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The table below looks at the demand for Product Data Management (PDM) 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 PDM over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProduct Data Management (PDM)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank207258
Rank change on same period last yearUp+51
Matching contract IT job ads311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.014 %
As % of the category below0.067 %0.177 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£375
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£425
UK excluding London average daily rate-£372
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£25.60
Average hourly rate£42.50£28.30
% change on same period last year+50.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.63£29.06
% change on same period last year+12.25 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South East
Matching contract IT job ads44516204
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.886 %7.763 %
Daily rates quoted13021745
Average minimum daily rate£362£362
Average daily rate£384£381
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£376
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
Hourly rates quoted373594
Average minimum hourly rate£25.87£28.54
Average hourly rate£27.41£30.24
% change on same period last year-9.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.96£31.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.73£28.90
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
PDM EnglandPDM
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.

PDM
Demand Trend

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

South East PDM Demand Trend

PDM
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East PDM Daily Rate Trend

PDM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East PDM Hourly Rate Trend

PDM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PDM within the South East region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireNew entry-2--
HampshireUp+201--
PDM EnglandPDM
England

PDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing PDM 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 PDM.

14 (33.33 %)Data Modelling
14 (33.33 %)CAD
23 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
23 (25.00 %)DataStage
23 (25.00 %)Telecoms
23 (25.00 %)ETL
23 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
23 (25.00 %)RDBMS
23 (25.00 %)Oracle 9i
23 (25.00 %)Oracle
23 (25.00 %)HND
23 (25.00 %)UNIX
23 (25.00 %)ERD
23 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (25.00 %)Requirements Analysis
23 (25.00 %)Degree
23 (25.00 %)Validation
32 (16.67 %)CATIA
32 (16.67 %)Pro/ENGINEER
32 (16.67 %)Computer Science
32 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
32 (16.67 %)SQL
32 (16.67 %)IBM
32 (16.67 %)Electric
41 (8.333 %)Manufacturing
41 (8.333 %)Aerospace
41 (8.333 %)CMMI
41 (8.333 %)Change Management
41 (8.333 %)Management Information System
41 (8.333 %)ClearQuest

PDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing PDM 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 PDM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)Lotus Notes
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (16.67 %)CATIA
12 (16.67 %)Pro/ENGINEER
21 (8.333 %)MS Excel
21 (8.333 %)MS Visio
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (8.333 %)ENOVIA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (25.00 %)ETL
13 (25.00 %)RDBMS
13 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
13 (25.00 %)DataStage
13 (25.00 %)Oracle 9i
21 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)PVCS
11 (8.333 %)ClearCase
11 (8.333 %)Rational Rose
11 (8.333 %)ClearQuest
11 (8.333 %)StarTeam
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (25.00 %)Telecoms
22 (16.67 %)Electric
31 (8.333 %)Manufacturing
31 (8.333 %)Banking
31 (8.333 %)Aerospace
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (41.67 %)Mechanical Engineer
23 (25.00 %)Systems Engineer
32 (16.67 %)Design Engineer
32 (16.67 %)Mechanical Design Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Support Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Architect
41 (8.333 %)Developer
41 (8.333 %)Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Systems Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Consultant
41 (8.333 %)CAD Engineer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (16.67 %)Computer Science
21 (8.333 %)Management Information System
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (25.00 %)UNIX
21 (8.333 %)Windows
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)CAD
14 (33.33 %)Data Modelling
23 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
23 (25.00 %)Requirements Analysis
23 (25.00 %)ERD
23 (25.00 %)Validation
31 (8.333 %)Risk Assessment
31 (8.333 %)Data Management
31 (8.333 %)Information Management
31 (8.333 %)Configuration Management
31 (8.333 %)CMMI
31 (8.333 %)Change Management
31 (8.333 %)Data Architecture
31 (8.333 %)ERP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
12 (16.67 %)SQL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (25.00 %)HND
13 (25.00 %)Degree
13 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)Oracle
22 (16.67 %)IBM
31 (8.333 %)Lotus