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The table below looks at the demand for Data Integration skills across the UK with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Integration over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkData Integration
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank472539
Rank change on same period last yearUp+67
Matching contract IT job ads99134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.138 %0.135 %
As % of the category below0.656 %0.638 %
Daily rates quoted4234
Average minimum daily rate£418£399
Average daily rate£448£431
% change on same period last year+3.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£478£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£419£402
% change on same period last year+4.03 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£19.33£33.33
Average hourly rate£19.33£36.67
% change on same period last year-47.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.33£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.33-
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1510221007
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.10 %21.11 %
Daily rates quoted58177374
Average minimum daily rate£436£465
Average daily rate£469£499
% change on same period last year-5.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£502£532
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£345
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Hourly rates quoted12001700
Average minimum hourly rate£23.99£24.33
Average hourly rate£25.89£26.20
% change on same period last year-1.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.78£28.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.83£26.95
% change on same period last year-7.89 %

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.

Data Integration
Demand Trend

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

Data Integration Demand Trend

Data Integration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Data Integration Daily Rate Trend

Data Integration
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Integration within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Data Integration Daily Rate Histogram

Data Integration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Data Integration Hourly Rate Trend

Data Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Integration within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Data Integration Hourly Rate Histogram

Data Integration
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 Data Integration within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+5495£446+2.76 %
LondonUp+5264£467+4.38 %
City of LondonUp+323£476+2.31 %
South WestNew entry-8£475-
North WestUp+206£500-
South EastUp+194£467+24.77 %
East of EnglandUp+244£300-
YorkshireUp+174£300-40.00 %
WiltshireNew entry-4£488-
South WalesNew entry-3£555-
NewportNew entry-3£555-
SwindonNew entry-3£488-
West YorkshireUp+93£300-40.00 %
WalesNew entry-3£555-
SomersetNew entry-2--
EssexUp+62£325-
TauntonNew entry-2--
LeedsDown-42£300-40.00 %
CumbriaNew entry-2£500-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-2£418-
BelfastNew entry-1--
HampshireNew entry-1£500-
BerkshireUp+301£500+53.84 %
BristolNew entry-1£450-
BlackpoolNew entry-1--
NottinghamDown-61£350-
NottinghamshireUp+11£350-
Tyne and WearNew entry-1--
LancashireNew entry-1--
CheshireUp+91--

Data Integration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Data Integration 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 Data Integration.

176 (33.78 %)SQL
261 (27.11 %)Datawarehouse
360 (26.67 %)Oracle
360 (26.67 %)ETL
455 (24.44 %)SQL Server
547 (20.89 %)Finance
641 (18.22 %)Migration
740 (17.78 %)XML
834 (15.11 %)Business Objects
834 (15.11 %)BusinessObjects
933 (14.67 %)Data Modelling
933 (14.67 %)Business Intelligence
1028 (12.44 %)Banking
1124 (10.67 %)Data Migration
1223 (10.22 %)Data Analysis
1223 (10.22 %)Investment Banking
1321 (9.333 %)SAS
1321 (9.333 %)CRM
1321 (9.333 %)Reference Data
1420 (8.889 %)UNIX
1420 (8.889 %)ERwin
1518 (8.000 %)Informatica
1518 (8.000 %)Java
1617 (7.556 %)PL/SQL
1716 (7.111 %)MS Access
1815 (6.667 %)Data Management
1914 (6.222 %).NET
1914 (6.222 %)JavaScript
1914 (6.222 %)Security Cleared
1914 (6.222 %)Business Analysis

Data Integration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Data Integration 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 Data Integration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
140 (17.78 %)XML
214 (6.222 %).NET
311 (4.889 %)HTML
311 (4.889 %)XSLT
49 (4.000 %)CSS
49 (4.000 %)XML Schema
58 (3.556 %)WebSphere
58 (3.556 %)ASP.NET
66 (2.667 %)J2EE
75 (2.222 %)WebServices
75 (2.222 %)WPF
84 (1.778 %)XML Messaging
93 (1.333 %)Spring
93 (1.333 %)Middleware
93 (1.333 %)MVC
93 (1.333 %)JSTL
93 (1.333 %)Spring MVC
93 (1.333 %)ASP
93 (1.333 %)XHTML
93 (1.333 %)EDI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (9.333 %)SAS
26 (2.667 %)MQSeries
35 (2.222 %)Lotus Domino
43 (1.333 %)BizTalk Server
43 (1.333 %)WebLogic
43 (1.333 %)ESB
52 (0.889 %)SharePoint
61 (0.444 %)Apache
61 (0.444 %)Oracle Spatial
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (4.889 %)MS Excel
111 (4.889 %)MS Visio
21 (0.444 %)SPSS
21 (0.444 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (0.444 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (2.667 %)SalesLogix
24 (1.778 %)SAP MDM
33 (1.333 %)SAP CO
33 (1.333 %)SAP SD
33 (1.333 %)Oracle EBS
33 (1.333 %)GoldMine
33 (1.333 %)Hyperion Planning
33 (1.333 %)SAP CRM
42 (0.889 %)RMDS
51 (0.444 %)Academy Housing
51 (0.444 %)arcHouse
51 (0.444 %)Oracle Applications
51 (0.444 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (0.444 %)Navision
51 (0.444 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (1.778 %)DNS
14 (1.778 %)Internet
22 (0.889 %)SAN
22 (0.889 %)HTTP
22 (0.889 %)TCP/IP
31 (0.444 %)Intranet
31 (0.444 %)RTP
31 (0.444 %)Firewall
31 (0.444 %)Wireless
31 (0.444 %)RTSP
31 (0.444 %)VoIP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
161 (27.11 %)Datawarehouse
260 (26.67 %)ETL
355 (24.44 %)SQL Server
434 (15.11 %)BusinessObjects
521 (9.333 %)Reference Data
616 (7.111 %)MS Access
713 (5.778 %)BODI
713 (5.778 %)Base SAS
812 (5.333 %)SQL Server 2005
911 (4.889 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1010 (4.444 %)Crystal Reports
119 (4.000 %)Data Mining
119 (4.000 %)Oracle 10g
119 (4.000 %)Data Mart
128 (3.556 %)DB2
137 (3.111 %)OLAP
137 (3.111 %)RDBMS
137 (3.111 %)Data Cleansing
146 (2.667 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
146 (2.667 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (8.889 %)ERwin
210 (4.444 %)AllFusion
38 (3.556 %)Flash
44 (1.778 %)JDeveloper
53 (1.333 %)LoadRunner
53 (1.333 %)Eclipse
62 (0.889 %)WinRunner
62 (0.889 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (0.444 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
147 (20.89 %)Finance
228 (12.44 %)Banking
323 (10.22 %)Investment Banking
411 (4.889 %)Government
55 (2.222 %)Retail
55 (2.222 %)Animation
64 (1.778 %)Marketing
64 (1.778 %)Pensions
64 (1.778 %)Health
64 (1.778 %)Front Office
73 (1.333 %)Back Office
73 (1.333 %)Telecoms
73 (1.333 %)Pharmaceutical
73 (1.333 %)Financial Institution
73 (1.333 %)Insurance
82 (0.889 %)Police
91 (0.444 %)Auditing
91 (0.444 %)FMCG
91 (0.444 %)Corporate Banking
91 (0.444 %)Education
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
174 (32.89 %)Developer
254 (24.00 %)Analyst
336 (16.00 %)Architect
431 (13.78 %)Business Analyst
523 (10.22 %)Consultant
523 (10.22 %)Data Architect
614 (6.222 %)Project Manager
711 (4.889 %)Data Analyst
810 (4.444 %)Banking Business Analyst
99 (4.000 %)Business Developer
99 (4.000 %)Access Developer
108 (3.556 %)Flash Developer
108 (3.556 %)Analyst Developer
108 (3.556 %)Java Developer
117 (3.111 %)DBA
117 (3.111 %)Systems Analyst
126 (2.667 %).NET Developer
126 (2.667 %)Data Manager
126 (2.667 %)SAS Developer
126 (2.667 %)Data Integration Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (2.222 %)NHS
24 (1.778 %)Replication
33 (1.333 %)Computer Science
33 (1.333 %)Management Information System
33 (1.333 %)Data Extraction
42 (0.889 %)Fat Client
42 (0.889 %)Thin Client
51 (0.444 %)Credit Risk
51 (0.444 %)Equities
51 (0.444 %)Derivative
51 (0.444 %)Statistics
51 (0.444 %)Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
120 (8.889 %)UNIX
28 (3.556 %)Windows
35 (2.222 %)Solaris
43 (1.333 %)Linux
43 (1.333 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.444 %)Symbian OS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
141 (18.22 %)Migration
233 (14.67 %)Data Modelling
233 (14.67 %)Business Intelligence
324 (10.67 %)Data Migration
423 (10.22 %)Data Analysis
521 (9.333 %)CRM
615 (6.667 %)Data Management
714 (6.222 %)Business Analysis
714 (6.222 %)Security Cleared
812 (5.333 %)Data Mapping
911 (4.889 %)Change Management
911 (4.889 %)SOA
109 (4.000 %)SC Cleared
109 (4.000 %)Investment Management
109 (4.000 %)Validation
118 (3.556 %)OO
127 (3.111 %)PRINCE
127 (3.111 %)Project Management
127 (3.111 %)Workflow
127 (3.111 %)Statistical Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (33.78 %)SQL
218 (8.000 %)Java
317 (7.556 %)PL/SQL
414 (6.222 %)JavaScript
512 (5.333 %)C
611 (4.889 %)C#
78 (3.556 %)ActionScript
78 (3.556 %)Shell Script
85 (2.222 %)Perl
94 (1.778 %)PHP
94 (1.778 %)VBA
103 (1.333 %)SAS Macro
103 (1.333 %)ABAP
112 (0.889 %)DHTML
121 (0.444 %)C++
121 (0.444 %)Python
121 (0.444 %)Transact-SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (2.222 %)Degree
22 (0.889 %)ISEB
22 (0.889 %)ISTQB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.889 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (1.333 %)Oracle RAC
22 (0.889 %)MSMQ
22 (0.889 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
160 (26.67 %)Oracle
234 (15.11 %)Business Objects
318 (8.000 %)Informatica
413 (5.778 %)Sybase
413 (5.778 %)IBM
510 (4.444 %)Microsoft
510 (4.444 %)SAP
68 (3.556 %)CA
77 (3.111 %)Hyperion
86 (2.667 %)Embarcadero
95 (2.222 %)Cognos
95 (2.222 %)Lotus
95 (2.222 %)salesforce.com
104 (1.778 %)Siebel
113 (1.333 %)TIBCO
113 (1.333 %)webMethods
113 (1.333 %)Mercator
113 (1.333 %)Reuters
122 (0.889 %)BEA
122 (0.889 %)MicroStrategy