GIS Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for GIS 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 GIS over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank 107 126 111
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -15
Contract jobs citing GIS 8 13 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.391% 0.392% 0.214%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.848% 2.025% 0.966%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
Average daily rate £525 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+52.17% -1.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £365 £350
% change year-on-year
+6.16% +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.31 £15.75 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-2.79% -54.34%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category		 433 642 621
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 21.14% 19.37% 22.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 399 333
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 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 34 37
Average hourly rate £40.00 £26.63 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.23% -18.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £10.41 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
GIS
England

GIS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing GIS across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South West GIS Jobs Demand Trend

GIS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West GIS Daily Rate Trend

GIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West GIS Hourly Rate Trend

GIS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Devon - 4 - -
Somerset +5 2 - -
Bristol +10 1 £525 -
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
GIS
England

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing GIS 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 GIS.

1 18 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 17 (62.96%) ESRI
2 17 (62.96%) .NET
2 17 (62.96%) jQuery
3 15 (55.56%) C#
4 14 (51.85%) Python
4 14 (51.85%) Ajax
5 13 (48.15%) ArcGIS
6 11 (40.74%) J2EE
6 11 (40.74%) Java
6 11 (40.74%) Dojo
7 10 (37.04%) HTML
7 10 (37.04%) Visual Studio
7 10 (37.04%) CSS
7 10 (37.04%) Data Modelling
8 9 (33.33%) XML
8 9 (33.33%) XSD
8 9 (33.33%) Servlets
8 9 (33.33%) ArcObjects
9 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
9 8 (29.63%) ArcSDE
10 7 (25.93%) Windows
11 6 (22.22%) Linux
11 6 (22.22%) Web Services
11 6 (22.22%) Red Hat
11 6 (22.22%) Data Management
11 6 (22.22%) Information Management
11 6 (22.22%) Publishing
11 6 (22.22%) Apache Flex
11 6 (22.22%) Silverlight

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing GIS 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 GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (62.96%) .NET
1 17 (62.96%) jQuery
2 14 (51.85%) Ajax
3 11 (40.74%) J2EE
3 11 (40.74%) Dojo
4 10 (37.04%) HTML
4 10 (37.04%) CSS
5 9 (33.33%) Servlets
5 9 (33.33%) XML
5 9 (33.33%) XSD
5 9 (33.33%) ArcObjects
6 6 (22.22%) Apache Flex
6 6 (22.22%) Silverlight
6 6 (22.22%) Web Services
6 6 (22.22%) REST
7 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET
8 1 (3.704%) JSON
8 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (3.704%) HTML5
8 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Application Platforms
1 13 (48.15%) ArcGIS
2 8 (29.63%) ArcSDE
3 2 (7.407%) ArcIMS
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) ArcInfo
2 1 (3.704%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) INSURE/90
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
2 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (37.04%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.704%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (22.22%) Publishing
2 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.704%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Developer
2 16 (59.26%) GIS Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Business Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Analyst Programmer
5 2 (7.407%) Programmer
5 2 (7.407%) GIS Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Technical Design Authority
6 1 (3.704%) Project Support Administrator
6 1 (3.704%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.704%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (3.704%) AS400 Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Administrator
6 1 (3.704%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Project Administrator
6 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.704%) AS400
1 1 (3.704%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
2 6 (22.22%) Linux
2 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (22.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Data Modelling
2 6 (22.22%) Data Management
2 6 (22.22%) Information Management
3 4 (14.81%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (14.81%) Project Management
4 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 3 (11.11%) UML
4 3 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 2 (7.407%) Use Case
5 2 (7.407%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.407%) Test Strategy
6 1 (3.704%) OOD
6 1 (3.704%) Change Control
6 1 (3.704%) OOP
6 1 (3.704%) OO
6 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.704%) MVC
6 1 (3.704%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 18 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 15 (55.56%) C#
3 14 (51.85%) Python
4 11 (40.74%) Java
5 1 (3.704%) RPG
5 1 (3.704%) SQL
5 1 (3.704%) Objective-C
5 1 (3.704%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 2 (7.407%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (7.407%) Degree
2 1 (3.704%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.704%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.704%) ISEB
Vendors
1 17 (62.96%) ESRI
2 6 (22.22%) Red Hat
3 3 (11.11%) SAP
4 2 (7.407%) Oracle
5 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.704%) BT
5 1 (3.704%) Mapinfo
5 1 (3.704%) Symantec
5 1 (3.704%) McAfee
5 1 (3.704%) Sophos
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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