The first table below looks at the demand for GIS 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 GIS over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank 110 119 113
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -6
Contract jobs citing GIS 8 10 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.341% 0.320% 0.451%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.473% 1.441% 2.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 7
Average daily rate - £319 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £365 £345
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
Average hourly rate £16.75 £30.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.16% -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.31 £13.75 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+11.34% -60.14%
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
543 694 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.17% 22.23% 22.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 364 380
Average daily rate £325 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £453 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 34 43
Average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.43 £11.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £74.25 £43.50 £43.00
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 West region.

North West GIS Hourly Rate Trend

GIS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GIS across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West GIS Hourly Rate Histogram

GIS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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 +4 4 - -
Lancashire +15 2 - -
Cumbria +10 2 - -
GIS
England

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 10 (45.45%) ArcGIS
2 6 (27.27%) SAP
2 6 (27.27%) Degree
3 4 (18.18%) EDI
3 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
3 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 4 (18.18%) EDIFACT
3 4 (18.18%) ESRI
4 3 (13.64%) DWR
4 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
4 3 (13.64%) SQL
4 3 (13.64%) UNIX
4 3 (13.64%) C#
5 2 (9.091%) .NET
5 2 (9.091%) Python
5 2 (9.091%) Mapinfo
5 2 (9.091%) CAD
5 2 (9.091%) AutoCAD
5 2 (9.091%) XML
5 2 (9.091%) Data Mining
5 2 (9.091%) Finance
5 2 (9.091%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (9.091%) Change Management
5 2 (9.091%) Local Government
5 2 (9.091%) Incident Management
5 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (9.091%) ArcSDE
5 2 (9.091%) Gentran
5 2 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (9.091%) Data Conversion

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 4 (18.18%) EDI
1 4 (18.18%) EDIFACT
2 3 (13.64%) DWR
3 2 (9.091%) .NET
3 2 (9.091%) XML
4 1 (4.545%) PostGIS
4 1 (4.545%) WCF
4 1 (4.545%) WPF
4 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (45.45%) ArcGIS
2 2 (9.091%) ArcSDE
2 2 (9.091%) Gentran
3 1 (4.545%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) Firewall
1 1 (4.545%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (4.545%) HTTP
1 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.545%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) Data Mining
1 2 (9.091%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (9.091%) Finance
1 2 (9.091%) Local Government
2 1 (4.545%) Welsh Language
2 1 (4.545%) Legal
2 1 (4.545%) Publishing
2 1 (4.545%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Trainer
2 3 (13.64%) IT Trainer
2 3 (13.64%) Architect
3 2 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (9.091%) GIS Technician
3 2 (9.091%) Developer
3 2 (9.091%) Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Junior Information Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) EDI Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Development Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) EDI Developer
4 1 (4.545%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (4.545%) Security Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Applications Architect
4 1 (4.545%) EDI Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.091%) Data Conversion
3 1 (4.545%) FMCG
3 1 (4.545%) Open Source
3 1 (4.545%) CCTV
3 1 (4.545%) Statistics
3 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.545%) Replication
3 1 (4.545%) LLPG
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) UNIX
2 1 (4.545%) Windows
2 1 (4.545%) AIX
2 1 (4.545%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
2 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
3 2 (9.091%) CAD
3 2 (9.091%) Change Management
3 2 (9.091%) Incident Management
3 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (4.545%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.545%) Integration Testing
4 1 (4.545%) Test Scripting
4 1 (4.545%) Computer Security
4 1 (4.545%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.545%) Data Validation
4 1 (4.545%) Problem Management
4 1 (4.545%) E-business
4 1 (4.545%) Information Security
4 1 (4.545%) Validation
4 1 (4.545%) Quality Management
4 1 (4.545%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (4.545%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
1 3 (13.64%) C#
2 2 (9.091%) Python
3 1 (4.545%) ActionScript 2.0
3 1 (4.545%) C++
3 1 (4.545%) Java
3 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.545%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 1 (4.545%) EnCE
2 1 (4.545%) CEH
2 1 (4.545%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) ESRI
3 2 (9.091%) Mapinfo
4 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.545%) Oracle
4 1 (4.545%) Business Objects
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