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This section looks at the demand for Geographic Information System (GIS) skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeographic Information System (GIS)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8189
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.466 %1.244 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£280£343
Average daily rate£290£343
% change on same period last year-15.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£319
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£37.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.09£20.94
% change on same period last year+29.33 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads446402
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.594 %0.408 %
Daily rates quoted9334
Average minimum daily rate£293£341
Average daily rate£310£362
% change on same period last year-14.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£355
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Hourly rates quoted4226
Average minimum hourly rate£26.51£24.35
Average hourly rate£28.95£25.29
% change on same period last year+14.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.39£26.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.81£31.09
% change on same period last year+5.51 %
GIS YorkshireGIS
Yorkshire

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.

GIS
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire GIS Demand Trend

GIS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GIS across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire GIS Daily Rate Trend

GIS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GIS across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire GIS Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 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
BradfordNew entry-5£290-
LeedsDown-45--
HuddersfieldNew entry-4--
WakefieldNew entry-4--
GIS YorkshireGIS
Yorkshire

GIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing GIS 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 GIS.

114 (63.64 %)Oracle
213 (59.09 %)Crystal Reports
312 (54.55 %)SQL
312 (54.55 %)Oracle Reports
47 (31.82 %)ESRI
55 (22.73 %)SQL Server
64 (18.18 %)Government
73 (13.64 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (13.64 %)ArcGIS
82 (9.091 %)ArcIMS
82 (9.091 %)Autodesk
82 (9.091 %)ArcSDE
82 (9.091 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
82 (9.091 %)Adobe
82 (9.091 %)ColdFusion
82 (9.091 %)MS Office
82 (9.091 %)Construction
82 (9.091 %)Capita
82 (9.091 %)Oracle Spatial
82 (9.091 %)Degree
91 (4.545 %)LINQ
91 (4.545 %)ArcView
91 (4.545 %)SQL Server 2005
91 (4.545 %)Oracle Workflow
91 (4.545 %)Visual Studio
91 (4.545 %)ASP.NET
91 (4.545 %)UNIX
91 (4.545 %)Oracle Forms
91 (4.545 %).NET
91 (4.545 %)C#

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing GIS 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 GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.545 %).NET
11 (4.545 %)ASP.NET
11 (4.545 %)LINQ
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (13.64 %)ArcGIS
22 (9.091 %)ArcIMS
22 (9.091 %)ArcSDE
22 (9.091 %)Oracle Spatial
22 (9.091 %)ColdFusion
31 (4.545 %)Oracle Workflow
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (9.091 %)MS Office
21 (4.545 %)ArcView
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.545 %)Internet
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (59.09 %)Crystal Reports
212 (54.55 %)Oracle Reports
35 (22.73 %)SQL Server
43 (13.64 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (9.091 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (4.545 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (4.545 %)Oracle 9i
61 (4.545 %)Oracle 10g
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.545 %)Visual Studio
11 (4.545 %)Oracle Forms
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (18.18 %)Government
22 (9.091 %)Construction
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (50.00 %)Analyst
111 (50.00 %)MI Analyst
29 (40.91 %)Information Analyst
36 (27.27 %)Developer
45 (22.73 %)GIS Developer
52 (9.091 %)Applications Developer
52 (9.091 %)Data Analyst
61 (4.545 %)Oracle Developer
61 (4.545 %).NET Developer
61 (4.545 %)C# Developer
61 (4.545 %)ASP.NET Developer
61 (4.545 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (4.545 %)UNIX
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (4.545 %)Workflow
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (54.55 %)SQL
21 (4.545 %)Shell Script
21 (4.545 %)C#
21 (4.545 %)PL/SQL
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (9.091 %)Degree
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (63.64 %)Oracle
27 (31.82 %)ESRI
32 (9.091 %)Capita
32 (9.091 %)Adobe
32 (9.091 %)Autodesk
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