The first table below looks at the demand for Business Intelligence skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 24 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 Somerset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Intelligence (BI)
Rank 26 34 29
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 3 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.765% 0.588% 2.312%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.226% 0.971% 4.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £320 - £343
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 - £329
10% offered a daily rate of more than £332 - £357
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+87.50% -40.74%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
93 103 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 54.71% 60.59% 57.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 55 46
Average daily rate £400 £410 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% +15.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.45% +44.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.23 £22.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £24.40 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Business Intelligence
South West

Business Intelligence
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Business Intelligence Jobs Demand Trend

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset Business Intelligence Daily Rate Trend

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset Business Intelligence Hourly Rate Trend

Business Intelligence
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bath +3 1 £335 -
Business Intelligence
South West

Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence.

1 2 (33.33%) SAP
1 2 (33.33%) ISEB
1 2 (33.33%) SAP BW
1 2 (33.33%) ABAP
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
1 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Test Management
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) MDX
2 1 (16.67%) EDI
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) JMS
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server

Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) MDX
1 1 (16.67%) EDI
1 1 (16.67%) JMS
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SAP BW
1 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) DB2
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Test Management
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) ABAP
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ISEB
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) HP