The first table below looks at the demand for Big Data Analytics skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Big Data Analytics 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
Big Data Analytics
Rank 539 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Big Data Analytics 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.003% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33459 39616 40749
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 19984 22785 23155
Average daily rate £413 £401 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 998 1285 1448
Average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%

Big Data Analytics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Big Data Analytics within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Big Data Analytics Jobs Demand Trend

Big Data Analytics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Big Data Analytics Daily Rate Trend

Big Data Analytics
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data Analytics 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 - 1 - -
London - 1 - -

Big Data Analytics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (100.00%) Big Data
1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
2 6 (85.71%) Apache Pig
2 6 (85.71%) Hadoop
2 6 (85.71%) Apache Hive
2 6 (85.71%) Data Modelling
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (71.43%) ETL
3 5 (71.43%) Oracle
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 5 (71.43%) MapReduce
3 5 (71.43%) Amazon AWS
3 5 (71.43%) Social Media
3 5 (71.43%) Web Services
3 5 (71.43%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (71.43%) Vertica
4 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) Tableau
4 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
4 1 (14.29%) ASP
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) HTTP
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) B2B
4 1 (14.29%) B2C
4 1 (14.29%) Pay per click
4 1 (14.29%) Statistics
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing

Big Data Analytics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) MapReduce
1 5 (71.43%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) Apache Pig
2 5 (71.43%) Amazon AWS
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Big Data
2 6 (85.71%) Hadoop
2 6 (85.71%) Apache Hive
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 5 (71.43%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Hadoop Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Social Media
2 1 (14.29%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
2 6 (85.71%) Data Modelling
3 5 (71.43%) ETL
4 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) B2B
4 1 (14.29%) B2C
4 1 (14.29%) Pay per click
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) SEO
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle
1 5 (71.43%) Vertica
2 1 (14.29%) Tableau
2 1 (14.29%) Google