Berkshire Chemicals Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Chemicals' in contract IT jobs within the Berkshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Chemicals over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Chemical
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Cheshire Dorset Durham East Anglia East of England Edinburgh England Essex London Manchester Middlesex Midlands North East North West Reading Scotland South East South West Stockton-on-Tees Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Warrington West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	128	168
Rank change on same period last year	+40
Matching contract IT job ads	3	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.170 %	0.049 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£400	-
Average daily rate	£450	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£500	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£270
% change on same period last year	+29.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.67	£27.92
% change on same period last year	+31.34 %
General Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1760	2049
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.346 %	2.044 %
Daily rates quoted	440	681
Average minimum daily rate	£369	£367
Average daily rate	£389	£386
% change on same period last year	+0.53 %
Average maximum daily rate	£408	£406
UK excluding London average daily rate	£382	£381
% change on same period last year	+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	89	130
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.99	£25.67
Average hourly rate	£22.92	£27.28
% change on same period last year	-15.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.85	£28.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.03	£27.25
% change on same period last year	+2.86 %
Chemicals 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.

Chemicals
Demand Trend

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

Chemicals
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chemicals
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chemicals within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Reading	-6	1	£450	-

Chemicals South East

Chemicals
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Chemicals 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 Chemicals.

1 2 (66.67 %) Pharmaceutical 2 1 (33.33 %) Data Security 2 1 (33.33 %) Construction 2 1 (33.33 %) SAP QM 2 1 (33.33 %) Content Management 2 1 (33.33 %) FMCG 2 1 (33.33 %) SAP 2 1 (33.33 %) UML 2 1 (33.33 %) ERP 2 1 (33.33 %) ISEB 2 1 (33.33 %) Six Sigma

Chemicals
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Chemicals 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 Chemicals. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) SAP QM	General 1 2 (66.67 %) Pharmaceutical 2 1 (33.33 %) Construction 2 1 (33.33 %) FMCG
Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Project Manager 1 1 (33.33 %) Business Analyst 1 1 (33.33 %) Analyst 1 1 (33.33 %) Consultant 1 1 (33.33 %) SAP Consultant 1 1 (33.33 %) Implementation Manager 1 1 (33.33 %) SAP QM Consultant 1 1 (33.33 %) Implementation Project Manager	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) UML 1 1 (33.33 %) ERP 1 1 (33.33 %) Six Sigma 1 1 (33.33 %) Data Security 1 1 (33.33 %) Content Management
Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) ISEB	Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) SAP