The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Computing in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cloud Computing over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cloud Computing
Rank 110 132 112
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -20
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 15 3 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.607% 0.096% 0.546%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.205% 0.503% 2.857%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 13
Average daily rate £475 £270 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+75.92% -46.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £206 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £334 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £465
% change year-on-year
- -13.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
468 596 560
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 18.95% 19.10% 19.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 252 230
Average daily rate £388 £325 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.23% -1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £225 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 31 34
Average hourly rate £18.00 £22.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +25.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.48 £11.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Cloud Computing
South East

Cloud Computing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Cloud Computing Jobs Demand Trend

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Cloud Computing Daily Rate Trend

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cloud Computing across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Cloud Computing Daily Rate Histogram

Cloud Computing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 - 8 £450 -
Cloud Computing
South East

Cloud Computing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Cloud Computing 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 Cloud Computing.

1 10 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 9 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 9 (50.00%) C#
3 8 (44.44%) Games
4 7 (38.89%) Windows Azure
4 7 (38.89%) Test Automation
5 6 (33.33%) Load Testing
5 6 (33.33%) Degree
5 6 (33.33%) Web Services
5 6 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
6 5 (27.78%) WCF
7 4 (22.22%) Mason
7 4 (22.22%) Force.com
7 4 (22.22%) Visualforce
7 4 (22.22%) Apex Code
7 4 (22.22%) ISTQB
7 4 (22.22%) C++
7 4 (22.22%) SQL
7 4 (22.22%) IIS
7 4 (22.22%) Salesforce.com
7 4 (22.22%) SaaS
7 4 (22.22%) REST
8 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (16.67%) C
8 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
8 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 3 (16.67%) Windows
8 3 (16.67%) Automated Testing
8 3 (16.67%) Performance Testing

Cloud Computing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Cloud Computing 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 Cloud Computing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (33.33%) Web Services
2 5 (27.78%) WCF
3 4 (22.22%) Mason
3 4 (22.22%) Visualforce
3 4 (22.22%) REST
4 2 (11.11%) .NET
5 1 (5.556%) ASP
5 1 (5.556%) CSS
5 1 (5.556%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) Windows Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Force.com
2 4 (22.22%) IIS
3 1 (5.556%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) LAN
1 1 (5.556%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (44.44%) Games
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Software Engineer
1 8 (44.44%) Software Development Engineer
1 8 (44.44%) Development Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Technical Leader
2 2 (11.11%) .NET Developer
2 2 (11.11%) Architect
2 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 1 (5.556%) Salesforce.com Business Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) Service Implementation Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) Technical Architect
3 1 (5.556%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.556%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.556%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (5.556%) Technical Manager
3 1 (5.556%) Implementation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
2 4 (22.22%) SaaS
3 2 (11.11%) Kinect
4 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Test Automation
2 6 (33.33%) Load Testing
2 6 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 3 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) PRINCE
4 2 (11.11%) Code Coverage
4 2 (11.11%) Game Development
4 2 (11.11%) Software Architecture
4 2 (11.11%) Process Architecture
5 1 (5.556%) Service Management
5 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.556%) MVC
5 1 (5.556%) Project Management
5 1 (5.556%) Scrum
5 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.556%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) C#
2 4 (22.22%) Apex Code
2 4 (22.22%) C++
2 4 (22.22%) SQL
3 3 (16.67%) C
4 2 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Salesforce.com
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) VMware
4 1 (5.556%) EMC
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco
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