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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Business Intelligence skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkBusiness Intelligence (BI)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank505477
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+23
Matching contract IT job ads15209911581
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK3.146 %2.512 %1.923 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category5.345 %4.738 %3.864 %
Daily rates quoted669317407
Average daily rate£420£400£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-5.880 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£280£275£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£538£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£375£415
% change year-on-year
+3.330 %-9.630 %
Hourly rates quoted211535
Average hourly rate£25.25£28.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.820 %+1.810 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.38£16.50£6.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.73£39.00£54.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£24.50£38.00
% change year-on-year
-18.36 %-35.51 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
284392091640911
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK58.87 %53.02 %49.77 %
Daily rates quoted13684739614067
Average daily rate£410£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.500 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£235£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted114812112463
Average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.21£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %

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.

Business Intelligence
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Intelligence within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Business Intelligence Demand Trend

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend

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

Business Intelligence Daily Rate Trend

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Business Intelligence Daily Rate Histogram

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Business Intelligence Hourly Rate Trend

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Business Intelligence Hourly Rate Histogram

Business Intelligence
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+91416£420+5.00 %
LondonUp+18776£450+5.88 %
South EastUp+15324£396-0.93 %
City of LondonUp+8224£475+5.55 %
BerkshireUp+6113£370-22.10 %
South WestUp+985£385-6.66 %
ScotlandUp+153£375-16.66 %
ReadingUp+3141£403-19.50 %
YorkshireUp+1440£425+32.81 %
SurreyDown-840£425+36.00 %
West MidlandsUp+138£325+8.33 %
East of EnglandUp+1532£400-3.03 %
EdinburghDown-829£463+15.62 %
North WestDown-4628£325-14.75 %
East MidlandsUp+625£365-16.57 %
West YorkshireDown-325£428+31.53 %
BristolUp+823£330+20.00 %
WiltshireDown-522£388-7.46 %
BuckinghamshireUp+621£350-26.31 %
MiddlesexUp+521£500+11.11 %
HampshireUp+819£325-33.67 %
OxfordshireUp+1218£51-
BirminghamUp+117£250-16.66 %
WalesDown-1216£225-25.00 %
Milton KeynesUp+614£350-
Docklands, LondonUp+314£519+29.68 %
KentUp+913£295-26.25 %
West SussexUp+113£325-10.34 %
South WalesDown-1113£225-25.00 %
EssexUp+1111£325-

Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence.

1965 (32.75 %)Datawarehouse
2809 (27.45 %)SQL
3807 (27.38 %)Oracle
4677 (22.97 %)SAP
5660 (22.40 %)SQL Server
6647 (21.95 %)Finance
7458 (15.54 %)ETL
8388 (13.17 %)Business Objects
8388 (13.17 %)BusinessObjects
9371 (12.59 %)Banking
9371 (12.59 %)SQL Server Integration Services
10344 (11.67 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
11331 (11.23 %)Microsoft
12326 (11.06 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13310 (10.52 %)SQL Server 2005
14305 (10.35 %)Cognos
15303 (10.28 %)SAP BW
16258 (8.755 %)SAP BI
17248 (8.415 %)Data Modelling
18232 (7.872 %)OLAP
19225 (7.635 %)Oracle BI EE
20221 (7.499 %)Investment Banking
21216 (7.329 %)CRM
22213 (7.228 %)PL/SQL
23206 (6.990 %).NET
24197 (6.685 %)T-SQL
25169 (5.735 %)MS Excel
26159 (5.395 %)Oracle Reports
27152 (5.158 %)Migration
28138 (4.683 %)ERP

Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1206 (6.990 %).NET
2119 (4.038 %)MDX
3111 (3.767 %)XML
493 (3.156 %)ASP.NET
565 (2.206 %)Web Services
651 (1.731 %)Middleware
651 (1.731 %)SAP XI
745 (1.527 %)SAP Basis
831 (1.052 %)HTML
926 (0.882 %)Silverlight
1024 (0.814 %)J2EE
1024 (0.814 %).NET Framework
1119 (0.645 %)XSD
1119 (0.645 %)WSDL
1218 (0.611 %)TopLink
1315 (0.509 %)XSLT
1315 (0.509 %)JSP
1413 (0.441 %)SAP PI
1512 (0.407 %)CSS
1611 (0.373 %)NHibernate
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1120 (4.072 %)SharePoint
2104 (3.529 %)SAS
345 (1.527 %)NetWeaver
442 (1.425 %)SharePoint Server 2007
538 (1.289 %)Oracle Workflow
625 (0.848 %)ESB
722 (0.747 %)WebLogic
722 (0.747 %)IIS
814 (0.475 %)SAP Portal
911 (0.373 %)SAP EP
107 (0.238 %)CMS
115 (0.170 %)Tomcat
123 (0.102 %)BizTalk Server
123 (0.102 %)Documentum
123 (0.102 %)Apache
132 (0.068 %)Oracle Service Bus
132 (0.068 %)Force.com
132 (0.068 %)MTS
132 (0.068 %)MQSeries
141 (0.034 %)ActiveMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1169 (5.735 %)MS Excel
262 (2.104 %)MS Visio
334 (1.154 %)MS Office
433 (1.120 %)MS Project
518 (0.611 %)CA Clarity
611 (0.373 %)MS PowerPoint
78 (0.271 %)Spreadsheet
84 (0.136 %)InfoPath
92 (0.068 %)Photoshop
92 (0.068 %)MATLAB
101 (0.034 %)S-PLUS
101 (0.034 %)Niku Workbench
101 (0.034 %)SPSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1101 (3.427 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
272 (2.443 %)SAP BPC
346 (1.561 %)Oracle EBS
444 (1.493 %)Oracle EBS R12
536 (1.222 %)Siebel Analytics
629 (0.984 %)SAP R/3
728 (0.950 %)Oracle Applications
728 (0.950 %)SAP FI
728 (0.950 %)SAP CO
827 (0.916 %)SAP CRM
827 (0.916 %)SAP FI/CO
926 (0.882 %)Oracle 11i
1020 (0.679 %)SAP GRC
1020 (0.679 %)SAP HR
1119 (0.645 %)SAP ERP
1216 (0.543 %)Dynamics CRM
1315 (0.509 %)Maximo
1315 (0.509 %)Oracle BPM
1414 (0.475 %)SAP SRM
1513 (0.441 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (0.543 %)HTTP
116 (0.543 %)Firewall
210 (0.339 %)SAN
39 (0.305 %)Internet
48 (0.271 %)Intranet
48 (0.271 %)WAN
57 (0.238 %)LDAP
57 (0.238 %)TCP/IP
66 (0.204 %)DNS
75 (0.170 %)LAN
84 (0.136 %)VPN
84 (0.136 %)3G
93 (0.102 %)X.500
93 (0.102 %)Kerberos
102 (0.068 %)CTI
102 (0.068 %)Extranet
102 (0.068 %)DSL
102 (0.068 %)Network Security
111 (0.034 %)IGMP
111 (0.034 %)IP Telephony
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1965 (32.75 %)Datawarehouse
2660 (22.40 %)SQL Server
3458 (15.54 %)ETL
4388 (13.17 %)BusinessObjects
5371 (12.59 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6344 (11.67 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
7326 (11.06 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8310 (10.52 %)SQL Server 2005
9303 (10.28 %)SAP BW
10258 (8.755 %)SAP BI
11232 (7.872 %)OLAP
12225 (7.635 %)Oracle BI EE
13159 (5.395 %)Oracle Reports
14131 (4.445 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
15123 (4.174 %)SQL Server 2008
16116 (3.936 %)BusinessObjects XI
17114 (3.868 %)Oracle 10g
1872 (2.443 %)Oracle OLAP
1969 (2.341 %)Oracle OWB
2065 (2.206 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
136 (1.222 %)Oracle Forms
222 (0.747 %)Visual Studio
222 (0.747 %)Oracle APEX
321 (0.713 %)LoadRunner
416 (0.543 %)NUnit
514 (0.475 %)VSS/SourceSafe
611 (0.373 %)Subversion
710 (0.339 %)JDeveloper
710 (0.339 %)ClearCase
88 (0.271 %)ERwin
96 (0.204 %)JUnit
96 (0.204 %)ClearQuest
105 (0.170 %)PeopleTools
114 (0.136 %)JIRA
123 (0.102 %)Maven
123 (0.102 %)jMock
123 (0.102 %)WATIR
123 (0.102 %)Selenium
123 (0.102 %)QARun
123 (0.102 %)ProC
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1647 (21.95 %)Finance
2371 (12.59 %)Banking
3221 (7.499 %)Investment Banking
4128 (4.343 %)Retail
580 (2.715 %)Government
672 (2.443 %)Marketing
759 (2.002 %)Insurance
846 (1.561 %)Back Office
940 (1.357 %)Health
1034 (1.154 %)General Ledger
1129 (0.984 %)Front Office
1228 (0.950 %)Manufacturing
1325 (0.848 %)Telecoms
1424 (0.814 %)Pharmaceutical
1523 (0.780 %)Billing
1620 (0.679 %)Games
1715 (0.509 %)Financial Institution
1814 (0.475 %)Retail Banking
1913 (0.441 %)Construction
2010 (0.339 %)Education
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1923 (31.32 %)Developer
2574 (19.48 %)Analyst
3554 (18.80 %)Consultant
4336 (11.40 %)Architect
5301 (10.21 %)Business Analyst
6273 (9.264 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
7233 (7.906 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
8215 (7.296 %)SAP Consultant
9157 (5.327 %)Project Manager
10154 (5.226 %)SQL Developer
11134 (4.547 %)Oracle Developer
12133 (4.513 %)Business Developer
13128 (4.343 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst
14110 (3.733 %)SAP BI Consultant
1589 (3.020 %)SQL Server Developer
1688 (2.986 %)Business Consultant
1784 (2.850 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Architect
1879 (2.681 %)Designer
1977 (2.613 %)Data Analyst
2073 (2.477 %)SAP Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1102 (3.461 %)NHS
254 (1.832 %)FMCG
348 (1.629 %)Management Information System
440 (1.357 %)Derivative
538 (1.289 %)Data Integration
631 (1.052 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
724 (0.814 %)Credit Risk
822 (0.747 %)Data Extraction
919 (0.645 %)Statistics
1018 (0.611 %)Cloud Computing
1117 (0.577 %)Fixed Income
1213 (0.441 %)Mathematics
1213 (0.441 %)Visualisation
1312 (0.407 %)Computer Science
1411 (0.373 %)Credit Derivative
1411 (0.373 %)Informatics
158 (0.271 %)Equities
158 (0.271 %)Data Protection Act
158 (0.271 %)Dutch Language
158 (0.271 %)French Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1138 (4.683 %)UNIX
263 (2.138 %)Windows
325 (0.848 %)Linux
421 (0.713 %)Windows Server 2003
515 (0.509 %)Solaris
613 (0.441 %)AIX
613 (0.441 %)Windows XP
75 (0.170 %)MVS
75 (0.170 %)HPUX
84 (0.136 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (0.034 %)Debian
91 (0.034 %)zOS
91 (0.034 %)Windows 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1248 (8.415 %)Data Modelling
2216 (7.329 %)CRM
3152 (5.158 %)Migration
4138 (4.683 %)ERP
5133 (4.513 %)Project Management
6124 (4.208 %)Business Analysis
7101 (3.427 %)Dimensional Modelling
894 (3.190 %)Workflow
991 (3.088 %)Data Analysis
1086 (2.918 %)Agile Software Development
1177 (2.613 %)Data Migration
1274 (2.511 %)SOA
1370 (2.375 %)PRINCE2
1461 (2.070 %)Data Management
1560 (2.036 %)Asset Management
1656 (1.900 %)Stakeholder Management
1754 (1.832 %)Performance Management
1846 (1.561 %)Information Management
1942 (1.425 %)UML
2041 (1.391 %)Performance Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1809 (27.45 %)SQL
2213 (7.228 %)PL/SQL
3197 (6.685 %)T-SQL
4121 (4.106 %)C#
5114 (3.868 %)Java
690 (3.054 %)ABAP
765 (2.206 %)C
847 (1.595 %)VBA
936 (1.222 %)VB
1034 (1.154 %)VB.NET
1127 (0.916 %)JavaScript
1217 (0.577 %)SAS Macro
1314 (0.475 %)Shell Script
1413 (0.441 %)VBScript
159 (0.305 %)C++
165 (0.170 %)Perl
173 (0.102 %)PeopleCode
173 (0.102 %)SQR
173 (0.102 %)Ada
182 (0.068 %)Bash shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
180 (2.715 %)Security Cleared
253 (1.798 %)Degree
342 (1.425 %)SC Cleared
434 (1.154 %)ISEB
518 (0.611 %)OCA
518 (0.611 %)Oracle Certification
614 (0.475 %)MCTS
713 (0.441 %)OCP
812 (0.407 %)PRINCE2 Certification
911 (0.373 %)CIMA
109 (0.305 %)ACCA
109 (0.305 %)Microsoft Certification
118 (0.271 %)PMI Certification
126 (0.204 %)BC Cleared
126 (0.204 %)MCDBA
126 (0.204 %)PMP
135 (0.170 %)MCP
144 (0.136 %)CTC Cleared
144 (0.136 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
153 (0.102 %)CIW
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
171 (2.409 %)QA
25 (0.170 %)SLA
25 (0.170 %)GAMP
34 (0.136 %)Basel II
43 (0.102 %)PCI DSS
52 (0.068 %)GAAP
61 (0.034 %)GxP
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (0.271 %)Active Directory
27 (0.238 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.068 %)ISA Server
32 (0.068 %)Oracle RAC
41 (0.034 %)SAP ITS
41 (0.034 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.034 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
41 (0.034 %)NFS
41 (0.034 %)Tivoli Directory Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.136 %)SCOM
23 (0.102 %)OpenView
32 (0.068 %)WhatsUp Gold
32 (0.068 %)Tivoli
41 (0.034 %)Cisco IPCC
41 (0.034 %)NetBackup
41 (0.034 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
41 (0.034 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.034 %)Unicenter
41 (0.034 %)Dollar Universe
41 (0.034 %)HP Quality Center
41 (0.034 %)Data Guard
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1807 (27.38 %)Oracle
2677 (22.97 %)SAP
3388 (13.17 %)Business Objects
4331 (11.23 %)Microsoft
5305 (10.35 %)Cognos
6108 (3.665 %)Informatica
791 (3.088 %)Siebel
791 (3.088 %)MicroStrategy
857 (1.934 %)Hyperion
945 (1.527 %)ProClarity
1042 (1.425 %)Teradata
1135 (1.188 %)Ab Initio
1226 (0.882 %)IBM
1322 (0.747 %)HP
1420 (0.679 %)PeopleSoft
1519 (0.645 %)Sybase
1617 (0.577 %)Salesforce.com
1713 (0.441 %)Netezza
1811 (0.373 %)OutlookSoft
1811 (0.373 %)JD Edwards