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

LinkQuest TOAD
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank400436
Rank change on same period last yearUp+36
Matching contract IT job ads195228
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.260 %0.231 %
As % of the category below1.362 %1.123 %
Daily rates quoted6369
Average minimum daily rate£375£353
Average daily rate£396£377
% change on same period last year+4.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£327
% change on same period last year+8.00 %
Hourly rates quoted103
Average minimum hourly rate£30.03£28.00
Average hourly rate£33.27£28.17
% change on same period last year+18.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.51£28.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.41-
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1431520302
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.08 %20.54 %
Daily rates quoted44975900
Average minimum daily rate£364£373
Average daily rate£388£399
% change on same period last year-2.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£413£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£355
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted10031260
Average minimum hourly rate£29.36£28.86
Average hourly rate£31.64£31.09
% change on same period last year+1.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.91£33.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.85£31.30
% change on same period last year+4.96 %

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.

TOAD
Demand Trend

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

TOAD Demand Trend

TOAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

TOAD Daily Rate Trend

TOAD
Daily Rate Histogram

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

TOAD Daily Rate Histogram

TOAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

TOAD Hourly Rate Trend

TOAD
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

TOAD Hourly Rate Histogram

TOAD
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TOAD 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+58180£397+5.33 %
LondonUp+6498£415+2.76 %
South EastUp+3434£341-3.16 %
City of LondonDown-726£425-8.85 %
YorkshireUp+2313£270-
SurreyUp+512--
West YorkshireNew entry-11£270-
LeedsNew entry-10£270-
ScotlandUp+319£300-
West MidlandsUp+59--
East of EnglandUp+107£413+37.83 %
South WestUp+117£412+20.43 %
BerkshireUp+297£288-19.01 %
HertfordshireUp+106£413-
North WestDown-26£315+5.08 %
MidlandsUp+156£325-
HampshireUp+185£369+5.35 %
ShropshireNew entry-4--
DorsetUp+104£363+8.20 %
TadworthNew entry-4--
TelfordNew entry-4--
GlasgowUp+84£300-
Docklands, LondonUp+244£310-36.99 %
Canary WharfUp+114£325-
Thames ValleyUp+103£290-
BournemouthNew entry-3--
LancashireNew entry-3--
MiddlesexUp+23--
BlackburnNew entry-2--
LiverpoolNew entry-2£315-

TOAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1353 (85.47 %)Oracle
2328 (79.42 %)SQL
3172 (41.65 %)PL/SQL
4159 (38.50 %)Oracle 10g
5120 (29.06 %)Oracle 9i
6119 (28.81 %)UNIX
791 (22.03 %)Finance
879 (19.13 %)XML
973 (17.68 %)Java
1069 (16.71 %)Oracle 8/8i
1163 (15.25 %)Datawarehouse
1261 (14.77 %)Business Intelligence
1354 (13.08 %)ETL
1453 (12.83 %)Oracle Reports
1551 (12.35 %)Windows
1650 (12.11 %)Security Cleared
1749 (11.86 %)HTML
1848 (11.62 %)Cognos
1947 (11.38 %)Oracle Forms
2046 (11.14 %)Banking
2144 (10.65 %)User Acceptance Testing
2241 (9.927 %)Shell Script
2340 (9.685 %)J2EE
2437 (8.959 %).NET
2535 (8.475 %)SC Cleared
2634 (8.232 %)VB
2634 (8.232 %)WebLogic
2732 (7.748 %)RDBMS
2831 (7.506 %)TestDirector
2929 (7.022 %)Government

TOAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
179 (19.13 %)XML
249 (11.86 %)HTML
340 (9.685 %)J2EE
437 (8.959 %).NET
525 (6.053 %)ODBC
621 (5.085 %)CSS
720 (4.843 %)ASP.NET
819 (4.600 %)WebServices
916 (3.874 %)WebSphere
1015 (3.632 %)XSL
1114 (3.390 %)Struts
1213 (3.148 %)XSLT
1311 (2.663 %)JSP
149 (2.179 %)ActiveX
158 (1.937 %)Swing
158 (1.937 %)AJAX
158 (1.937 %)Servlets
158 (1.937 %)DCOM
167 (1.695 %)EJB
167 (1.695 %)JDBC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
134 (8.232 %)WebLogic
224 (5.811 %)Apache
322 (5.327 %)Tomcat
416 (3.874 %)IIS
55 (1.211 %)SharePoint
64 (0.969 %)Oracle Workflow
73 (0.726 %)CoreMedia CMS
73 (0.726 %)SAS
82 (0.484 %)Oracle Application Server
82 (0.484 %)Documentum
82 (0.484 %)ATG Dynamo
91 (0.242 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (0.242 %)Oracle 9iAS
91 (0.242 %)ColdFusion
91 (0.242 %)TeamSite
91 (0.242 %)WebLogic Portal
91 (0.242 %)MS Exchange
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
126 (6.295 %)MS Project
217 (4.116 %)MS Office
316 (3.874 %)CA Clarity
412 (2.906 %)Open Workbench
412 (2.906 %)MS Excel
55 (1.211 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (1.453 %)Oracle 11i
16 (1.453 %)Oracle EBS
25 (1.211 %)SAP PM
34 (0.969 %)Oracle Financials
34 (0.969 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
34 (0.969 %)Oracle Applications
43 (0.726 %)MAXIMO
52 (0.484 %)SAP CRM
52 (0.484 %)PeopleSoft Financials
52 (0.484 %)assyst
61 (0.242 %)Oracle iRecruitment
61 (0.242 %)Oracle HRMS
61 (0.242 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (2.179 %)TCP/IP
28 (1.937 %)Intranet
37 (1.695 %)IIOP
43 (0.726 %)SSH
52 (0.484 %)SSL
52 (0.484 %)Internet
52 (0.484 %)LDAP
61 (0.242 %)Broadband
61 (0.242 %)FTP
61 (0.242 %)SAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1159 (38.50 %)Oracle 10g
2120 (29.06 %)Oracle 9i
369 (16.71 %)Oracle 8/8i
463 (15.25 %)Datawarehouse
554 (13.08 %)ETL
653 (12.83 %)Oracle Reports
732 (7.748 %)RDBMS
826 (6.295 %)BusinessObjects
925 (6.053 %)SQL Server
1023 (5.569 %)DecisionStream
1122 (5.327 %)MS Access
1218 (4.358 %)Oracle Discoverer
1316 (3.874 %)SQLPlus
1412 (2.906 %)DataStage
1511 (2.663 %)Crystal Reports
169 (2.179 %)Cognos Powerplay
169 (2.179 %)Star Schema
169 (2.179 %)Data Mart
169 (2.179 %)SQL Server 2005
178 (1.937 %)SQL Navigator
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
147 (11.38 %)Oracle Forms
231 (7.506 %)TestDirector
316 (3.874 %)QuickTest Pro
316 (3.874 %)WinRunner
413 (3.148 %)LoadRunner
413 (3.148 %)JDeveloper
511 (2.663 %)Eclipse
511 (2.663 %)PVCS
511 (2.663 %)ClearQuest
610 (2.421 %)ERwin
79 (2.179 %)ClearCase
88 (1.937 %)Visual Studio
97 (1.695 %)PowerBuilder
106 (1.453 %)WebLogic Workshop
115 (1.211 %)QARun
124 (0.969 %)Subversion
124 (0.969 %)TestPartner
124 (0.969 %)JIRA
124 (0.969 %)Ant
133 (0.726 %)Rational Rose
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
191 (22.03 %)Finance
246 (11.14 %)Banking
329 (7.022 %)Government
428 (6.780 %)Investment Banking
518 (4.358 %)Publishing
614 (3.390 %)Health
712 (2.906 %)Corporate Banking
712 (2.906 %)Telecoms
810 (2.421 %)Retail
99 (2.179 %)Construction
106 (1.453 %)Pharmaceutical
115 (1.211 %)Criminal Justice
115 (1.211 %)Marketing
124 (0.969 %)Police
133 (0.726 %)Front Office
142 (0.484 %)Back Office
142 (0.484 %)Financial Institution
142 (0.484 %)Education
142 (0.484 %)Billing
142 (0.484 %)Insurance
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1152 (36.80 %)Developer
2127 (30.75 %)Analyst
377 (18.64 %)Oracle Developer
452 (12.59 %)DBA
452 (12.59 %)Oracle DBA
537 (8.959 %)Test Analyst
624 (5.811 %)Data Analyst
723 (5.569 %)Business Analyst
821 (5.085 %)Tester
920 (4.843 %)Cognos Developer
1019 (4.600 %)SQL Developer
1116 (3.874 %)PL/SQL Developer
1116 (3.874 %)Business Intelligence Developer
1215 (3.632 %)Junior
1215 (3.632 %)Consultant
1312 (2.906 %)Junior Oracle DBA
1312 (2.906 %)Junior DBA
1411 (2.663 %)Coordinator
1411 (2.663 %)Systems Analyst
1411 (2.663 %)Programmer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (2.179 %)W3C
19 (2.179 %)Credit Risk
26 (1.453 %)Market Risk
26 (1.453 %)NHS
35 (1.211 %)Client/Server
44 (0.969 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
53 (0.726 %)Mainframe
53 (0.726 %)Data Extraction
62 (0.484 %)Derivative
62 (0.484 %)Management Information System
62 (0.484 %)Equities
71 (0.242 %)IVR
71 (0.242 %)Cryptography
71 (0.242 %)NPfIT
71 (0.242 %)Chemistry
71 (0.242 %)Computer Science
71 (0.242 %)Wiki
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1119 (28.81 %)UNIX
251 (12.35 %)Windows
315 (3.632 %)Solaris
411 (2.663 %)Windows 2000
510 (2.421 %)Windows XP
65 (1.211 %)Windows Server 2003
74 (0.969 %)Linux
83 (0.726 %)HPUX
92 (0.484 %)AIX
92 (0.484 %)Windows NT
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
161 (14.77 %)Business Intelligence
250 (12.11 %)Security Cleared
344 (10.65 %)User Acceptance Testing
435 (8.475 %)SC Cleared
529 (7.022 %)Data Analysis
529 (7.022 %)Software Testing
623 (5.569 %)UML
623 (5.569 %)OO
623 (5.569 %)Data Modelling
722 (5.327 %)Migration
820 (4.843 %)Test Scripting
919 (4.600 %)Business Analysis
1017 (4.116 %)RUP
1112 (2.906 %)Data Migration
1210 (2.421 %)Unified Process
139 (2.179 %)OOD
148 (1.937 %)CRM
148 (1.937 %)ITIL
157 (1.695 %)OOA/OOD
166 (1.453 %)OOP
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1328 (79.42 %)SQL
2172 (41.65 %)PL/SQL
373 (17.68 %)Java
441 (9.927 %)Shell Script
534 (8.232 %)VB
629 (7.022 %)JavaScript
728 (6.780 %)VBA
827 (6.538 %)C#
917 (4.116 %)VB6
1012 (2.906 %)C
1110 (2.421 %)C++
129 (2.179 %)Perl
129 (2.179 %)VB.NET
129 (2.179 %)VBScript
138 (1.937 %)PHP
138 (1.937 %)COBOL
146 (1.453 %)PHP4
152 (0.484 %)Korn
152 (0.484 %)PHP5
152 (0.484 %)PeopleCode
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (5.327 %)ISEB
28 (1.937 %)ISEB Practitioner
37 (1.695 %)Sun Certification
44 (0.969 %)Degree
51 (0.242 %)ISTQB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (3.874 %)QA
29 (2.179 %)ISO9001
36 (1.453 %)Basel II
41 (0.242 %)GAAP
41 (0.242 %)ISO8583
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (4.600 %)Oracle RMAN
26 (1.453 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.242 %)Active Directory
31 (0.242 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
122 (5.327 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
22 (0.484 %)AutoSys
31 (0.242 %)Oracle Statspack
31 (0.242 %)OpenView Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1353 (85.47 %)Oracle
248 (11.62 %)Cognos
326 (6.295 %)Business Objects
326 (6.295 %)Microsoft
418 (4.358 %)Actuate
515 (3.632 %)CA
515 (3.632 %)Sun
515 (3.632 %)Niku
610 (2.421 %)Altova
79 (2.179 %)Macromedia
87 (1.695 %)Sybase
96 (1.453 %)MicroStrategy
105 (1.211 %)Siebel
105 (1.211 %)SAP
105 (1.211 %)Informatica
114 (0.969 %)HP
123 (0.726 %)Vignette
123 (0.726 %)PeopleSoft
123 (0.726 %)webMethods
123 (0.726 %)Casewise
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