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The table below looks at the demand for Autonomy IDOL skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IDOL over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAutonomy IDOL
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank229279
Rank change on same period last yearUp+50
Matching contract IT job ads210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.096 %0.316 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£300£273
Average daily rate£313£310
% change on same period last year+0.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310
% change on same period last year+0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
South East
Matching contract IT job ads20943167
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.398 %3.457 %
Daily rates quoted546775
Average minimum daily rate£306£333
Average daily rate£330£350
% change on same period last year-5.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£347
% change on same period last year-3.36 %
Hourly rates quoted171274
Average minimum hourly rate£26.13£34.01
Average hourly rate£28.24£36.38
% change on same period last year-22.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.36£38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.53£31.68
% change on same period last year-16.25 %
IDOL EnglandIDOL
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.

IDOL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IDOL across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South East IDOL Demand Trend

IDOL
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East IDOL Daily Rate Trend

IDOL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IDOL across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

South East IDOL Daily Rate Histogram

IDOL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East IDOL Hourly Rate Trend

IDOL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IDOL within the South East region over the 3 months to 4 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.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireUp+211£300-7.69 %
OxfordshireNew entry-1£325-
IDOL EnglandIDOL
England

IDOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing IDOL 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 IDOL.

14 (66.67 %)SharePoint
23 (50.00 %)Windows XP
23 (50.00 %)Windows
23 (50.00 %)LAN
23 (50.00 %)WAN
23 (50.00 %)SQL Server
23 (50.00 %)EMC
23 (50.00 %)SAN
23 (50.00 %)LoadRunner
23 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (50.00 %)Netcool
23 (50.00 %)OpenView Configuration Management
23 (50.00 %)Meridio
23 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (50.00 %)PKI
32 (33.33 %).NET
41 (16.67 %)Asset Management
41 (16.67 %)Multimedia
41 (16.67 %)Use Case
41 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
41 (16.67 %)BPR
41 (16.67 %)Change Management
41 (16.67 %)Risk Management
41 (16.67 %)Replication
41 (16.67 %)IIS
41 (16.67 %)MS Office
41 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
41 (16.67 %)SOAP
41 (16.67 %)XML
41 (16.67 %)C#

IDOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing IDOL 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 IDOL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (33.33 %).NET
21 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
21 (16.67 %)SOAP
21 (16.67 %)XML
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (66.67 %)SharePoint
21 (16.67 %)IIS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Office
11 (16.67 %)MS Excel
11 (16.67 %)MS Visio
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (50.00 %)LAN
13 (50.00 %)WAN
13 (50.00 %)SAN
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (50.00 %)LoadRunner
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Multimedia
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Performance Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Software Developer
21 (16.67 %)Business Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Developer
21 (16.67 %)Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Consultant
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)PKI
21 (16.67 %)Replication
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)Windows
13 (50.00 %)Windows XP
13 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)UML
11 (16.67 %)Data Modelling
11 (16.67 %)BPR
11 (16.67 %)Change Management
11 (16.67 %)Risk Management
11 (16.67 %)Asset Management
11 (16.67 %)Use Case
11 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)C#
11 (16.67 %)Java
11 (16.67 %)SQL
11 (16.67 %)VB
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (50.00 %)Netcool
13 (50.00 %)OpenView Configuration Management
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)EMC
13 (50.00 %)Meridio
21 (16.67 %)Microsoft