The first table below looks at the demand for ArcGIS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ArcGIS 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 Application Platforms category for the South East 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
ESRI ArcGIS
Rank 203 209 251
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +42
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 21 30 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.269% 0.296% 0.019%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.465% 1.892% 0.113%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 1
Average daily rate £298 £300 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.83% -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £313 £348
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -10.07%
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 £15.00 -
% change year-on-year
-19.16% -
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1433 1586 1768
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.39% 15.63% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 769 750
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £203 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 83 156
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -7.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
ArcGIS
England

ArcGIS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East ArcGIS Hourly Rate Trend

ArcGIS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the South East 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
Berkshire +16 12 £300 -17.80%
Kent -5 9 £281 -6.50%
ArcGIS
England

ArcGIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 27 (90.00%) GIS
2 19 (63.33%) ESRI
3 15 (50.00%) .NET
4 13 (43.33%) Oracle
5 12 (40.00%) Python
5 12 (40.00%) Microsoft
6 11 (36.67%) Oracle 11g
7 10 (33.33%) Data Modelling
8 9 (30.00%) ETL
9 8 (26.67%) Web Services
9 8 (26.67%) C#
9 8 (26.67%) JavaScript
9 8 (26.67%) ArcIMS
10 7 (23.33%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (23.33%) Java
10 7 (23.33%) SQL Server
10 7 (23.33%) MS Office
10 7 (23.33%) Visual Studio
11 6 (20.00%) IIS
11 6 (20.00%) SQL
11 6 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
11 6 (20.00%) jQuery
11 6 (20.00%) Dojo
11 6 (20.00%) WCF
11 6 (20.00%) ArcObjects
11 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
12 5 (16.67%) Oracle Spatial
12 5 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
12 5 (16.67%) Data Management
12 5 (16.67%) Crystal Reports

ArcGIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 15 (50.00%) .NET
2 8 (26.67%) Web Services
3 6 (20.00%) jQuery
3 6 (20.00%) Dojo
3 6 (20.00%) WCF
3 6 (20.00%) ArcObjects
4 3 (10.00%) HTML
4 3 (10.00%) XML
5 2 (6.667%) XSD
5 2 (6.667%) CSS
5 2 (6.667%) Servlets
5 2 (6.667%) J2EE
5 2 (6.667%) Ajax
5 2 (6.667%) REST
6 1 (3.333%) Silverlight
6 1 (3.333%) Apache Flex
6 1 (3.333%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (26.67%) ArcIMS
2 6 (20.00%) IIS
3 5 (16.67%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) MS Office
2 4 (13.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (90.00%) GIS
2 11 (36.67%) Oracle 11g
3 7 (23.33%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (23.33%) SQL Server
4 6 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (16.67%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (13.33%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (3.333%) OpenWorks
7 1 (3.333%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.333%) QADirector
2 1 (3.333%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (6.667%) Electronics
1 2 (6.667%) Finance
1 2 (6.667%) Military
2 1 (3.333%) Publishing
2 1 (3.333%) Local Government
2 1 (3.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Developer
2 7 (23.33%) Analyst
2 7 (23.33%) GIS Developer
3 6 (20.00%) DBA
4 5 (16.67%) Administrator
4 5 (16.67%) Database Developer
5 4 (13.33%) GIS Analyst
5 4 (13.33%) Architect
5 4 (13.33%) .NET Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Data Architect
7 1 (3.333%) Software Tester
7 1 (3.333%) Information Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) QA Tester
7 1 (3.333%) Test Consultant
7 1 (3.333%) Tester
7 1 (3.333%) Web Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Statistics
1 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 4 (13.33%) Open Source
2 2 (6.667%) Chemistry
3 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.333%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.667%) Windows
2 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.333%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 9 (30.00%) ETL
3 5 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (16.67%) Data Management
4 4 (13.33%) Migration
4 4 (13.33%) System Testing
4 4 (13.33%) Data Migration
5 3 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (10.00%) Time Management
5 3 (10.00%) Data Architecture
6 2 (6.667%) CAD
6 2 (6.667%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (3.333%) Web Development
7 1 (3.333%) Performance Testing
7 1 (3.333%) Information Architecture
7 1 (3.333%) Software Testing
7 1 (3.333%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (3.333%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (40.00%) Python
2 8 (26.67%) C#
2 8 (26.67%) JavaScript
3 7 (23.33%) Java
4 6 (20.00%) SQL
5 4 (13.33%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.333%) C++
6 1 (3.333%) VB
6 1 (3.333%) VB.NET
6 1 (3.333%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) Degree
3 2 (6.667%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.333%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.333%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (63.33%) ESRI
2 13 (43.33%) Oracle
3 12 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (16.67%) Mapinfo
5 2 (6.667%) i2
6 1 (3.333%) Red Hat
Reading, Berkshire
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Posted: 24 May 2013