The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of DataFlux products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DataFlux over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

Note that 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAS DataFlux.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
DataFlux
Rank 512 543 589
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +46
Contract jobs citing DataFlux 29 27 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.060% 0.047% 0.019%
As % of the Vendors category 0.128% 0.100% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 3
Average daily rate £363 £413 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.12% -21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £378 £353
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £447 £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £331 £413 £538
% change year-on-year
-19.69% -23.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22661 27024 29251
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.10% 46.57% 46.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 12046 13666 14795
Average daily rate £396 £388 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.19% -4.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1218 1322 1627
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -4.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.20 £11.11
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%

DataFlux
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DataFlux within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

DataFlux Jobs Demand Trend

DataFlux
Daily Rate Trend

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

DataFlux Daily Rate Trend

DataFlux
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DataFlux within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

DataFlux Daily Rate Histogram

DataFlux
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DataFlux within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +14 27 £363 -12.12% 4
West Yorkshire - 10 £304 -
Yorkshire - 10 £304 -
London +21 7 £463 +11.44% 2
City of London +6 5 £455 -
Bradford - 5 £270 -
Daventry - 3 £350 - 1
East Midlands - 3 £350 - 1
Northamptonshire - 3 £350 - 1
Scotland - 2 - -
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Crawley - - - -
Manchester - - - -
Winchester - - - -
Hampshire - - - -
West Sussex - - - -
North West - - - -
South East - - - -

DataFlux
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DataFlux 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 DataFlux.

1 37 (74.00%) Data Quality
2 34 (68.00%) Informatica
3 25 (50.00%) ETL
4 23 (46.00%) Data Modelling
5 22 (44.00%) Metadata Management
6 20 (40.00%) ERwin
7 18 (36.00%) IBM
7 18 (36.00%) Oracle
7 18 (36.00%) Ab Initio
8 17 (34.00%) Data Management
8 17 (34.00%) Zachman Framework
8 17 (34.00%) TOGAF
8 17 (34.00%) Business Analysis
8 17 (34.00%) Waterfall
8 17 (34.00%) Kimball Methodology
8 17 (34.00%) Inmon Methodology
9 16 (32.00%) Retail
9 16 (32.00%) Finance
10 15 (30.00%) Data Governance
11 9 (18.00%) SQL
11 9 (18.00%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (16.00%) SAS
12 8 (16.00%) Migration
12 8 (16.00%) Banking
12 8 (16.00%) Corporate Banking
13 7 (14.00%) Master Data Management
14 6 (12.00%) Trillium
14 6 (12.00%) E-Commerce
14 6 (12.00%) Business Objects
14 6 (12.00%) Data Migration

DataFlux
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DataFlux 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 DataFlux. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.000%) MDX
2 1 (2.000%) Middleware
2 1 (2.000%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (16.00%) SAS
2 2 (4.000%) SharePoint 2013
2 2 (4.000%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.000%) WebLogic Portal
3 1 (2.000%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (6.000%) MS PowerPoint
1 3 (6.000%) MS Office
1 3 (6.000%) MS Visio
1 3 (6.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.000%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.000%) WAN
1 1 (2.000%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.00%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (8.000%) SQL Server
3 4 (8.000%) Oracle BI EE
4 3 (6.000%) Oracle OLAP
4 3 (6.000%) QlikView
4 3 (6.000%) OLAP
4 3 (6.000%) Data Mining
4 3 (6.000%) MS Access
4 3 (6.000%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (4.000%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (4.000%) DTS
5 2 (4.000%) TOAD
5 2 (4.000%) DataStage
5 2 (4.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (4.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.000%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (4.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (4.000%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 20 (40.00%) ERwin
General
1 16 (32.00%) Retail
1 16 (32.00%) Finance
2 8 (16.00%) Banking
2 8 (16.00%) Corporate Banking
3 3 (6.000%) Marketing
3 3 (6.000%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (48.00%) Consultant
2 13 (26.00%) Analyst
3 12 (24.00%) Data Analyst
4 8 (16.00%) Quality Analyst
4 8 (16.00%) Data Quality Analyst
5 7 (14.00%) Data Consultant
5 7 (14.00%) Architect
6 6 (12.00%) Data Architect
6 6 (12.00%) Data Quality Consultant
7 3 (6.000%) SAS Consultant
8 2 (4.000%) Developer
8 2 (4.000%) Data Modeller
8 2 (4.000%) Data Manager
8 2 (4.000%) Data Migration Manager
9 1 (2.000%) SAS Architect
9 1 (2.000%) Designer
9 1 (2.000%) Governance Analyst
9 1 (2.000%) Business Intelligence Manager
9 1 (2.000%) SAS Analyst
9 1 (2.000%) SAS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.000%) Data Integration
3 2 (4.000%) Mathematics
3 2 (4.000%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.000%) UNIX
1 1 (2.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (50.00%) ETL
2 23 (46.00%) Data Modelling
3 22 (44.00%) Metadata Management
4 17 (34.00%) Data Management
4 17 (34.00%) Zachman Framework
4 17 (34.00%) TOGAF
4 17 (34.00%) Business Analysis
4 17 (34.00%) Waterfall
4 17 (34.00%) Kimball Methodology
4 17 (34.00%) Inmon Methodology
5 15 (30.00%) Data Governance
6 8 (16.00%) Migration
7 7 (14.00%) Master Data Management
8 6 (12.00%) E-Commerce
8 6 (12.00%) Data Migration
9 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (8.000%) Business Intelligence
11 3 (6.000%) Data Cleansing
11 3 (6.000%) Information Management
11 3 (6.000%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.00%) SQL
2 2 (4.000%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
2 2 (4.000%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.000%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.000%) Java
3 1 (2.000%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.000%) OCP
3 1 (2.000%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (74.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.000%) Basel II
System Software
1 1 (2.000%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (2.000%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (2.000%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 34 (68.00%) Informatica
2 18 (36.00%) IBM
2 18 (36.00%) Oracle
2 18 (36.00%) Ab Initio
3 6 (12.00%) Trillium
3 6 (12.00%) Business Objects
4 4 (8.000%) SAP
5 3 (6.000%) Teradata
6 2 (4.000%) Siebel
6 2 (4.000%) Microsoft
6 2 (4.000%) Northgate
7 1 (2.000%) Tableau
7 1 (2.000%) Netezza
7 1 (2.000%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (2.000%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (2.000%) JBoss
7 1 (2.000%) Cognos
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