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The table below looks at the demand for Very Large Database (VLDB) 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 VLDB over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVery Large Database (VLDB)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank555650
Rank change on same period last yearUp+95
Matching contract IT job ads416
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.016 %
As % of the category below0.029 %0.080 %
Daily rates quoted34
Average minimum daily rate£317£340
Average daily rate£317£376
% change on same period last year-15.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£376
% change on same period last year-15.83 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1385419953
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.51 %20.16 %
Daily rates quoted42945798
Average minimum daily rate£353£369
Average daily rate£376£393
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£399£416
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£350
% change on same period last year-2.64 %
Hourly rates quoted9361471
Average minimum hourly rate£28.21£28.91
Average hourly rate£30.17£30.84
% change on same period last year-2.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.13£32.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.04£31.90
% change on same period last year-5.83 %

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.

VLDB
Demand Trend

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

VLDB Demand Trend

VLDB
Daily Rate Trend

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

VLDB Daily Rate Trend

VLDB
Daily Rate Histogram

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

VLDB Daily Rate Histogram

VLDB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VLDB Hourly Rate Trend

VLDB
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLDB 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
South EastNew entry-4£317-
EnglandUp+754£317-15.83 %
WeybridgeNew entry-3£317-
SurreyNew entry-3£317-
East SussexNew entry-1--

VLDB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

17 (87.50 %)SQL Server
17 (87.50 %)SQL Server 2005
26 (75.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
34 (50.00 %)SQL
34 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
34 (50.00 %).NET
34 (50.00 %)Datawarehouse
34 (50.00 %)Microsoft
43 (37.50 %)Replication
43 (37.50 %)EPoS
43 (37.50 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (37.50 %)OLTP
43 (37.50 %)DTS
43 (37.50 %)E-Commerce
43 (37.50 %)OLAP
43 (37.50 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
52 (25.00 %)Performance Management
52 (25.00 %)Music
52 (25.00 %)SAN
52 (25.00 %)IIS
52 (25.00 %)Telecoms
61 (12.50 %)CMS
61 (12.50 %)Star Schema
61 (12.50 %)C#
61 (12.50 %)HTML
61 (12.50 %)JavaScript
61 (12.50 %)Shell Script
61 (12.50 %)Adobe
61 (12.50 %)Oracle 10g
61 (12.50 %)Visual Studio

VLDB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (50.00 %).NET
21 (12.50 %)ASP
21 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
21 (12.50 %)CSS
21 (12.50 %)SOAP
21 (12.50 %)WebServices
21 (12.50 %)XML
21 (12.50 %)XSL
21 (12.50 %)XSLT
21 (12.50 %)Google Gears
21 (12.50 %)Adobe AIR
21 (12.50 %)HTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)IIS
21 (12.50 %)CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)SAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (87.50 %)SQL Server
17 (87.50 %)SQL Server 2005
26 (75.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
34 (50.00 %)Datawarehouse
43 (37.50 %)DTS
43 (37.50 %)OLAP
43 (37.50 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
43 (37.50 %)OLTP
43 (37.50 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (12.50 %)Star Schema
51 (12.50 %)Oracle 10g
51 (12.50 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
11 (12.50 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Telecoms
12 (25.00 %)Music
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)Developer
14 (50.00 %)DBA
23 (37.50 %)SQL Developer
23 (37.50 %)SQL DBA
23 (37.50 %)SQL Server Developer
23 (37.50 %)SQL Server DBA
32 (25.00 %)Development DBA
41 (12.50 %)Oracle Development DBA
41 (12.50 %)SQL Server Development DBA
41 (12.50 %)Oracle DBA
41 (12.50 %).NET Developer
41 (12.50 %)C# Developer
41 (12.50 %)ASP Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (37.50 %)EPoS
13 (37.50 %)Replication
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)E-Commerce
22 (25.00 %)Performance Management
31 (12.50 %)UML
31 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
31 (12.50 %)Web Development
31 (12.50 %)Use Case
31 (12.50 %)Unit Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (50.00 %)SQL
14 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (12.50 %)Shell Script
21 (12.50 %)Korn
21 (12.50 %)C#
21 (12.50 %)JavaScript
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (12.50 %)Adobe
21 (12.50 %)Google
21 (12.50 %)Oracle