ArcGIS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for ESRI ArcGIS skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ArcGIS over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

ESRI ArcGIS
Location Avon Aylesbury Bath Berkshire Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chester City of London East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent London Middlesex Midlands Norfolk North East North West Norwich Reading Scotland Somerset South East South West Southampton Stirling Thames Valley UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	489	555
Rank change on same period last year	+66
Matching contract IT job ads	99	94
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.131 %	0.100 %
As % of the category below	0.908 %	0.744 %
Daily rates quoted	10	7
Average minimum daily rate	£305	£426
Average daily rate	£325	£451
% change on same period last year	-27.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£475
UK excluding London average daily rate	£375	£378
% change on same period last year	-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.40	£15.46
Average hourly rate	£34.03	£16.65
% change on same period last year	+104.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.67	£17.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.06	£15.57
% change on same period last year	+99.49 %
Application Platforms UK
Matching contract IT job ads	10907	12627
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	14.38 %	13.39 %
Daily rates quoted	3210	3094
Average minimum daily rate	£355	£357
Average daily rate	£379	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£402	£397
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£347
% change on same period last year	+3.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	1146	1262
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.24	£23.03
Average hourly rate	£23.81	£24.51
% change on same period last year	-2.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.38	£25.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.43	£24.21
% change on same period last year	-3.23 %

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.

ArcGIS
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ArcGIS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ArcGIS within the UK.

ArcGIS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ArcGIS within the UK.

ArcGIS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ArcGIS within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

ArcGIS
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing ArcGIS within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 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
England	+84	92	£325	-27.89 %
London	+84	39	£313	-43.00 %
South East	+45	30	£375	-
Hampshire	+21	11	£400	-
South West	+30	9	-	-
Southampton	-	8	£400	-
City of London	-	8	-	-
Scotland	+9	7	-	-
Somerset	+4	6	-	-
Bath	-2	6	-	-
Thames Valley	-	6	-	-
Berkshire	+38	5	£350	-
North West	-9	5	-	-
Yorkshire	+13	3	-	-
Midlands	-4	2	-	-
East of England	-10	2	-	-
Stirling	+1	2	-	-
Buckinghamshire	-	2	-	-
Bradford	-	2	-	-
West Yorkshire	+3	2	-	-
Cheshire	-	2	-	-
Reading	-8	1	-	-
Aylesbury	-	1	-	-
Chester	-	1	-	-
Kent	-	1	-	-
Middlesex	-	1	-	-
Avon	-	1	-	-
Norwich	-	1	-	-
Norfolk	-	1	-	-
Hertfordshire	-6	1	-	-

ArcGIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ArcGIS 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 ArcGIS.

1 184 (83.26 %) GIS 2 118 (53.39 %) ESRI 3 85 (38.46 %) Oracle 4 79 (35.75 %) .NET 5 68 (30.77 %) C# 6 63 (28.51 %) ArcSDE 7 60 (27.15 %) ArcIMS 8 56 (25.34 %) ArcObjects 9 45 (20.36 %) SQL Server 10 42 (19.00 %) ASP.NET 11 33 (14.93 %) SQL 12 31 (14.03 %) Security Cleared 13 27 (12.22 %) Government 14 23 (10.41 %) Oracle 10g 15 22 (9.955 %) Java

16 21 (9.502 %) Visual Studio 16 21 (9.502 %) Mapinfo 17 20 (9.050 %) JavaScript 17 20 (9.050 %) Oracle Spatial 17 20 (9.050 %) DV Cleared 18 19 (8.597 %) Data Management 19 17 (7.692 %) Degree 20 15 (6.787 %) VB.NET 21 14 (6.335 %) VB 21 14 (6.335 %) SQL Server 2005 22 13 (5.882 %) SC Cleared 22 13 (5.882 %) Unix 22 13 (5.882 %) MS Access 23 12 (5.430 %) Oracle 8/8i 23 12 (5.430 %) Project Management

ArcGIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ArcGIS 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 ArcGIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 79 (35.75 %) .NET 2 56 (25.34 %) ArcObjects 3 42 (19.00 %) ASP.NET 4 9 (4.072 %) XML 5 8 (3.620 %) WebServices 6 7 (3.167 %) AJAX 6 7 (3.167 %) ASP 7 4 (1.810 %) HTML 8 3 (1.357 %) ADO.NET 9 2 (0.905 %) J2EE 9 2 (0.905 %) XML Schema 10 1 (0.452 %) Middleware 10 1 (0.452 %) .NET Framework 10 1 (0.452 %) LINQ 10 1 (0.452 %) Google Maps API	Application Platforms 1 63 (28.51 %) ArcSDE 2 60 (27.15 %) ArcIMS 3 20 (9.050 %) Oracle Spatial 4 7 (3.167 %) LiveLink 5 6 (2.715 %) MapXtreme 6 4 (1.810 %) CMS 6 4 (1.810 %) Content Management Server 7 3 (1.357 %) ColdFusion 7 3 (1.357 %) Apache 7 3 (1.357 %) Tomcat 7 3 (1.357 %) Smallworld 8 1 (0.452 %) SAS
Applications 1 11 (4.977 %) MS Office 2 7 (3.167 %) ArcView 3 6 (2.715 %) MS Excel 4 3 (1.357 %) MATLAB 4 3 (1.357 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (0.905 %) ArcInfo 6 1 (0.452 %) AutoCAD	Communications & Networking 1 4 (1.810 %) Intranet 2 3 (1.357 %) Internet 2 3 (1.357 %) 3G 2 3 (1.357 %) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence 1 184 (83.26 %) GIS 2 45 (20.36 %) SQL Server 3 23 (10.41 %) Oracle 10g 4 14 (6.335 %) SQL Server 2005 5 13 (5.882 %) MS Access 6 12 (5.430 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 7 (3.167 %) SQL Server 2000 8 6 (2.715 %) Oracle 9i 9 4 (1.810 %) RDBMS 10 3 (1.357 %) Crystal Reports 10 3 (1.357 %) Oracle Reports 11 2 (0.905 %) BusinessObjects	Development Applications 1 21 (9.502 %) Visual Studio
General 1 27 (12.22 %) Government 2 4 (1.810 %) Telecoms 3 3 (1.357 %) Local Government 4 2 (0.905 %) Education 4 2 (0.905 %) 3D Graphics	Job Titles 1 95 (42.99 %) Developer 2 52 (23.53 %) GIS Developer 3 36 (16.29 %) Consultant 4 31 (14.03 %) Analyst 5 30 (13.57 %) GIS Consultant 5 30 (13.57 %) GIS Analyst 6 23 (10.41 %) .NET Developer 7 17 (7.692 %) GIS Technician 8 14 (6.335 %) C# Developer 9 11 (4.977 %) Data Manager 9 11 (4.977 %) ASP.NET Developer 9 11 (4.977 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 10 10 (4.525 %) Systems Developer 11 7 (3.167 %) SQL Developer 11 7 (3.167 %) Applications Developer 12 5 (2.262 %) Senior Developer 12 5 (2.262 %) Support Analyst 12 5 (2.262 %) GIS Manager 13 4 (1.810 %) SQL Server Developer 13 4 (1.810 %) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous 1 9 (4.072 %) Management Information System 2 4 (1.810 %) Data Conversion 3 2 (0.905 %) Remote Sensing 4 1 (0.452 %) Photography	Operating Systems 1 13 (5.882 %) Unix 2 11 (4.977 %) Solaris 3 9 (4.072 %) Linux 4 3 (1.357 %) Windows 2000 4 3 (1.357 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 31 (14.03 %) Security Cleared 2 20 (9.050 %) DV Cleared 3 19 (8.597 %) Data Management 4 13 (5.882 %) SC Cleared 5 12 (5.430 %) Project Management 6 10 (4.525 %) OO 7 8 (3.620 %) Information Management 8 7 (3.167 %) PRINCE2 8 7 (3.167 %) Data Modelling 9 6 (2.715 %) ITIL 9 6 (2.715 %) Quality Management 10 5 (2.262 %) E-Commerce 11 4 (1.810 %) Strategic Planning 12 3 (1.357 %) Data Analysis 12 3 (1.357 %) OOA/OOD 12 3 (1.357 %) OOD 13 2 (0.905 %) Test Scripting 14 1 (0.452 %) Data Validation 14 1 (0.452 %) Data Mapping 14 1 (0.452 %) Web Development	Programming Languages 1 68 (30.77 %) C# 2 33 (14.93 %) SQL 3 22 (9.955 %) Java 4 20 (9.050 %) JavaScript 5 15 (6.787 %) VB.NET 6 14 (6.335 %) VB 7 4 (1.810 %) Transact-SQL 8 3 (1.357 %) C 8 3 (1.357 %) VBA 9 2 (0.905 %) PHP 10 1 (0.452 %) C++ 10 1 (0.452 %) Shell Script 10 1 (0.452 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 17 (7.692 %) Degree 2 4 (1.810 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (2.262 %) QA 2 1 (0.452 %) BS7666
System Software 1 2 (0.905 %) Oracle RAC	Vendors 1 118 (53.39 %) ESRI 2 85 (38.46 %) Oracle 3 21 (9.502 %) Mapinfo 4 11 (4.977 %) Sun 5 7 (3.167 %) Microsoft 6 3 (1.357 %) Nortel 6 3 (1.357 %) Ericsson 6 3 (1.357 %) Nokia 6 3 (1.357 %) Red Hat 6 3 (1.357 %) Autodesk 7 2 (0.905 %) Adobe 7 2 (0.905 %) Business Objects 8 1 (0.452 %) SAP 8 1 (0.452 %) Macromedia 8 1 (0.452 %) Intergraph 8 1 (0.452 %) Google