6.000 %)Data Mining
98 (5.333 %)Crystal Reports
106 (4.000 %)Oracle Reports
106 (4.000 %)TOAD
115 (3.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
115 (3.333 %)MySQL
115 (3.333 %)SQL Server 2000
115 (3.333 %)BusinessObjects XI
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.000 %)Oracle Forms
22 (1.333 %)Oracle APEX
31 (0.667 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.667 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (7.333 %)Finance
29 (6.000 %)Telecoms
35 (3.333 %)Manufacturing
35 (3.333 %)Publishing
35 (3.333 %)Health
35 (3.333 %)Pensions
43 (2.000 %)General Ledger
43 (2.000 %)Pharmaceutical
52 (1.333 %)Government
52 (1.333 %)Retail
52 (1.333 %)Marketing
61 (0.667 %)Insurance
61 (0.667 %)Law
61 (0.667 %)Billing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139 (26.00 %)Consultant
227 (18.00 %)Developer
326 (17.33 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
425 (16.67 %)Analyst
516 (10.67 %)Business Consultant
614 (9.333 %)Administrator
712 (8.000 %)SAP Consultant
811 (7.333 %)Business Analyst
811 (7.333 %)Business Intelligence Analyst
910 (6.667 %)SAP BI Consultant
108 (5.333 %)Hyperion Administrator
108 (5.333 %)Information Analyst
108 (5.333 %)Systems Administrator
108 (5.333 %)Oracle Developer
117 (4.667 %)Trainer
117 (4.667 %)Business Intelligence Developer
117 (4.667 %)Business Developer
117 (4.667 %)SAP Trainer
126 (4.000 %)MI Analyst
126 (4.000 %)SAP Manager
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (4.000 %)NHS
23 (2.000 %)Management Information System
23 (2.000 %)Spanish Language
32 (1.333 %)Data Integration
41 (0.667 %)Informatics
41 (0.667 %)Computer Science
41 (0.667 %)Dutch Language
41 (0.667 %)French Language
41 (0.667 %)Italian Language
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (2.667 %)Windows
22 (1.333 %)Windows XP
22 (1.333 %)Windows 2000 Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (10.00 %)Data Modelling
27 (4.667 %)EAM
36 (4.000 %)Security Cleared
45 (3.333 %)CRM
45 (3.333 %)Data Analysis
54 (2.667 %)Migration
54 (2.667 %)Disaster Recovery
54 (2.667 %)SC Cleared
63 (2.000 %)Information Management
63 (2.000 %)Validation
63 (2.000 %)Performance Management
63 (2.000 %)Configuration Management
63 (2.000 %)UML
63 (2.000 %)Business Analysis
72 (1.333 %)Dimensional Modelling
72 (1.333 %)Data Mapping
72 (1.333 %)Unit Testing
72 (1.333 %)Integration Testing
72 (1.333 %)Test Management
81 (0.667 %)Test Scripting
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
151 (34.00 %)SQL
215 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
310 (6.667 %)VB
49 (6.000 %)Transact-SQL
57 (4.667 %)JavaScript
62 (1.333 %)Java
62 (1.333 %)VBA
71 (0.667 %)C#
71 (0.667 %)PHP
71 (0.667 %)VB.NET
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (2.667 %)Degree
22 (1.333 %)MCDBA
22 (1.333 %)Microsoft Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.333 %)HL7
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (1.333 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (20.00 %)Oracle
229 (19.33 %)SAP
322 (14.67 %)Cognos
322 (14.67 %)Business Objects
421 (14.00 %)Hyperion
514 (9.333 %)Microsoft
63 (2.000 %)ProClarity
72 (1.333 %)PeopleSoft
72 (1.333 %)Teradata
81 (0.667 %)Unica
81 (0.667 %)Informatica