The first table below looks at the demand for Migration skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 Oxfordshire 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
Migration
Rank 8 19 27
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +8
Contract jobs citing Migration 50 43 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 11.57% 6.719% 5.631%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.78% 11.38% 9.881%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 31 15
Average daily rate £339 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.29% +13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £287 £338 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £475 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.45 £22.75 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-18.90% -7.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 378 253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.98% 59.06% 56.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 202 134
Average daily rate £350 £400 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 36 8
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Migration
South East

Migration
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Migration Jobs Demand Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Migration Daily Rate Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Oxfordshire Migration Daily Rate Histogram

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Migration
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Oxfordshire 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
Oxford +10 38 £328 -20.60%
Abingdon - 2 £343 -
Migration
South East

Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 37 (38.95%) MS Exchange
2 36 (37.89%) Exchange Server 2010
3 34 (35.79%) VMware
4 31 (32.63%) vSphere
5 30 (31.58%) Exchange Server 2003
5 30 (31.58%) MCSE
5 30 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (30.53%) SCOM
7 26 (27.37%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 26 (27.37%) Microsoft
8 24 (25.26%) MobileIron
9 23 (24.21%) Data Protection
9 23 (24.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 22 (23.16%) Postini
11 21 (22.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (22.11%) Finance
12 16 (16.84%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (13.68%) Change Management
13 13 (13.68%) Data Migration
13 13 (13.68%) Business Transformation
14 12 (12.63%) PRINCE2
15 11 (11.58%) SQL
15 11 (11.58%) Project Management
15 11 (11.58%) Banking
16 10 (10.53%) Retail
16 10 (10.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 9 (9.474%) PRINCE
17 9 (9.474%) Active Directory
17 9 (9.474%) SharePoint
17 9 (9.474%) Retail Banking

Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (3.158%) CGI
2 2 (2.105%) Middleware
3 1 (1.053%) XMPP
3 1 (1.053%) XML
Application Platforms
1 37 (38.95%) MS Exchange
2 36 (37.89%) Exchange Server 2010
3 30 (31.58%) Exchange Server 2003
4 26 (27.37%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 9 (9.474%) SharePoint
6 7 (7.368%) Office Communications Server
6 7 (7.368%) Lync
7 6 (6.316%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (2.105%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (2.105%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (1.053%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.105%) MS Office
1 2 (2.105%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.053%) InfoPath
2 1 (1.053%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (3.158%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (2.105%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.053%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.053%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.053%) SAP WM
3 1 (1.053%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.158%) DHCP
1 3 (3.158%) DNS
2 2 (2.105%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.053%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.316%) SQL Server
1 6 (6.316%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (3.158%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.158%) Ingres
2 3 (3.158%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (3.158%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (2.105%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.105%) SAP BW
3 2 (2.105%) QlikView
4 1 (1.053%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.053%) DB2
4 1 (1.053%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.105%) Visual Studio
1 2 (2.105%) Subversion
1 2 (2.105%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (2.105%) MSBuild
General
1 21 (22.11%) Finance
2 11 (11.58%) Banking
3 10 (10.53%) Retail
4 9 (9.474%) Retail Banking
5 8 (8.421%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (29.47%) Consultant
2 19 (20.00%) Analyst
3 18 (18.95%) Messaging Consultant
4 15 (15.79%) Project Manager
5 10 (10.53%) Administrator
6 9 (9.474%) Business Analyst
7 8 (8.421%) Developer
7 8 (8.421%) Support Analyst
7 8 (8.421%) Messaging Engineer
7 8 (8.421%) Backup Administrator
8 7 (7.368%) Exchange Consultant
9 5 (5.263%) Exchange Engineer
10 4 (4.211%) SQL Developer
11 3 (3.158%) Technical Support Analyst
11 3 (3.158%) Technical Analyst
11 3 (3.158%) Technical Support
11 3 (3.158%) Systems Engineer
11 3 (3.158%) Migration Engineer
12 2 (2.105%) Migration Consultant
12 2 (2.105%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.158%) W3C
2 2 (2.105%) Wiki
3 1 (1.053%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.053%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.316%) Windows
1 6 (6.316%) Linux
2 5 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (4.211%) Debian
4 2 (2.105%) AIX
5 1 (1.053%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (24.21%) Data Protection
2 21 (22.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (16.84%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (13.68%) Data Migration
4 13 (13.68%) Business Transformation
4 13 (13.68%) Change Management
5 12 (12.63%) PRINCE2
6 11 (11.58%) Project Management
7 9 (9.474%) PRINCE
8 8 (8.421%) Problem Management
9 7 (7.368%) ERP
10 6 (6.316%) Business Analysis
10 6 (6.316%) Unit Testing
11 5 (5.263%) Test Scripting
12 4 (4.211%) Business Process Improvement
12 4 (4.211%) Requirements Analysis
12 4 (4.211%) GAP Analysis
12 4 (4.211%) ETL
13 3 (3.158%) Data Modelling
13 3 (3.158%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.58%) SQL
2 6 (6.316%) T-SQL
2 6 (6.316%) Perl
3 4 (4.211%) Bash shell
4 2 (2.105%) C#
5 1 (1.053%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (31.58%) MCSE
1 30 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (24.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 10 (10.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (3.158%) ISEB
4 3 (3.158%) MOS
4 3 (3.158%) Degree
5 1 (1.053%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.053%) SCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.263%) SLA
2 3 (3.158%) WCAG
2 3 (3.158%) WAI
2 3 (3.158%) QA
System Software
1 31 (32.63%) vSphere
2 9 (9.474%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.158%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.105%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (30.53%) SCOM
2 5 (5.263%) SCCM
3 1 (1.053%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.053%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (1.053%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.053%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 34 (35.79%) VMware
2 26 (27.37%) Microsoft
3 24 (25.26%) MobileIron
4 22 (23.16%) Postini
5 5 (5.263%) Mercator
5 5 (5.263%) SAP
6 4 (4.211%) Oracle
7 3 (3.158%) Salesforce.com
8 2 (2.105%) EMC
8 2 (2.105%) Cognos
9 1 (1.053%) Cisco
9 1 (1.053%) IBM
9 1 (1.053%) NetApp
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