The first table below looks at the demand for IDOL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IDOL 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
Autonomy IDOL
Rank 516 576 579
Rank change year-on-year
+60 +3
Contract jobs citing IDOL 18 10 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.038% 0.017% 0.012%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.184% 0.088% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
Average daily rate £600 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £390 £355
10% offered a daily rate of more than £920 £540 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £1,000 £400 -
% change year-on-year
+150.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £27.50 - £18.50
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
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%

IDOL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

IDOL Jobs Demand Trend

IDOL
Daily Rate Trend

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

IDOL Daily Rate Trend

IDOL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IDOL within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

IDOL Daily Rate Histogram

IDOL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

IDOL Hourly Rate Trend

IDOL
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 IDOL 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 +65 18 £600 +24.67%
South East +28 14 - -
Berkshire +24 13 - -
Reading +16 9 - -
London +30 3 £550 +14.28%
City of London +10 1 - -
Thames Valley - 1 - -

IDOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 21 (77.78%) SQL Server
1 21 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 20 (74.07%) SharePoint
3 19 (70.37%) MS Office
3 19 (70.37%) SQL Server 2005
4 17 (62.96%) Windows
5 16 (59.26%) .NET
5 16 (59.26%) SharePoint Server
6 15 (55.56%) Meridio
6 15 (55.56%) SQL
7 14 (51.85%) XML
7 14 (51.85%) Security Cleared
8 13 (48.15%) .NET Framework
8 13 (48.15%) Web Services
8 13 (48.15%) Windows Server 2003
9 10 (37.04%) LDAP
9 10 (37.04%) C#
9 10 (37.04%) Visual Studio
9 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
10 9 (33.33%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 9 (33.33%) OLAP
10 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET
10 9 (33.33%) T-SQL
10 9 (33.33%) DTS
11 7 (25.93%) Web Development
11 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (22.22%) MCSD
12 6 (22.22%) OpenView Configuration Management
13 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
13 5 (18.52%) Workflow

IDOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 16 (59.26%) .NET
2 14 (51.85%) XML
3 13 (48.15%) .NET Framework
3 13 (48.15%) Web Services
4 9 (33.33%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 9 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 1 (3.704%) XSLT
5 1 (3.704%) J2EE
5 1 (3.704%) CSS
5 1 (3.704%) Lucene
Application Platforms
1 20 (74.07%) SharePoint
2 16 (59.26%) SharePoint Server
3 4 (14.81%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (14.81%) CM System
3 4 (14.81%) MS Project Server
4 3 (11.11%) MS Exchange
4 3 (11.11%) WorkSite
4 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (7.407%) Apache
6 1 (3.704%) Tomcat
6 1 (3.704%) IIS
6 1 (3.704%) CMS
6 1 (3.704%) TeamSite
6 1 (3.704%) Apache Solr
6 1 (3.704%) LiveSite
Applications
1 19 (70.37%) MS Office
2 4 (14.81%) MS Excel
2 4 (14.81%) MS Project
3 3 (11.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.704%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Optimost
Communications & Networking
1 10 (37.04%) LDAP
2 1 (3.704%) Intranet
2 1 (3.704%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 19 (70.37%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (33.33%) OLAP
3 9 (33.33%) DTS
4 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (37.04%) Visual Studio
2 3 (11.11%) PVCS
3 1 (3.704%) OpenDeploy
3 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 3 (11.11%) Retail
1 3 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (3.704%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Law
2 1 (3.704%) Legal
2 1 (3.704%) Publishing
2 1 (3.704%) Games
2 1 (3.704%) Banking
2 1 (3.704%) French Language
2 1 (3.704%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Developer
2 8 (29.63%) SharePoint Developer
3 6 (22.22%) Architect
4 4 (14.81%) Team Leader
5 3 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.407%) Customer Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.407%) Administrator
6 2 (7.407%) Development Team Leader
6 2 (7.407%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (3.704%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.704%) Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.704%) Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 1 (3.704%) Help Desk Engineer
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Functional Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) Social Media
2 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.704%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 17 (62.96%) Windows
2 13 (48.15%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Web Development
2 5 (18.52%) Workflow
2 5 (18.52%) Test Automation
3 4 (14.81%) Release Management
3 4 (14.81%) Document Management
3 4 (14.81%) Content Management
4 3 (11.11%) UML
4 3 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (11.11%) Unified Process
4 3 (11.11%) Use Case
4 3 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (7.407%) System Testing
5 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
5 2 (7.407%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.704%) ITIL
6 1 (3.704%) Migration
6 1 (3.704%) Project Management
6 1 (3.704%) TOGAF
6 1 (3.704%) Business Continuity
6 1 (3.704%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) SQL
2 10 (37.04%) C#
3 9 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
5 2 (7.407%) Java
6 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (22.22%) MCSD
5 1 (3.704%) MCSE
5 1 (3.704%) MCP
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) ISA Server
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.704%) vSphere
3 1 (3.704%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (3.704%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 3 (11.11%) SCCM
2 3 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 15 (55.56%) Meridio
3 3 (11.11%) HP
3 3 (11.11%) Clearswift
3 3 (11.11%) VMware
4 2 (7.407%) Facebook
4 2 (7.407%) SAP
5 1 (3.704%) Oracle
5 1 (3.704%) Sybase
5 1 (3.704%) Websense
5 1 (3.704%) Citrix
5 1 (3.704%) Interwoven