The first table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 20 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 Staffordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank 19 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing GIS 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.176% 0.461% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.857% 2.778% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £358 £350
% change year-on-year
+8.39% +2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £15.31 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.25% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.31 £16.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-4.31% -53.62%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
35 36 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 41.18% 16.59% 58.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 57
Average daily rate £250 £288 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% -17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £375 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 6
Average hourly rate £15.31 £28.75 £12.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.74% +137.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
GIS
West Midlands

GIS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire GIS Jobs Demand 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire GIS Hourly Rate Trend

GIS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) T-SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (50.00%) Local Government
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (50.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Report Developer
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Developer
4 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
Staffordshire, West Midlands
The position would involve: Civils, Layouts, Tech Data and Secondary & Protection control and site management. Leading/coordinating projects of new and existing HV substations ranging from 132kV - 400kV...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013