The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automotive over the 3 months to 20 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 General category 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automotive
Rank 98 121 117
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -4
Contract jobs citing Automotive 23 11 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.966% 0.354% 0.434%
As % of the General category 2.255% 0.697% 1.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 5
Average daily rate £300 £265 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.20% -32.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £253 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £670 £500 £461
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £406 £340
% change year-on-year
-13.84% +19.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
All of the General Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1020 1578 1289
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 42.86% 50.72% 43.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 492 458
Average daily rate £375 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 27 43
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.59 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.28% -10.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £9.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.50 £51.25 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Automotive
South East

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Automotive Jobs Demand Trend

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Automotive Daily Rate Trend

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automotive across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Berkshire Automotive Daily Rate Histogram

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Automotive Hourly Rate Trend

Automotive
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Slough -3 8 - -
Hungerford - 3 - - 1
Reading +1 2 £275 +3.77% 1
Newbury - 1 - - 1
Maidenhead - - - -
Automotive
South East

Automotive
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Automotive 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 Automotive.

1 11 (37.93%) Finance
2 8 (27.59%) HTML
3 7 (24.14%) JavaScript
3 7 (24.14%) CSS
3 7 (24.14%) XML
3 7 (24.14%) XSLT
3 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
4 6 (20.69%) Photoshop
4 6 (20.69%) XHTML
4 6 (20.69%) jQuery
4 6 (20.69%) CSS3
5 5 (17.24%) Time Management
5 5 (17.24%) Retail
5 5 (17.24%) Business Analysis
5 5 (17.24%) Marketing
6 4 (13.79%) E-Commerce
6 4 (13.79%) MS Office
6 4 (13.79%) SQL
7 3 (10.34%) Java
7 3 (10.34%) C#
7 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (10.34%) Windows
7 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (10.34%) MVC
7 3 (10.34%) Middleware
7 3 (10.34%) ISEB
7 3 (10.34%) Web Development
7 3 (10.34%) Degree
7 3 (10.34%) Automated Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Scrum

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Automotive 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 Automotive. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (27.59%) HTML
2 7 (24.14%) CSS
2 7 (24.14%) XML
2 7 (24.14%) XSLT
3 6 (20.69%) XHTML
3 6 (20.69%) jQuery
3 6 (20.69%) CSS3
4 3 (10.34%) Middleware
5 1 (3.448%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.897%) CMS
2 1 (3.448%) IBM Notes
2 1 (3.448%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Photoshop
2 4 (13.79%) MS Office
3 2 (6.897%) MS Visio
3 2 (6.897%) MS Project
4 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
4 1 (3.448%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) HFM
1 1 (3.448%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.448%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.897%) MySQL
3 1 (3.448%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (3.448%) DataStage
3 1 (3.448%) SAP BI
3 1 (3.448%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Selenium
1 2 (6.897%) Fiddler
1 2 (6.897%) SpecFlow
1 2 (6.897%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.448%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (37.93%) Finance
2 5 (17.24%) Retail
2 5 (17.24%) Marketing
3 1 (3.448%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Analyst
2 10 (34.48%) Business Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) Developer
4 6 (20.69%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (17.24%) Front-End Developer
5 5 (17.24%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) PHP Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (6.897%) Architect
6 2 (6.897%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.448%) Tester
7 1 (3.448%) Desktop Support
7 1 (3.448%) Test Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Web Developer
7 1 (3.448%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (3.448%) Development Manager
7 1 (3.448%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Administrator
7 1 (3.448%) SAP Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Digital Media
1 2 (6.897%) Open Source
2 1 (3.448%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.448%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 1 (3.448%) UNIX
2 1 (3.448%) AIX
2 1 (3.448%) Linux
2 1 (3.448%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.448%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) Time Management
1 5 (17.24%) Business Analysis
2 4 (13.79%) E-Commerce
3 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (10.34%) MVC
3 3 (10.34%) Web Development
3 3 (10.34%) Automated Testing
3 3 (10.34%) Scrum
3 3 (10.34%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (6.897%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (6.897%) Waterfall
4 2 (6.897%) Automation Testing
4 2 (6.897%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (6.897%) ETL
4 2 (6.897%) Risk Management
4 2 (6.897%) Project Management
4 2 (6.897%) CRM
5 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.448%) EAI
5 1 (3.448%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) JavaScript
2 4 (13.79%) SQL
3 3 (10.34%) Java
3 3 (10.34%) C#
4 2 (6.897%) PHP
5 1 (3.448%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) ISEB
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) CIPFA
2 1 (3.448%) CIMA
2 1 (3.448%) ACCA
2 1 (3.448%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.897%) Salesforce.com
2 2 (6.897%) Oracle
3 1 (3.448%) SAP
3 1 (3.448%) Cognos
3 1 (3.448%) CA
3 1 (3.448%) Hyperion
3 1 (3.448%) Lotus
3 1 (3.448%) Ab Initio
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