Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for ESRI ArcGIS skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ArcGIS over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkESRI ArcGIS
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank134146
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads117
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.215 %2.443 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£181
% change on same period last year+83.67 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£18.20
Average hourly rate-£19.70
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£21.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.64£17.72
% change on same period last year+44.68 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
South West
Matching contract IT job ads466696
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.734 %0.746 %
Daily rates quoted103154
Average minimum daily rate£301£291
Average daily rate£325£309
% change on same period last year+5.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£340
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Hourly rates quoted5860
Average minimum hourly rate£23.56£24.64
Average hourly rate£25.22£26.74
% change on same period last year-5.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.89£28.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.01£23.80
% change on same period last year+0.89 %
ArcGIS EnglandArcGIS
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.

ArcGIS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ArcGIS across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South West ArcGIS Demand Trend

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West ArcGIS Daily Rate Trend

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West ArcGIS Hourly Rate Trend

ArcGIS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
WiltshireNew entry-1--
ArcGIS EnglandArcGIS
England

ArcGIS
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing ArcGIS 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 ArcGIS.

19 (100.00 %)GIS
26 (66.67 %)ESRI
26 (66.67 %)ArcIMS
26 (66.67 %).NET
33 (33.33 %)C#
33 (33.33 %)ArcView
42 (22.22 %)Data Management
42 (22.22 %)Data Analysis
42 (22.22 %)MS Office
42 (22.22 %)MS Excel
42 (22.22 %)MS Access
42 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
42 (22.22 %)Microsoft
51 (11.11 %)Oracle
51 (11.11 %)SQL Server
51 (11.11 %)ArcSDE
51 (11.11 %)ArcInfo
51 (11.11 %)Legal
51 (11.11 %)AJAX
51 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (11.11 %)Statistics
51 (11.11 %).NET Framework
51 (11.11 %)ArcObjects

ArcGIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing ArcGIS 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 ArcGIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (66.67 %).NET
21 (11.11 %)AJAX
21 (11.11 %).NET Framework
21 (11.11 %)ArcObjects
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (66.67 %)ArcIMS
21 (11.11 %)ArcSDE
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (33.33 %)ArcView
22 (22.22 %)MS Office
22 (22.22 %)MS Excel
31 (11.11 %)ArcInfo
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (100.00 %)GIS
22 (22.22 %)MS Access
31 (11.11 %)SQL Server
31 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Legal
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (66.67 %)Developer
16 (66.67 %)GIS Developer
22 (22.22 %)Administrator
31 (11.11 %)C# Developer
31 (11.11 %)Web Developer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)Statistics
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
12 (22.22 %)Data Management
12 (22.22 %)Data Analysis
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (33.33 %)C#
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (66.67 %)ESRI
22 (22.22 %)Microsoft
31 (11.11 %)Oracle