The first part of the 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 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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.

SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank530542490
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Down-52
Matching contract IT job ads473649
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.080 %0.060 %0.089 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category0.416 %0.289 %0.424 %
Number of daily rates quoted191825
Average daily rate£350£388£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.67 %+19.23 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£330£303£229
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£475£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£375£325
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %+15.38 %
Number of hourly rates quoted110
Average hourly rate£45.00£42.50-
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.88 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00£42.50-
% change year-on-year
+5.88 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
113051247511561
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK19.34 %20.74 %20.95 %
Number of daily rates quoted648469595750
Average daily rate£375£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£260£260£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£529£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£340£320
% change year-on-year
-1.47 %+6.25 %
Number of hourly rates quoted260395412
Average hourly rate£26.50£32.50£28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.46 %+16.07 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£16.50£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£45.00£42.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£32.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.46 %+18.18 %

Xcelsius
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

Xcelsius
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Xcelsius within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

Xcelsius Daily Rate Histogram

Xcelsius
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 22 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 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+1839£348-13.00 %
LondonUp+3826£346-13.50 %
City of LondonUp+277£375-16.66 %
AberdeenUp+24--
ScotlandUp+14--
West MidlandsDown-153--
East of EnglandNew entry-3£450-
GreenwichNew entry-3£365-
YorkshireNew entry-3--
BirminghamNew entry-3--
South EastUp+22£313-10.71 %
Northern IrelandNew entry-2--
North WestNew entry-2--
HertfordshireNew entry-2£350-
CheshireNew entry-2--
BerkshireDown-81--
CambridgeshireNew entry-1£550-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1£313-
WilmslowNew entry-1--
StevenageNew entry-1£350-
NewburyNew entry-1--
Milton KeynesNew entry-1£313-

Xcelsius
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, 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.

190 (77.59 %)Business Objects
259 (50.86 %)SAP
356 (48.28 %)BusinessObjects XI
445 (38.79 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
542 (36.21 %)SQL
636 (31.03 %)BusinessObjects
732 (27.59 %)Business Intelligence
732 (27.59 %)Oracle
826 (22.41 %)SAP BW
924 (20.69 %)TOAD
924 (20.69 %)Data Warehouse
924 (20.69 %)SAP BPC
1023 (19.83 %)Crystal Reports
1122 (18.97 %)Visualisation
1220 (17.24 %)Data Modelling
1317 (14.66 %)Finance
1416 (13.79 %)Remedy
1416 (13.79 %)MS Excel
1513 (11.21 %)ITIL
1513 (11.21 %)Microsoft
1612 (10.34 %)ITIL Certification
1612 (10.34 %)MS Office
1612 (10.34 %)OLAP
1612 (10.34 %)SAP XI
1711 (9.483 %)User Acceptance Testing
1810 (8.621 %)SQL Server
1810 (8.621 %)SAP BI
198 (6.897 %)Unit Testing
198 (6.897 %)Oracle OLAP
198 (6.897 %)Stakeholder Management

Xcelsius
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (10.34 %)SAP XI
26 (5.172 %).NET
26 (5.172 %)ASP.NET
34 (3.448 %)CSS
34 (3.448 %)HTML
34 (3.448 %)Ajax
43 (2.586 %)XML
52 (1.724 %).NET Framework
52 (1.724 %)JSON
52 (1.724 %)jQuery
52 (1.724 %)WebSphere
52 (1.724 %)ADO.NET Entity Framework
61 (0.862 %)MDX
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (4.310 %)SharePoint
22 (1.724 %)SAP Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (13.79 %)MS Excel
212 (10.34 %)MS Office
33 (2.586 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.724 %)SPSS
51 (0.862 %)MS Project
51 (0.862 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
124 (20.69 %)SAP BPC
21 (0.862 %)SAP CRM
21 (0.862 %)SAP HR
21 (0.862 %)SAP R/3
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (4.310 %)Intranet
22 (1.724 %)HTTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (48.28 %)BusinessObjects XI
245 (38.79 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
336 (31.03 %)BusinessObjects
426 (22.41 %)SAP BW
524 (20.69 %)TOAD
524 (20.69 %)Data Warehouse
623 (19.83 %)Crystal Reports
712 (10.34 %)OLAP
810 (8.621 %)SQL Server
810 (8.621 %)SAP BI
98 (6.897 %)Oracle OLAP
105 (4.310 %)CorVu
105 (4.310 %)ETL
114 (3.448 %)Oracle OWB
114 (3.448 %)SQL Server 2005
114 (3.448 %)SQL Server 2008
123 (2.586 %)Star Schema
132 (1.724 %)Oracle 10g
132 (1.724 %)Oracle 9i
141 (0.862 %)SAP HANA
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (1.724 %)Visual Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
117 (14.66 %)Finance
23 (2.586 %)Investment Banking
23 (2.586 %)Banking
32 (1.724 %)Telecoms
32 (1.724 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (1.724 %)Retail
41 (0.862 %)Automotive
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
169 (59.48 %)Developer
242 (36.21 %)Business Objects Developer
339 (33.62 %)Business Developer
418 (15.52 %)Analyst
510 (8.621 %)Consultant
68 (6.897 %)Report Writer
77 (6.034 %)SAP Consultant
77 (6.034 %)SAP Developer
77 (6.034 %)Report Developer
77 (6.034 %)Senior Developer
86 (5.172 %)Business Analyst
86 (5.172 %)Business Objects Consultant
94 (3.448 %)Architect
94 (3.448 %)Analyst Developer
94 (3.448 %)Senior Analyst
94 (3.448 %)SAP BW Consultant
94 (3.448 %).NET Developer
94 (3.448 %)ASP.NET Developer
94 (3.448 %)SQL Developer
94 (3.448 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
122 (18.97 %)Visualisation
24 (3.448 %)Management Information System
33 (2.586 %)Clustering
42 (1.724 %)Mashup
51 (0.862 %)Mathematics
51 (0.862 %)Computer Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (1.724 %)Windows
12 (1.724 %)Linux
12 (1.724 %)Android
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
132 (27.59 %)Business Intelligence
220 (17.24 %)Data Modelling
313 (11.21 %)ITIL
411 (9.483 %)User Acceptance Testing
58 (6.897 %)Unit Testing
58 (6.897 %)Stakeholder Management
66 (5.172 %)Data Management
66 (5.172 %)Asset Management
75 (4.310 %)Migration
84 (3.448 %)Change Management
93 (2.586 %)Waterfall
102 (1.724 %)Risk Management
102 (1.724 %)ERP
102 (1.724 %)Service Management
102 (1.724 %)Requirements Analysis
111 (0.862 %)Capacity Planning
111 (0.862 %)Technical Architecture
111 (0.862 %)Information Management
111 (0.862 %)Data Analysis
111 (0.862 %)Agile Software Development
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
142 (36.21 %)SQL
26 (5.172 %)VBA
26 (5.172 %)T-SQL
34 (3.448 %)JavaScript
34 (3.448 %)PL/SQL
42 (1.724 %)C#
42 (1.724 %)ABAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (10.34 %)ITIL Certification
26 (5.172 %)Security Cleared
32 (1.724 %)SAP Certification
32 (1.724 %)Degree
32 (1.724 %)SC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
190 (77.59 %)Business Objects
259 (50.86 %)SAP
332 (27.59 %)Oracle
416 (13.79 %)Remedy
513 (11.21 %)Microsoft
63 (2.586 %)Cognos
72 (1.724 %)IBM
72 (1.724 %)BMC
72 (1.724 %)Teradata
81 (0.862 %)Sybase