The first table below looks at the demand for ArcObjects skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ArcObjects over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development category.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ArcGIS ArcObjects
Rank 532 575 563
Rank change year-on-year
+43 -12
Contract jobs citing ArcObjects 8 6 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.017% 0.010% 0.028%
As % of the Application Development category 0.062% 0.040% 0.103%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
Average daily rate £258 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.33% +7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £258 £375 £360
% change year-on-year
-31.33% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12893 14967 16509
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.60% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8051 8793 9618
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 385 569
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.15 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

ArcObjects
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ArcObjects within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ArcObjects Jobs Demand Trend

ArcObjects
Daily Rate Trend

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

ArcObjects Daily Rate Trend

ArcObjects
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ArcObjects within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

ArcObjects Daily Rate Histogram

ArcObjects
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ArcObjects Hourly Rate Trend

ArcObjects
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ArcObjects within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +47 8 £258 -31.33%
South East +27 4 £258 -31.33%
South West - 4 - -
Devon - 4 - -
Berkshire - 4 £258 -
Reading - 4 £258 -
Exeter - 4 - -

ArcObjects
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ArcObjects 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 ArcObjects.

1 26 (100.00%) GIS
2 24 (92.31%) ArcGIS
2 24 (92.31%) .NET
3 23 (88.46%) Python
4 22 (84.62%) ESRI
5 17 (65.38%) JavaScript
6 15 (57.69%) C#
6 15 (57.69%) Oracle
7 14 (53.85%) Windows
8 13 (50.00%) Data Modelling
8 13 (50.00%) SQL
9 12 (46.15%) Java
9 12 (46.15%) Silverlight
10 10 (38.46%) ArcSDE
10 10 (38.46%) Visual Studio
11 9 (34.62%) HTML
11 9 (34.62%) CSS
11 9 (34.62%) Web Services
11 9 (34.62%) XML
11 9 (34.62%) XSD
11 9 (34.62%) REST
12 8 (30.77%) HTML5
12 8 (30.77%) Servlets
12 8 (30.77%) J2EE
12 8 (30.77%) Data Management
12 8 (30.77%) Apache Flex
12 8 (30.77%) Ajax
13 7 (26.92%) Dojo
13 7 (26.92%) jQuery
13 7 (26.92%) Windows Server 2008

ArcObjects
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ArcObjects 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 ArcObjects. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (92.31%) .NET
2 12 (46.15%) Silverlight
3 9 (34.62%) HTML
3 9 (34.62%) CSS
3 9 (34.62%) Web Services
3 9 (34.62%) XML
3 9 (34.62%) XSD
3 9 (34.62%) REST
4 8 (30.77%) HTML5
4 8 (30.77%) Servlets
4 8 (30.77%) J2EE
4 8 (30.77%) Apache Flex
4 8 (30.77%) Ajax
5 7 (26.92%) Dojo
5 7 (26.92%) jQuery
6 5 (19.23%) WCF
7 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 24 (92.31%) ArcGIS
2 10 (38.46%) ArcSDE
3 5 (19.23%) ArcIMS
3 5 (19.23%) IIS
4 4 (15.38%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) ArcInfo
2 1 (3.846%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (100.00%) GIS
2 4 (15.38%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (15.38%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (38.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (26.92%) Publishing
2 1 (3.846%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Developer
2 13 (50.00%) GIS Developer
3 7 (26.92%) Architect
4 6 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (15.38%) Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) GIS Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) GIS Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) RIA
2 4 (15.38%) Statistics
3 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.846%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 14 (53.85%) Windows
2 7 (26.92%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (26.92%) Linux
2 7 (26.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 7 (26.92%) Windows 7
3 5 (19.23%) HPUX
4 2 (7.692%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 8 (30.77%) Data Management
3 6 (23.08%) Information Management
4 4 (15.38%) ETL
5 3 (11.54%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.846%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (88.46%) Python
2 17 (65.38%) JavaScript
3 15 (57.69%) C#
4 13 (50.00%) SQL
5 12 (46.15%) Java
6 7 (26.92%) VB.NET
7 4 (15.38%) PL/SQL
8 1 (3.846%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 22 (84.62%) ESRI
2 15 (57.69%) Oracle
3 7 (26.92%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.846%) SAP
4 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.846%) Mapinfo