Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Data Migration skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Migration over the 3 months to 22 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.

LinkData Migration
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank130120137
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+17
Matching contract IT job ads637525965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.311 %1.323 %1.177 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.227 %2.496 %2.363 %
Daily rates quoted277175346
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£272£275£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£500£551
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.330 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted91453
Average hourly rate£27.50£22.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00 %-26.66 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.60£14.70£14.59
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£46.80£39.40£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.75£27.00£33.00
% change year-on-year
+2.770 %-18.18 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
286022103040843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK58.85 %52.99 %49.80 %
Daily rates quoted13778745914073
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£357£375
% change year-on-year
-1.960 %-4.800 %
Hourly rates quoted115712202458
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£12.00£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£27.73£30.00
% change year-on-year
-11.63 %-7.580 %

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.

Data Migration
Demand Trend

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

Data Migration Demand Trend

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Data Migration Daily Rate Trend

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Migration within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Data Migration Daily Rate Histogram

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Data Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Migration within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Data Migration Hourly Rate Histogram

Data Migration
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 Migration within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
EnglandDown-28522£400+6.66 %
LondonDown-23241£428+6.87 %
South EastDown-1690£313-16.66 %
City of LondonDown-4567£430+4.24 %
WalesUp+3551£450+44.00 %
South WestDown-1647£395-9.71 %
ScotlandUp+1037£351+2.93 %
BerkshireDown-1430£313-18.83 %
North WestDown-729£275-35.29 %
YorkshireUp+227£330-12.00 %
South WalesUp+2326£450+44.00 %
West MidlandsUp+1126£375+3.44 %
EdinburghUp+324£340-21.15 %
West YorkshireDown-1816£350-12.50 %
East of EnglandUp+1915£425+71.71 %
SwanseaNew entry-15£450-
West WalesNew entry-15£450-
HampshireUp+914£300-
GloucestershireUp+2013£395-
WiltshireDown-813£383-12.57 %
Canary WharfDown-1813£540+67.51 %
ManchesterDown-612£263-41.66 %
SwindonDown-712£383-12.57 %
North EastUp+311£331+1.92 %
MidlandsUp+810£400-
East MidlandsDown-59£350-18.36 %
BristolDown-89--
NewburyDown-18£153-
CambridgeshireUp+97£438-
NewportUp+87£500-

Data Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Data Migration 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 Migration.

11242 (100.00 %)Migration
2321 (25.85 %)Finance
3299 (24.07 %)SQL
4270 (21.74 %)Oracle
5238 (19.16 %)SAP
6154 (12.40 %)Banking
7150 (12.08 %)ETL
8140 (11.27 %)SQL Server
9113 (9.098 %)Data Analysis
10111 (8.937 %)Datawarehouse
11103 (8.293 %)Project Management
1296 (7.729 %)Security Cleared
1390 (7.246 %)Data Modelling
1483 (6.683 %)Government
1582 (6.602 %)XML
1582 (6.602 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1680 (6.441 %)Business Analysis
1779 (6.361 %)Data Cleansing
1876 (6.119 %)Business Intelligence
1975 (6.039 %)Microsoft
2074 (5.958 %)ERP
2169 (5.556 %)Business Objects
2169 (5.556 %)BusinessObjects
2266 (5.314 %)CRM
2365 (5.233 %)Data Mapping
2464 (5.153 %)Investment Banking
2562 (4.992 %)UNIX
2659 (4.750 %)Data Conversion
2757 (4.589 %)SC Cleared
2856 (4.509 %)User Acceptance Testing

Data Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Data Migration 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 Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
182 (6.602 %)XML
237 (2.979 %).NET
321 (1.691 %)Web Services
417 (1.369 %)XML Schema
417 (1.369 %)SAP XI
516 (1.288 %)ASP.NET
613 (1.047 %)XML Messaging
712 (0.966 %)SAP ALE
712 (0.966 %)Middleware
811 (0.886 %)J2EE
910 (0.805 %)BAPI
109 (0.725 %)WDK
117 (0.564 %)XSL
117 (0.564 %)Visualforce
126 (0.483 %)CSS
135 (0.403 %)HTML
135 (0.403 %)XSD
144 (0.322 %)EDI
144 (0.322 %)SAP Smart Forms
144 (0.322 %)SAP Basis
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
136 (2.899 %)SAS
235 (2.818 %)SharePoint
316 (1.288 %)Documentum
413 (1.047 %)CMS
510 (0.805 %)IIS
69 (0.725 %)BizTalk Server
69 (0.725 %)SharePoint Server 2007
77 (0.564 %)NetWeaver
86 (0.483 %)Lotus Notes
86 (0.483 %)Lotus Domino
94 (0.322 %)Oracle Workflow
103 (0.242 %)MS Exchange
112 (0.161 %)Exchange Server 2007
112 (0.161 %)ArcGIS
121 (0.081 %)LiveLink
121 (0.081 %)Content Management Server
121 (0.081 %)WebLogic
121 (0.081 %)Tuxedo
121 (0.081 %)Office Communications Server
121 (0.081 %)Xaraya
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
142 (3.382 %)MS Visio
239 (3.140 %)MS Excel
320 (1.610 %)MS Office
415 (1.208 %)Spreadsheet
59 (0.725 %)MS Project
66 (0.483 %)CA Clarity
74 (0.322 %)InfoPath
81 (0.081 %)Windchill
81 (0.081 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
137 (2.979 %)SAP FI
227 (2.174 %)SAP HR
324 (1.932 %)SAP CO
423 (1.852 %)SAP FI/CO
520 (1.610 %)Oracle EBS
616 (1.288 %)Dynamics CRM
616 (1.288 %)SAP Payroll
616 (1.288 %)SAP SD
714 (1.127 %)Summit
812 (0.966 %)Oracle EBS R12
99 (0.725 %)Oracle Financials
99 (0.725 %)Dynamics AX
99 (0.725 %)SAP ERP
107 (0.564 %)Oracle Applications
107 (0.564 %)Oracle HRMS
107 (0.564 %)Hyperion Planning
107 (0.564 %)SAP FI-GL
107 (0.564 %)SAP PLM
116 (0.483 %)SAP SRM
116 (0.483 %)SAP CCM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (1.047 %)SAN
210 (0.805 %)NAS
37 (0.564 %)Internet
37 (0.564 %)iSCSI
45 (0.403 %)Intranet
54 (0.322 %)LAN
54 (0.322 %)WAN
54 (0.322 %)FTP
54 (0.322 %)Firewall
63 (0.242 %)BSS
72 (0.161 %)ATM
72 (0.161 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.161 %)DHCP
72 (0.161 %)DNS
81 (0.081 %)3G
81 (0.081 %)NGN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1150 (12.08 %)ETL
2140 (11.27 %)SQL Server
3111 (8.937 %)Datawarehouse
482 (6.602 %)SQL Server Integration Services
579 (6.361 %)Data Cleansing
669 (5.556 %)BusinessObjects
743 (3.462 %)SQL Server 2005
841 (3.301 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
924 (1.932 %)BODI
1023 (1.852 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1122 (1.771 %)Oracle 10g
1221 (1.691 %)Oracle 8/8i
1320 (1.610 %)Oracle OWB
1320 (1.610 %)RDBMS
1320 (1.610 %)SAP BW
1419 (1.530 %)MS Access
1518 (1.449 %)Reference Data
1518 (1.449 %)SQL Server 2008
1615 (1.208 %)SQL Server 2000
1713 (1.047 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
124 (1.932 %)LSMW
210 (0.805 %)ClearCase
39 (0.725 %)ERwin
39 (0.725 %)Oracle APEX
47 (0.564 %)TestDirector
56 (0.483 %)Visual Studio
65 (0.403 %)ClearQuest
74 (0.322 %)FitNesse
74 (0.322 %)Oracle Forms
83 (0.242 %)Rational Robot
83 (0.242 %)PowerDesigner
83 (0.242 %)Selenium
92 (0.161 %)Talend Open Studio
92 (0.161 %)Eclipse
92 (0.161 %)VSS/SourceSafe
92 (0.161 %)WinRunner
101 (0.081 %)QuickTest Pro
101 (0.081 %)LoadRunner
101 (0.081 %)Dreamweaver
101 (0.081 %)JDeveloper
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1321 (25.85 %)Finance
2154 (12.40 %)Banking
383 (6.683 %)Government
464 (5.153 %)Investment Banking
555 (4.428 %)Retail
644 (3.543 %)Insurance
734 (2.738 %)Front Office
833 (2.657 %)Health
833 (2.657 %)Pensions
930 (2.415 %)Retail Banking
1029 (2.335 %)Back Office
1119 (1.530 %)Legal
1119 (1.530 %)Manufacturing
1217 (1.369 %)Telecoms
1315 (1.208 %)Billing
1413 (1.047 %)Auditing
1511 (0.886 %)General Ledger
1610 (0.805 %)Wholesale Banking
1610 (0.805 %)Pharmaceutical
179 (0.725 %)Police
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1381 (30.68 %)Analyst
2226 (18.20 %)Consultant
3156 (12.56 %)Business Analyst
4151 (12.16 %)Data Analyst
5142 (11.43 %)Developer
6112 (9.018 %)Project Manager
787 (7.005 %)Data Migration Analyst
885 (6.844 %)SAP Consultant
971 (5.717 %)Data Manager
1069 (5.556 %)Architect
1153 (4.267 %)Data Consultant
1252 (4.187 %)Migration Consultant
1347 (3.784 %)Data Migration Consultant
1437 (2.979 %)Test Analyst
1532 (2.576 %)Systems Analyst
1630 (2.415 %)Data Migration Specialist
1729 (2.335 %)SQL Developer
1828 (2.254 %)DBA
1926 (2.093 %)Data Architect
2024 (1.932 %)Solutions Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
159 (4.750 %)Data Conversion
256 (4.509 %)NHS
337 (2.979 %)Derivative
430 (2.415 %)Management Information System
526 (2.093 %)Replication
625 (2.013 %)Data Integration
724 (1.932 %)Data Extraction
724 (1.932 %)Mainframe
815 (1.208 %)Equity Derivative
910 (0.805 %)FMCG
910 (0.805 %)NPfIT
108 (0.644 %)Life Science
108 (0.644 %)Taxonomies
117 (0.564 %)VAX
126 (0.483 %)Interest Rate Derivative
126 (0.483 %)N-Tier
135 (0.403 %)Credit Risk
135 (0.403 %)Informatics
144 (0.322 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
144 (0.322 %)AS400
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
162 (4.992 %)UNIX
249 (3.945 %)Windows
321 (1.691 %)Solaris
418 (1.449 %)Linux
513 (1.047 %)Windows XP
612 (0.966 %)Windows Server 2003
711 (0.886 %)HPUX
89 (0.725 %)AIX
96 (0.483 %)Windows Server 2008
105 (0.403 %)Windows Vista
112 (0.161 %)Windows 2000
121 (0.081 %)zOS
121 (0.081 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11242 (100.00 %)Migration
2113 (9.098 %)Data Analysis
3103 (8.293 %)Project Management
490 (7.246 %)Data Modelling
580 (6.441 %)Business Analysis
676 (6.119 %)Business Intelligence
774 (5.958 %)ERP
866 (5.314 %)CRM
965 (5.233 %)Data Mapping
1056 (4.509 %)User Acceptance Testing
1147 (3.784 %)Stakeholder Management
1238 (3.060 %)PRINCE2
1332 (2.576 %)Workflow
1431 (2.496 %)Time Management
1530 (2.415 %)Data Management
1627 (2.174 %)Change Management
1627 (2.174 %)Validation
1725 (2.013 %)Integration Testing
1824 (1.932 %)Information Management
1922 (1.771 %)UML
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1299 (24.07 %)SQL
252 (4.187 %)PL/SQL
348 (3.865 %)T-SQL
441 (3.301 %)C
526 (2.093 %)ABAP
621 (1.691 %)C#
717 (1.369 %)Shell Script
815 (1.208 %)Java
914 (1.127 %)VBA
1013 (1.047 %)VB
1112 (0.966 %)Perl
128 (0.644 %)SAS Macro
128 (0.644 %)FoxPro (VFP)
136 (0.483 %)PHP
136 (0.483 %)VB.NET
145 (0.403 %)SQR
145 (0.403 %)JavaScript
145 (0.403 %)Delphi
154 (0.322 %)Apex Code
154 (0.322 %)PeopleCode
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
196 (7.729 %)Security Cleared
257 (4.589 %)SC Cleared
321 (1.691 %)Degree
412 (0.966 %)PRINCE2 Certification
412 (0.966 %)Citrix Certification
511 (0.886 %)ISEB
69 (0.725 %)DV Cleared
69 (0.725 %)BC Cleared
77 (0.564 %)Microsoft Certification
85 (0.403 %)MCDBA
85 (0.403 %)MCITP
94 (0.322 %)CTC Cleared
103 (0.242 %)CIMA
103 (0.242 %)PMP
103 (0.242 %)PMI Certification
112 (0.161 %)ISEB Practitioner
112 (0.161 %)MCSE
112 (0.161 %)ITIL Certification
121 (0.081 %)MBA
121 (0.081 %)CIPFA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (0.644 %)QA
25 (0.403 %)MiFID
33 (0.242 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.242 %)SNOMED CT
41 (0.081 %)Basel II
41 (0.081 %)GAAP
41 (0.081 %)SLA
41 (0.081 %)ISO9001
41 (0.081 %)GxP
41 (0.081 %)ISO/IEC 20000
41 (0.081 %)HL7
41 (0.081 %)ISO27001
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (0.966 %)Active Directory
211 (0.886 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (0.564 %)NFS
37 (0.564 %)Oracle RAC
43 (0.242 %)Oracle RMAN
43 (0.242 %)Tivoli Directory Server
52 (0.161 %)NDS
61 (0.081 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.081 %)ISA Server
61 (0.081 %)Terminal Server
61 (0.081 %)Veritas Volume Manager
61 (0.081 %)Veritas File System
61 (0.081 %)Veritas Cluster Server
61 (0.081 %)SRDF
61 (0.081 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.403 %)Netcool
23 (0.242 %)HP Quality Center
32 (0.161 %)Data Guard
32 (0.161 %)Norton AntiVirus
32 (0.161 %)CONTROL-M
32 (0.161 %)NetBackup
41 (0.081 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.081 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.081 %)Legato
41 (0.081 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1270 (21.74 %)Oracle
2238 (19.16 %)SAP
375 (6.039 %)Microsoft
469 (5.556 %)Business Objects
547 (3.784 %)Siebel
633 (2.657 %)IBM
726 (2.093 %)Informatica
820 (1.610 %)Sybase
820 (1.610 %)PeopleSoft
918 (1.449 %)Hyperion
1014 (1.127 %)Salesforce.com
1014 (1.127 %)VMware
1113 (1.047 %)HP
1211 (0.886 %)iSOFT
1211 (0.886 %)Sun
1211 (0.886 %)Cognos
1310 (0.805 %)Ab Initio
149 (0.725 %)Brocade
149 (0.725 %)DataFlux
158 (0.644 %)NetApp