South West Data Modelling Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Data Modeling skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Data Modelling over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Data Modeling
Location Abingdon Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chesterfield Chippenham Chorley City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dunstable East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Pudsey Reading Rotherham Rugby Scotland Shropshire Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Strathclyde Street Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	61	101
Rank change on same period last year	+40
Matching contract IT job ads	81	59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.107 %	0.063 %
As % of the category below	3.277 %	2.030 %
Daily rates quoted	34	23
Average minimum daily rate	£399	£367
Average daily rate	£423	£395
% change on same period last year	+7.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£447	£422
UK excluding London average daily rate	£407	£391
% change on same period last year	+4.27 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.75	£41.67
Average hourly rate	£33.25	£43.17
% change on same period last year	-22.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.75	£44.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.71	£34.33
% change on same period last year	-4.71 %
Processes & Methodologies South West
Matching contract IT job ads	2472	2906
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.260 %	3.083 %
Daily rates quoted	958	907
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£363
Average daily rate	£401	£384
% change on same period last year	+4.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£428	£406
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	245	346
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.88	£30.12
Average hourly rate	£33.45	£31.92
% change on same period last year	+4.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.02	£33.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.40	£30.19
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Data Modelling 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.

Data Modelling
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Data Modelling across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Data Modelling
Daily Rate Trend

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

Data Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Modelling across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Data Modelling
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Data Modelling
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Modelling across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Data Modelling
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Data Modelling within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Wiltshire	+24	30	£424	+2.40 %
Devon	+13	12	-	-
Dorset	+15	10	£441	-
Bristol	-10	8	£391	+2.89 %
Gloucestershire	-	6	£360	-
Somerset	-1	5	£525	-

Data Modelling England

Data Modelling
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Data Modelling 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 Data Modelling.

1 58 (38.93 %) Finance 2 45 (30.20 %) Oracle 3 42 (28.19 %) Datawarehouse 4 41 (27.52 %) Migration 4 41 (27.52 %) Data Analysis 4 41 (27.52 %) Requirements Analysis 5 38 (25.50 %) Business Analysis 6 37 (24.83 %) SQL 6 37 (24.83 %) UML 7 32 (21.48 %) SSADM 8 31 (20.81 %) Banking 9 30 (20.13 %) CA Clarity 9 30 (20.13 %) Data Migration 9 30 (20.13 %) DSDM 9 30 (20.13 %) GAP Analysis

10 27 (18.12 %) Business Intelligence 10 27 (18.12 %) ETL 11 26 (17.45 %) Insurance 12 24 (16.11 %) Retail 12 24 (16.11 %) OLAP 13 23 (15.44 %) Retail Banking 14 20 (13.42 %) PL/SQL 15 19 (12.75 %) SAS 16 15 (10.07 %) Management Information System 17 14 (9.396 %) Oracle OLAP 18 13 (8.725 %) Marketing 18 13 (8.725 %) Oracle Discoverer 18 13 (8.725 %) Oracle Reports 19 11 (7.383 %) RAD 19 11 (7.383 %) Oracle Forms

Data Modelling
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Data Modelling 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 Data Modelling. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 11 (7.383 %) XML 2 2 (1.342 %) XSLT 2 2 (1.342 %) AJAX 2 2 (1.342 %) HTML 2 2 (1.342 %) J2EE 2 2 (1.342 %) CSS 3 1 (0.671 %) ADO.NET 3 1 (0.671 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (0.671 %) .NET 3 1 (0.671 %) Oracle Streams 3 1 (0.671 %) XML Messaging	Application Platforms 1 19 (12.75 %) SAS 2 7 (4.698 %) Oracle Spatial 3 2 (1.342 %) WebLogic 3 2 (1.342 %) JBoss 3 2 (1.342 %) Apache 3 2 (1.342 %) Tomcat 4 1 (0.671 %) Oracle 9iAS
Applications 1 30 (20.13 %) CA Clarity 2 2 (1.342 %) MS Office 2 2 (1.342 %) MS Excel 3 1 (0.671 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 3 (2.013 %) Endur 1 3 (2.013 %) Oracle ERP 2 2 (1.342 %) SAP FI-CA 2 2 (1.342 %) SAP IS-U 2 2 (1.342 %) SAP FI 3 1 (0.671 %) SAP FI/CO 3 1 (0.671 %) SAP CO 3 1 (0.671 %) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking 1 2 (1.342 %) LAN 1 2 (1.342 %) WAN 1 2 (1.342 %) DNS 1 2 (1.342 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 42 (28.19 %) Datawarehouse 2 27 (18.12 %) ETL 3 24 (16.11 %) OLAP 4 14 (9.396 %) Oracle OLAP 5 13 (8.725 %) Oracle Reports 5 13 (8.725 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 10 (6.711 %) SQL Server 7 9 (6.040 %) OLTP 7 9 (6.040 %) Base SAS 7 9 (6.040 %) DataStage 8 8 (5.369 %) BusinessObjects 8 8 (5.369 %) Oracle BI EE 9 7 (4.698 %) Oracle OWB 10 6 (4.027 %) Oracle 10g 10 6 (4.027 %) Oracle 9i 11 5 (3.356 %) RDBMS 12 4 (2.685 %) TOAD 12 4 (2.685 %) SAP BW 13 3 (2.013 %) SQLPlus 13 3 (2.013 %) Data Mining
Development Applications 1 11 (7.383 %) Oracle Forms 2 3 (2.013 %) Oracle Designer/2000 3 2 (1.342 %) ClearCase 3 2 (1.342 %) Eclipse 3 2 (1.342 %) ERwin 3 2 (1.342 %) ClearQuest 4 1 (0.671 %) Oracle APEX 4 1 (0.671 %) PVCS	General 1 58 (38.93 %) Finance 2 31 (20.81 %) Banking 3 26 (17.45 %) Insurance 4 24 (16.11 %) Retail 5 23 (15.44 %) Retail Banking 6 13 (8.725 %) Marketing 7 7 (4.698 %) Back Office 8 5 (3.356 %) Pensions 9 3 (2.013 %) Government 10 2 (1.342 %) Pharmaceutical 10 2 (1.342 %) International Banking 10 2 (1.342 %) Military 11 1 (0.671 %) Education 11 1 (0.671 %) Financial Institution 11 1 (0.671 %) Telecoms 11 1 (0.671 %) Law 11 1 (0.671 %) Legal 11 1 (0.671 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 77 (51.68 %) Analyst 2 47 (31.54 %) Business Analyst 3 20 (13.42 %) Banking Business Analyst 4 18 (12.08 %) Developer 5 11 (7.383 %) Architect 6 8 (5.369 %) Consultant 6 8 (5.369 %) Oracle Developer 7 7 (4.698 %) Data Analyst 7 7 (4.698 %) Data Architect 7 7 (4.698 %) Financial Services Business Analyst 7 7 (4.698 %) Financial Business Analyst 7 7 (4.698 %) Data Modeller 8 6 (4.027 %) DBA 8 6 (4.027 %) Systems Analyst 9 5 (3.356 %) Administrator 9 5 (3.356 %) Information Analyst 9 5 (3.356 %) Oracle DBA 9 5 (3.356 %) Solutions Analyst 9 5 (3.356 %) NHS Information Analyst 10 4 (2.685 %) SAP Architect	Miscellaneous 1 15 (10.07 %) Management Information System 2 9 (6.040 %) NHS 3 7 (4.698 %) APACS 4 5 (3.356 %) Client/Server 5 2 (1.342 %) Mainframe 6 1 (0.671 %) Replication 6 1 (0.671 %) Data Extraction
Operating Systems 1 2 (1.342 %) Linux 2 1 (0.671 %) Unix 2 1 (0.671 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 41 (27.52 %) Migration 1 41 (27.52 %) Data Analysis 1 41 (27.52 %) Requirements Analysis 2 38 (25.50 %) Business Analysis 3 37 (24.83 %) UML 4 32 (21.48 %) SSADM 5 30 (20.13 %) DSDM 5 30 (20.13 %) GAP Analysis 5 30 (20.13 %) Data Migration 6 27 (18.12 %) Business Intelligence 7 11 (7.383 %) RAD 8 8 (5.369 %) CRM 9 6 (4.027 %) BPR 9 6 (4.027 %) Data Management 9 6 (4.027 %) Dimensional Modelling 9 6 (4.027 %) Data Mapping 10 5 (3.356 %) Workflow 11 4 (2.685 %) Validation 11 4 (2.685 %) OO 12 3 (2.013 %) PRINCE2
Programming Languages 1 37 (24.83 %) SQL 2 20 (13.42 %) PL/SQL 3 11 (7.383 %) Java 4 3 (2.013 %) C++ 5 2 (1.342 %) JavaScript 5 2 (1.342 %) C 6 1 (0.671 %) C# 6 1 (0.671 %) VB 6 1 (0.671 %) VBA 6 1 (0.671 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 6 (4.027 %) Citrix Certification 2 2 (1.342 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (0.671 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (2.685 %) QA	System Software 1 1 (0.671 %) Oracle RMAN 1 1 (0.671 %) Oracle RAC
Vendors 1 45 (30.20 %) Oracle 2 10 (6.711 %) SAP 3 8 (5.369 %) Business Objects 4 6 (4.027 %) Casewise 4 6 (4.027 %) Informatica 5 5 (3.356 %) Sage 6 3 (2.013 %) Cognos 6 3 (2.013 %) Trillium 7 2 (1.342 %) IBM 7 2 (1.342 %) HP 7 2 (1.342 %) Chordiant 7 2 (1.342 %) Sybase 7 2 (1.342 %) OpenLink 7 2 (1.342 %) BT 7 2 (1.342 %) CA 7 2 (1.342 %) Ericsson 8 1 (0.671 %) Hyperion 8 1 (0.671 %) Ascential 8 1 (0.671 %) Microsoft