The first table below looks at the demand for DecisionStream skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DecisionStream over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category.

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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos DecisionStream
Rank 532 582 577
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -5
Contract jobs citing DecisionStream 2 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.007% 0.015%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.020% 0.035% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
Average daily rate £400 £500 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 - £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9779 11309 12273
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 20.75% 19.08% 20.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5906 6490 6840
Average daily rate £388 £375 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -5.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £258 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 271 387
Average hourly rate £25.60 £27.50 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.90% -11.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.31 £12.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%

DecisionStream
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DecisionStream within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

DecisionStream Jobs Demand Trend

DecisionStream
Daily Rate Trend

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

DecisionStream Daily Rate Trend

DecisionStream
Hourly Rate Trend

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

DecisionStream Hourly Rate Trend

DecisionStream
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DecisionStream within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 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
England +54 2 £400 -20.00%
North West +7 1 £400 -
Midlands - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 £400 -

DecisionStream
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DecisionStream 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 DecisionStream.

1 11 (100.00%) Cognos
2 10 (90.91%) ETL
3 9 (81.82%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (81.82%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (72.73%) IBM
4 8 (72.73%) Oracle 10g
4 8 (72.73%) SQL
4 8 (72.73%) Oracle
4 8 (72.73%) Publishing
5 7 (63.64%) PL/SQL
5 7 (63.64%) TOAD
5 7 (63.64%) RDBMS
6 6 (54.55%) Finance
6 6 (54.55%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (9.091%) Business Process Improvement
8 1 (9.091%) Kimball Methodology
8 1 (9.091%) CITP
8 1 (9.091%) Degree
8 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
8 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (9.091%) Project Management
8 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
8 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports

DecisionStream
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DecisionStream 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 DecisionStream. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (72.73%) Oracle 10g
3 7 (63.64%) TOAD
3 7 (63.64%) RDBMS
4 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
5 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
General
1 8 (72.73%) Publishing
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Developer
1 8 (72.73%) Cognos Developer
2 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Cognos Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 1 (9.091%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (9.091%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) ETL
2 9 (81.82%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (9.091%) Kimball Methodology
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 7 (63.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) CITP
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cognos
2 8 (72.73%) IBM
2 8 (72.73%) Oracle