The first table below looks at the demand for Crystal Reports skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Crystal Reports 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 for the West Midlands region.

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 Crystal Reports
Rank 95 96 86
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -10
Contract jobs citing Crystal Reports 4 14 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.239% 0.613% 0.703%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.114% 2.817% 3.283%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 3
Average daily rate £263 £275 £230
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% +19.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £226
10% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £313 £278
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +104.54%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £26.25 £19.75
% change year-on-year
-27.61% +32.91%
All Database & Business Intelligence
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
359 497 396
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 21.41% 21.75% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 252 196
Average daily rate £320 £320 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £440 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 14
Average hourly rate £39.60 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+126.28% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.22 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £36.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
Crystal Reports
England

Crystal Reports
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Crystal Reports across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

West Midlands Crystal Reports Jobs Demand Trend

Crystal Reports
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Crystal Reports across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Crystal Reports Daily Rate Trend

Crystal Reports
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Crystal Reports across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Crystal Reports Hourly Rate Trend

Crystal Reports
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Crystal Reports within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +12 3 £263 -27.58%
Warwickshire -5 1 £340 +48.63%
Coventry - 1 £200 -
Crystal Reports
England

Crystal Reports
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Crystal Reports 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 Crystal Reports.

1 14 (77.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (38.89%) SQL
2 7 (38.89%) Finance
3 6 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 6 (33.33%) Xcelsius
4 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (16.67%) T-SQL
7 2 (11.11%) Project Management
7 2 (11.11%) QA
8 1 (5.556%) Ajax
8 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (5.556%) Project Planning
8 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
8 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
8 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
8 1 (5.556%) Logistics
8 1 (5.556%) Data Extraction
8 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (5.556%) Web Usability
8 1 (5.556%) Data Entry
8 1 (5.556%) Business Process Improvement
8 1 (5.556%) Web Application Development
8 1 (5.556%) DTS
8 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
8 1 (5.556%) RDBMS
8 1 (5.556%) NHS
8 1 (5.556%) Internet

Crystal Reports
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Crystal Reports 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 Crystal Reports. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) Ajax
1 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.556%) .NET
1 1 (5.556%) MFC
1 1 (5.556%) DHTML
1 1 (5.556%) HTML
1 1 (5.556%) ADO.NET
1 1 (5.556%) ASP
1 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.556%) CSS
1 1 (5.556%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) CMS
1 1 (5.556%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (77.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (33.33%) Xcelsius
3 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (5.556%) DTS
5 1 (5.556%) RDBMS
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Developer
1 8 (44.44%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) MI Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Report Developer
5 1 (5.556%) CRM Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Web Developer
5 1 (5.556%) CRM Business Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) C++ Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Data Extraction
1 1 (5.556%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (5.556%) Project Planning
3 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
3 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
3 1 (5.556%) Logistics
3 1 (5.556%) Web Usability
3 1 (5.556%) Data Entry
3 1 (5.556%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (5.556%) Web Application Development
3 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
3 1 (5.556%) Migration
3 1 (5.556%) Data Management
3 1 (5.556%) Content Management
3 1 (5.556%) OO
3 1 (5.556%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.556%) VBA
3 1 (5.556%) C++
3 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.556%) VC++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.556%) Business Objects