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The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Reference Data over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous 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.

3 months to
19 Jun 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Reference Data

Rank

362

401

274

Rank change year-on-year

+39

-127

Contract jobs citing Reference Data

183

171

392

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK

0.380%

0.295%

0.630%

As % of the Miscellaneous category

1.412%

1.199%

2.271%

Number of daily rates quoted

126

120

290

Average daily rate

£500

£550

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

-9.09%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£325

£283

£450

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£650

£653

£650

UK excluding London average daily rate

£350

£425

% change year-on-year

-17.64%

Number of hourly rates quoted

Average hourly rate

£30.00

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£30.00

All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK

Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category

12964

14261

17263

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK

26.94%

24.57%

27.73%

Number of daily rates quoted

7811

8294

10400

Average daily rate

£425

£501

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

-15.08%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£243

£250

£275

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£600

£601

£650

UK excluding London average daily rate

£350

£345

£328

% change year-on-year

+1.44%

+5.34%

Number of hourly rates quoted

567

691

684

Average hourly rate

£22.25

£22.50

£22.81

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

-1.11%

-1.36%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£12.43

£12.00

£11.00

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£42.65

£45.00

£42.50

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£21.63

£22.50

£25.00

% change year-on-year

-3.88%

-10.00%

Reference Data
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reference Data
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Reference Data within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Reference Data
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reference Data
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Reference Data within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Reference Data
Top 23 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Reference Data within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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	Find Job Vacancies
England	+16	169	£500	-	47
London	+18	139	£540	+8.00%	37
City of London	+7	37	£550	+4.76%	17
Yorkshire	+20	16	£315	+110.00%	3
West Yorkshire	+17	16	£315	+110.00%	3
Leeds	+6	12	£315	+110.00%	1
County Antrim	+8	7	£388	-3.12%	1
Northern Ireland	+6	7	£388	-3.12%	1
Belfast	+5	7	£388	-3.12%	1
Scotland	-5	7	£350	+86.66%
Stirling	-	6	£350	-
South West	+35	5	£500	-
South East	+19	3	£563	+60.71%	6
Wiltshire	-	2	£500	-
Berkshire	+11	1	-	-
Buckinghamshire	-	-	-	-
West Lothian	-	-	-	-
Swindon	-	-	-	-
Edinburgh	-	-	-	-
Glasgow	-	-	-	-
Livingston	-	-	-	-
Milton Keynes	-	-	-	-
Reading	-	-	-	-

Reference Data
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data.

1	186 (56.88%)	Banking
2	122 (37.31%)	Finance
3	110 (33.64%)	Investment Banking
4	85 (25.99%)	SQL
5	73 (22.32%)	Data Analysis
6	66 (20.18%)	Business Analysis
7	62 (18.96%)	Data Modelling
8	55 (16.82%)	Data Management
9	54 (16.51%)	Derivative
10	53 (16.21%)	Project Management
11	48 (14.68%)	Data Warehouse
12	40 (12.23%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
13	37 (11.31%)	Migration
14	36 (11.01%)	Back Office
15	35 (10.70%)	Retail

16	34 (10.40%)	MS Excel
16	34 (10.40%)	Data Architecture
17	33 (10.09%)	User Acceptance Testing
18	32 (9.786%)	Asset Management
18	32 (9.786%)	Agile Software Development
18	32 (9.786%)	Data Mapping
19	31 (9.480%)	XML
20	28 (8.563%)	Front Office
21	27 (8.257%)	UML
22	25 (7.645%)	VBA
22	25 (7.645%)	Data Quality
23	24 (7.339%)	Use Case
24	23 (7.034%)	MS PowerPoint
24	23 (7.034%)	Fixed Income
25	22 (6.728%)	Legal

Reference Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1	31 (9.480%)	XML
2	11 (3.364%)	.NET
3	10 (3.058%)	ASP.NET
4	6 (1.835%)	J2EE
5	4 (1.223%)	XML Schema
6	3 (0.917%)	XML Messaging
6	3 (0.917%)	Middleware
7	2 (0.612%)	FpML
8	1 (0.306%)	JDBC
8	1 (0.306%)	Web Services
8	1 (0.306%)	JMS
8	1 (0.306%)	Java EE
8	1 (0.306%)	MDX
8	1 (0.306%)	Velocity
8	1 (0.306%)	jQuery
8	1 (0.306%)	Spring

Application Platforms
1	9 (2.752%)	SAS
2	5 (1.529%)	SharePoint
3	1 (0.306%)	FileNet
3	1 (0.306%)	Oracle Coherence

Applications
1	34 (10.40%)	MS Excel
2	23 (7.034%)	MS PowerPoint
3	19 (5.810%)	MS Visio
4	7 (2.141%)	MS Office
5	6 (1.835%)	MS Project

Business Applications
1	4 (1.223%)	Summit
1	4 (1.223%)	Dynamics CRM
2	3 (0.917%)	Taleo
3	2 (0.612%)	Eagle PACE
4	1 (0.306%)	Loan IQ

Communications & Networking
1	5 (1.529%)	HTTP
2	4 (1.223%)	Cisco ASA
2	4 (1.223%)	BIG-IP
2	4 (1.223%)	Firewall
3	2 (0.612%)	Internet
4	1 (0.306%)	DSL
4	1 (0.306%)	FTP
4	1 (0.306%)	HTTPS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	48 (14.68%)	Data Warehouse
2	14 (4.281%)	Data Mining
3	13 (3.976%)	MS Access
4	12 (3.670%)	TOAD
5	9 (2.752%)	QlikView
6	7 (2.141%)	SQL Server
7	6 (1.835%)	BusinessObjects XI
7	6 (1.835%)	BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8	4 (1.223%)	SQL Server Integration Services
9	3 (0.917%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
10	2 (0.612%)	Pentaho
10	2 (0.612%)	Hadoop
10	2 (0.612%)	SQL Server 2008
10	2 (0.612%)	PerformancePoint
10	2 (0.612%)	Big Data
10	2 (0.612%)	MySQL
11	1 (0.306%)	Crystal Reports
11	1 (0.306%)	DataStage
11	1 (0.306%)	SAP HANA
11	1 (0.306%)	SQL Server Analysis Services

Development Applications
1	16 (4.893%)	ERwin
2	6 (1.835%)	ClearCase
3	5 (1.529%)	ClearQuest
3	5 (1.529%)	Ant
3	5 (1.529%)	CruiseControl
4	3 (0.917%)	Balsamiq Mockups
5	2 (0.612%)	Talend Open Studio

General
1	186 (56.88%)	Banking
2	122 (37.31%)	Finance
3	110 (33.64%)	Investment Banking
4	36 (11.01%)	Back Office
5	35 (10.70%)	Retail
6	28 (8.563%)	Front Office
7	22 (6.728%)	Legal
8	18 (5.505%)	Retail Banking
9	14 (4.281%)	Financial Institution
10	5 (1.529%)	Mandarin Language
10	5 (1.529%)	German Language
11	3 (0.917%)	Telecoms
12	2 (0.612%)	Marketing
12	2 (0.612%)	Pharmaceutical
12	2 (0.612%)	Advertising
13	1 (0.306%)	Manufacturing
13	1 (0.306%)	Wholesale Banking
13	1 (0.306%)	Private Banking
13	1 (0.306%)	Corporate Banking
13	1 (0.306%)	General Ledger

Job Titles
1	185 (56.57%)	Analyst
2	143 (43.73%)	Business Analyst
3	60 (18.35%)	Data Analyst
4	51 (15.60%)	Project Manager
5	31 (9.480%)	Architect
6	24 (7.339%)	Developer
7	22 (6.728%)	Data Architect
8	18 (5.505%)	Banking Business Analyst
9	17 (5.199%)	Data Modeller
10	14 (4.281%)	Business Data Analyst
11	11 (3.364%)	Technical Analyst
12	10 (3.058%)	Senior Analyst
12	10 (3.058%)	Business Manager
12	10 (3.058%)	Technical Business Analyst
12	10 (3.058%)	Systems Analyst
13	9 (2.752%)	Reference Data Business Analyst
13	9 (2.752%)	Fixed Income Business Analyst
14	8 (2.446%)	Data Manager
15	7 (2.141%)	Senior Business Analyst
15	7 (2.141%)	Project Analyst

Miscellaneous
1	54 (16.51%)	Derivative
2	40 (12.23%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
3	23 (7.034%)	Fixed Income
4	18 (5.505%)	Market Risk
5	17 (5.199%)	Equities
6	14 (4.281%)	Credit Derivative
7	13 (3.976%)	Wiki
8	11 (3.364%)	Credit Risk
9	8 (2.446%)	Data Integration
10	5 (1.529%)	Management Information System
10	5 (1.529%)	Replication
11	3 (0.917%)	Computer Science
12	2 (0.612%)	Interest Rate Derivative
12	2 (0.612%)	PMI
13	1 (0.306%)	Mainframe
13	1 (0.306%)	Exotic Derivative
13	1 (0.306%)	Pharmacovigilance
13	1 (0.306%)	Mathematics
13	1 (0.306%)	Physics
13	1 (0.306%)	Statistical Arbitrage

Operating Systems
1	11 (3.364%)	Windows
2	7 (2.141%)	UNIX
3	5 (1.529%)	Linux
4	4 (1.223%)	CentOS
4	4 (1.223%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	4 (1.223%)	Windows Server 2008
4	4 (1.223%)	Windows Server 2012
5	1 (0.306%)	Oracle Linux

Processes & Methodologies
1	73 (22.32%)	Data Analysis
2	66 (20.18%)	Business Analysis
3	62 (18.96%)	Data Modelling
4	55 (16.82%)	Data Management
5	53 (16.21%)	Project Management
6	37 (11.31%)	Migration
7	34 (10.40%)	Data Architecture
8	33 (10.09%)	User Acceptance Testing
9	32 (9.786%)	Asset Management
9	32 (9.786%)	Agile Software Development
9	32 (9.786%)	Data Mapping
10	27 (8.257%)	UML
11	24 (7.339%)	Use Case
12	20 (6.116%)	Stakeholder Management
13	18 (5.505%)	Wealth Management
13	18 (5.505%)	Data Migration
13	18 (5.505%)	Data Cleansing
13	18 (5.505%)	Data Governance
14	16 (4.893%)	Business Intelligence
14	16 (4.893%)	GAP Analysis

Programming Languages
1	85 (25.99%)	SQL
2	25 (7.645%)	VBA
3	8 (2.446%)	Java
4	6 (1.835%)	C
4	6 (1.835%)	Perl
5	3 (0.917%)	C#
5	3 (0.917%)	VB
6	2 (0.612%)	PL/SQL
6	2 (0.612%)	T-SQL
7	1 (0.306%)	COBOL
7	1 (0.306%)	JavaScript

Qualifications
1	20 (6.116%)	Degree
2	4 (1.223%)	Security Cleared
3	2 (0.612%)	SC Cleared
3	2 (0.612%)	ISEB
3	2 (0.612%)	PMI Certification
4	1 (0.306%)	PRINCE2 Certification
4	1 (0.306%)	ISTQB
4	1 (0.306%)	BC Cleared
4	1 (0.306%)	DV Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	25 (7.645%)	Data Quality
2	8 (2.446%)	MiFID
3	5 (1.529%)	SLA
4	4 (1.223%)	FATCA
5	3 (0.917%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
5	3 (0.917%)	Basel II
5	3 (0.917%)	QA
6	1 (0.306%)	Basel III

Systems Management
1	14 (4.281%)	HP Quality Center
2	2 (0.612%)	Control-M

Vendors
1	18 (5.505%)	Cadis
2	15 (4.587%)	Microsoft
2	15 (4.587%)	HP
3	13 (3.976%)	Oracle
4	11 (3.364%)	GoldenSource
5	10 (3.058%)	Business Objects
5	10 (3.058%)	Bloomberg
6	9 (2.752%)	Pega
7	8 (2.446%)	Informatica
8	7 (2.141%)	Teradata
9	5 (1.529%)	Perforce
10	4 (1.223%)	F5
10	4 (1.223%)	Netezza
10	4 (1.223%)	Cisco
10	4 (1.223%)	IBM
10	4 (1.223%)	Red Hat
10	4 (1.223%)	Interwoven
10	4 (1.223%)	Trillium
10	4 (1.223%)	Cognos
11	3 (0.917%)	SAP

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