The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of ESRI products and/or services 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 ESRI over the 3 months to 20 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ESRI
Rank 208 234 234
Rank change year-on-year
+26 0
Contract jobs citing ESRI 17 13 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.217% 0.129% 0.097%
As % of the Vendors category 0.434% 0.258% 0.198%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 1
Average daily rate £300 £365 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.80% -8.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
+19.40% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.37 £19.50 -
% change year-on-year
-26.29% -
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3919 5045 5053
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.11% 49.88% 49.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1903 2199 1982
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 384 410
Average hourly rate £19.63 £18.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.02% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
ESRI
England

ESRI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East ESRI Jobs Demand Trend

ESRI
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East ESRI Daily Rate Trend

ESRI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ESRI across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East ESRI Daily Rate Histogram

ESRI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East ESRI Hourly Rate Trend

ESRI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ESRI within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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 +21 11 £300 -17.80%
Kent - 6 £281 -
ESRI
England

ESRI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing ESRI 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 ESRI.

1 19 (90.48%) GIS
1 19 (90.48%) ArcGIS
2 14 (66.67%) Oracle
2 14 (66.67%) .NET
3 11 (52.38%) Python
4 10 (47.62%) Data Modelling
4 10 (47.62%) Oracle 11g
5 9 (42.86%) ETL
6 8 (38.10%) JavaScript
7 7 (33.33%) SQL
7 7 (33.33%) C#
7 7 (33.33%) Java
7 7 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (33.33%) Web Services
7 7 (33.33%) ArcIMS
8 6 (28.57%) Mapinfo
8 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
8 6 (28.57%) Visual Studio
8 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
8 6 (28.57%) ArcObjects
9 5 (23.81%) Data Management
9 5 (23.81%) Oracle Spatial
9 5 (23.81%) SQL Server 2005
9 5 (23.81%) WCF
9 5 (23.81%) Dojo
9 5 (23.81%) jQuery
9 5 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (23.81%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (23.81%) IIS
9 5 (23.81%) Migration

ESRI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing ESRI 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 ESRI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (66.67%) .NET
2 7 (33.33%) Web Services
3 6 (28.57%) ArcObjects
4 5 (23.81%) Dojo
4 5 (23.81%) WCF
4 5 (23.81%) jQuery
5 4 (19.05%) HTML
6 3 (14.29%) XML
6 3 (14.29%) J2EE
7 2 (9.524%) CSS
7 2 (9.524%) XSD
7 2 (9.524%) Servlets
7 2 (9.524%) Ajax
7 2 (9.524%) WebSphere
7 2 (9.524%) REST
8 1 (4.762%) Silverlight
8 1 (4.762%) Apache Flex
8 1 (4.762%) KML
8 1 (4.762%) Flash
8 1 (4.762%) J2ME
Application Platforms
1 19 (90.48%) ArcGIS
2 7 (33.33%) ArcIMS
3 5 (23.81%) Oracle Spatial
3 5 (23.81%) IIS
4 1 (4.762%) Apache
4 1 (4.762%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (4.762%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) GSM
1 1 (4.762%) SMS
1 1 (4.762%) RTCP
1 1 (4.762%) RTP
1 1 (4.762%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (90.48%) GIS
2 10 (47.62%) Oracle 11g
3 7 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 5 (23.81%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (23.81%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (19.05%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (4.762%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.762%) QADirector
General
1 2 (9.524%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Publishing
2 1 (4.762%) Local Government
2 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Developer
2 6 (28.57%) GIS Developer
3 5 (23.81%) DBA
3 5 (23.81%) Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Architect
4 4 (19.05%) .NET Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Database Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Administrator
5 3 (14.29%) Data Architect
5 3 (14.29%) GIS Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Software Tester
6 1 (4.762%) Technical Leader
6 1 (4.762%) Information Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) QA Tester
6 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Tester
6 1 (4.762%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
1 4 (19.05%) Statistics
1 4 (19.05%) Open Source
2 1 (4.762%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.762%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.762%) Device Driver
2 1 (4.762%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.524%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) AIX
2 1 (4.762%) Linux
2 1 (4.762%) Windows CE
2 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.762%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.762%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Data Modelling
2 9 (42.86%) ETL
3 5 (23.81%) Migration
3 5 (23.81%) Data Management
3 5 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (19.05%) Data Migration
4 4 (19.05%) System Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Time Management
5 3 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (14.29%) Data Architecture
6 2 (9.524%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (4.762%) Web Development
7 1 (4.762%) Unit Testing
7 1 (4.762%) Information Architecture
7 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
7 1 (4.762%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
7 1 (4.762%) Change Management
7 1 (4.762%) E-business
7 1 (4.762%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) Python
2 8 (38.10%) JavaScript
3 7 (33.33%) C#
3 7 (33.33%) Java
3 7 (33.33%) SQL
4 4 (19.05%) PL/SQL
5 1 (4.762%) VB
5 1 (4.762%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.762%) C++
5 1 (4.762%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.524%) Degree
3 1 (4.762%) ISEB
3 1 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) QA
1 1 (4.762%) JTAG
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Oracle
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Mapinfo
3 1 (4.762%) Kofax
3 1 (4.762%) Red Hat