The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Benchmarking over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Benchmarking
Rank 115 142 131
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -11
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 3 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.127% 0.062% 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.190% 0.097% 0.105%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £225 £283
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -20.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £16.63 -
% change year-on-year
+155.63% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1579 2060 1902
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 66.82% 64.35% 63.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 672 808 785
Average daily rate £400 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 49 71
Average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.85% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Benchmarking
South East

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Benchmarking Jobs Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Benchmarking Daily Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
Reading - - - -
Benchmarking
South East

Benchmarking
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking.

1 2 (40.00%) Validation
1 2 (40.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) LANDesk
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (20.00%) RHCT
2 1 (20.00%) Economics
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) LDAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) RHCE
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) Services Delivery Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (20.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) Linux Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) IT Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Validation
1 2 (40.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) RHCE
1 1 (20.00%) RHCT
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (20.00%) LANDesk
Slough, Berkshire
Responsible for all disciplines for Service Support, working in close partnership with Service Management team... Providing great customer service and benchmarking service delivery to drive service improvement... The...
TD Group
Rate: Excellent Day Rate for the right candidate
Posted: 14 June 2013
Berkshire, South East
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written. •The ability to inspire and lead a team through change •Ability to supervise, coach & mentor users on new systems /...
Muse Resourcing
Rate: £450 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013