The first table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 22 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 Taunton 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank 19 20 16
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Contract jobs citing GIS 2 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 2.632% 3.390% 4.651%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.53% 7.692% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £358 £345
% change year-on-year
+8.39% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.66 £13.75 £34.50
% change year-on-year
+13.85% -60.14%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
19 26 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 25.00% 44.07% 39.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 9
Average daily rate £392 £335 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.86% +2.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £320 £253
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £365 £342
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
GIS
Somerset

GIS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton GIS Daily Rate Trend

GIS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 3 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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.

General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP