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The table below looks at the demand for Replication skills across the UK with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Replication over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReplication
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank260262
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads385582
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.542 %0.588 %
As % of the category below2.564 %2.798 %
Daily rates quoted146212
Average minimum daily rate£380£417
Average daily rate£402£436
% change on same period last year-7.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£455
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£372
% change on same period last year-8.08 %
Hourly rates quoted1632
Average minimum hourly rate£34.38£24.75
Average hourly rate£36.56£25.63
% change on same period last year+42.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.75£26.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.33£25.17
% change on same period last year+44.32 %
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1501420800
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.14 %21.02 %
Daily rates quoted57647279
Average minimum daily rate£434£464
Average daily rate£466£497
% change on same period last year-6.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£499£530
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted12241663
Average minimum hourly rate£24.11£23.82
Average hourly rate£26.00£25.73
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.89£27.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.99£26.29
% change on same period last year-4.93 %

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.

Replication
Demand Trend

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

Replication Demand Trend

Replication
Daily Rate Trend

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

Replication Daily Rate Trend

Replication
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Replication within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Replication Daily Rate Histogram

Replication
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Replication Hourly Rate Trend

Replication
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Replication within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Replication Hourly Rate Histogram

Replication
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Replication within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 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
EnglandDown-17350£405-7.10 %
LondonDown-16202£437-5.36 %
South EastUp+3576£314-26.47 %
City of LondonDown-5456£440-6.44 %
BerkshireUp+4938£326-22.64 %
ReadingUp+3330£321-
ScotlandUp+3820£362-11.67 %
East of EnglandUp+3419£333-
Docklands, LondonUp+2416£428-16.90 %
Canary WharfUp+2015£443-36.70 %
South WalesNew entry-13£404-
WalesNew entry-13£404-
EssexUp+1813£277-
YorkshireUp+612£392+11.90 %
EdinburghUp+2412£356-
North WestDown-1411£410+57.45 %
South WestUp+3311£258-
BuckinghamshireUp+2511£296-21.06 %
BasildonNew entry-11£240-
West MidlandsDown-19£400+12.90 %
SurreyUp+58£318-28.71 %
West YorkshireUp+68--
LeedsUp+18--
Milton KeynesUp+38£296-
NewportNew entry-7£521-
ManchesterDown-26--
HampshireUp+46£305-20.75 %
MiddlesexNew entry-5--
DorsetNew entry-5£266-
BrentfordNew entry-5--

Replication
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Replication 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 Replication.

1238 (35.21 %)SQL
2214 (31.66 %)SQL Server
3174 (25.74 %)Windows
4162 (23.96 %)Oracle
5160 (23.67 %)UNIX
6132 (19.53 %)SAN
7125 (18.49 %)Sybase
8121 (17.90 %)Microsoft
8121 (17.90 %)Clustering
9119 (17.60 %)Finance
10116 (17.16 %)Banking
11105 (15.53 %)SQL Server 2005
1292 (13.61 %)Solaris
1385 (12.57 %)Investment Banking
1482 (12.13 %)Windows Server 2003
1579 (11.69 %)SQL Server 2000
1674 (10.95 %)Migration
1773 (10.80 %)Linux
1871 (10.50 %)Sybase ASE
1966 (9.763 %)EMC
2062 (9.172 %)Active Directory
2161 (9.024 %)Disaster Recovery
2252 (7.692 %)Transact-SQL
2252 (7.692 %)Security Cleared
2350 (7.396 %)DNS
2448 (7.101 %)TCP/IP
2448 (7.101 %)Shell Script
2547 (6.953 %)DTS
2547 (6.953 %)AIX
2547 (6.953 %)Oracle RAC

Replication
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Replication 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 Replication. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (4.438 %)WebServices
229 (4.290 %).NET
322 (3.254 %)HTML
421 (3.107 %)XML
518 (2.663 %)Middleware
614 (2.071 %)WebSphere
713 (1.923 %)LAMP
713 (1.923 %)ODBC
89 (1.331 %)ASP
89 (1.331 %)ASP.NET
89 (1.331 %).NET Framework
98 (1.183 %)WCF
98 (1.183 %)AJAX
98 (1.183 %)JDBC
107 (1.036 %)J2EE
116 (0.888 %)SOAP
116 (0.888 %)Oracle Streams
125 (0.740 %)Drupal
125 (0.740 %)Windows SharePoint Services
125 (0.740 %)ADO
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
136 (5.325 %)IIS
229 (4.290 %)MS Exchange
322 (3.254 %)Lotus Notes
322 (3.254 %)Lotus Domino
420 (2.959 %)Apache
516 (2.367 %)Exchange Server 2003
613 (1.923 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
711 (1.627 %)BizTalk Server
711 (1.627 %)SharePoint
810 (1.479 %)CMS
98 (1.183 %)Exchange Server 5.5
107 (1.036 %)ESB
107 (1.036 %)Exchange Server 2007
107 (1.036 %)WebSphere Application Server
107 (1.036 %)WebLogic
116 (0.888 %)SharePoint Portal Server
125 (0.740 %)Oracle Workflow
125 (0.740 %)Content Management Server
134 (0.592 %)WebLogic Portal
134 (0.592 %)IBM HTTP Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
142 (6.213 %)MS Excel
26 (0.888 %)MS Office
26 (0.888 %)MS PowerPoint
35 (0.740 %)MS Project
44 (0.592 %)Spreadsheet
53 (0.444 %)MS Visio
62 (0.296 %)Doxygen
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.444 %)SAP FI
13 (0.444 %)SAP FI/CO
13 (0.444 %)SAP CO
22 (0.296 %)SAP MDM
22 (0.296 %)Oracle EBS
22 (0.296 %)SAP CRM
31 (0.148 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.148 %)RMDS
31 (0.148 %)SAP Oil and Gas
31 (0.148 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
31 (0.148 %)SAP ERP
31 (0.148 %)SAP FI-CA
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1132 (19.53 %)SAN
250 (7.396 %)DNS
348 (7.101 %)TCP/IP
424 (3.550 %)Firewall
516 (2.367 %)DHCP
615 (2.219 %)HTTP
712 (1.775 %)Intranet
811 (1.627 %)Connectrix
910 (1.479 %)WAN
109 (1.331 %)LAN
118 (1.183 %)VPN
118 (1.183 %)SSH
127 (1.036 %)DMZ
136 (0.888 %)SSL
144 (0.592 %)CTI
144 (0.592 %)Internet
144 (0.592 %)LDAP
144 (0.592 %)Wireless
152 (0.296 %)iSCSI
152 (0.296 %)FTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1214 (31.66 %)SQL Server
2105 (15.53 %)SQL Server 2005
379 (11.69 %)SQL Server 2000
471 (10.50 %)Sybase ASE
547 (6.953 %)DTS
646 (6.805 %)Oracle 10g
741 (6.065 %)Oracle 9i
840 (5.917 %)MySQL
840 (5.917 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
937 (5.473 %)RDBMS
1034 (5.030 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1128 (4.142 %)DB2
1227 (3.994 %)Oracle 8/8i
1321 (3.107 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1417 (2.515 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1516 (2.367 %)OLAP
1612 (1.775 %)Datawarehouse
1612 (1.775 %)Oracle 11g
179 (1.331 %)ETL
179 (1.331 %)OLTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (1.923 %)Visual Studio
211 (1.627 %)Ant
310 (1.479 %)ClearCase
47 (1.036 %)TestDirector
47 (1.036 %)ClearQuest
47 (1.036 %)JIRA
47 (1.036 %)Flash
52 (0.296 %)Selenium
52 (0.296 %)NUnit
52 (0.296 %)CruiseControl
52 (0.296 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.148 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.148 %)ERwin
61 (0.148 %)ProC
61 (0.148 %)Oracle Designer 10g
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1119 (17.60 %)Finance
2116 (17.16 %)Banking
385 (12.57 %)Investment Banking
421 (3.107 %)Government
514 (2.071 %)Telecoms
611 (1.627 %)Insurance
79 (1.331 %)Retail
79 (1.331 %)Financial Institution
88 (1.183 %)Billing
96 (0.888 %)Front Office
96 (0.888 %)Military
105 (0.740 %)Online Games
105 (0.740 %)Marketing
105 (0.740 %)Games
114 (0.592 %)Auditing
123 (0.444 %)Music
132 (0.296 %)Retail Banking
132 (0.296 %)Pensions
132 (0.296 %)Construction
132 (0.296 %)Education
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1257 (38.02 %)DBA
2112 (16.57 %)SQL DBA
389 (13.17 %)Sybase DBA
485 (12.57 %)Administrator
577 (11.39 %)SQL Server DBA
666 (9.763 %)Developer
763 (9.320 %)Analyst
844 (6.509 %)Consultant
844 (6.509 %)Oracle DBA
927 (3.994 %)Architect
927 (3.994 %)Support Analyst
927 (3.994 %)Storage Administrator
1023 (3.402 %)SQL Developer
1115 (2.219 %)Storage Specialist
1115 (2.219 %)PHP Developer
1214 (2.071 %)SQL Server Developer
1214 (2.071 %)Applications Support
1214 (2.071 %)Systems Administrator
1313 (1.923 %)SAN Administrator
1412 (1.775 %)Senior DBA
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1121 (17.90 %)Clustering
228 (4.142 %)CLARiiON
322 (3.254 %)Symmetrix
421 (3.107 %)Mainframe
520 (2.959 %)Blackberry
614 (2.071 %)EMC Centera
712 (1.775 %)N-Tier
810 (1.479 %)Equities
99 (1.331 %)AS400
108 (1.183 %)Derivative
117 (1.036 %)HACMP
126 (0.888 %)IBM Mainframe
135 (0.740 %)Celerra
144 (0.592 %)Data Integration
153 (0.444 %)Client/Server
153 (0.444 %)Firmware
162 (0.296 %)Data Extraction
171 (0.148 %)Multithreading
171 (0.148 %)Device Driver
171 (0.148 %)W3C
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1174 (25.74 %)Windows
2160 (23.67 %)UNIX
392 (13.61 %)Solaris
482 (12.13 %)Windows Server 2003
573 (10.80 %)Linux
647 (6.953 %)AIX
731 (4.586 %)HPUX
829 (4.290 %)Windows 2000
927 (3.994 %)Windows 2000 Server
1020 (2.959 %)Red Hat Linux
1118 (2.663 %)Debian
129 (1.331 %)OpenVMS
135 (0.740 %)Windows XP
135 (0.740 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
144 (0.592 %)Tru64
153 (0.444 %)SUSE
153 (0.444 %)Windows Vista
162 (0.296 %)zOS
162 (0.296 %)Windows NT
171 (0.148 %)FreeBSD
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
174 (10.95 %)Migration
261 (9.024 %)Disaster Recovery
352 (7.692 %)Security Cleared
446 (6.805 %)Load Balancing
545 (6.657 %)ITIL
643 (6.361 %)SC Cleared
725 (3.698 %)Data Modelling
822 (3.254 %)Business Intelligence
919 (2.811 %)Project Management
1015 (2.219 %)Configuration Management
1114 (2.071 %)Data Migration
1114 (2.071 %)PRINCE2
1212 (1.775 %)E-Commerce
1212 (1.775 %)Incident Management
1212 (1.775 %)Technical Architecture
1311 (1.627 %)RUP
1410 (1.479 %)UML
1410 (1.479 %)B2B
159 (1.331 %)Workflow
159 (1.331 %)Web Development
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1238 (35.21 %)SQL
252 (7.692 %)Transact-SQL
348 (7.101 %)Shell Script
443 (6.361 %)Java
527 (3.994 %)PL/SQL
625 (3.698 %)Perl
718 (2.663 %)PHP
815 (2.219 %)C
914 (2.071 %)C#
1012 (1.775 %)JavaScript
1111 (1.627 %)LotusScript
129 (1.331 %)C++
129 (1.331 %)VBScript
129 (1.331 %)Korn
138 (1.183 %)VB
147 (1.036 %)VB6
152 (0.296 %)Python
161 (0.148 %)REXX
161 (0.148 %)Ruby
161 (0.148 %)VB.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
121 (3.107 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (2.071 %)Degree
312 (1.775 %)MCSE
48 (1.183 %)MCDBA
57 (1.036 %)ISEB
57 (1.036 %)MCP
66 (0.888 %)MCSA
66 (0.888 %)ISTQB
75 (0.740 %)Oracle Certification
84 (0.592 %)HND
93 (0.444 %)OCP
102 (0.296 %)CCNA
102 (0.296 %)Cisco Certification
111 (0.148 %)CCNP
111 (0.148 %)PMP
111 (0.148 %)PMI Certification
111 (0.148 %)MBA
111 (0.148 %)MCITP
111 (0.148 %)HP ASE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.331 %)QA
24 (0.592 %)JSP 440
33 (0.444 %)ISO8583
41 (0.148 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
162 (9.172 %)Active Directory
247 (6.953 %)Oracle RAC
330 (4.438 %)Oracle RMAN
415 (2.219 %)NetBackup
511 (1.627 %)MetaFrame
511 (1.627 %)VMware Infrastructure
67 (1.036 %)MSMQ
67 (1.036 %)ISA Server
75 (0.740 %)MailMarshal
84 (0.592 %)VMware ESX
93 (0.444 %)Terminal Services
102 (0.296 %)NFS
102 (0.296 %)LiteSpeed
111 (0.148 %)Squid
111 (0.148 %)RACF
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
122 (3.254 %)EMC TimeFinder
210 (1.479 %)Tivoli
38 (1.183 %)CONTROL-M
38 (1.183 %)MAILsweeper
47 (1.036 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
56 (0.888 %)AutoSys
56 (0.888 %)CA SiteMinder
56 (0.888 %)OVOW
56 (0.888 %)OVPI
65 (0.740 %)Nagios
74 (0.592 %)Foglight
74 (0.592 %)DiskXtender
83 (0.444 %)EMC NetWorker
83 (0.444 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
92 (0.296 %)Norton AntiVirus
92 (0.296 %)EMC Navisphere
92 (0.296 %)SCCM
101 (0.148 %)SCOM
101 (0.148 %)WSUS
101 (0.148 %)OMEGAMON
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1162 (23.96 %)Oracle
2125 (18.49 %)Sybase
3121 (17.90 %)Microsoft
466 (9.763 %)EMC
546 (6.805 %)IBM
642 (6.213 %)Brocade
739 (5.769 %)HP
739 (5.769 %)VERITAS
830 (4.438 %)Cisco
928 (4.142 %)Sun
1027 (3.994 %)VMware
1123 (3.402 %)Lotus
1220 (2.959 %)Citrix
1317 (2.515 %)Red Hat
1413 (1.923 %)Symantec
1512 (1.775 %)TIBCO
1611 (1.627 %)Hitachi
1710 (1.479 %)SAP
1710 (1.479 %)NetApp
185 (0.740 %)Business Objects