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This section looks at the demand for Business Objects Crystal Reports skills within the South West 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 Crystal Reports over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBusiness Objects Crystal Reports
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank10999
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads3868
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.068 %
As % of the category below4.910 %5.601 %
Daily rates quoted1414
Average minimum daily rate£195£267
Average daily rate£225£297
% change on same period last year-24.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£256£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£292
% change on same period last year+8.04 %
Hourly rates quoted66
Average minimum hourly rate£43.67£22.17
Average hourly rate£51.08£25.00
% change on same period last year+104.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£58.50£27.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.62£25.00
% change on same period last year+14.46 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
South West
Matching contract IT job ads7741214
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.032 %1.211 %
Daily rates quoted240246
Average minimum daily rate£336£340
Average daily rate£360£385
% change on same period last year-6.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£358
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted86146
Average minimum hourly rate£31.11£30.35
Average hourly rate£34.11£32.32
% change on same period last year+5.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.10£34.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.15£32.12
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Crystal Reports EnglandCrystal Reports
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.

Crystal Reports
Demand Trend

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

South West Crystal Reports Demand Trend

Crystal Reports
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Crystal Reports Daily Rate Trend

Crystal Reports
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Crystal Reports across the South West region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

South West Crystal Reports Daily Rate Histogram

Crystal Reports
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Crystal Reports Hourly Rate Trend

Crystal Reports
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Crystal Reports across the South West region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

South West Crystal Reports Hourly Rate Histogram

Crystal Reports
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Crystal Reports within the South West region over the 3 months to 29 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.

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
BristolUp+2111£251-
WiltshireDown-77£200-48.38 %
DorsetDown-12--
SomersetUp+42£188-
GloucestershireNew entry-2--
DevonDown-72£300+28.11 %
Crystal Reports EnglandCrystal Reports
England

Crystal Reports
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Crystal Reports 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 Crystal Reports.

134 (51.52 %)SQL
233 (50.00 %)SQL Server
323 (34.85 %)VB
422 (33.33 %).NET
521 (31.82 %)VB6
615 (22.73 %)Oracle
714 (21.21 %)Transact-SQL
813 (19.70 %)Finance
911 (16.67 %)BusinessObjects
911 (16.67 %)VB.NET
911 (16.67 %)Business Objects
1010 (15.15 %)ASP.NET
119 (13.64 %)VSS/SourceSafe
119 (13.64 %)XML
128 (12.12 %)Windows
128 (12.12 %)SQL Server 2000
137 (10.61 %)Client/Server
137 (10.61 %)UML
137 (10.61 %)Oracle Reports
137 (10.61 %)C#
146 (9.091 %)Management Information System
146 (9.091 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
155 (7.576 %)Data Analysis
155 (7.576 %)Business Intelligence
155 (7.576 %)Microsoft
155 (7.576 %)VBA
155 (7.576 %)ASP
155 (7.576 %)MS Excel
164 (6.061 %)MS Access
164 (6.061 %)Oracle 10g

Crystal Reports
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Crystal Reports 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 Crystal Reports. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (33.33 %).NET
210 (15.15 %)ASP.NET
39 (13.64 %)XML
45 (7.576 %)ASP
52 (3.030 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (1.515 %)HTML
61 (1.515 %)CSS
61 (1.515 %)JSP
61 (1.515 %)XHTML
61 (1.515 %)WinForms
61 (1.515 %)AJAX
61 (1.515 %)Windows SharePoint Services
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.515 %)IIS
11 (1.515 %)SharePoint
11 (1.515 %)CICS
11 (1.515 %)SharePoint Server 2007
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (7.576 %)MS Excel
23 (4.545 %)MS Office
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (4.545 %)GoldMine
21 (1.515 %)Oracle 11i
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (4.545 %)Internet
21 (1.515 %)Extranet
21 (1.515 %)LAN
21 (1.515 %)WAN
21 (1.515 %)Intranet
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (50.00 %)SQL Server
211 (16.67 %)BusinessObjects
38 (12.12 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (10.61 %)Oracle Reports
56 (9.091 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
64 (6.061 %)Oracle 10g
64 (6.061 %)MS Access
73 (4.545 %)Datawarehouse
73 (4.545 %)DTS
73 (4.545 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (3.030 %)BusinessObjects XI
82 (3.030 %)Data Cleansing
82 (3.030 %)Oracle Discoverer
91 (1.515 %)RDBMS
91 (1.515 %)DB2
91 (1.515 %)ETL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (13.64 %)VSS/SourceSafe
23 (4.545 %)Visual Studio
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (19.70 %)Finance
22 (3.030 %)Law
22 (3.030 %)Pensions
31 (1.515 %)Marketing
31 (1.515 %)Legal
31 (1.515 %)Electric
31 (1.515 %)Health
31 (1.515 %)Front Office
31 (1.515 %)Back Office
31 (1.515 %)Telecoms
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
138 (57.58 %)Developer
215 (22.73 %)SQL Developer
313 (19.70 %)Analyst
412 (18.18 %)Crystal Reports Developer
412 (18.18 %)Report Developer
511 (16.67 %)VB Developer
610 (15.15 %)SQL Server Developer
76 (9.091 %)Programmer
85 (7.576 %).NET Developer
85 (7.576 %)Analyst Programmer
94 (6.061 %)VB.NET Developer
94 (6.061 %)VB Analyst Programmer
103 (4.545 %)Business Objects Developer
103 (4.545 %)C# Developer
103 (4.545 %)Software Engineer
103 (4.545 %)Business Developer
112 (3.030 %)Senior Software Engineer
112 (3.030 %)VB6 Analyst Programmer
112 (3.030 %)Data Analyst
112 (3.030 %)Information Analyst
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (10.61 %)Client/Server
26 (9.091 %)Management Information System
32 (3.030 %)NHS
41 (1.515 %)Mainframe
41 (1.515 %)N-Tier
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (12.12 %)Windows
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (10.61 %)UML
25 (7.576 %)Business Intelligence
25 (7.576 %)Data Analysis
34 (6.061 %)Security Cleared
43 (4.545 %)Service Delivery
52 (3.030 %)Migration
52 (3.030 %)Data Management
52 (3.030 %)Requirements Analysis
52 (3.030 %)SC Cleared
61 (1.515 %)PRINCE2
61 (1.515 %)Data Migration
61 (1.515 %)Business Analysis
61 (1.515 %)Incident Management
61 (1.515 %)Project Management
61 (1.515 %)Data Modelling
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
134 (51.52 %)SQL
223 (34.85 %)VB
321 (31.82 %)VB6
414 (21.21 %)Transact-SQL
511 (16.67 %)VB.NET
67 (10.61 %)C#
75 (7.576 %)VBA
81 (1.515 %)COBOL
81 (1.515 %)JavaScript
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.030 %)Degree
21 (1.515 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.515 %)JSP 440
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (22.73 %)Oracle
211 (16.67 %)Business Objects
35 (7.576 %)Microsoft
43 (4.545 %)Sage
52 (3.030 %)Sybase
61 (1.515 %)Cognos
61 (1.515 %)Cisco