The first table below looks at the demand for Crystal Reports 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 Crystal Reports over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Crystal Reports
Rank 100 124 107
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -17
Contract jobs citing Crystal Reports 11 15 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.534% 0.454% 0.471%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.564% 2.381% 2.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 8
Average daily rate £338 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £248 £166
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £378 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £15.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -31.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £26.25 £19.75
% change year-on-year
-27.61% +32.91%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
429 630 627
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.82% 19.07% 22.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 388 338
Average daily rate £335 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 35 37
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.75 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+55.33% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £11.22 £17.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
Crystal Reports
England

Crystal Reports
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crystal Reports
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
Contract Locations

The table below 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 22 May 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
Wiltshire +16 8 £325 -13.33%
Devon +1 1 £375 +66.66%
Bristol - 1 - -
Crystal Reports
England

Crystal Reports
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 20 (90.91%) SQL
2 14 (63.64%) SQL Server
3 13 (59.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (54.55%) Business Objects
5 11 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
6 9 (40.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (36.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 8 (36.36%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (36.36%) T-SQL
7 8 (36.36%) .NET
7 8 (36.36%) Oracle
8 6 (27.27%) C#
8 6 (27.27%) PL/SQL
8 6 (27.27%) Visual Studio
8 6 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (22.73%) MCP
9 5 (22.73%) Finance
9 5 (22.73%) VB.NET
9 5 (22.73%) Data Architecture
9 5 (22.73%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (22.73%) Stochastic Modelling
9 5 (22.73%) SQL Server 2005
9 5 (22.73%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (18.18%) QA
10 4 (18.18%) VBA
10 4 (18.18%) ERP
10 4 (18.18%) Data Modelling
11 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET

Crystal Reports
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 8 (36.36%) .NET
2 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET
2 3 (13.64%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Spreadsheet
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (9.091%) FRx
2 1 (4.545%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (63.64%) SQL Server
2 13 (59.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (40.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (36.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 8 (36.36%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (22.73%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
8 1 (4.545%) Crystal Enterprise
8 1 (4.545%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 5 (22.73%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Local Government
3 2 (9.091%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 15 (68.18%) Developer
2 9 (40.91%) Report Developer
3 5 (22.73%) Crystal Reports Developer
3 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Support Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) IT Support
5 2 (9.091%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Business Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Crystal Reports Writer
6 1 (4.545%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.545%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (22.73%) Data Architecture
2 5 (22.73%) Stochastic Modelling
3 4 (18.18%) ERP
3 4 (18.18%) Data Modelling
4 2 (9.091%) Investment Management
4 2 (9.091%) Asset Management
5 1 (4.545%) ETL
5 1 (4.545%) ITIL
5 1 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.545%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (90.91%) SQL
2 8 (36.36%) T-SQL
3 6 (27.27%) C#
3 6 (27.27%) PL/SQL
4 5 (22.73%) VB.NET
5 4 (18.18%) VBA
6 2 (9.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (22.73%) MCP
2 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.545%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) QA
2 2 (9.091%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Business Objects
2 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
3 8 (36.36%) Oracle
4 2 (9.091%) Epicor
5 1 (4.545%) Cognos
5 1 (4.545%) Tableau