The first table below looks at the demand for ArcGIS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ArcGIS 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 Application Platforms category for the Reading 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
ESRI ArcGIS
Rank 60 77 -
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 10 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.205% 0.376% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.211% 2.469% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
Average daily rate £363 £345 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.07% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £300 £370
% change year-on-year
+20.83% -18.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £8.00 £9.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.13 £9.00 -
% change year-on-year
+34.72% -
All Application Platforms
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
161 162 191
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 19.40% 15.23% 18.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 62 79
Average daily rate £350 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £193 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £439 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 10
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +5.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.70 £9.80 £10.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £37.60 £19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
ArcGIS
Berkshire

ArcGIS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ArcGIS across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Reading ArcGIS Jobs Demand Trend

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading ArcGIS Daily Rate Trend

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Reading ArcGIS Daily Rate Histogram

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading ArcGIS Hourly Rate Trend

ArcGIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (100.00%) GIS
2 10 (71.43%) ESRI
3 8 (57.14%) Data Modelling
3 8 (57.14%) ETL
4 6 (42.86%) Java
4 6 (42.86%) .NET
5 5 (35.71%) SQL
5 5 (35.71%) Oracle
5 5 (35.71%) MS Office
5 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
5 5 (35.71%) Python
5 5 (35.71%) Oracle Spatial
5 5 (35.71%) ArcObjects
6 4 (28.57%) Statistics
6 4 (28.57%) Data Management
6 4 (28.57%) Oracle 11g
6 4 (28.57%) Mapinfo
6 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
6 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
6 4 (28.57%) PL/SQL
6 4 (28.57%) Oracle 10g
7 3 (21.43%) Data Migration
7 3 (21.43%) Open Source
7 3 (21.43%) Migration
8 2 (14.29%) Degree
8 2 (14.29%) Time Management
8 2 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
8 2 (14.29%) Data Architecture
8 2 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (14.29%) C#

ArcGIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (42.86%) .NET
2 5 (35.71%) ArcObjects
3 1 (7.143%) Dojo
3 1 (7.143%) Apache Flex
3 1 (7.143%) Silverlight
3 1 (7.143%) jQuery
3 1 (7.143%) REST
3 1 (7.143%) HTML
3 1 (7.143%) J2EE
3 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
3 1 (7.143%) CSS
3 1 (7.143%) Servlets
3 1 (7.143%) Web Services
3 1 (7.143%) XML
3 1 (7.143%) XSD
3 1 (7.143%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) MS Office
2 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) GIS
2 4 (28.57%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (28.57%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
1 1 (7.143%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Data Architect
2 3 (21.43%) GIS Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) GIS Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Web Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Database Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 4 (28.57%) Statistics
2 3 (21.43%) Open Source
3 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.143%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
1 1 (7.143%) Linux
1 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (7.143%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Data Modelling
1 8 (57.14%) ETL
2 4 (28.57%) Data Management
3 3 (21.43%) Data Migration
3 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Time Management
4 2 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (14.29%) Data Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) Information Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) Web Development
5 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) Java
2 5 (35.71%) SQL
2 5 (35.71%) Python
3 4 (28.57%) PL/SQL
4 2 (14.29%) C#
5 1 (7.143%) C++
5 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.143%) PHP
5 1 (7.143%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) ESRI
2 5 (35.71%) Oracle
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
3 4 (28.57%) Mapinfo
4 1 (7.143%) Red Hat
Reading, Berkshire
We are looking for candidates with GIS knowledge and digitising experience in ArcGIS / eSpatial technology... - Experience in using ArcGIS / eSpatial System - Ability to multi-task using Microsoft office...
Interaction Recruitment PLC
Salary: £9.90 - 9.90 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
We are looking for candidates with GIS knowledge and digitising experience in ArcGIS / eSpatial technology... - Experience in using ArcGIS / eSpatial System - Ability to multi-task using Microsoft office -...
Interaction Recruitment PLC
Salary: £9.90 - 9.90 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013