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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Database Specialist role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Database Specialist in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

 Database Specialist
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010		Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank480428594
Rank change year-on-year
Down-52Up+166
Matching contract IT job ads71112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.015 %0.028 %0.015 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.016 %0.030 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted457
Average daily rate£475£450£310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.550 %+45.16 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£367£420£215
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£563£465£420
UK excluding London average daily rate-£450£250
% change year-on-year
-+80.00 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		439113619676445
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.47 %91.48 %93.02 %
Daily rates quoted200131152823640
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£225£213£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted251530376716
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.500 %-9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-9.090 %

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.

Database Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Database Specialist within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Database Specialist Demand Trend

Database Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Database Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Database Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Database Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

Database Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Database Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Database Specialist
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Specialist 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
EnglandDown-417£475+5.55 %
LondonDown-657£475+18.75 %
City of LondonDown-691£600+50.00 %

Database Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Database Specialist in their job title 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 with Database Specialist in their job title.

17 (58.33 %)SQL
17 (58.33 %)SQL Server
26 (50.00 %)Oracle
26 (50.00 %)ETL
35 (41.67 %)Datawarehouse
44 (33.33 %)Finance
44 (33.33 %)Banking
53 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
53 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
53 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2008
53 (25.00 %)Pentaho
53 (25.00 %)MS Excel
53 (25.00 %)Business Objects
53 (25.00 %)JavaScript
53 (25.00 %)Microsoft
53 (25.00 %)BusinessObjects
53 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (16.67 %)OLTP
62 (16.67 %)Sybase
62 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
62 (16.67 %)Migration
71 (8.333 %)Oracle RMAN
71 (8.333 %)Billing
71 (8.333 %)Credit Derivative
71 (8.333 %)BC Cleared
71 (8.333 %)Data Guard
71 (8.333 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (8.333 %)Derivative
71 (8.333 %)Oracle RAC
71 (8.333 %)Oracle 11g

Database Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Database Specialist in their job title 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 with Database Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (8.333 %).NET
11 (8.333 %)ASP.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (25.00 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (58.33 %)SQL Server
26 (50.00 %)ETL
35 (41.67 %)Datawarehouse
43 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2008
43 (25.00 %)Pentaho
43 (25.00 %)BusinessObjects
43 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (16.67 %)OLTP
61 (8.333 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (8.333 %)Oracle 11g
61 (8.333 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
61 (8.333 %)OLAP
61 (8.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (8.333 %)Oracle 9i
61 (8.333 %)DTS
61 (8.333 %)RDBMS
61 (8.333 %)TOAD
61 (8.333 %)Oracle 10g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)ClearCase
11 (8.333 %)ClearQuest
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (33.33 %)Finance
14 (33.33 %)Banking
23 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
31 (8.333 %)Billing
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Credit Derivative
11 (8.333 %)Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (8.333 %)UNIX
11 (8.333 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (16.67 %)Migration
21 (8.333 %)Data Migration
21 (8.333 %)Business Intelligence
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (58.33 %)SQL
23 (25.00 %)JavaScript
31 (8.333 %)Java
31 (8.333 %)PL/SQL
31 (8.333 %)T-SQL
31 (8.333 %)Shell Script
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
31 (8.333 %)BC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (8.333 %)Oracle RMAN
11 (8.333 %)Oracle RAC
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (8.333 %)Data Guard
11 (8.333 %)BMC PATROL
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (50.00 %)Oracle
23 (25.00 %)Business Objects
23 (25.00 %)Microsoft
32 (16.67 %)Sybase
41 (8.333 %)Cognos
41 (8.333 %)BMC
41 (8.333 %)MicroStrategy
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