The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Mapinfo 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 Mapinfo 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 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 the Mapinfo Corporation.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mapinfo
Rank 518 554 564
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +10
Contract jobs citing Mapinfo 15 19 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.032% 0.033% 0.040%
As % of the Vendors category 0.069% 0.070% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 6
Average daily rate £400 £330 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.21% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £330 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £518 £344 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £330 £300
% change year-on-year
+21.21% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Average hourly rate £15.50 £20.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year
-22.50% -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21868 27126 28034
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.50% 46.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11659 13853 14018
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £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 1197 1299 1587
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Mapinfo
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Mapinfo Jobs Demand Trend

Mapinfo
Daily Rate Trend

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

Mapinfo Daily Rate Trend

Mapinfo
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mapinfo within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Mapinfo Daily Rate Histogram

Mapinfo
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Mapinfo Hourly Rate Trend

Mapinfo
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mapinfo 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
England +57 12 £400 +21.21%
South East +17 6 £500 +51.51%
Berkshire +20 5 £500 -
North West +20 4 - -
Reading +11 4 £500 -
East of England +21 2 £270 -
Hertfordshire +11 2 £270 -
Hemel Hempstead +10 2 £270 -
Cheshire +9 2 - -
London +21 1 - -
Guildford - 1 - -
Knutsford - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
City of London - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -

Mapinfo
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (43.75%) LTE
2 13 (40.63%) 3G
2 13 (40.63%) GIS
3 12 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 12 (37.50%) Radio Access Network
4 9 (28.13%) MS Access
5 8 (25.00%) ArcGIS
5 8 (25.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 7 (21.88%) Ericsson
7 6 (18.75%) Nokia
7 6 (18.75%) ESRI
7 6 (18.75%) Nokia NetAct
8 5 (15.63%) Actix
8 5 (15.63%) Degree
8 5 (15.63%) 2G
8 5 (15.63%) BSS
8 5 (15.63%) Ethernet
9 4 (12.50%) Data Modelling
9 4 (12.50%) ETL
9 4 (12.50%) SQL
9 4 (12.50%) Migration
9 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
9 4 (12.50%) RNC
9 4 (12.50%) Open Source
9 4 (12.50%) Data Migration
9 4 (12.50%) HSPA
9 4 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
10 3 (9.375%) Data Architecture
10 3 (9.375%) Time Management
10 3 (9.375%) Data Cleansing

Mapinfo
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (3.125%) HTML
1 1 (3.125%) .NET
1 1 (3.125%) J2EE
1 1 (3.125%) ASP
1 1 (3.125%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.125%) JDBC
1 1 (3.125%) Flash
1 1 (3.125%) J2ME
1 1 (3.125%) WAP
1 1 (3.125%) SyncML
1 1 (3.125%) WebSphere
1 1 (3.125%) ArcObjects
1 1 (3.125%) KML
1 1 (3.125%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 8 (25.00%) ArcGIS
2 1 (3.125%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.125%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.250%) AutoCAD
2 2 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (43.75%) LTE
2 13 (40.63%) 3G
3 12 (37.50%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (18.75%) Nokia NetAct
5 5 (15.63%) Ethernet
5 5 (15.63%) 2G
5 5 (15.63%) BSS
6 4 (12.50%) RNC
6 4 (12.50%) HSPA
7 3 (9.375%) UMTS
7 3 (9.375%) ATM
7 3 (9.375%) GSM
7 3 (9.375%) SDH
8 2 (6.250%) Wireless
9 1 (3.125%) SMS
9 1 (3.125%) RTCP
9 1 (3.125%) RTP
9 1 (3.125%) RFID
9 1 (3.125%) WiMAX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (40.63%) GIS
2 9 (28.13%) MS Access
3 2 (6.250%) Crystal Reports
General
1 12 (37.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Databuild Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) RF Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Architect
3 4 (12.50%) RF Optimisation Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) Transmission Planner
4 3 (9.375%) Analyst
4 3 (9.375%) Data Architect
5 2 (6.250%) Design Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) 3G Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Transmission Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Transmission Planning Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) GIS Technician
6 1 (3.125%) Junior
6 1 (3.125%) Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Web Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Consultant
6 1 (3.125%) 3G Optimisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Open Source
2 2 (6.250%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.125%) Device Driver
3 1 (3.125%) Replication
3 1 (3.125%) Statistics
3 1 (3.125%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.125%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.125%) Windows
1 1 (3.125%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.50%) Data Modelling
1 4 (12.50%) ETL
1 4 (12.50%) Migration
1 4 (12.50%) Data Migration
1 4 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (9.375%) Time Management
2 3 (9.375%) Data Cleansing
2 3 (9.375%) Data Architecture
2 3 (9.375%) Data Management
2 3 (9.375%) Network Planning
3 2 (6.250%) CAD
3 2 (6.250%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (6.250%) Business Development
4 1 (3.125%) Unit Testing
4 1 (3.125%) Test Scripting
4 1 (3.125%) Web Development
4 1 (3.125%) Network Architecture
4 1 (3.125%) Information Architecture
4 1 (3.125%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.125%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (3.125%) VB
2 1 (3.125%) VBA
2 1 (3.125%) Python
2 1 (3.125%) Objective-C
2 1 (3.125%) C#
2 1 (3.125%) C++
2 1 (3.125%) Java
2 1 (3.125%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.125%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Degree
2 1 (3.125%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.125%) MCP
2 1 (3.125%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) JTAG
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 7 (21.88%) Ericsson
3 6 (18.75%) Nokia
3 6 (18.75%) ESRI
4 5 (15.63%) Actix
5 3 (9.375%) Cramer
6 2 (6.250%) NEC
7 1 (3.125%) Oracle
7 1 (3.125%) Business Objects