The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in IT contracts advertised for the 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 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reference Data
Rank 101 121 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 16 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.821% 0.041% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.721% 0.266% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 0
Average daily rate £315 £150 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+110.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £425
% change year-on-year
- -17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
430 376 366
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 22.07% 15.51% 19.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 194 157
Average daily rate £313 £338 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £210 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £465 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 30
Average hourly rate £15.75 £16.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.56% -28.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.83 £11.00 £10.62
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Reference Data
England

Reference Data
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Reference Data Daily Rate Trend

Reference Data
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Reference Data Hourly Rate Trend

Reference Data
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Reference Data across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Yorkshire Reference Data Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire +17 16 £315 +110.00% 3
Reference Data
England

Reference Data
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 13 (81.25%) Migration
2 11 (68.75%) Finance
3 9 (56.25%) Data Migration
3 9 (56.25%) Data Cleansing
3 9 (56.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (56.25%) Data Analysis
3 9 (56.25%) Business Analysis
4 6 (37.50%) SQL
5 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 4 (25.00%) BIG-IP
5 4 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (25.00%) CentOS
5 4 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (25.00%) F5
5 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (25.00%) Windows
5 4 (25.00%) Linux
5 4 (25.00%) Red Hat
5 4 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 4 (25.00%) CRM
5 4 (25.00%) Cisco
5 4 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (25.00%) Banking
5 4 (25.00%) Perforce
5 4 (25.00%) Firewall
6 3 (18.75%) Retail
6 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
7 2 (12.50%) Test Management
7 2 (12.50%) VBA

Reference Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 1 (6.250%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
2 2 (12.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) BIG-IP
1 4 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 4 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) MS Access
General
1 11 (68.75%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (18.75%) Retail
4 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Analyst
2 9 (56.25%) Data Analyst
3 8 (50.00%) Business Analyst
4 6 (37.50%) Business Data Analyst
5 3 (18.75%) Software Manager
6 2 (12.50%) Senior Reporting Analyst
6 2 (12.50%) Report Analyst
6 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (6.250%) Configuration Manager
7 1 (6.250%) Software Configuration Manager
7 1 (6.250%) Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (25.00%) CentOS
1 4 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Migration
2 9 (56.25%) Data Migration
2 9 (56.25%) Data Cleansing
2 9 (56.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (56.25%) Data Analysis
2 9 (56.25%) Business Analysis
3 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 4 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 4 (25.00%) CRM
4 2 (12.50%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) VBA
2 2 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) F5
1 4 (25.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (25.00%) Cisco
1 4 (25.00%) Perforce
2 2 (12.50%) Business Objects
3 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
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Rate: £11.00 - £13.00 per hour
Posted: 11 June 2013
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