The first table below looks at the demand for Data Migration skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Migration 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the North West 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
Data Migration
Rank 65 102 76
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -26
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 53 30 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.307% 0.947% 1.916%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.266% 1.541% 2.934%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 19 29
Average daily rate £375 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -0.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £183 £272
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £390 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £15.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £41.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-46.98% +10.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1623 1947 2011
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.66% 61.48% 65.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 1006 1047
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £490 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 81 98
Average hourly rate £22.06 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.27% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.13 £13.26 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Data Migration
England

Data Migration
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Data Migration across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Data Migration Jobs Demand Trend

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Data Migration Daily Rate Trend

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Migration across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Data Migration Daily Rate Histogram

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Data Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Data Migration
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +6 16 £393 +9.02%
Manchester +15 15 £314 -10.35%
Merseyside - 10 £425 -
Lancashire +17 4 £375 +130.76%
Data Migration
England

Data Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Data Migration 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 Data Migration.

1 123 (100.00%) Migration
2 31 (25.20%) SAP
3 30 (24.39%) SQL
4 26 (21.14%) Oracle
4 26 (21.14%) Finance
5 24 (19.51%) Security Cleared
6 18 (14.63%) SC Cleared
7 16 (13.01%) Project Management
7 16 (13.01%) Data Modelling
8 13 (10.57%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (10.57%) MS Office
8 13 (10.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (9.756%) Oracle 11g
9 12 (9.756%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (9.756%) SQL Server
9 12 (9.756%) MS Excel
9 12 (9.756%) ETL
9 12 (9.756%) Microsoft
10 11 (8.943%) NHS
11 10 (8.130%) Business Objects
11 10 (8.130%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (8.130%) User Acceptance Testing
11 10 (8.130%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (7.317%) Banking
12 9 (7.317%) MS Project
13 8 (6.504%) ABAP
13 8 (6.504%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (6.504%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (6.504%) Retail
14 7 (5.691%) WebCenter

Data Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Data Migration 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 Data Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (5.691%) WebCenter
2 5 (4.065%) Middleware
3 4 (3.252%) BAPI
4 3 (2.439%) XML
5 2 (1.626%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.813%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.813%) SAP CO-PA
6 1 (0.813%) LAMP
6 1 (0.813%) HTML
6 1 (0.813%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.252%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.439%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.626%) Oracle 10gAS
4 1 (0.813%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.813%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (10.57%) MS Office
2 12 (9.756%) MS Excel
3 9 (7.317%) MS Project
4 7 (5.691%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.065%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (3.252%) SAP CO
2 4 (3.252%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.439%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (2.439%) SAP SD
4 2 (1.626%) CSG Singleview
4 2 (1.626%) SAP PM
4 2 (1.626%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (1.626%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.813%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.813%) SAP FI-AP
5 1 (0.813%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.813%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.813%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.813%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.813%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 12 (9.756%) Oracle 11g
2 12 (9.756%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 12 (9.756%) SQL Server
3 10 (8.130%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 8 (6.504%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (5.691%) Oracle 8/8i
5 7 (5.691%) BusinessObjects
5 7 (5.691%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (5.691%) SAP Data Services
6 5 (4.065%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (4.065%) MS Access
7 4 (3.252%) Oracle BI EE
7 4 (3.252%) DTS
7 4 (3.252%) OLAP
8 3 (2.439%) RDBMS
8 3 (2.439%) Star Schema
8 3 (2.439%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (2.439%) SAP BW
8 3 (2.439%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 5 (4.065%) LSMW
2 4 (3.252%) TestPartner
3 1 (0.813%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 26 (21.14%) Finance
2 9 (7.317%) Banking
3 8 (6.504%) Retail
3 8 (6.504%) Pharmaceutical
4 7 (5.691%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.252%) Retail Banking
6 2 (1.626%) Back Office
6 2 (1.626%) Billing
7 1 (0.813%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.813%) Local Government
7 1 (0.813%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.813%) Games
7 1 (0.813%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (20.33%) Developer
2 23 (18.70%) Consultant
3 19 (15.45%) SAP Consultant
4 17 (13.82%) Analyst
5 13 (10.57%) Project Manager
6 10 (8.130%) Architect
6 10 (8.130%) Migration Consultant
6 10 (8.130%) Data Consultant
7 9 (7.317%) SAP Data Consultant
7 9 (7.317%) Data Analyst
7 9 (7.317%) Data Architect
8 8 (6.504%) Data Migration Consultant
9 7 (5.691%) DBA
9 7 (5.691%) Business Analyst
9 7 (5.691%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
9 7 (5.691%) SQL Developer
10 6 (4.878%) Oracle DBA
11 5 (4.065%) Oracle Developer
11 5 (4.065%) Programme Manager
11 5 (4.065%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.943%) NHS
2 4 (3.252%) Mainframe
2 4 (3.252%) Replication
3 3 (2.439%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.626%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (1.626%) Online Banking
5 1 (0.813%) Data Extraction
5 1 (0.813%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.439%) UNIX
1 3 (2.439%) Windows
1 3 (2.439%) Windows XP
1 3 (2.439%) Windows 7
2 2 (1.626%) Windows 8
2 2 (1.626%) Windows Vista
2 2 (1.626%) AIX
2 2 (1.626%) Solaris
2 2 (1.626%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (100.00%) Migration
2 16 (13.01%) Data Modelling
2 16 (13.01%) Project Management
3 13 (10.57%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (9.756%) ETL
5 10 (8.130%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (8.130%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (5.691%) Data Transformation
7 6 (4.878%) Supplier Management
8 5 (4.065%) Validation
8 5 (4.065%) SAP Implementation
8 5 (4.065%) PRINCE2
8 5 (4.065%) ERP
8 5 (4.065%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (4.065%) Data Mapping
9 4 (3.252%) ERD
9 4 (3.252%) Waterfall
9 4 (3.252%) Test Strategy
9 4 (3.252%) Kimball Methodology
9 4 (3.252%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 30 (24.39%) SQL
2 8 (6.504%) ABAP
3 6 (4.878%) T-SQL
4 4 (3.252%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.439%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.813%) PHP
6 1 (0.813%) C#
6 1 (0.813%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.813%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (19.51%) Security Cleared
2 18 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.626%) ISEB
3 2 (1.626%) SAP Certification
4 1 (0.813%) Degree
4 1 (0.813%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.813%) CCA
4 1 (0.813%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.252%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.252%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.626%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.813%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.813%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.626%) Tivoli
1 2 (1.626%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (0.813%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 31 (25.20%) SAP
2 26 (21.14%) Oracle
3 12 (9.756%) Microsoft
4 10 (8.130%) Business Objects
5 4 (3.252%) Siebel
6 3 (2.439%) Ariba
6 3 (2.439%) CA
6 3 (2.439%) Sage
6 3 (2.439%) Hummingbird
7 2 (1.626%) Cognos
8 1 (0.813%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.813%) IBM
8 1 (0.813%) HP
8 1 (0.813%) Remedy
8 1 (0.813%) Hyperion
8 1 (0.813%) Informatica
8 1 (0.813%) NetApp
8 1 (0.813%) Baan
8 1 (0.813%) JD Edwards
Manchester, North West
our client a large global compnay seeks an experienced Sharepoint developer to perform, Data Migration support, Service Transition, Release Deployment and SharePoint Administration. Sutable Developers must also be...
Universe Technology Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 10 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will need to provide data migration support for SAP projects and provide technical expertise within the SAP Data Management Team... Understanding of Data Quality principles. Hands on...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £400 - £425 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
We are currently searching for a SAP Migration specialist to work in the Speke Data Stewardship team to play a critical role in building the fundamental Master Data...
SEC Recruitment Limited
Posted: 15 May 2013
Merseyside
You will be assisting the team in on-going SQL Server Business Intelligence projects across the full Microsoft Business Intelligence suite, including data migration / ETL using SSIS, cube...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £325 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Merseyside
You will be assisting the team in on-going SQL Server Business Intelligence projects across the full Microsoft Business Intelligence suite, including data migration / ETL using SSIS, cube...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £325 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013