South East TOAD Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Quest TOAD 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 TOAD over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Quest TOAD
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Bedfordshire Berkshire Bournemouth Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chester City of London Dartford Docklands, London Dorset Dunstable East of England England Essex Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Merseyside Midlands Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Oxfordshire Preston Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South West Surrey Swansea Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wimbledon Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	223	257
Rank change on same period last year	+34
Matching contract IT job ads	33	44
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.044 %
As % of the category below	1.379 %	1.215 %
Daily rates quoted	10	16
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£296
Average daily rate	£362	£323
% change on same period last year	+11.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£326
% change on same period last year	+3.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.33	£28.00
Average hourly rate	£28.17	£28.00
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.00	£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.70	£33.42
% change on same period last year	-5.12 %
Database & Business Intelligence South East
Matching contract IT job ads	2393	3621
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.158 %	3.606 %
Daily rates quoted	626	993
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£339
Average daily rate	£360	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.39 %
Average maximum daily rate	£383	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£359
% change on same period last year	-2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	205	361
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.21	£33.64
Average hourly rate	£35.59	£35.64
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.97	£37.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.55	£32.20
% change on same period last year	+1.08 %
TOAD 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.

TOAD
Demand Trend

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

TOAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

TOAD
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

TOAD
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TOAD 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	+31	11	-	-
Surrey	+6	10	-	-
Hampshire	+25	8	£379	+8.16 %
Buckinghamshire	+10	1	£400	+60.00 %
Kent	-	1	-	-
Oxfordshire	-	1	£275	-
Thames Valley	+7	1	£290	-

TOAD England

TOAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 50 (90.91 %) Oracle 2 38 (69.09 %) SQL 3 31 (56.36 %) Oracle 10g 4 26 (47.27 %) PL/SQL 5 17 (30.91 %) UNIX 5 17 (30.91 %) Datawarehouse 6 14 (25.45 %) Oracle 9i 6 14 (25.45 %) Finance 7 12 (21.82 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 10 (18.18 %) Oracle Reports 9 9 (16.36 %) Cognos 9 9 (16.36 %) Cognos Powerplay 9 9 (16.36 %) Star Schema 9 9 (16.36 %) DataStage 9 9 (16.36 %) Data Analysis

10 8 (14.55 %) Data Mart 10 8 (14.55 %) ODBC 10 8 (14.55 %) Crystal Reports 11 7 (12.73 %) Java 11 7 (12.73 %) Business Intelligence 11 7 (12.73 %) User Acceptance Testing 12 6 (10.91 %) Data Modelling 12 6 (10.91 %) MS Access 12 6 (10.91 %) WinRunner 12 6 (10.91 %) TestDirector 12 6 (10.91 %) XML 12 6 (10.91 %) Telecoms 13 5 (9.091 %) Pharmaceutical 13 5 (9.091 %) Oracle Forms 13 5 (9.091 %) C

TOAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 8 (14.55 %) ODBC 2 6 (10.91 %) XML 3 5 (9.091 %) J2EE 4 4 (7.273 %) HTML 5 3 (5.455 %) JSF 5 3 (5.455 %) Swing 5 3 (5.455 %) WebSphere 6 2 (3.636 %) XSLT 7 1 (1.818 %) ASP 7 1 (1.818 %) JSP 7 1 (1.818 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.818 %) Oracle Workflow 1 1 (1.818 %) WebLogic 1 1 (1.818 %) Tuxedo
Applications 1 3 (5.455 %) MS Office 2 2 (3.636 %) MS Visio 3 1 (1.818 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 2 (3.636 %) MAXIMO 2 1 (1.818 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.818 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 31 (56.36 %) Oracle 10g 2 17 (30.91 %) Datawarehouse 3 14 (25.45 %) Oracle 9i 4 12 (21.82 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 10 (18.18 %) Oracle Reports 6 9 (16.36 %) Cognos Powerplay 6 9 (16.36 %) Star Schema 6 9 (16.36 %) DataStage 7 8 (14.55 %) Data Mart 7 8 (14.55 %) Crystal Reports 8 6 (10.91 %) MS Access 9 4 (7.273 %) ETL 10 3 (5.455 %) SQL Server 10 3 (5.455 %) RDBMS 10 3 (5.455 %) OLTP 10 3 (5.455 %) Oracle Discoverer 10 3 (5.455 %) Oracle 11g 11 2 (3.636 %) Oracle OWB 11 2 (3.636 %) SQLPlus 12 1 (1.818 %) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications 1 6 (10.91 %) WinRunner 1 6 (10.91 %) TestDirector 2 5 (9.091 %) Oracle Forms 3 4 (7.273 %) QuickTest Pro 4 2 (3.636 %) QARun 4 2 (3.636 %) QADirector 4 2 (3.636 %) JDeveloper 4 2 (3.636 %) TestPartner 5 1 (1.818 %) C++Builder 5 1 (1.818 %) StarTeam 5 1 (1.818 %) LoadRunner 5 1 (1.818 %) ERwin 5 1 (1.818 %) JBuilder	General 1 14 (25.45 %) Finance 2 6 (10.91 %) Telecoms 3 5 (9.091 %) Pharmaceutical 4 3 (5.455 %) Marketing 5 2 (3.636 %) Government 6 1 (1.818 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 23 (41.82 %) Analyst 2 19 (34.55 %) Developer 3 10 (18.18 %) Report Analyst 4 9 (16.36 %) Datawarehouse Analyst 5 8 (14.55 %) Oracle Developer 6 6 (10.91 %) DBA 6 6 (10.91 %) Test Analyst 7 5 (9.091 %) Systems Analyst 7 5 (9.091 %) Oracle DBA 7 5 (9.091 %) DataStage Developer 8 4 (7.273 %) PL/SQL Developer 8 4 (7.273 %) Business Analyst 8 4 (7.273 %) Tester 9 3 (5.455 %) Business Systems Analyst 9 3 (5.455 %) Analyst Programmer 9 3 (5.455 %) Programmer 9 3 (5.455 %) Test Engineer 9 3 (5.455 %) Technical Analyst 9 3 (5.455 %) SQL Developer 9 3 (5.455 %) Java Analyst Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 2 (3.636 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 17 (30.91 %) UNIX 2 3 (5.455 %) Windows 3 2 (3.636 %) Solaris 4 1 (1.818 %) Tru64 4 1 (1.818 %) HPUX 4 1 (1.818 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (16.36 %) Data Analysis 2 7 (12.73 %) Business Intelligence 2 7 (12.73 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 6 (10.91 %) Data Modelling 4 4 (7.273 %) Test Scripting 4 4 (7.273 %) Software Testing 5 3 (5.455 %) EAM 5 3 (5.455 %) Migration 5 3 (5.455 %) Asset Management 5 3 (5.455 %) SC Cleared 5 3 (5.455 %) Security Cleared 6 2 (3.636 %) Release Management 6 2 (3.636 %) Requirements Analysis 7 1 (1.818 %) Workflow 7 1 (1.818 %) Service Management 7 1 (1.818 %) Service Delivery 7 1 (1.818 %) Disaster Recovery 7 1 (1.818 %) Information Management 7 1 (1.818 %) Automated Testing 7 1 (1.818 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 38 (69.09 %) SQL 2 26 (47.27 %) PL/SQL 3 7 (12.73 %) Java 4 5 (9.091 %) C 5 4 (7.273 %) VB 5 4 (7.273 %) VBA 6 1 (1.818 %) VB.NET 6 1 (1.818 %) PHP 6 1 (1.818 %) C# 6 1 (1.818 %) C++ 6 1 (1.818 %) Delphi 6 1 (1.818 %) SQR	Qualifications 1 5 (9.091 %) ISEB 2 1 (1.818 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (9.091 %) QA 2 1 (1.818 %) Basel II 2 1 (1.818 %) GAAP 2 1 (1.818 %) ISO8583	System Software 1 4 (7.273 %) Oracle RMAN 2 3 (5.455 %) Oracle RAC 3 1 (1.818 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 5 (9.091 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager 2 1 (1.818 %) OpenView Configuration Management	Vendors 1 50 (90.91 %) Oracle 2 9 (16.36 %) Cognos 3 3 (5.455 %) Actuate 4 2 (3.636 %) Microsoft 5 1 (1.818 %) BMC 5 1 (1.818 %) Informatica 5 1 (1.818 %) Epiphany 5 1 (1.818 %) Business Objects 5 1 (1.818 %) PeopleSoft 5 1 (1.818 %) Dell 5 1 (1.818 %) BEA 5 1 (1.818 %) Borland