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The table below looks at the demand for Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited APACS over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAssociation for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank131-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.649 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£295£337
% change on same period last year-12.69 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads462595
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.625 %0.587 %
Daily rates quoted116192
Average minimum daily rate£341£358
Average daily rate£364£374
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£350
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted6464
Average minimum hourly rate£17.97£23.61
Average hourly rate£20.29£25.43
% change on same period last year-20.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.60£27.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.26£28.13
% change on same period last year-10.19 %
APACS South EastAPACS
South East

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.

APACS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing APACS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Berkshire APACS Demand Trend

APACS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire APACS Daily Rate Trend

APACS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APACS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
ReadingNew entry-2--
APACS South EastAPACS
South East

APACS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing APACS 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 APACS.

12 (66.67 %)EMV
12 (66.67 %)Chip and PIN
12 (66.67 %)EFT
12 (66.67 %)Migration
21 (33.33 %)ISO8583
21 (33.33 %)Banking
21 (33.33 %)Finance
21 (33.33 %)VB.NET
21 (33.33 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)ATM
21 (33.33 %)SMS
21 (33.33 %)EPoS

APACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing APACS 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 APACS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %).NET
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)ATM
11 (33.33 %)SMS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Finance
11 (33.33 %)Banking
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Developer
11 (33.33 %)Analyst
11 (33.33 %).NET Developer
11 (33.33 %)VB.NET Developer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (66.67 %)EMV
12 (66.67 %)Chip and PIN
12 (66.67 %)EFT
21 (33.33 %)EPoS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Migration
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)VB.NET
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (33.33 %)ISO8583