The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of ESRI 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 ESRI over the 3 months to 23 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 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 Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ESRI
Rank 504 511 544
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +33
Contract jobs citing ESRI 37 54 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.080% 0.093% 0.068%
As % of the Vendors category 0.170% 0.199% 0.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 25 11
Average daily rate £400 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £300 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £500 £424
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £358 £400
% change year-on-year
+11.88% -10.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £14.00 -
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21806 27110 28885
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.06% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11630 13854 14453
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1173 1314 1625
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.56 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.87% -2.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%

ESRI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

ESRI Jobs Demand Trend

ESRI
Daily Rate Trend

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

ESRI Daily Rate Trend

ESRI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ESRI within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

ESRI Daily Rate Histogram

ESRI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ESRI Hourly Rate Trend

ESRI
Top 23 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ESRI within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +22 28 £425 +13.33%
South East +22 17 £300 -17.80%
Berkshire +19 11 £300 -17.80%
Reading +20 9 £363 +5.07%
South West +31 6 £600 -
Scotland -7 6 £400 -
Kent - 6 £281 -
Wiltshire +5 4 £600 -
Swindon +2 4 £563 -
Aberdeen - 4 £400 -
Maidstone - 3 £275 -
Corsham - 3 £600 -
Edinburgh +10 2 £450 -
North West +9 2 - -
Devon - 2 - -
Cumbria - 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 - -
Exeter - 2 - -
Birmingham +11 1 £525 +61.53%
West Midlands -2 1 £525 +31.25%
Yorkshire -3 1 - -
Newbury -7 1 £300 -17.80%
East Yorkshire - 1 - -

ESRI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ESRI 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 ESRI.

1 71 (79.78%) ArcGIS
2 70 (78.65%) GIS
3 49 (55.06%) .NET
4 44 (49.44%) C#
5 39 (43.82%) JavaScript
6 36 (40.45%) Python
7 27 (30.34%) Oracle
8 26 (29.21%) Visual Studio
8 26 (29.21%) Windows
9 25 (28.09%) Web Services
9 25 (28.09%) SQL Server
10 23 (25.84%) jQuery
11 22 (24.72%) SQL
11 22 (24.72%) Java
11 22 (24.72%) IIS
11 22 (24.72%) ArcObjects
12 21 (23.60%) Ajax
13 20 (22.47%) Data Modelling
13 20 (22.47%) Silverlight
14 19 (21.35%) HTML
15 18 (20.22%) XML
15 18 (20.22%) Dojo
15 18 (20.22%) WCF
16 17 (19.10%) XSD
17 16 (17.98%) J2EE
17 16 (17.98%) Windows 7
18 14 (15.73%) Security Cleared
18 14 (15.73%) CSS
19 13 (14.61%) Servlets
19 13 (14.61%) Data Management

ESRI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ESRI 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 ESRI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 49 (55.06%) .NET
2 25 (28.09%) Web Services
3 23 (25.84%) jQuery
4 22 (24.72%) ArcObjects
5 21 (23.60%) Ajax
6 20 (22.47%) Silverlight
7 19 (21.35%) HTML
8 18 (20.22%) XML
8 18 (20.22%) Dojo
8 18 (20.22%) WCF
9 17 (19.10%) XSD
10 16 (17.98%) J2EE
11 14 (15.73%) CSS
12 13 (14.61%) Servlets
13 9 (10.11%) REST
14 8 (8.989%) Managed Extensibility Framework
14 8 (8.989%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 8 (8.989%) Apache Flex
15 7 (7.865%) ASP.NET
15 7 (7.865%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 71 (79.78%) ArcGIS
2 22 (24.72%) IIS
3 11 (12.36%) ArcSDE
4 10 (11.24%) ArcIMS
5 5 (5.618%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (2.247%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (2.247%) MS Exchange
7 1 (1.124%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (1.124%) Apache
7 1 (1.124%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (2.247%) ArcInfo
2 1 (1.124%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.124%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.124%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.124%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.247%) SAN
2 1 (1.124%) Firewall
2 1 (1.124%) RTCP
2 1 (1.124%) RTP
2 1 (1.124%) RFID
2 1 (1.124%) GSM
2 1 (1.124%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (78.65%) GIS
2 25 (28.09%) SQL Server
3 13 (14.61%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (11.24%) Oracle 11g
5 7 (7.865%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (5.618%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (5.618%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (4.494%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (2.247%) JasperReports
9 1 (1.124%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (1.124%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 26 (29.21%) Visual Studio
2 8 (8.989%) Moq
2 8 (8.989%) MSTest
3 6 (6.742%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.124%) QADirector
General
1 8 (8.989%) Publishing
2 2 (2.247%) Local Government
2 2 (2.247%) Finance
3 1 (1.124%) Advertising
3 1 (1.124%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (41.57%) Developer
2 26 (29.21%) GIS Developer
3 12 (13.48%) Analyst
4 11 (12.36%) Architect
5 10 (11.24%) Programmer
6 9 (10.11%) .NET Developer
7 8 (8.989%) Software Programmer
7 8 (8.989%) Software Developer
7 8 (8.989%) Software Engineer
8 7 (7.865%) Administrator
8 7 (7.865%) DBA
8 7 (7.865%) C# Developer
8 7 (7.865%) C# Programmer
9 6 (6.742%) GIS Analyst
9 6 (6.742%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (5.618%) Database Developer
10 5 (5.618%) Information Analyst
10 5 (5.618%) .NET Programmer
10 5 (5.618%) C# .NET Developer
11 4 (4.494%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.61%) RIA
2 8 (8.989%) Client/Server
3 5 (5.618%) Data Conversion
3 5 (5.618%) Open Source
4 4 (4.494%) Statistics
4 4 (4.494%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.247%) Replication
6 1 (1.124%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.124%) LLPG
6 1 (1.124%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.124%) N-Tier
6 1 (1.124%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 26 (29.21%) Windows
2 16 (17.98%) Windows 7
3 8 (8.989%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (7.865%) Linux
4 7 (7.865%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (5.618%) HPUX
6 2 (2.247%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (1.124%) Windows CE
7 1 (1.124%) UNIX
7 1 (1.124%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (22.47%) Data Modelling
2 13 (14.61%) Data Management
3 9 (10.11%) ETL
3 9 (10.11%) Unit Testing
4 8 (8.989%) UML
5 7 (7.865%) Migration
5 7 (7.865%) Information Management
6 6 (6.742%) Data Migration
7 5 (5.618%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (5.618%) ITIL
7 5 (5.618%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (4.494%) System Testing
8 4 (4.494%) Validation
9 3 (3.371%) Asset Management
9 3 (3.371%) Data Analysis
9 3 (3.371%) CAD
9 3 (3.371%) OOA/OOD
9 3 (3.371%) Time Management
9 3 (3.371%) Incident Management
9 3 (3.371%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 44 (49.44%) C#
2 39 (43.82%) JavaScript
3 36 (40.45%) Python
4 22 (24.72%) SQL
4 22 (24.72%) Java
5 11 (12.36%) VB.NET
6 4 (4.494%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.124%) C++
7 1 (1.124%) VB
7 1 (1.124%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (15.73%) Security Cleared
2 11 (12.36%) DV Cleared
3 5 (5.618%) Degree
3 5 (5.618%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.494%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.124%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.371%) SLA
2 1 (1.124%) QA
2 1 (1.124%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.124%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (2.247%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.124%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 27 (30.34%) Oracle
2 7 (7.865%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.865%) Red Hat
3 6 (6.742%) Mapinfo
4 2 (2.247%) JBoss
4 2 (2.247%) HP
5 1 (1.124%) Kofax
5 1 (1.124%) Google