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This section looks at the demand for Migration skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Migration over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Migration
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2833
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads33743892
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.497 %3.938 %
As % of the category below8.345 %7.912 %
Daily rates quoted13701298
Average minimum daily rate£398£396
Average daily rate£424£415
% change on same period last year+1.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£449£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£389
% change on same period last year+1.86 %
Hourly rates quoted165197
Average minimum hourly rate£24.30£24.20
Average hourly rate£26.50£25.96
% change on same period last year+2.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.70£27.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.67£24.25
% change on same period last year+5.82 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads4043049188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled53.89 %49.76 %
Daily rates quoted1470316173
Average minimum daily rate£388£393
Average daily rate£415£418
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£442£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted23872984
Average minimum hourly rate£27.12£28.72
Average hourly rate£28.90£30.53
% change on same period last year-5.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.67£32.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Migration
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Migration within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Migration Demand Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Migration Daily Rate Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Migration within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Migration Daily Rate Histogram

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Migration within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Migration Hourly Rate Histogram

Migration
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+53167£425+1.89 %
LondonUp+111411£453+1.57 %
South EastNo change0669£387-4.52 %
City of LondonUp+26467£476+2.10 %
South WestUp+1264£431+10.24 %
West MidlandsUp+10223£367+6.93 %
BerkshireDown-16152£371-7.68 %
East of EnglandDown-3147£413+8.47 %
North WestDown-3144£405+4.84 %
SurreyUp+25129£385-0.69 %
MidlandsUp+2107£439+3.01 %
BuckinghamshireUp+30104£346-0.60 %
ScotlandUp+3100£369+22.81 %
YorkshireUp+1696£383+3.24 %
HampshireUp+793£384-21.63 %
Milton KeynesUp+2189£335-8.69 %
East MidlandsUp+677£371+5.49 %
WiltshireUp+773£431+2.68 %
HertfordshireUp+1071£411+3.33 %
ManchesterUp+861£398+13.00 %
SwindonUp+661£430+1.66 %
West YorkshireDown-157£394-6.61 %
ReadingDown-756£353-10.77 %
ShropshireDown-152£363+13.57 %
WalesUp+2245£436-12.72 %
SomersetUp+2744£523+57.00 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2243£513+7.16 %
BirminghamUp+1243£361+9.28 %
KentUp+2240£393+8.48 %
GloucestershireUp+1136£379+19.01 %

Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Migration 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 Migration.

12125 (30.74 %)Data Migration
21472 (21.30 %)Finance
31180 (17.07 %)SQL
41070 (15.48 %)Oracle
5898 (12.99 %)Banking
6890 (12.88 %)Windows
7667 (9.650 %)Microsoft
8625 (9.042 %)SQL Server
9597 (8.637 %)UNIX
10555 (8.030 %)Project Management
11498 (7.205 %)Active Directory
12483 (6.988 %)SAP
13450 (6.510 %)Investment Banking
13450 (6.510 %)Pensions
14438 (6.337 %)PRINCE2
15425 (6.149 %)Security Cleared
16378 (5.469 %).NET
17377 (5.454 %)Government
18327 (4.731 %)PL/SQL
19312 (4.514 %)User Acceptance Testing
20311 (4.499 %)Derivative
21296 (4.282 %)Business Analysis
22287 (4.152 %)MS Excel
23277 (4.008 %)Linux
24276 (3.993 %)Telecoms
25264 (3.819 %)Datawarehouse
25264 (3.819 %)SAN
26259 (3.747 %)SC Cleared
27252 (3.646 %)Exchange Server 2003
28246 (3.559 %)XML

Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Migration 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 Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1378 (5.469 %).NET
2246 (3.559 %)XML
3136 (1.968 %)ASP.NET
4112 (1.620 %)HTML
584 (1.215 %)J2EE
680 (1.157 %)WebServices
778 (1.128 %)WebSphere
862 (0.897 %)ASP
951 (0.738 %)CSS
951 (0.738 %)XSLT
1040 (0.579 %)Middleware
1138 (0.550 %).NET Framework
1235 (0.506 %)Spring
1329 (0.420 %)Hibernate
1425 (0.362 %)ODBC
1425 (0.362 %)XML Schema
1523 (0.333 %)XHTML
1620 (0.289 %)Oracle Streams
1719 (0.275 %)JMS
1719 (0.275 %)LAMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1252 (3.646 %)Exchange Server 2003
2244 (3.530 %)MS Exchange
3202 (2.922 %)Exchange Server 2007
4174 (2.517 %)SharePoint
5128 (1.852 %)Exchange Server 2000
6119 (1.722 %)Exchange Server 5.5
7112 (1.620 %)Lotus Notes
870 (1.013 %)IIS
962 (0.897 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1051 (0.738 %)CMS
1149 (0.709 %)GroupWise
1248 (0.694 %)Apache
1335 (0.506 %)WebSphere Application Server
1434 (0.492 %)Tomcat
1533 (0.477 %)WebLogic
1632 (0.463 %)SAS
1730 (0.434 %)Lotus Domino
1822 (0.318 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1919 (0.275 %)Oracle Workflow
1919 (0.275 %)Oracle Application Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1287 (4.152 %)MS Excel
2238 (3.443 %)MS Office
3106 (1.534 %)MS Project
475 (1.085 %)MS Visio
556 (0.810 %)CA Clarity
647 (0.680 %)MS PowerPoint
736 (0.521 %)Spreadsheet
88 (0.116 %)Open Workbench
96 (0.087 %)Photoshop
105 (0.072 %)InfoPath
114 (0.058 %)RoboHelp
123 (0.043 %)FrameMaker
132 (0.029 %)Acrobat
132 (0.029 %)Fireworks
141 (0.014 %)AutoCAD
141 (0.014 %)Paint Shop Pro
141 (0.014 %)3ds Max
141 (0.014 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
177 (1.114 %)Summit
258 (0.839 %)SAP FI
354 (0.781 %)Oracle Financials
446 (0.666 %)SAP CO
545 (0.651 %)SAP FI/CO
638 (0.550 %)SAP HR
736 (0.521 %)Oracle EBS
835 (0.506 %)Loan IQ
921 (0.304 %)Oracle 11i
1019 (0.275 %)Oracle Applications
1019 (0.275 %)SAP IS-U
1118 (0.260 %)RMDS
1217 (0.246 %)ResourceLink
1217 (0.246 %)SAP SD
1316 (0.231 %)Oracle HRMS
1415 (0.217 %)SAP R/3
1513 (0.188 %)Oracle ERP
1610 (0.145 %)SAP Payroll
179 (0.130 %)Global One
179 (0.130 %)SoftGrid
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1264 (3.819 %)SAN
2178 (2.575 %)LAN
3175 (2.532 %)WAN
4127 (1.837 %)Internet
5120 (1.736 %)Firewall
6117 (1.693 %)DNS
7100 (1.447 %)Intranet
887 (1.259 %)2G
976 (1.100 %)TCP/IP
1066 (0.955 %)DHCP
1158 (0.839 %)VPN
1255 (0.796 %)MPLS
1354 (0.781 %)3G
1444 (0.637 %)LDAP
1535 (0.506 %)VoIP
1625 (0.362 %)BGP
1724 (0.347 %)SMTP
1820 (0.289 %)OSPF
1820 (0.289 %)IP Telephony
1820 (0.289 %)VLAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1625 (9.042 %)SQL Server
2264 (3.819 %)Datawarehouse
3236 (3.414 %)ETL
4228 (3.299 %)BusinessObjects
5221 (3.197 %)SQL Server 2005
6219 (3.168 %)Oracle 10g
7191 (2.763 %)Data Cleansing
8159 (2.300 %)SQL Server 2000
9116 (1.678 %)DB2
10115 (1.664 %)Oracle 8/8i
11101 (1.461 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1295 (1.374 %)MS Access
1394 (1.360 %)Oracle Reports
1483 (1.201 %)DTS
1572 (1.042 %)Oracle 9i
1669 (0.998 %)Reference Data
1764 (0.926 %)RDBMS
1858 (0.839 %)BusinessObjects XI
1955 (0.796 %)SQL Server 7
2050 (0.723 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1105 (1.519 %)TestDirector
282 (1.186 %)LSMW
341 (0.593 %)Visual Studio
432 (0.463 %)ProC
529 (0.420 %)Oracle Forms
627 (0.391 %)QuickTest Pro
725 (0.362 %)Subversion
821 (0.304 %)FrontPage
917 (0.246 %)ERwin
1015 (0.217 %)LoadRunner
1015 (0.217 %)Flash
1114 (0.203 %)WinRunner
1213 (0.188 %)Ant
1310 (0.145 %)MSI
149 (0.130 %)VSS/SourceSafe
149 (0.130 %)Oracle APEX
158 (0.116 %)Eclipse
167 (0.101 %)Dreamweaver
167 (0.101 %)PVCS
176 (0.087 %)Rational Rose
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11472 (21.30 %)Finance
2898 (12.99 %)Banking
3450 (6.510 %)Investment Banking
3450 (6.510 %)Pensions
4377 (5.454 %)Government
5276 (3.993 %)Telecoms
6215 (3.111 %)Back Office
7198 (2.865 %)Insurance
8195 (2.821 %)Retail
9164 (2.373 %)Front Office
1085 (1.230 %)Retail Banking
1183 (1.201 %)Financial Institution
1276 (1.100 %)Health
1368 (0.984 %)Education
1461 (0.883 %)Legal
1461 (0.883 %)Billing
1551 (0.738 %)Marketing
1551 (0.738 %)Publishing
1639 (0.564 %)Construction
1736 (0.521 %)General Ledger
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11659 (24.00 %)Analyst
2998 (14.44 %)Developer
3864 (12.50 %)Project Manager
4856 (12.38 %)Business Analyst
5808 (11.69 %)Consultant
6333 (4.818 %)Data Analyst
7244 (3.530 %)DBA
8242 (3.501 %)Architect
9232 (3.356 %)Administrator
10190 (2.749 %)Migration Consultant
11165 (2.387 %)Test Analyst
12161 (2.329 %)SAP Consultant
13152 (2.199 %)SQL Developer
14151 (2.185 %)Data Migration Analyst
15123 (1.780 %)Oracle DBA
16121 (1.751 %)Oracle Developer
17120 (1.736 %)Data Manager
18117 (1.693 %)Migration Engineer
19110 (1.591 %)Test Manager
20104 (1.505 %)Data Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1311 (4.499 %)Derivative
2126 (1.823 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3118 (1.707 %)NHS
4105 (1.519 %)Credit Derivative
588 (1.273 %)Mainframe
685 (1.230 %)Interest Rate Derivative
783 (1.201 %)Equities
882 (1.186 %)Equity Derivative
970 (1.013 %)Data Conversion
1068 (0.984 %)Data Extraction
1164 (0.926 %)Fixed Income
1261 (0.883 %)Clustering
1358 (0.839 %)Blackberry
1454 (0.781 %)Replication
1552 (0.752 %)Management Information System
1649 (0.709 %)Data Integration
1743 (0.622 %)Client/Server
1833 (0.477 %)IBM Mainframe
1930 (0.434 %)IVR
2028 (0.405 %)Market Risk
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1890 (12.88 %)Windows
2597 (8.637 %)UNIX
3277 (4.008 %)Linux
4226 (3.270 %)Windows NT
5221 (3.197 %)Solaris
6191 (2.763 %)Windows 2000
7148 (2.141 %)Windows Server 2003
8134 (1.939 %)AIX
9116 (1.678 %)Windows XP
1049 (0.709 %)HPUX
1134 (0.492 %)VMS
1231 (0.448 %)Windows Vista
1322 (0.318 %)NetWare
1418 (0.260 %)zOS
1513 (0.188 %)Mac OS X
1612 (0.174 %)MVS
178 (0.116 %)SUSE
184 (0.058 %)OpenVMS
193 (0.043 %)Tru64
202 (0.029 %)VME
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12125 (30.74 %)Data Migration
2555 (8.030 %)Project Management
3438 (6.337 %)PRINCE2
4425 (6.149 %)Security Cleared
5312 (4.514 %)User Acceptance Testing
6296 (4.282 %)Business Analysis
7259 (3.747 %)SC Cleared
8229 (3.313 %)Data Modelling
9190 (2.749 %)Change Management
9190 (2.749 %)Data Analysis
10152 (2.199 %)Stakeholder Management
11150 (2.170 %)ITIL
12144 (2.083 %)Business Intelligence
13143 (2.069 %)CRM
14134 (1.939 %)Data Mapping
15116 (1.678 %)Test Scripting
16112 (1.620 %)ERP
17104 (1.505 %)UML
1899 (1.432 %)Content Management
1996 (1.389 %)Asset Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11180 (17.07 %)SQL
2327 (4.731 %)PL/SQL
3222 (3.212 %)Java
4217 (3.139 %)C#
5193 (2.792 %)VB
6151 (2.185 %)Perl
7127 (1.837 %)Transact-SQL
8118 (1.707 %)VB.NET
9109 (1.577 %)Shell Script
1099 (1.432 %)VBA
1186 (1.244 %)C
1280 (1.157 %)VBScript
1378 (1.128 %)JavaScript
1468 (0.984 %)ABAP
1563 (0.911 %)C++
1659 (0.854 %)COBOL
1750 (0.723 %)VB6
1846 (0.666 %)Korn
1936 (0.521 %)PHP
2022 (0.318 %)Python
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1170 (2.459 %)Microsoft Certification
2136 (1.968 %)MCSE
3108 (1.563 %)Cisco Certification
4104 (1.505 %)PRINCE2 Certification
4104 (1.505 %)ISEB
582 (1.186 %)Degree
666 (0.955 %)CCNP
732 (0.463 %)CCNA
732 (0.463 %)MCP
822 (0.318 %)CCIE
822 (0.318 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
920 (0.289 %)Citrix Certification
920 (0.289 %)ITIL Certification
1013 (0.188 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1112 (0.174 %)PMI Certification
1211 (0.159 %)ACSA
1211 (0.159 %)PMP
1211 (0.159 %)MCSA
1310 (0.145 %)CNE
1310 (0.145 %)Novell Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
182 (1.186 %)QA
220 (0.289 %)SLA
313 (0.188 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
412 (0.174 %)Basel II
57 (0.101 %)MiFID
66 (0.087 %)BS15000
74 (0.058 %)HL7
74 (0.058 %)PCI DSS
83 (0.043 %)ISO8583
83 (0.043 %)ISO27001
83 (0.043 %)ISO9001
92 (0.029 %)GCP
101 (0.014 %)GMP
101 (0.014 %)GLP
101 (0.014 %)GxP
101 (0.014 %)GAAP
101 (0.014 %)WCAG
101 (0.014 %)WAI
101 (0.014 %)COBIT
101 (0.014 %)RosettaNet
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1498 (7.205 %)Active Directory
299 (1.432 %)VMware Infrastructure
360 (0.868 %)Citrix Presentation Server
454 (0.781 %)VMware ESX
541 (0.593 %)Oracle RAC
640 (0.579 %)Oracle RMAN
732 (0.463 %)MetaFrame
824 (0.347 %)ISA Server
824 (0.347 %)NetBackup
916 (0.231 %)NDS
1013 (0.188 %)AquaLogic
1112 (0.174 %)Terminal Services
1211 (0.159 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
138 (0.116 %)Terminal Server
138 (0.116 %)Backup Exec
147 (0.101 %)MailMarshal
156 (0.087 %)VMware Server
164 (0.058 %)Xen
164 (0.058 %)Orbix
172 (0.029 %)NetMail
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
137 (0.535 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
233 (0.477 %)Tivoli
233 (0.477 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
323 (0.333 %)AutoSys
323 (0.333 %)OpenView
416 (0.231 %)EMC TimeFinder
514 (0.203 %)Tivoli Monitoring
613 (0.188 %)OpenView Configuration Management
712 (0.174 %)MOM
810 (0.145 %)SCCM
98 (0.116 %)OVSD
98 (0.116 %)Nagios
106 (0.087 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
115 (0.072 %)Netcool
124 (0.058 %)Legato
124 (0.058 %)OVOW
124 (0.058 %)ZENworks
124 (0.058 %)MIIS
124 (0.058 %)SCOM
124 (0.058 %)AssetCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11070 (15.48 %)Oracle
2667 (9.650 %)Microsoft
3483 (6.988 %)SAP
4228 (3.299 %)Business Objects
5222 (3.212 %)VMware
6209 (3.024 %)Cisco
7208 (3.009 %)Citrix
8177 (2.561 %)HP
9135 (1.953 %)IBM
10131 (1.895 %)Sybase
11116 (1.678 %)Informatica
11116 (1.678 %)Lotus
1283 (1.201 %)Calypso
1380 (1.157 %)EMC
1476 (1.100 %)Cognos
1572 (1.042 %)Ericsson
1671 (1.027 %)Novell
1755 (0.796 %)Siebel
1854 (0.781 %)Red Hat
1950 (0.723 %)VERITAS
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