The first table below looks at the demand for WebFOCUS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebFOCUS over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Builders WebFOCUS
Rank 528 581 581
Rank change year-on-year
+53 0
Contract jobs citing WebFOCUS 1 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.005% 0.005%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.010% 0.027% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £155 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -57.24%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £155 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9589 11093 12450
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 20.67% 19.02% 20.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5784 6372 6932
Average daily rate £388 £375 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -4.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £258 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 268 387
Average hourly rate £25.60 £28.00 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.34 £12.67 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £44.70 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%

WebFOCUS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebFOCUS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

WebFOCUS Jobs Demand Trend

WebFOCUS
Daily Rate Trend

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

WebFOCUS Daily Rate Trend

WebFOCUS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WebFOCUS Hourly Rate Trend

WebFOCUS
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebFOCUS within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 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
East of England - 1 - -
England - 1 - -
Essex - 1 - -
Brentwood - 1 - -

WebFOCUS
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebFOCUS 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 WebFOCUS.

1 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Release Management
4 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
4 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (11.11%) ETL
4 1 (11.11%) DFSS
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Automotive
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) DMAIC
4 1 (11.11%) STB
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) CA
4 1 (11.11%) NHS
4 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) VBA
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
4 1 (11.11%) MS Project
4 1 (11.11%) MS Office
4 1 (11.11%) MS Excel

WebFOCUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebFOCUS 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 WebFOCUS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Project
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Automotive
1 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Business Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Information Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) STB
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Release Management
3 1 (11.11%) ETL
3 1 (11.11%) DFSS
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) DMAIC
3 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) CA