Scotland Data Migration Contracts

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

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Location Aberdeenshire Amersham Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bradford Bradford-on-Avon Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cheltenham Cheshire Chichester Cirencester City of London Corsham Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastbourne Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Inverurie Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leeds London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Neath Port Talbot Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Oldham Oxfordshire Poole Port Talbot Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West Southampton Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Teddington Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Windsor Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	63	109
Rank change on same period last year	+46
Matching contract IT job ads	30	15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.048 %	0.016 %
As % of the category below	2.893 %	1.093 %
Daily rates quoted	2	4
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£315
Average daily rate	£367	£323
% change on same period last year	+13.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£433	£331
UK excluding London average daily rate	£399	£365
% change on same period last year	+9.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£11.00	£8.00
Average hourly rate	£11.50	£9.00
% change on same period last year	+27.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£12.00	£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.16	£27.66
% change on same period last year	-5.44 %
Processes & Methodologies Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1037	1372
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.666 %	1.473 %
Daily rates quoted	246	340
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£331
Average daily rate	£364	£344
% change on same period last year	+5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£372
% change on same period last year	+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	78	91
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.04	£18.09
Average hourly rate	£22.17	£19.19
% change on same period last year	+15.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.31	£20.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.24	£29.63
% change on same period last year	-4.68 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Data Migration across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Migration across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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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 Scotland 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.

Location	Rank 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
Glasgow	+22	7	£325	+22.06 %
Edinburgh	+25	4	£325	-14.36 %
North Lanarkshire	-	4	-	-
Aberdeenshire	-	1	-	-
Dundee	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 70 (97.22 %) Migration 2 23 (31.94 %) ETL 3 19 (26.39 %) Oracle 4 17 (23.61 %) SQL 5 16 (22.22 %) CRM 6 15 (20.83 %) Informatica 7 12 (16.67 %) Ab Initio 7 12 (16.67 %) Data Cleansing 8 11 (15.28 %) Data Analysis 9 10 (13.89 %) SQL Server 10 9 (12.50 %) Data Mapping 11 8 (11.11 %) Billing 11 8 (11.11 %) Chordiant 11 8 (11.11 %) Microsoft 12 7 (9.722 %) Data Modelling

12 7 (9.722 %) ERwin 13 6 (8.333 %) SQL Server 2005 13 6 (8.333 %) RDBMS 13 6 (8.333 %) UML 13 6 (8.333 %) UNIX 13 6 (8.333 %) Windows 14 5 (6.944 %) SOA 14 5 (6.944 %) SQL Server Integration Services 14 5 (6.944 %) SQL Server 2000 14 5 (6.944 %) Mainframe 15 4 (5.556 %) MS Exchange 15 4 (5.556 %) ISA Server 15 4 (5.556 %) Government 15 4 (5.556 %) Pensions 15 4 (5.556 %) Exchange Server 2000

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 3 (4.167 %) .NET 2 2 (2.778 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (1.389 %) WebServices 3 1 (1.389 %) XML 3 1 (1.389 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 4 (5.556 %) Lotus Notes 1 4 (5.556 %) MS Exchange 1 4 (5.556 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 1 4 (5.556 %) Exchange Server 2000 1 4 (5.556 %) Exchange Server 2007 2 1 (1.389 %) Oracle 9iAS
Applications 1 2 (2.778 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (1.389 %) Oracle Financials 1 1 (1.389 %) Microsoft CRM 1 1 (1.389 %) Oracle ERP 1 1 (1.389 %) Oracle Applications 1 1 (1.389 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 4 (5.556 %) SMS 1 4 (5.556 %) VPN 1 4 (5.556 %) SAN 2 1 (1.389 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (31.94 %) ETL 2 12 (16.67 %) Data Cleansing 3 10 (13.89 %) SQL Server 4 6 (8.333 %) RDBMS 4 6 (8.333 %) SQL Server 2005 5 5 (6.944 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 5 (6.944 %) SQL Server 2000 6 4 (5.556 %) SQL Server 2008 7 3 (4.167 %) TOAD 8 2 (2.778 %) Oracle 10g 8 2 (2.778 %) Datawarehouse 9 1 (1.389 %) Oracle 11g 9 1 (1.389 %) Oracle 8/8i 9 1 (1.389 %) Oracle 9i 9 1 (1.389 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 7 (9.722 %) ERwin 2 1 (1.389 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (1.389 %) PeopleTools	General 1 8 (11.11 %) Billing 2 4 (5.556 %) Pensions 2 4 (5.556 %) Government 3 3 (4.167 %) Finance 4 1 (1.389 %) Health 4 1 (1.389 %) Manufacturing 4 1 (1.389 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 17 (23.61 %) Analyst 2 12 (16.67 %) Data Analyst 3 11 (15.28 %) Data Migration Analyst 4 9 (12.50 %) Developer 5 8 (11.11 %) Consultant 6 7 (9.722 %) Architect 7 5 (6.944 %) Data Manager 7 5 (6.944 %) DBA 7 5 (6.944 %) Technical Consultant 8 4 (5.556 %) Business Analyst 9 3 (4.167 %) Project Manager 9 3 (4.167 %) Migration Consultant 9 3 (4.167 %) Oracle DBA 10 2 (2.778 %) Storage Specialist 10 2 (2.778 %) Analyst Developer 11 1 (1.389 %) Oracle Applications DBA 11 1 (1.389 %) Information Analyst 11 1 (1.389 %) SQL Developer 11 1 (1.389 %) SQL DBA 11 1 (1.389 %) Technical Manager	Miscellaneous 1 5 (6.944 %) Mainframe 2 4 (5.556 %) IBM Mainframe 2 4 (5.556 %) Blackberry 3 2 (2.778 %) Replication 4 1 (1.389 %) Grid Computing 4 1 (1.389 %) Mathematics 4 1 (1.389 %) Data Integration
Operating Systems 1 6 (8.333 %) UNIX 1 6 (8.333 %) Windows 2 3 (4.167 %) AIX 2 3 (4.167 %) Linux 3 2 (2.778 %) Windows XP 3 2 (2.778 %) Solaris 4 1 (1.389 %) zOS 4 1 (1.389 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (1.389 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (1.389 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 70 (97.22 %) Migration 2 16 (22.22 %) CRM 3 11 (15.28 %) Data Analysis 4 9 (12.50 %) Data Mapping 5 7 (9.722 %) Data Modelling 6 6 (8.333 %) UML 7 5 (6.944 %) SOA 8 4 (5.556 %) ERP 9 3 (4.167 %) PRINCE2 9 3 (4.167 %) Agile Software Development 10 2 (2.778 %) Stakeholder Management 10 2 (2.778 %) Security Cleared 11 1 (1.389 %) Data Management 11 1 (1.389 %) Systems Analysis 11 1 (1.389 %) Incident Management 11 1 (1.389 %) Use Case 11 1 (1.389 %) Load Testing 11 1 (1.389 %) Dimensional Modelling 11 1 (1.389 %) Project Management 11 1 (1.389 %) Workflow
Programming Languages 1 17 (23.61 %) SQL 2 3 (4.167 %) Java 2 3 (4.167 %) PL/SQL 3 2 (2.778 %) Transact-SQL 4 1 (1.389 %) VBA 4 1 (1.389 %) C 4 1 (1.389 %) C#	Qualifications 1 4 (5.556 %) MCSE 1 4 (5.556 %) Microsoft Certification 1 4 (5.556 %) MCTS 1 4 (5.556 %) MCITP 2 2 (2.778 %) Degree 3 1 (1.389 %) Oracle Certification 3 1 (1.389 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (1.389 %) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.778 %) QA	System Software 1 4 (5.556 %) ISA Server 2 1 (1.389 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 1 (1.389 %) CA SiteMinder	Vendors 1 19 (26.39 %) Oracle 2 15 (20.83 %) Informatica 3 12 (16.67 %) Ab Initio 4 8 (11.11 %) Chordiant 4 8 (11.11 %) Microsoft 5 4 (5.556 %) IBM 5 4 (5.556 %) Lotus 5 4 (5.556 %) Symantec 6 3 (4.167 %) Casewise 7 2 (2.778 %) CA 7 2 (2.778 %) NetApp 7 2 (2.778 %) EMC 7 2 (2.778 %) Sybase 7 2 (2.778 %) PeopleSoft 7 2 (2.778 %) SAP 8 1 (1.389 %) HP 8 1 (1.389 %) Intel 8 1 (1.389 %) VERITAS 8 1 (1.389 %) Cincom 8 1 (1.389 %) Capita