The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Reference Data 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the West Yorkshire 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
Reference Data
Rank 88 89 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.236% 0.062% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.167% 0.446% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £325 £150 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+116.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £398 £330
% change year-on-year
+16.20% +20.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £17.00 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
257 224 221
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 20.19% 13.84% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 112 94
Average daily rate £300 £338 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £211 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 18
Average hourly rate £13.75 £18.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.61% +63.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.97 £11.00 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.35 £26.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Reference Data
Yorkshire

Reference Data
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Reference Data across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Yorkshire Reference Data Jobs Demand Trend

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Reference Data Daily Rate Trend

Reference Data
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Reference Data within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds +5 3 £325 +116.66%
Reference Data
Yorkshire

Reference Data
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Reference Data 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 Reference Data.

1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 3 (50.00%) SAS
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) SPSS
2 3 (50.00%) NHS
2 3 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (33.33%) Data Management
3 2 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) VBA
3 2 (33.33%) Business Objects
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Perforce
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Test Management
4 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) C
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) BIG-IP
4 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
4 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Statistics

Reference Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 3 (50.00%) SPSS
2 3 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) BIG-IP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (50.00%) Information Analyst
4 2 (33.33%) Senior Information Analyst
4 2 (33.33%) Report Analyst
4 2 (33.33%) Senior Reporting Analyst
5 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
5 1 (16.67%) Software Manager
5 1 (16.67%) NHS Information Analyst
5 1 (16.67%) Configuration Manager
5 1 (16.67%) Software Configuration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) NHS
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (16.67%) CentOS
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Test Management
2 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
2 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) VBA
3 1 (16.67%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Business Objects
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) Perforce
2 1 (16.67%) F5