The first table below looks at the demand for RDBMS 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 RDBMS 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
Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
Rank 103 127 92
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -35
Contract jobs citing RDBMS 12 12 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.586% 0.362% 0.893%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.771% 1.869% 4.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 14
Average daily rate £375 £375 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +59.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £328 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £419 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £322 £331 £360
% change year-on-year
-2.79% -7.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £34.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+8.82% -15.00%
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%
RDBMS
England

RDBMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West RDBMS Jobs Demand Trend

RDBMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West RDBMS Daily Rate Trend

RDBMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West RDBMS Hourly Rate Trend

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 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
Bristol +18 8 £375 -
Dorset -1 2 £350 -
Devon - 2 £413 -
RDBMS
England

RDBMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 24 (51.06%) Oracle
1 24 (51.06%) Linux
2 23 (48.94%) SQL
3 21 (44.68%) Java
3 21 (44.68%) Agile Software Development
4 17 (36.17%) EJB
4 17 (36.17%) UML
4 17 (36.17%) OOA/OOD
4 17 (36.17%) OO
4 17 (36.17%) JBoss
4 17 (36.17%) JMS
5 16 (34.04%) Internet
5 16 (34.04%) Configuration Management
6 15 (31.91%) JavaScript
6 15 (31.91%) C
6 15 (31.91%) Maven
6 15 (31.91%) RIA
6 15 (31.91%) GWT
6 15 (31.91%) jQuery
6 15 (31.91%) DV Cleared
6 15 (31.91%) Security Cleared
6 15 (31.91%) JPA
6 15 (31.91%) EJB 3.0
6 15 (31.91%) Customer Engagement
7 14 (29.79%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (23.40%) OLAP
9 10 (21.28%) Hyperion
9 10 (21.28%) Teradata
9 10 (21.28%) Essbase
9 10 (21.28%) Unit Testing

RDBMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 17 (36.17%) EJB
1 17 (36.17%) JMS
2 15 (31.91%) GWT
2 15 (31.91%) jQuery
2 15 (31.91%) JPA
2 15 (31.91%) EJB 3.0
3 7 (14.89%) Swing
4 3 (6.383%) .NET
5 2 (4.255%) J2EE
5 2 (4.255%) Hibernate
5 2 (4.255%) Spring
5 2 (4.255%) JTA
5 2 (4.255%) Ajax
5 2 (4.255%) WebSphere
5 2 (4.255%) JSP
5 2 (4.255%) Servlets
5 2 (4.255%) Struts
5 2 (4.255%) Web Services
5 2 (4.255%) XML
5 2 (4.255%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.511%) WebLogic
2 2 (4.255%) Apache
2 2 (4.255%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (4.255%) GlassFish
2 2 (4.255%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (8.511%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (34.04%) Internet
2 2 (4.255%) Network Security
2 2 (4.255%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (29.79%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (23.40%) OLAP
3 10 (21.28%) Essbase
4 7 (14.89%) SQL Server
5 6 (12.77%) MySQL
6 3 (6.383%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (4.255%) QlikView
7 2 (4.255%) Star Schema
7 2 (4.255%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (4.255%) DB2
7 2 (4.255%) MS Access
8 1 (2.128%) DTS
8 1 (2.128%) TOAD
8 1 (2.128%) OLTP
8 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (2.128%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 15 (31.91%) Maven
General
1 4 (8.511%) Finance
2 3 (6.383%) Banking
3 2 (4.255%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.128%) Retail
4 1 (2.128%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (55.32%) Developer
2 12 (25.53%) Java Developer
3 7 (14.89%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 4 (8.511%) Software Engineer
4 4 (8.511%) Teradata Developer
4 4 (8.511%) PHP Developer
5 3 (6.383%) PHP MySQL Developer
5 3 (6.383%) Teradata Consultant
5 3 (6.383%) Consultant
6 2 (4.255%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (4.255%) DBA
6 2 (4.255%) Architect
6 2 (4.255%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.255%) Oracle DBA
6 2 (4.255%) Analyst
6 2 (4.255%) Designer
6 2 (4.255%) Technical Leader
6 2 (4.255%) Technical Manager
7 1 (2.128%) Java Team Leader
7 1 (2.128%) Development Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.91%) RIA
2 6 (12.77%) SaaS
3 2 (4.255%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.128%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 24 (51.06%) Linux
2 6 (12.77%) UNIX
3 4 (8.511%) Windows
4 2 (4.255%) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) Agile Software Development
2 17 (36.17%) UML
2 17 (36.17%) OOA/OOD
2 17 (36.17%) OO
3 16 (34.04%) Configuration Management
4 15 (31.91%) Customer Engagement
5 10 (21.28%) Unit Testing
6 4 (8.511%) ETL
7 3 (6.383%) Data Modelling
7 3 (6.383%) Data Analysis
7 3 (6.383%) System Testing
7 3 (6.383%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (4.255%) PRINCE2
8 2 (4.255%) Identity Management
8 2 (4.255%) Capacity Planning
8 2 (4.255%) Change Control
8 2 (4.255%) Analytics
8 2 (4.255%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (2.128%) Six Sigma
9 1 (2.128%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (48.94%) SQL
2 21 (44.68%) Java
3 15 (31.91%) JavaScript
3 15 (31.91%) C
4 4 (8.511%) PHP5
4 4 (8.511%) PHP
4 4 (8.511%) Shell Script
5 2 (4.255%) JCL
5 2 (4.255%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.128%) Korn
6 1 (2.128%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 15 (31.91%) DV Cleared
1 15 (31.91%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.128%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 2 (4.255%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.255%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (2.128%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 24 (51.06%) Oracle
2 17 (36.17%) JBoss
3 10 (21.28%) Hyperion
3 10 (21.28%) Teradata
4 4 (8.511%) IBM
5 3 (6.383%) Microsoft
6 2 (4.255%) Sun
7 1 (2.128%) HP
7 1 (2.128%) Ab Initio
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