The first table below looks at the demand for Firebird skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Firebird over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firebird
Rank 523 553 579
Rank change year-on-year
+30 +26
Contract jobs citing Firebird 10 20 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.021% 0.034% 0.015%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.103% 0.180% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 16 3
Average daily rate £225 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9689 11092 12251
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 20.82% 19.01% 20.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5838 6349 6799
Average daily rate £385 £375 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 260 402
Average hourly rate £25.70 £27.50 £31.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.54% -13.38%
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 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%

Firebird
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Firebird Jobs Demand Trend

Firebird
Daily Rate Trend

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

Firebird Daily Rate Trend

Firebird
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Firebird Hourly Rate Trend

Firebird
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firebird within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
Wales - 10 £225 -
West Wales - 5 £225 -
Carmarthenshire - 5 £225 -
Carmarthen - 3 £225 -
South Wales - 2 £200 -
Milford Haven - 1 £225 -
Pembrokeshire - 1 £225 -

Firebird
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Firebird 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 Firebird.

1 10 (100.00%) NHS
2 9 (90.00%) InterBase
2 9 (90.00%) TDD
3 6 (60.00%) Delphi
4 5 (50.00%) MS Office
4 5 (50.00%) UML
4 5 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
4 5 (50.00%) MS Visio
4 5 (50.00%) RDBMS
5 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (40.00%) Client/Server
6 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (30.00%) Degree
7 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture

Firebird
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) MS Office
1 5 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 5 (50.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (90.00%) InterBase
2 5 (50.00%) RDBMS
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Author
1 5 (50.00%) Technical Author
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Software Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Delphi Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) NHS
2 4 (40.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) TDD
2 5 (50.00%) UML
3 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft