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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Data Mining 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 Mining over the 3 months to 18 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 Database & Business Intelligence category.

LinkData Mining
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010		Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank339379444
Rank change year-on-year
Up+40Up+65
Matching contract IT job ads15460163
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.321 %0.152 %0.198 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category1.521 %0.794 %0.983 %
Daily rates quoted562677
Average daily rate£335£400£361
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.25 %+10.95 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£233£265
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£513£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£388£325
% change year-on-year
-12.90 %+19.23 %
Hourly rates quoted329
Average hourly rate£24.50£33.75£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.40 %+50.00 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£33.75£20.00
% change year-on-year
-27.40 %+68.75 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category		10127755916575
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK21.10 %19.10 %20.17 %
Daily rates quoted480824084895
Average daily rate£380£350£382
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.570 %-8.370 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£225£258
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£320£350
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted4275621133
Average hourly rate£27.50£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.38£15.00£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.00£26.70£32.00
% change year-on-year
+1.130 %-16.57 %

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 Mining
Demand Trend

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

Data Mining Demand Trend

Data Mining
Daily Rate Trend

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

Data Mining Daily Rate Trend

Data Mining
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Mining within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Data Mining Daily Rate Histogram

Data Mining
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Data Mining Hourly Rate Trend

Data Mining
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 Mining within the UK over the 3 months to 18 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+59153£335-16.25 %
LondonUp+195£335-25.55 %
City of LondonDown-4328£550+18.91 %
South EastUp+223£324-19.06 %
BerkshireUp+1412£260-
North WestUp+211£290-42.00 %
ManchesterDown-137£270-46.00 %
South WestUp+36£400+60.00 %
East of EnglandUp+144£450+125.00 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-4--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-4--
HampshireNew entry-4--
MidlandsUp+113--
East MidlandsUp+13--
SurreyDown-113£388-
CheshireDown-153£290-17.14 %
NottinghamNew entry-3--
NottinghamshireNew entry-3--
Docklands, LondonNew entry-3£316-
West MidlandsUp+62--
East AngliaNew entry-2£400-
West YorkshireNew entry-2£325-
YorkshireNew entry-2£325-
LeedsNew entry-2£325-
Alderley EdgeNew entry-2£290-
BasingstokeNew entry-2--
HertfordshireUp+111--
WiltshireUp+81£375-
MacclesfieldUp+51£320-8.57 %
ScotlandDown-111--

Data Mining
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Data Mining 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 Mining.

1144 (52.55 %)SQL
282 (29.93 %)SAS
372 (26.28 %)Marketing
463 (22.99 %)SPSS
557 (20.80 %)Oracle
557 (20.80 %)Degree
655 (20.07 %)VBA
750 (18.25 %)Banking
848 (17.52 %)Market Research
947 (17.15 %)Mathematics
947 (17.15 %)Logistic Regression
947 (17.15 %)Finance
1042 (15.33 %)Economics
1042 (15.33 %)Physics
1138 (13.87 %)Cognos
1236 (13.14 %)Data Modelling
1334 (12.41 %)SQL Server
1433 (12.04 %)Data Analysis
1531 (11.31 %)Business Objects
1531 (11.31 %)Datawarehouse
1531 (11.31 %)BusinessObjects
1630 (10.95 %)MS Excel
1729 (10.58 %)Microsoft
1828 (10.22 %)UNIX
1927 (9.854 %)Statistical Analysis
2026 (9.489 %)Investment Banking
2026 (9.489 %)Windows
2124 (8.759 %)Business Intelligence
2222 (8.029 %)ETL
2319 (6.934 %).NET

Data Mining
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Data Mining 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 Mining. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
119 (6.934 %).NET
213 (4.745 %)XML
35 (1.825 %)SOAP
43 (1.095 %)J2EE
43 (1.095 %)HTML
52 (0.730 %)ASP.NET
52 (0.730 %)XSLT
52 (0.730 %)XML Schema
61 (0.365 %)XHTML
61 (0.365 %)STL
61 (0.365 %)XSL
61 (0.365 %)COM
61 (0.365 %)JSP
61 (0.365 %)ASP
61 (0.365 %)XML Messaging
61 (0.365 %)WebSphere
61 (0.365 %)MDX
61 (0.365 %)Boost C++ Libraries
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
182 (29.93 %)SAS
25 (1.825 %)SharePoint
25 (1.825 %)WebLogic
25 (1.825 %)SharePoint Server 2007
34 (1.460 %)SharePoint Portal Server
41 (0.365 %)MTS
41 (0.365 %)IIS
41 (0.365 %)ArcGIS
41 (0.365 %)ArcSDE
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
163 (22.99 %)SPSS
230 (10.95 %)MS Excel
35 (1.825 %)MS Office
44 (1.460 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.730 %)MS Visio
61 (0.365 %)MATLAB
61 (0.365 %)MS Project
61 (0.365 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (3.650 %)ION MarketView
29 (3.285 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
32 (0.730 %)Dynamics CRM
32 (0.730 %)Summit
32 (0.730 %)SAP R/3
41 (0.365 %)BancWare
41 (0.365 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (6.204 %)SMS
215 (5.474 %)3G
35 (1.825 %)TELNET
35 (1.825 %)SSH
44 (1.460 %)LDAP
44 (1.460 %)Internet
52 (0.730 %)TETRA
61 (0.365 %)GPRS
61 (0.365 %)GSM
61 (0.365 %)HTTP
61 (0.365 %)TCP/IP
61 (0.365 %)VPN
61 (0.365 %)Firewall
61 (0.365 %)VLAN
61 (0.365 %)Cisco PIX
61 (0.365 %)Cisco ASA
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (12.41 %)SQL Server
231 (11.31 %)Datawarehouse
231 (11.31 %)BusinessObjects
322 (8.029 %)ETL
417 (6.204 %)Clementine
514 (5.109 %)MS Access
611 (4.015 %)Text Mining
78 (2.920 %)SQL Server 2005
78 (2.920 %)SQL Server 2000
78 (2.920 %)Crystal Reports
87 (2.555 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
87 (2.555 %)Base SAS
96 (2.190 %)SQL Server Integration Services
105 (1.825 %)SQL Server 7
105 (1.825 %)Oracle 10g
105 (1.825 %)SQL Server 2008
114 (1.460 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
114 (1.460 %)Oracle BI EE
114 (1.460 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
114 (1.460 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.365 %)Visual Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
172 (26.28 %)Marketing
250 (18.25 %)Banking
347 (17.15 %)Finance
426 (9.489 %)Investment Banking
518 (6.569 %)Telecoms
613 (4.745 %)Insurance
613 (4.745 %)Retail
712 (4.380 %)Front Office
811 (4.015 %)Pensions
99 (3.285 %)Publishing
99 (3.285 %)Auditing
107 (2.555 %)Government
107 (2.555 %)Health
116 (2.190 %)Billing
116 (2.190 %)Back Office
124 (1.460 %)Education
133 (1.095 %)Pharmaceutical
133 (1.095 %)Retail Banking
142 (0.730 %)Criminal Justice
151 (0.365 %)Advertising
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1169 (61.68 %)Analyst
267 (24.45 %)Data Analyst
353 (19.34 %)SAS Analyst
444 (16.06 %)Data Manager
540 (14.60 %)Developer
637 (13.50 %)Programmer
731 (11.31 %)SAS Programmer
829 (10.58 %)SAS Data Analyst
920 (7.299 %)Business Analyst
1018 (6.569 %)Performance Analyst
1117 (6.204 %)Consultant
1214 (5.109 %)Network Analyst
1214 (5.109 %)Network Performance Analyst
1313 (4.745 %)SAS Consultant
1412 (4.380 %)Architect
1412 (4.380 %)Senior Analyst
1510 (3.650 %)Insight Analyst
1510 (3.650 %)SQL Developer
1510 (3.650 %)Support Analyst
167 (2.555 %)Data Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
147 (17.15 %)Mathematics
242 (15.33 %)Economics
242 (15.33 %)Physics
311 (4.015 %)Fixed Income
47 (2.555 %)Credit Risk
56 (2.190 %)Data Integration
56 (2.190 %)Market Risk
56 (2.190 %)Statistics
65 (1.825 %)Computer Science
74 (1.460 %)Data Conversion
74 (1.460 %)Data Extraction
74 (1.460 %)Informatics
74 (1.460 %)Taxonomies
83 (1.095 %)Client/Server
83 (1.095 %)Replication
83 (1.095 %)Equities
83 (1.095 %)Derivative
83 (1.095 %)Life Science
83 (1.095 %)FMCG
92 (0.730 %)Visualisation
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
128 (10.22 %)UNIX
226 (9.489 %)Windows
311 (4.015 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (1.825 %)Windows CE
54 (1.460 %)Linux
63 (1.095 %)HPUX
63 (1.095 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (0.730 %)Windows 2000 Server
72 (0.730 %)Solaris
81 (0.365 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
148 (17.52 %)Market Research
247 (17.15 %)Logistic Regression
336 (13.14 %)Data Modelling
433 (12.04 %)Data Analysis
527 (9.854 %)Statistical Analysis
624 (8.759 %)Business Intelligence
719 (6.934 %)Business Analysis
814 (5.109 %)Risk Management
911 (4.015 %)CRM
109 (3.285 %)Validation
109 (3.285 %)Project Management
109 (3.285 %)Financial Analysis
109 (3.285 %)Algorithmic Trading
117 (2.555 %)User Acceptance Testing
117 (2.555 %)Stress Testing
126 (2.190 %)Data Mapping
126 (2.190 %)Time Management
126 (2.190 %)ITIL
126 (2.190 %)RAD
135 (1.825 %)SOA
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1144 (52.55 %)SQL
255 (20.07 %)VBA
314 (5.109 %)VB
413 (4.745 %)PL/SQL
58 (2.920 %)Perl
58 (2.920 %)VB.NET
58 (2.920 %)T-SQL
67 (2.555 %)C#
76 (2.190 %)SAS Macro
85 (1.825 %)VB6
94 (1.460 %)C
94 (1.460 %)JavaScript
94 (1.460 %)VBScript
103 (1.095 %)C++
103 (1.095 %)Java
111 (0.365 %)Shell Script
111 (0.365 %)Python
111 (0.365 %)VC++
111 (0.365 %)J#
111 (0.365 %)XPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
157 (20.80 %)Degree
211 (4.015 %)Security Cleared
36 (2.190 %)SC Cleared
42 (0.730 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.365 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.365 %)CCSP
51 (0.365 %)CCNA
51 (0.365 %)ISEB
51 (0.365 %)Cisco Certification
51 (0.365 %)PhD
51 (0.365 %)MCP
51 (0.365 %)MCSA
51 (0.365 %)MCDBA
51 (0.365 %)CTC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.095 %)Basel II
13 (1.095 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.365 %)Oracle RMAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.365 %)Nagios
11 (0.365 %)OpenView
11 (0.365 %)SCOM
11 (0.365 %)Data Guard
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
157 (20.80 %)Oracle
238 (13.87 %)Cognos
331 (11.31 %)Business Objects
429 (10.58 %)Microsoft
510 (3.650 %)ION Trading
69 (3.285 %)SAP
75 (1.825 %)Informatica
75 (1.825 %)MicroStrategy
75 (1.825 %)Siebel
75 (1.825 %)Sybase
75 (1.825 %)Teradata
84 (1.460 %)Ab Initio
84 (1.460 %)Salesforce.com
93 (1.095 %)HP
93 (1.095 %)Red Hat
93 (1.095 %)IBM
93 (1.095 %)PeopleSoft
102 (0.730 %)DataFlux
102 (0.730 %)KXEN
102 (0.730 %)Sun
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