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The table below looks at the demand for Migration skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Migration over the 3 months to 6 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Migration
Location
3 months to
6 Jan 2009		Same period last year
Rank3033
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads20963178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.276 %3.908 %
As % of the category below8.391 %8.243 %
Daily rates quoted6881044
Average minimum daily rate£378£393
Average daily rate£401£413
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£365
% change on same period last year+5.72 %
Hourly rates quoted135234
Average minimum hourly rate£26.68£26.48
Average hourly rate£28.40£27.96
% change on same period last year+1.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.12£29.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.98£26.65
% change on same period last year-10.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads2497938552
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled50.96 %47.41 %
Daily rates quoted863712895
Average minimum daily rate£378£389
Average daily rate£404£413
% change on same period last year-2.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£376
% change on same period last year+1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted17102447
Average minimum hourly rate£26.73£27.79
Average hourly rate£28.36£29.57
% change on same period last year-4.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.98£31.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.69£28.84
% change on same period last year-3.98 %

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.

Migration
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Migration within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Migration Demand Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Migration within the UK.

Migration Daily Rate Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Migration within the UK over the 3 months to 6 January 2009.

Migration Daily Rate Histogram

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Migration within the UK.

Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Migration within the UK over the 3 months to 6 January 2009.

Migration Hourly Rate Histogram

Migration
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the UK over the 3 months to 6 January 2009. 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
EnglandNo change01924£400-3.65 %
LondonUp+8849£420-10.47 %
South EastUp+9405£392+4.81 %
City of LondonUp+20233£474-2.82 %
South WestDown-1174£375+5.25 %
BerkshireUp+12154£405+21.21 %
East of EnglandUp+28117£402+3.52 %
West MidlandsDown-3111£333-18.50 %
YorkshireUp+24101£374+20.13 %
ScotlandUp+2188£331+5.03 %
North WestDown-1478£375+11.62 %
West YorkshireUp+2275£369+14.52 %
WiltshireNo change067£418+8.86 %
HampshireDown-357£390-2.43 %
LeedsUp+2251£389+20.07 %
BuckinghamshireNo change048£365-5.26 %
HertfordshireUp+5645£402-13.06 %
SwindonDown-841£434+11.40 %
ReadingUp+737£371+1.08 %
EdinburghUp+1937£368+10.85 %
MidlandsNo change037£410-2.74 %
Milton KeynesDown-532£362-10.92 %
East MidlandsDown-2530£428+24.97 %
SurreyUp+529£414+6.27 %
BirminghamUp+928£272-30.14 %
NorfolkUp+1528£453-17.61 %
GloucestershireUp+726£365-0.36 %
KentDown-1025£242-28.39 %
WalesUp+2025£439+13.96 %
CheshireDown-1824£385+16.86 %

Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Migration 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 Migration.

11626 (30.09 %)Data Migration
21079 (19.97 %)Finance
3868 (16.06 %)SQL
4791 (14.64 %)Oracle
5685 (12.68 %)Windows
6596 (11.03 %)Banking
7511 (9.456 %)SQL Server
8479 (8.864 %)Microsoft
9427 (7.902 %)UNIX
10415 (7.679 %)SAP
11405 (7.494 %)Project Management
12382 (7.069 %)Security Cleared
13379 (7.013 %)Active Directory
14342 (6.329 %)MS Exchange
15329 (6.088 %)Government
16265 (4.904 %).NET
17264 (4.885 %)Investment Banking
18248 (4.589 %)PRINCE2
19245 (4.534 %)MS Excel
20243 (4.497 %)Windows Server 2003
21231 (4.275 %)Business Analysis
22230 (4.256 %)SC Cleared
23215 (3.979 %)SQL Server 2005
24209 (3.868 %)Telecoms
25190 (3.516 %)ETL
26187 (3.460 %)PL/SQL
26187 (3.460 %)Pensions
27184 (3.405 %)Oracle 10g
28182 (3.368 %)MS Office
29181 (3.349 %)XML

Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Migration 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 Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1265 (4.904 %).NET
2181 (3.349 %)XML
392 (1.702 %)ASP.NET
489 (1.647 %)HTML
559 (1.092 %)WebServices
655 (1.018 %)CSS
754 (0.999 %)WebSphere
851 (0.944 %)XSLT
851 (0.944 %)J2EE
943 (0.796 %).NET Framework
1042 (0.777 %)Middleware
1138 (0.703 %)XHTML
1237 (0.685 %)ASP
1336 (0.666 %)XML Schema
1433 (0.611 %)LAMP
1526 (0.481 %)SAP Basis
1624 (0.444 %)Oracle Streams
1624 (0.444 %)Spring
1721 (0.389 %)BAPI
1721 (0.389 %)SOAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1342 (6.329 %)MS Exchange
2170 (3.146 %)SharePoint
3169 (3.127 %)Exchange Server 2007
3169 (3.127 %)Exchange Server 2003
4141 (2.609 %)Lotus Notes
584 (1.554 %)SharePoint Server 2007
678 (1.443 %)CMS
768 (1.258 %)Exchange Server 5.5
864 (1.184 %)IIS
945 (0.833 %)Exchange Server 2000
1044 (0.814 %)GroupWise
1143 (0.796 %)Lotus Domino
1238 (0.703 %)WebLogic
1336 (0.666 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1434 (0.629 %)SAS
1532 (0.592 %)Drupal
1629 (0.537 %)Apache
1723 (0.426 %)WebSphere Application Server
1820 (0.370 %)Tomcat
1820 (0.370 %)Documentum
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1245 (4.534 %)MS Excel
2182 (3.368 %)MS Office
396 (1.776 %)MS Visio
475 (1.388 %)MS Project
558 (1.073 %)CA Clarity
648 (0.888 %)Spreadsheet
736 (0.666 %)MS PowerPoint
816 (0.296 %)InfoPath
96 (0.111 %)SPSS
105 (0.093 %)Acrobat
105 (0.093 %)Photoshop
113 (0.056 %)CATIA
122 (0.037 %)Pro/ENGINEER
131 (0.019 %)AutoCAD
131 (0.019 %)Shockwave
131 (0.019 %)3ds Max
131 (0.019 %)Adobe Illustrator
131 (0.019 %)Open Workbench
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
169 (1.277 %)Oracle EBS
249 (0.907 %)Oracle ERP
345 (0.833 %)Summit
442 (0.777 %)Oracle Financials
540 (0.740 %)SAP FI
631 (0.574 %)SAP CO
730 (0.555 %)SAP FI/CO
828 (0.518 %)Microsoft CRM
925 (0.463 %)SAP HR
1024 (0.444 %)Oracle EBS R12
1120 (0.370 %)Oracle Applications
1120 (0.370 %)Oracle HRMS
1217 (0.315 %)Loan IQ
1316 (0.296 %)Oracle 11i
1415 (0.278 %)Endur
1514 (0.259 %)HFM
1613 (0.241 %)SAP MM
1712 (0.222 %)Dynamics CRM
1712 (0.222 %)Kondor+
1811 (0.204 %)SAP SD
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1157 (2.905 %)SAN
2106 (1.962 %)Firewall
397 (1.795 %)WAN
494 (1.739 %)LAN
590 (1.665 %)DNS
669 (1.277 %)Internet
761 (1.129 %)TCP/IP
851 (0.944 %)DHCP
950 (0.925 %)Intranet
1049 (0.907 %)MPLS
1143 (0.796 %)SMS
1236 (0.666 %)MGW
1335 (0.648 %)2G
1434 (0.629 %)3G
1532 (0.592 %)VLAN
1532 (0.592 %)BGP
1631 (0.574 %)VPN
1730 (0.555 %)ATM
1825 (0.463 %)Cisco PIX
1923 (0.426 %)EIGRP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1511 (9.456 %)SQL Server
2215 (3.979 %)SQL Server 2005
3190 (3.516 %)ETL
4184 (3.405 %)Oracle 10g
5154 (2.850 %)Datawarehouse
6148 (2.739 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7138 (2.554 %)SQL Server 2000
8129 (2.387 %)Data Cleansing
9126 (2.332 %)BusinessObjects
1086 (1.591 %)MS Access
1178 (1.443 %)RDBMS
1277 (1.425 %)DTS
1370 (1.295 %)Oracle 9i
1463 (1.166 %)Oracle Reports
1463 (1.166 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1556 (1.036 %)MySQL
1652 (0.962 %)Reference Data
1751 (0.944 %)Crystal Reports
1849 (0.907 %)Oracle 8/8i
1945 (0.833 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
153 (0.981 %)LSMW
252 (0.962 %)TestDirector
344 (0.814 %)Oracle Forms
432 (0.592 %)Subversion
529 (0.537 %)Visual Studio
620 (0.370 %)ClearCase
717 (0.315 %)ERwin
813 (0.241 %)QuickTest Pro
912 (0.222 %)LoadRunner
109 (0.167 %)ClearQuest
109 (0.167 %)Ant
118 (0.148 %)VSS/SourceSafe
118 (0.148 %)WinRunner
126 (0.111 %)Synon
135 (0.093 %)PeopleTools
144 (0.074 %)Oracle APEX
144 (0.074 %)CruiseControl
144 (0.074 %)NUnit
153 (0.056 %)MSI
153 (0.056 %)PowerBuilder
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11079 (19.97 %)Finance
2596 (11.03 %)Banking
3329 (6.088 %)Government
4264 (4.885 %)Investment Banking
5209 (3.868 %)Telecoms
6187 (3.460 %)Pensions
7172 (3.183 %)Retail
8151 (2.794 %)Insurance
9108 (1.999 %)Front Office
1090 (1.665 %)Health
1189 (1.647 %)Retail Banking
1285 (1.573 %)Back Office
1382 (1.517 %)Financial Institution
1456 (1.036 %)Billing
1552 (0.962 %)Local Government
1644 (0.814 %)Legal
1741 (0.759 %)Manufacturing
1837 (0.685 %)Pharmaceutical
1935 (0.648 %)Education
2031 (0.574 %)General Ledger
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11274 (23.58 %)Analyst
2688 (12.73 %)Consultant
3668 (12.36 %)Business Analyst
3668 (12.36 %)Developer
4592 (10.95 %)Project Manager
5264 (4.885 %)Data Analyst
6234 (4.330 %)DBA
7195 (3.608 %)Architect
8167 (3.090 %)Migration Consultant
9137 (2.535 %)Data Migration Analyst
10116 (2.147 %)Administrator
11113 (2.091 %)SAP Consultant
12112 (2.073 %)Oracle DBA
13104 (1.925 %)Migration Engineer
14102 (1.887 %)Data Consultant
15101 (1.869 %)Support Analyst
1698 (1.813 %)Data Manager
1797 (1.795 %)Banking Business Analyst
1893 (1.721 %)Technical Consultant
1990 (1.665 %)SQL Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1155 (2.868 %)NHS
2143 (2.646 %)Derivative
388 (1.628 %)Mainframe
477 (1.425 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
576 (1.406 %)Replication
674 (1.369 %)Management Information System
766 (1.221 %)Clustering
863 (1.166 %)Data Conversion
962 (1.147 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1054 (0.999 %)Equities
1151 (0.944 %)Fixed Income
1250 (0.925 %)Blackberry
1335 (0.648 %)IBM Mainframe
1433 (0.611 %)Equity Derivative
1532 (0.592 %)Client/Server
1629 (0.537 %)HACMP
1629 (0.537 %)Credit Risk
1728 (0.518 %)Data Integration
1826 (0.481 %)Freedom of Information
1924 (0.444 %)Credit Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1685 (12.68 %)Windows
2427 (7.902 %)UNIX
3243 (4.497 %)Windows Server 2003
4176 (3.257 %)Linux
5160 (2.961 %)Solaris
6101 (1.869 %)Windows XP
793 (1.721 %)AIX
892 (1.702 %)Windows 2000
960 (1.110 %)Windows Vista
1053 (0.981 %)Windows Server 2008
1147 (0.870 %)Red Hat Linux
1242 (0.777 %)HPUX
1338 (0.703 %)NetWare
1427 (0.500 %)Windows 2000 Server
1526 (0.481 %)VME
1526 (0.481 %)Windows NT
1616 (0.296 %)VMS
1711 (0.204 %)zOS
185 (0.093 %)Debian
194 (0.074 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11626 (30.09 %)Data Migration
2405 (7.494 %)Project Management
3248 (4.589 %)PRINCE2
4231 (4.275 %)Business Analysis
5179 (3.312 %)Data Modelling
6177 (3.275 %)ERP
7173 (3.201 %)CRM
8171 (3.164 %)User Acceptance Testing
9162 (2.998 %)Data Analysis
10134 (2.480 %)Stakeholder Management
11122 (2.258 %)ITIL
12120 (2.221 %)Change Management
13102 (1.887 %)Data Management
14100 (1.850 %)UML
1599 (1.832 %)Test Scripting
1697 (1.795 %)GAP Analysis
1786 (1.591 %)Business Intelligence
1884 (1.554 %)Data Mapping
1983 (1.536 %)Content Management
2080 (1.480 %)Validation
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1868 (16.06 %)SQL
2187 (3.460 %)PL/SQL
3156 (2.887 %)Java
4152 (2.813 %)C#
5122 (2.258 %)VB
6109 (2.017 %)JavaScript
795 (1.758 %)VBA
892 (1.702 %)Shell Script
983 (1.536 %)Perl
1068 (1.258 %)Transact-SQL
1068 (1.258 %)C
1158 (1.073 %)ABAP
1257 (1.055 %)PHP
1348 (0.888 %)COBOL
1446 (0.851 %)C++
1545 (0.833 %)VB6
1638 (0.703 %)VB.NET
1729 (0.537 %)PHP5
1827 (0.500 %)VBScript
1924 (0.444 %)Python
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1382 (7.069 %)Security Cleared
2230 (4.256 %)SC Cleared
3126 (2.332 %)Microsoft Certification
4107 (1.980 %)MCSE
574 (1.369 %)Degree
672 (1.332 %)Cisco Certification
763 (1.166 %)PRINCE2 Certification
855 (1.018 %)CCNP
954 (0.999 %)ISEB
954 (0.999 %)DV Cleared
1046 (0.851 %)ITIL Certification
1125 (0.463 %)BC Cleared
1223 (0.426 %)CTC Cleared
1321 (0.389 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1420 (0.370 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1420 (0.370 %)CCNA
1519 (0.352 %)MCTS
1618 (0.333 %)CCIE
1717 (0.315 %)MCP
1815 (0.278 %)Novell Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
168 (1.258 %)QA
221 (0.389 %)SLA
317 (0.315 %)Basel II
49 (0.167 %)HL7
58 (0.148 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
65 (0.093 %)MiFID
73 (0.056 %)GMP
82 (0.037 %)BS7666
82 (0.037 %)COBIT
82 (0.037 %)ISO8583
82 (0.037 %)BS7799
91 (0.019 %)GxP
91 (0.019 %)BS25999
91 (0.019 %)ISO27001
91 (0.019 %)WCAG
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1379 (7.013 %)Active Directory
286 (1.591 %)VMware Infrastructure
344 (0.814 %)Oracle RAC
439 (0.722 %)VMware ESX
535 (0.648 %)Oracle RMAN
624 (0.444 %)NetBackup
721 (0.389 %)NDS
819 (0.352 %)Citrix Presentation Server
917 (0.315 %)ISA Server
1016 (0.296 %)AquaLogic
1114 (0.259 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1212 (0.222 %)NFS
1310 (0.185 %)Xen
149 (0.167 %)MailMarshal
157 (0.130 %)BorderManager
157 (0.130 %)VMware Server
157 (0.130 %)Novell eDirectory
166 (0.111 %)MetaFrame
166 (0.111 %)Terminal Services
174 (0.074 %)Samba
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
151 (0.944 %)Data Guard
249 (0.907 %)Tivoli
347 (0.870 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
442 (0.777 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
520 (0.370 %)AssetCenter
619 (0.352 %)ServiceCenter
716 (0.296 %)ZENworks
814 (0.259 %)SCCM
814 (0.259 %)MOM
913 (0.241 %)MAILsweeper
913 (0.241 %)Unicenter
1011 (0.204 %)Netcool
1011 (0.204 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1110 (0.185 %)CA SiteMinder
128 (0.148 %)Legato
128 (0.148 %)ARCserve
137 (0.130 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
146 (0.111 %)AutoSys
155 (0.093 %)CONTROL-M
164 (0.074 %)Netcool/Proviso
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1791 (14.64 %)Oracle
2479 (8.864 %)Microsoft
3415 (7.679 %)SAP
4159 (2.942 %)Lotus
5149 (2.757 %)Cisco
6143 (2.646 %)VMware
7126 (2.332 %)Business Objects
8122 (2.258 %)Citrix
9109 (2.017 %)IBM
10108 (1.999 %)HP
1169 (1.277 %)Sun
1268 (1.258 %)Informatica
1364 (1.184 %)Sybase
1462 (1.147 %)Novell
1560 (1.110 %)Cognos
1651 (0.944 %)EMC
1749 (0.907 %)Red Hat
1843 (0.796 %)Hyperion
1942 (0.777 %)Siebel
2035 (0.648 %)CheckPoint
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