South East Data Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Data Management skills within the South East 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 Management over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aylesbury Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bootle Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Clapham Coventry Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Driffield Dunfermline Dunstable East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Fife Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Horsham Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Leeds Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Reading Rugby Salisbury Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Wells Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Wokingham Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	150	236
Rank change on same period last year	+86
Matching contract IT job ads	108	65
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.143 %	0.065 %
As % of the category below	1.482 %	0.733 %
Daily rates quoted	46	5
Average minimum daily rate	£369	£269
Average daily rate	£397	£270
% change on same period last year	+47.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£424	£271
UK excluding London average daily rate	£395	£339
% change on same period last year	+16.28 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.86	£23.25
Average hourly rate	£28.43	£27.75
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.00	£32.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.94	£27.99
% change on same period last year	+3.37 %
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching contract IT job ads	7285	8872
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.613 %	8.836 %
Daily rates quoted	2096	2569
Average minimum daily rate	£354	£358
Average daily rate	£375	£379
% change on same period last year	-1.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£401
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	676	864
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.94	£30.34
Average hourly rate	£30.56	£32.26
% change on same period last year	-5.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.18	£34.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.30	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
Data Management England

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 Management across the South East 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 Management across the South East region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Management across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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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 Management across the South East region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Management across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Management within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
Berkshire	+41	24	£316	+15.50 %
Surrey	+16	23	£346	-
Oxfordshire	+12	18	£479	-
Hampshire	+25	14	£400	-
Middlesex	-	9	£380	-
East Sussex	+15	5	£458	-
West Sussex	+7	3	-	-
Buckinghamshire	+13	2	£288	-
M4 Corridor	-	1	-	-
Kent	-	1	£420	-
Thames Valley	+13	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Data Management 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 Management.

1 36 (17.31 %) SQL 2 32 (15.38 %) SQL Server 3 29 (13.94 %) Telecoms 4 28 (13.46 %) Oracle 5 26 (12.50 %) Nokia 6 24 (11.54 %) Finance 7 22 (10.58 %) SAP 8 21 (10.10 %) Datawarehouse 8 21 (10.10 %) Migration 9 20 (9.615 %) Management Information System 9 20 (9.615 %) Data Analysis 9 20 (9.615 %) Data Migration 10 19 (9.135 %) Business Intelligence 10 19 (9.135 %) MS Excel 11 16 (7.692 %) Business Objects

11 16 (7.692 %) BusinessObjects 12 14 (6.731 %) Pharmaceutical 12 14 (6.731 %) DB2 12 14 (6.731 %) IBM 12 14 (6.731 %) Data Modelling 12 14 (6.731 %) Degree 13 13 (6.250 %) Marketing 13 13 (6.250 %) Crystal Reports 13 13 (6.250 %) Data Cleansing 14 12 (5.769 %) ETL 14 12 (5.769 %) Siebel 15 11 (5.288 %) Epiphany 15 11 (5.288 %) Government 15 11 (5.288 %) Project Management 15 11 (5.288 %) Chordiant

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Data Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 8 (3.846 %) WebSphere 2 4 (1.923 %) .NET 3 2 (0.962 %) ASP.NET 4 1 (0.481 %) ASP 4 1 (0.481 %) HTML 4 1 (0.481 %) JMS 4 1 (0.481 %) .NET Framework 4 1 (0.481 %) SAP XI 4 1 (0.481 %) SAP PI 4 1 (0.481 %) ASP.NET 2.0	Application Platforms 1 7 (3.365 %) SAS 2 5 (2.404 %) Lotus Notes 2 5 (2.404 %) ArcGIS 3 4 (1.923 %) ArcSDE 4 1 (0.481 %) WebSphere MQ 4 1 (0.481 %) ColdFusion 4 1 (0.481 %) Oracle Spatial 4 1 (0.481 %) ArcIMS
Applications 1 19 (9.135 %) MS Excel 2 5 (2.404 %) MS Visio 2 5 (2.404 %) MS Office 3 4 (1.923 %) Spreadsheet 4 3 (1.442 %) SPSS 4 3 (1.442 %) MS Project 4 3 (1.442 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (0.962 %) Pro/ENGINEER 5 2 (0.962 %) AutoCAD 6 1 (0.481 %) NASTRAN 6 1 (0.481 %) ArcInfo	Business Applications 1 11 (5.288 %) Unica Affinium 2 7 (3.365 %) Oracle Clinical 3 3 (1.442 %) SAP FI 3 3 (1.442 %) SAP MDM 4 2 (0.962 %) SAP SD
Communications & Networking 1 9 (4.327 %) UMTS 1 9 (4.327 %) SGSN 2 8 (3.846 %) LAN 2 8 (3.846 %) WAN 2 8 (3.846 %) TCP/IP 3 7 (3.365 %) 3G 3 7 (3.365 %) LDAP 3 7 (3.365 %) GGSN 4 6 (2.885 %) RNC 4 6 (2.885 %) Internet 5 5 (2.404 %) Packet Switching 6 4 (1.923 %) SIGTRAN 6 4 (1.923 %) ATM 6 4 (1.923 %) SS7 6 4 (1.923 %) UTRAN 7 3 (1.442 %) GPRS 8 2 (0.962 %) VPN 9 1 (0.481 %) SAN 9 1 (0.481 %) DNS 9 1 (0.481 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 32 (15.38 %) SQL Server 2 21 (10.10 %) Datawarehouse 3 16 (7.692 %) BusinessObjects 4 14 (6.731 %) DB2 5 13 (6.250 %) Crystal Reports 5 13 (6.250 %) Data Cleansing 6 12 (5.769 %) ETL 7 9 (4.327 %) Oracle 10g 7 9 (4.327 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 9 (4.327 %) OLAP 7 9 (4.327 %) GIS 8 8 (3.846 %) Oracle OLAP 8 8 (3.846 %) DB2 UDB 8 8 (3.846 %) Data Mining 8 8 (3.846 %) VLDB 9 7 (3.365 %) SAP BI 10 6 (2.885 %) SAP BW 11 4 (1.923 %) MS Access 12 3 (1.442 %) DataStage 12 3 (1.442 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 1 (0.481 %) ERwin	General 1 29 (13.94 %) Telecoms 2 24 (11.54 %) Finance 3 14 (6.731 %) Pharmaceutical 4 13 (6.250 %) Marketing 5 11 (5.288 %) Government 6 8 (3.846 %) Health 6 8 (3.846 %) Local Government 7 7 (3.365 %) Advertising 8 6 (2.885 %) Manufacturing 9 4 (1.923 %) Electronics 9 4 (1.923 %) Multimedia 10 3 (1.442 %) Banking 10 3 (1.442 %) Retail 10 3 (1.442 %) Pensions 10 3 (1.442 %) Interactive Media 10 3 (1.442 %) Construction 10 3 (1.442 %) Education 11 2 (0.962 %) 3D Graphics 11 2 (0.962 %) Auditing 12 1 (0.481 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 52 (25.00 %) Analyst 2 33 (15.87 %) Data Analyst 3 27 (12.98 %) Data Manager 4 15 (7.212 %) Consultant 5 14 (6.731 %) Project Manager 6 12 (5.769 %) Developer 6 12 (5.769 %) SAP Consultant 7 8 (3.846 %) Solutions Analyst 7 8 (3.846 %) Architect 7 8 (3.846 %) Business Analyst 7 8 (3.846 %) Data Architect 8 7 (3.365 %) Programmer 8 7 (3.365 %) Operations Manager 9 6 (2.885 %) SAP BW Consultant 10 5 (2.404 %) Clinical Data Manager 10 5 (2.404 %) HR Specialist 10 5 (2.404 %) Information Analyst 10 5 (2.404 %) Senior Analyst 11 4 (1.923 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 11 4 (1.923 %) Design Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 20 (9.615 %) Management Information System 2 8 (3.846 %) Replication 3 6 (2.885 %) NHS 4 5 (2.404 %) Statistics 5 4 (1.923 %) Data Conversion 5 4 (1.923 %) Biometrics 6 3 (1.442 %) LIMS 6 3 (1.442 %) Biology 7 2 (0.962 %) German Language 7 2 (0.962 %) Remote Sensing 7 2 (0.962 %) Data Integration 8 1 (0.481 %) Mainframe 8 1 (0.481 %) Taxonomies 8 1 (0.481 %) Photography 8 1 (0.481 %) Data Protection Act 8 1 (0.481 %) Life Science 8 1 (0.481 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 11 (5.288 %) Windows 2 10 (4.808 %) Linux 2 10 (4.808 %) Windows 2000 3 7 (3.365 %) Windows Server 2003 4 6 (2.885 %) UNIX 5 3 (1.442 %) Windows XP 6 2 (0.962 %) OpenVMS 6 2 (0.962 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (10.10 %) Migration 2 20 (9.615 %) Data Analysis 2 20 (9.615 %) Data Migration 3 19 (9.135 %) Business Intelligence 4 14 (6.731 %) Data Modelling 5 11 (5.288 %) Project Management 5 11 (5.288 %) Performance Management 5 11 (5.288 %) Direct Marketing 6 8 (3.846 %) Dimensional Modelling 6 8 (3.846 %) Validation 6 8 (3.846 %) Information Management 7 7 (3.365 %) ERP 7 7 (3.365 %) Network Planning 8 6 (2.885 %) Resource Management 8 6 (2.885 %) Data Architecture 8 6 (2.885 %) PDM 9 5 (2.404 %) Configuration Management 9 5 (2.404 %) Systems Analysis 9 5 (2.404 %) SAP Implementation 9 5 (2.404 %) Integration Testing
Programming Languages 1 36 (17.31 %) SQL 2 11 (5.288 %) C 3 8 (3.846 %) ABAP 4 3 (1.442 %) C# 5 1 (0.481 %) Java 5 1 (0.481 %) PL/SQL 5 1 (0.481 %) VBA 5 1 (0.481 %) VB 5 1 (0.481 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 14 (6.731 %) Degree 2 3 (1.442 %) HNC 3 1 (0.481 %) OCP 3 1 (0.481 %) Oracle Certification 3 1 (0.481 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (0.481 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.442 %) ISO9000 1 3 (1.442 %) GCP 2 2 (0.962 %) QA 3 1 (0.481 %) GLP 3 1 (0.481 %) CDISC	System Software 1 8 (3.846 %) Oracle RAC 2 1 (0.481 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 6 (2.885 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.481 %) CiscoWorks 2 1 (0.481 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 28 (13.46 %) Oracle 2 26 (12.50 %) Nokia 3 22 (10.58 %) SAP 4 16 (7.692 %) Business Objects 5 14 (6.731 %) IBM 6 12 (5.769 %) Siebel 7 11 (5.288 %) Epiphany 7 11 (5.288 %) Chordiant 7 11 (5.288 %) Unica 8 10 (4.808 %) Cisco 9 8 (3.846 %) Cramer 9 8 (3.846 %) Microsoft 9 8 (3.846 %) Mapinfo 10 7 (3.365 %) Siemens 11 5 (2.404 %) Lotus 12 3 (1.442 %) HP 12 3 (1.442 %) Telelogic 13 2 (0.962 %) Ab Initio 13 2 (0.962 %) Teradata 13 2 (0.962 %) Cadence