Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PerformancePoint skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PerformancePoint over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category.

LinkMicrosoft Office PerformancePoint Server
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank440408578
Rank change year-on-year
Down-32Up+170
Matching contract IT job ads533322
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.110 %0.084 %0.027 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category0.519 %0.440 %0.133 %
Daily rates quoted2286
Average daily rate£313£369£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.25 %-7.810 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£229£318£338
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£409£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£295£363£400
% change year-on-year
-18.62 %-9.370 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
10218750716584
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK21.15 %19.03 %20.18 %
Daily rates quoted483223894898
Average daily rate£380£350£381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.570 %-8.010 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£225£258
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£320£350
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted4325581133
Average hourly rate£27.50£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.40£15.00£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£26.50£32.00
% change year-on-year
+3.770 %-17.18 %

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.

PerformancePoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PerformancePoint within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

PerformancePoint Demand Trend

PerformancePoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

PerformancePoint Daily Rate Trend

PerformancePoint
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PerformancePoint within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

PerformancePoint Daily Rate Histogram

PerformancePoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PerformancePoint Hourly Rate Trend

PerformancePoint
Top 28 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PerformancePoint within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-2749£325-11.86 %
LondonDown-6615£375-
North WestDown-77£400+10.34 %
East of EnglandNew entry-7£290-
South EastUp+26£272-22.83 %
City of LondonDown-666£450+41.17 %
South WestNew entry-6£300-
West MidlandsNew entry-4£275-
WalesNew entry-4£225-
South WalesNew entry-4£225-
HampshireNew entry-4--
CambridgeshireNew entry-4£290-
AndoverNew entry-3--
CardiffNew entry-3£225-
SomersetNew entry-2£300-
EssexNew entry-2--
BrentwoodNew entry-2--
BirminghamNew entry-2£190-
BathNew entry-2£300-
BerkshireNew entry-2£272-
YorkshireUp+41--
West YorkshireDown-91--
ManchesterDown-131£400-
SloughNew entry-1£325-
ReadingNew entry-1£219-
HuntingdonNew entry-1£260-
CambridgeNew entry-1£290-
BristolNew entry-1--

PerformancePoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PerformancePoint 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 PerformancePoint.

169 (76.67 %)SQL Server
258 (64.44 %)SharePoint
356 (62.22 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
451 (56.67 %)Business Intelligence
547 (52.22 %)Microsoft
643 (47.78 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
739 (43.33 %)SQL Server Integration Services
838 (42.22 %)SQL
937 (41.11 %).NET
1033 (36.67 %)NHS
1132 (35.56 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1231 (34.44 %)SQL Server 2005
1327 (30.00 %)C#
1423 (25.56 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1520 (22.22 %)ProClarity
1520 (22.22 %)ETL
1619 (21.11 %)T-SQL
1717 (18.89 %)ASP.NET
1816 (17.78 %)VB.NET
1915 (16.67 %)Datawarehouse
1915 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2008
2012 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
2111 (12.22 %)PRINCE2
2111 (12.22 %)SQL Server 2000
2210 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
2210 (11.11 %)MS Excel
2210 (11.11 %)Windows
2210 (11.11 %)AJAX
239 (10.00 %)OLAP
248 (8.889 %)RAD

PerformancePoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PerformancePoint 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 PerformancePoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
137 (41.11 %).NET
217 (18.89 %)ASP.NET
310 (11.11 %)AJAX
48 (8.889 %)Silverlight
56 (6.667 %)Web Services
56 (6.667 %)XML
56 (6.667 %)XSL
65 (5.556 %)MDX
74 (4.444 %)J2EE
74 (4.444 %)ASP
74 (4.444 %)Struts
74 (4.444 %)WebSphere
81 (1.111 %)Windows SharePoint Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
158 (64.44 %)SharePoint
232 (35.56 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (1.111 %)Office Project Server
31 (1.111 %)MS Exchange
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (11.11 %)MS Excel
27 (7.778 %)MS Office
35 (5.556 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.111 %)WebTrends
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (5.556 %)Intranet
21 (1.111 %)Internet
21 (1.111 %)Extranet
21 (1.111 %)3G
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
169 (76.67 %)SQL Server
256 (62.22 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
343 (47.78 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
439 (43.33 %)SQL Server Integration Services
531 (34.44 %)SQL Server 2005
623 (25.56 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
720 (22.22 %)ETL
815 (16.67 %)Datawarehouse
815 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2008
911 (12.22 %)SQL Server 2000
109 (10.00 %)OLAP
117 (7.778 %)BusinessObjects
124 (4.444 %)BusinessObjects XI
133 (3.333 %)dBASE
133 (3.333 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
133 (3.333 %)Oracle Reports
133 (3.333 %)Crystal Reports
133 (3.333 %)MS Access
133 (3.333 %)Xcelsius
141 (1.111 %)QlikView
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (4.444 %)Marketing
14 (4.444 %)Health
23 (3.333 %)Advertising
23 (3.333 %)Finance
23 (3.333 %)Retail
32 (2.222 %)Banking
41 (1.111 %)Government
41 (1.111 %)Investment Banking
41 (1.111 %)Retail Banking
41 (1.111 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
150 (55.56 %)Developer
218 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
317 (18.89 %)SharePoint Developer
414 (15.56 %)Analyst
510 (11.11 %)Consultant
510 (11.11 %)SQL Developer
69 (10.00 %)SQL DBA
69 (10.00 %)DBA
77 (7.778 %)Architect
86 (6.667 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
86 (6.667 %)Business Developer
86 (6.667 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst
86 (6.667 %)SQL Server DBA
95 (5.556 %)SharePoint Consultant
95 (5.556 %)ETL Developer
95 (5.556 %)SQL Server Developer
104 (4.444 %)Solutions Architect
113 (3.333 %)Strategy Analyst
113 (3.333 %)Business Analyst
122 (2.222 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
133 (36.67 %)NHS
25 (5.556 %)Cloud Computing
25 (5.556 %)Visualisation
31 (1.111 %)Freedom of Information
31 (1.111 %)Statistics
31 (1.111 %)Data Integration
31 (1.111 %)Client/Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
110 (11.11 %)Windows
25 (5.556 %)Windows XP
34 (4.444 %)AIX
34 (4.444 %)Solaris
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
151 (56.67 %)Business Intelligence
211 (12.22 %)PRINCE2
38 (8.889 %)RAD
46 (6.667 %)ERP
46 (6.667 %)CRM
46 (6.667 %)Agile Software Development
55 (5.556 %)Web Development
55 (5.556 %)Dimensional Modelling
55 (5.556 %)E-Commerce
55 (5.556 %)Project Management
64 (4.444 %)Mobile Commerce
64 (4.444 %)QMS
64 (4.444 %)Quality Management
64 (4.444 %)Change Management
73 (3.333 %)Validation
73 (3.333 %)Data Security
82 (2.222 %)Test Scripting
82 (2.222 %)Service Management
91 (1.111 %)Workflow
91 (1.111 %)Content Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
138 (42.22 %)SQL
227 (30.00 %)C#
319 (21.11 %)T-SQL
416 (17.78 %)VB.NET
56 (6.667 %)VB
65 (5.556 %)Java
72 (2.222 %)C
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (6.667 %)MCPD
25 (5.556 %)MCP
25 (5.556 %)MCDBA
25 (5.556 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.111 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
147 (52.22 %)Microsoft
220 (22.22 %)ProClarity
37 (7.778 %)Oracle
37 (7.778 %)Business Objects
46 (6.667 %)Dundas
54 (4.444 %)Sun
54 (4.444 %)SAP
61 (1.111 %)Omniture
61 (1.111 %)MicroStrategy