The first table below looks at the demand for ArcGIS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ArcGIS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Platforms category for the South West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ESRI ArcGIS
Rank 95 127 122
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -5
Contract jobs citing ArcGIS 6 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.299% 0.160% 0.198%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.729% 0.924% 1.136%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
Average daily rate £563 £500 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +45.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £452 £500 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £500 £449
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £325 £338
% change year-on-year
+53.84% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £20.49 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £9.25 £16.50 -
% change year-on-year
-43.93% -
All Application Platforms
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
347 541 528
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 17.27% 17.30% 17.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 333 272
Average daily rate £350 £358 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.09% +15.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £218 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 29 37
Average hourly rate £19.00 £23.88 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.41% +32.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £20.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £39.20 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
ArcGIS
England

ArcGIS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ArcGIS across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West ArcGIS Daily Rate Histogram

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
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ArcGIS
England

ArcGIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 17 (94.44%) C#
1 17 (94.44%) Visual Studio
1 17 (94.44%) ESRI
2 16 (88.89%) Web Services
2 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 16 (88.89%) Silverlight
2 16 (88.89%) Windows 7
3 14 (77.78%) .NET
4 11 (61.11%) SQL Server
4 11 (61.11%) DV Cleared
4 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
4 11 (61.11%) SQL Server 2008
5 10 (55.56%) Unit Testing
5 10 (55.56%) WCF
5 10 (55.56%) MSTest
5 10 (55.56%) Moq
5 10 (55.56%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 10 (55.56%) RIA
5 10 (55.56%) IIS
5 10 (55.56%) UML
5 10 (55.56%) Client/Server
5 10 (55.56%) Managed Extensibility Framework
6 8 (44.44%) GIS
6 8 (44.44%) Python
6 8 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
7 7 (38.89%) jQuery
7 7 (38.89%) Information Management
7 7 (38.89%) Ajax
7 7 (38.89%) .NET Framework

ArcGIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 16 (88.89%) Web Services
1 16 (88.89%) Silverlight
2 14 (77.78%) .NET
3 10 (55.56%) WCF
3 10 (55.56%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 10 (55.56%) Managed Extensibility Framework
4 7 (38.89%) jQuery
4 7 (38.89%) Ajax
4 7 (38.89%) .NET Framework
5 6 (33.33%) Dojo
5 6 (33.33%) Apache Flex
5 6 (33.33%) ArcObjects
5 6 (33.33%) REST
5 6 (33.33%) XML
5 6 (33.33%) XSD
5 6 (33.33%) CSS
5 6 (33.33%) Servlets
5 6 (33.33%) J2EE
5 6 (33.33%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 10 (55.56%) IIS
2 6 (33.33%) ArcSDE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (61.11%) SQL Server
1 11 (61.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 8 (44.44%) GIS
Development Applications
1 17 (94.44%) Visual Studio
2 10 (55.56%) MSTest
2 10 (55.56%) Moq
3 8 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (33.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (88.89%) Developer
2 11 (61.11%) Programmer
3 10 (55.56%) Software Programmer
3 10 (55.56%) Software Developer
3 10 (55.56%) Software Engineer
4 9 (50.00%) C# Developer
4 9 (50.00%) C# Programmer
5 7 (38.89%) .NET Developer
5 7 (38.89%) C# .NET Developer
5 7 (38.89%) .NET Programmer
6 6 (33.33%) GIS Developer
7 4 (22.22%) C# Software Engineer
7 4 (22.22%) C# Software Developer
7 4 (22.22%) .NET Software Engineer
7 4 (22.22%) .NET Software Developer
8 2 (11.11%) GIS Analyst
8 2 (11.11%) Silverlight Developer
8 2 (11.11%) Analyst
9 1 (5.556%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) RIA
1 10 (55.56%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.556%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Windows
1 16 (88.89%) Windows 7
2 6 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Unit Testing
1 10 (55.56%) UML
2 7 (38.89%) Information Management
3 6 (33.33%) Data Management
3 6 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.556%) Data Mapping
4 1 (5.556%) Operations Research
Programming Languages
1 17 (94.44%) C#
2 8 (44.44%) Python
3 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
4 6 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) DV Cleared
1 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.556%) Degree
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) ESRI
2 6 (33.33%) Red Hat
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