The first table below looks at the demand for Xcelsius skills 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 Xcelsius over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius
Rank - 244 246
Contract jobs citing Xcelsius 0 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - 0.030% 0.057%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 0.171% 0.271%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1483 1756 2218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.98% 17.29% 21.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 779 880 1042
Average daily rate £355 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 48 123
Average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £38.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.90% -27.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £16.50 £19.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
Xcelsius
England

Xcelsius
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Xcelsius Jobs Demand Trend

Xcelsius
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Xcelsius Daily Rate Trend

Xcelsius
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Xcelsius Hourly Rate Trend

Xcelsius
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Xcelsius 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 Xcelsius.

1 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) QlikView
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Business Objects
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint

Xcelsius
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Xcelsius 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 Xcelsius. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
1 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (75.00%) QlikView
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Report Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) VB
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Business Objects