South West RDBMS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) 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 RDBMS over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
Location Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Brentford Brighton Bristol Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London County Antrim Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Feltham Flintshire Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Lancashire Leeds Livingston London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Motherwell Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Queensferry Reading Rotherham Rugby Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark Staffordshire Stevenage Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	126	90
Rank change on same period last year	-36
Matching contract IT job ads	18	87
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.086 %
As % of the category below	2.278 %	6.894 %
Daily rates quoted	3	22
Average minimum daily rate	£223	£341
Average daily rate	£242	£364
% change on same period last year	-33.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£260	£388
UK excluding London average daily rate	£328	£358
% change on same period last year	-8.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	12
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£31.17
Average hourly rate	-	£32.42
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£33.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.38	£31.02
% change on same period last year	+4.36 %
Database & Business Intelligence South West
Matching contract IT job ads	790	1262
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.068 %	1.244 %
Daily rates quoted	246	243
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£340
Average daily rate	£360	£384
% change on same period last year	-6.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£428
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£356
% change on same period last year	-2.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	82	154
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.85	£31.07
Average hourly rate	£33.99	£32.99
% change on same period last year	+3.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.14	£34.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.13	£32.15
% change on same period last year	-0.08 %
RDBMS 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.

RDBMS
Demand Trend

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

RDBMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

RDBMS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RDBMS across the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

RDBMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

RDBMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RDBMS within the South West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
Dorset	-4	4	-	-
Gloucestershire	0	4	£280	-37.77 %
Wiltshire	-16	3	-	-
Somerset	-11	2	£220	-
Bristol	+1	1	£225	-35.25 %

RDBMS England

RDBMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing RDBMS 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 RDBMS.

1 23 (54.76 %) Oracle 2 17 (40.48 %) SQL 3 16 (38.10 %) SQL Server 4 14 (33.33 %) JavaScript 4 14 (33.33 %) HTML 5 9 (21.43 %) C# 6 8 (19.05 %) .NET 6 8 (19.05 %) WebServices 6 8 (19.05 %) XML 6 8 (19.05 %) MS Excel 7 7 (16.67 %) Oracle 9i 7 7 (16.67 %) Oracle Forms 7 7 (16.67 %) Windows 7 7 (16.67 %) PL/SQL 8 6 (14.29 %) VBScript

8 6 (14.29 %) ADO.NET 8 6 (14.29 %) DTS 8 6 (14.29 %) .NET Framework 9 5 (11.90 %) AJAX 9 5 (11.90 %) Security Cleared 9 5 (11.90 %) Oracle Reports 9 5 (11.90 %) Data Modelling 9 5 (11.90 %) CSS 10 4 (9.524 %) ODBC 10 4 (9.524 %) Oracle 10g 10 4 (9.524 %) HP 10 4 (9.524 %) MS Access 10 4 (9.524 %) SC Cleared 11 3 (7.143 %) Oracle Designer/2000 11 3 (7.143 %) QA

RDBMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing RDBMS 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 RDBMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 14 (33.33 %) HTML 2 8 (19.05 %) .NET 2 8 (19.05 %) WebServices 2 8 (19.05 %) XML 3 6 (14.29 %) .NET Framework 3 6 (14.29 %) ADO.NET 4 5 (11.90 %) CSS 4 5 (11.90 %) AJAX 5 4 (9.524 %) ODBC 6 2 (4.762 %) ASP 6 2 (4.762 %) ASP.NET 6 2 (4.762 %) J2EE 7 1 (2.381 %) JMS 7 1 (2.381 %) Middleware 7 1 (2.381 %) SAP Basis 7 1 (2.381 %) XSD	Application Platforms 1 3 (7.143 %) Lotus Notes 1 3 (7.143 %) Lotus Domino 1 3 (7.143 %) QuickPlace 2 2 (4.762 %) ArcSDE 2 2 (4.762 %) Apache 2 2 (4.762 %) Tomcat 2 2 (4.762 %) WebLogic 2 2 (4.762 %) JBoss 2 2 (4.762 %) ArcGIS 2 2 (4.762 %) ArcIMS 3 1 (2.381 %) NetWeaver 3 1 (2.381 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 8 (19.05 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (2.381 %) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking 1 2 (4.762 %) LAN 1 2 (4.762 %) WAN 1 2 (4.762 %) DNS 1 2 (4.762 %) Intranet 1 2 (4.762 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (38.10 %) SQL Server 2 7 (16.67 %) Oracle 9i 3 6 (14.29 %) DTS 4 5 (11.90 %) Oracle Reports 5 4 (9.524 %) MS Access 5 4 (9.524 %) Oracle 10g 6 2 (4.762 %) GIS 6 2 (4.762 %) OLTP 7 1 (2.381 %) Oracle Discoverer 7 1 (2.381 %) MySQL 7 1 (2.381 %) Crystal Reports 7 1 (2.381 %) Oracle OWB 7 1 (2.381 %) BusinessObjects 7 1 (2.381 %) SAP BW 7 1 (2.381 %) SQL Server 2000 7 1 (2.381 %) SQLPlus
Development Applications 1 7 (16.67 %) Oracle Forms 2 3 (7.143 %) Oracle Designer/2000 3 2 (4.762 %) Dreamweaver 4 1 (2.381 %) Visual Studio	General 1 3 (7.143 %) Finance 2 2 (4.762 %) Pharmaceutical 2 2 (4.762 %) Telecoms 2 2 (4.762 %) Government 2 2 (4.762 %) Military 3 1 (2.381 %) Education
Job Titles 1 15 (35.71 %) Developer 2 11 (26.19 %) Analyst 3 7 (16.67 %) Consultant 3 7 (16.67 %) Analyst Programmer 3 7 (16.67 %) Programmer 3 7 (16.67 %) .NET Developer 4 4 (9.524 %) Oracle Analyst Programmer 4 4 (9.524 %) Oracle Analyst 5 3 (7.143 %) Developer Analyst 5 3 (7.143 %) Oracle Developer 5 3 (7.143 %) Lotus Notes Developer 6 2 (4.762 %) Java Developer 6 2 (4.762 %) Oracle DBA 6 2 (4.762 %) Java/J2EE Developer 6 2 (4.762 %) GIS Analyst 6 2 (4.762 %) DBA 7 1 (2.381 %) Applications Developer 7 1 (2.381 %) Systems Administrator 7 1 (2.381 %) Web Developer 7 1 (2.381 %) Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.762 %) Client/Server 1 2 (4.762 %) NHS 2 1 (2.381 %) Mainframe 2 1 (2.381 %) French Language 2 1 (2.381 %) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 7 (16.67 %) Windows 2 3 (7.143 %) Linux 2 3 (7.143 %) UNIX 3 2 (4.762 %) HPUX 3 2 (4.762 %) Solaris 4 1 (2.381 %) AIX 4 1 (2.381 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (11.90 %) Data Modelling 1 5 (11.90 %) Security Cleared 2 4 (9.524 %) SC Cleared 3 3 (7.143 %) Workflow 4 2 (4.762 %) Web Design 4 2 (4.762 %) Data Management 4 2 (4.762 %) Business Intelligence 4 2 (4.762 %) Project Management 4 2 (4.762 %) ERP 4 2 (4.762 %) Performance Management 4 2 (4.762 %) MODAF 5 1 (2.381 %) Requirements Management 5 1 (2.381 %) Web Development 5 1 (2.381 %) Load Balancing 5 1 (2.381 %) Performance Testing 5 1 (2.381 %) Load Testing 5 1 (2.381 %) System Testing 5 1 (2.381 %) DV Cleared 5 1 (2.381 %) PRINCE2 5 1 (2.381 %) BPEL
Programming Languages 1 17 (40.48 %) SQL 2 14 (33.33 %) JavaScript 3 9 (21.43 %) C# 4 7 (16.67 %) PL/SQL 5 6 (14.29 %) VBScript 6 3 (7.143 %) C 6 3 (7.143 %) C++ 6 3 (7.143 %) Java 6 3 (7.143 %) LotusScript 7 2 (4.762 %) VC++ 8 1 (2.381 %) VB	Qualifications 1 1 (2.381 %) MCP 1 1 (2.381 %) MCSE 1 1 (2.381 %) ISEB 1 1 (2.381 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (7.143 %) QA	System Software 1 2 (4.762 %) Oracle RMAN 2 1 (2.381 %) Oracle RAC
Vendors 1 23 (54.76 %) Oracle 2 4 (9.524 %) HP 3 3 (7.143 %) Lotus 4 2 (4.762 %) ESRI 4 2 (4.762 %) BT 4 2 (4.762 %) Ericsson 4 2 (4.762 %) IBM 4 2 (4.762 %) Microsoft 4 2 (4.762 %) SAP 5 1 (2.381 %) Cognos 5 1 (2.381 %) Business Objects 5 1 (2.381 %) Teradata