The first table below looks at the demand for Xcelsius skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Xcelsius over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius
Rank 501 537 546
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +9
Contract jobs citing Xcelsius 33 49 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.070% 0.083% 0.066%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.337% 0.433% 0.326%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 19
Average daily rate £400 £353 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.47% -11.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £332 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £12.00 £45.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-73.33% +5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9779 11309 12273
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 20.75% 19.08% 20.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5906 6490 6840
Average daily rate £388 £375 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -5.06%
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 £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 271 387
Average hourly rate £25.60 £27.50 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.90% -11.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.31 £12.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%

Xcelsius
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Xcelsius Jobs Demand Trend

Xcelsius
Daily Rate Trend

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

Xcelsius Daily Rate Trend

Xcelsius
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Xcelsius within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Xcelsius Daily Rate Histogram

Xcelsius
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Xcelsius Hourly Rate Trend

Xcelsius
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Xcelsius within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +46 31 £400 +14.28%
London +29 26 £400 +14.12%
City of London +13 10 £400 +6.66%
West Midlands +11 3 - -
Warwickshire - 2 - -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £400 -
Warwick - 2 - -
Nottingham - 2 £400 -
East Midlands - 2 £400 -
Aberdeen -1 1 - -
Scotland -19 1 - -

Xcelsius
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Xcelsius 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 Xcelsius.

1 61 (84.72%) Business Objects
2 39 (54.17%) Business Intelligence
3 37 (51.39%) SAP
4 35 (48.61%) BusinessObjects
5 28 (38.89%) BusinessObjects XI
6 27 (37.50%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 25 (34.72%) SQL
8 24 (33.33%) SAP BW
9 22 (30.56%) Oracle
10 19 (26.39%) Crystal Reports
10 19 (26.39%) Finance
11 17 (23.61%) Visualisation
12 15 (20.83%) SAP BI
12 15 (20.83%) SharePoint
13 14 (19.44%) Data Warehouse
13 14 (19.44%) ETL
14 13 (18.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (13.89%) QlikView
16 9 (12.50%) OLAP
16 9 (12.50%) Microsoft
17 8 (11.11%) Cognos
17 8 (11.11%) SQL Server
17 8 (11.11%) Data Modelling
17 8 (11.11%) ITIL
17 8 (11.11%) Asset Management
17 8 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 7 (9.722%) Teradata
18 7 (9.722%) SAS
18 7 (9.722%) Sybase
18 7 (9.722%) T-SQL

Xcelsius
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Xcelsius 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 Xcelsius. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (8.333%) MDX
1 6 (8.333%) SAP XI
2 1 (1.389%) HTML
2 1 (1.389%) XML
2 1 (1.389%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 15 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 7 (9.722%) SAS
3 1 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.389%) SAP EP
3 1 (1.389%) CMS
3 1 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.389%) WorkSite
3 1 (1.389%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.389%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
1 3 (4.167%) MS Office
2 2 (2.778%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.778%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (9.722%) SAP BPC
2 2 (2.778%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (1.389%) SAP MDM
3 1 (1.389%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (48.61%) BusinessObjects
2 28 (38.89%) BusinessObjects XI
3 27 (37.50%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 24 (33.33%) SAP BW
5 19 (26.39%) Crystal Reports
6 15 (20.83%) SAP BI
7 14 (19.44%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (18.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (13.89%) QlikView
10 9 (12.50%) OLAP
11 8 (11.11%) SQL Server
11 8 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (9.722%) DataStage
13 6 (8.333%) Oracle OLAP
13 6 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (5.556%) TOAD
14 4 (5.556%) CorVu
14 4 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
15 3 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
16 2 (2.778%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.389%) Eclipse
General
1 19 (26.39%) Finance
2 6 (8.333%) Marketing
3 4 (5.556%) Retail
3 4 (5.556%) Advertising
4 3 (4.167%) Banking
5 2 (2.778%) Investment Banking
5 2 (2.778%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.778%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.389%) Front Office
6 1 (1.389%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.389%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.389%) Automotive
6 1 (1.389%) Law
6 1 (1.389%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (47.22%) Developer
2 26 (36.11%) Analyst
3 18 (25.00%) Business Developer
4 13 (18.06%) Business Objects Developer
5 8 (11.11%) Business Analyst
6 7 (9.722%) Report Analyst
6 7 (9.722%) SAP Developer
6 7 (9.722%) Consultant
7 6 (8.333%) Business Objects Analyst
7 6 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 6 (8.333%) MI Analyst
7 6 (8.333%) SQL Developer
8 5 (6.944%) SAP Consultant
8 5 (6.944%) Business Consultant
8 5 (6.944%) Business Objects Consultant
9 3 (4.167%) SAP Business Consultant
9 3 (4.167%) Report Developer
9 3 (4.167%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 2 (2.778%) Support Analyst
10 2 (2.778%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 17 (23.61%) Visualisation
2 1 (1.389%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.167%) Windows
2 2 (2.778%) Linux
3 1 (1.389%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.389%) UNIX
3 1 (1.389%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (54.17%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (19.44%) ETL
3 8 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 8 (11.11%) ITIL
3 8 (11.11%) Asset Management
4 5 (6.944%) Data Analysis
4 5 (6.944%) Data Management
5 4 (5.556%) Service Management
5 4 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (4.167%) Dimensional Modelling
6 3 (4.167%) Service Delivery
7 2 (2.778%) ERP
7 2 (2.778%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (2.778%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (2.778%) Analytics
7 2 (2.778%) Integration Testing
8 1 (1.389%) Master Data Management
8 1 (1.389%) Marketing Analytics
8 1 (1.389%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (1.389%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 25 (34.72%) SQL
2 7 (9.722%) T-SQL
3 4 (5.556%) VB
4 2 (2.778%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.778%) VBA
5 1 (1.389%) Java
5 1 (1.389%) ABAP
5 1 (1.389%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.389%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.389%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 61 (84.72%) Business Objects
2 37 (51.39%) SAP
3 22 (30.56%) Oracle
4 9 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 8 (11.11%) Cognos
6 7 (9.722%) Teradata
6 7 (9.722%) Sybase
6 7 (9.722%) Hyperion
6 7 (9.722%) Informatica
6 7 (9.722%) MicroStrategy
6 7 (9.722%) Netezza
7 5 (6.944%) Remedy
8 2 (2.778%) Intel
9 1 (1.389%) Hummingbird
9 1 (1.389%) Cisco
9 1 (1.389%) Murex
9 1 (1.389%) Interwoven
9 1 (1.389%) Citrix
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