The first table below looks at the demand for the Author role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Author in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Author
Rank 107 136 120
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -16
Contract jobs requiring an Author 16 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.661% 0.098% 0.168%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.723% 0.108% 0.187%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £345 £278 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.32% -14.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £277 £220 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £336 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £300 £306
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £36.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £22.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+60.00% +4.65%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2213 2776 2679
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.45% 91.05% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 979 1024
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 121 185
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.89% -41.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.87 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Author
South East

Author
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Author across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Author Jobs Demand Trend

Author
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Author Daily Rate Trend

Author
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Author across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Author Daily Rate Histogram

Author
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Author Hourly Rate Trend

Author
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Author within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Reading - 6 £345 -
Bracknell -6 4 - -
Slough - 1 - -
Author
South East

Author
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Author in their job title 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 with Author in their job title.

1 12 (46.15%) MS Office
2 8 (30.77%) HTML
3 7 (26.92%) Acrobat
4 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
5 5 (19.23%) .NET
5 5 (19.23%) Vignette
5 5 (19.23%) XML
5 5 (19.23%) Service Management
5 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
5 5 (19.23%) Finance
5 5 (19.23%) MS Visio
6 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
6 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
6 4 (15.38%) Financial Institution
6 4 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (11.54%) Publishing
7 3 (11.54%) XMetaL
7 3 (11.54%) RoboHelp
8 2 (7.692%) Apple iOS
8 2 (7.692%) Mobile App
8 2 (7.692%) Mobile Payment
8 2 (7.692%) Android
8 2 (7.692%) Marketing
9 1 (3.846%) QA
9 1 (3.846%) WPF
9 1 (3.846%) FrameMaker
9 1 (3.846%) Windows 7
9 1 (3.846%) Intranet
9 1 (3.846%) Adobe

Author
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Author in their job title 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 with Author in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (30.77%) HTML
2 5 (19.23%) .NET
2 5 (19.23%) XML
3 1 (3.846%) WPF
Applications
1 12 (46.15%) MS Office
2 7 (26.92%) Acrobat
3 5 (19.23%) MS Visio
4 3 (11.54%) RoboHelp
4 3 (11.54%) XMetaL
5 1 (3.846%) FrameMaker
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) Intranet
General
1 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Financial Institution
2 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.54%) Publishing
4 2 (7.692%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.692%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.692%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Android
1 2 (7.692%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.846%) Windows
2 1 (3.846%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Service Management
2 4 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) C#
1 1 (3.846%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) Vignette
3 1 (3.846%) Adobe