Berkshire Computer Operator Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Computer Operator role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Computer Operator in their job title over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Computer Operator
Location Berkshire Bournemouth Buckinghamshire City of London Coventry Dorset East Midlands Edinburgh England Glasgow Liverpool London Merseyside Milton Keynes Newbury North West Northampton Northamptonshire Scotland Slough South East South West Swansea UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Wales	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	157
Rank change on same period last year	+38
Matching contract IT job ads	10	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.322 %	0.089 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£185	-
Average daily rate	£185	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£185	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£244	£200
% change on same period last year	+22.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.00	£10.00
Average hourly rate	£15.00	£10.83
% change on same period last year	+38.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.00	£11.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£14.78	£15.66
% change on same period last year	-5.64 %
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	3109	4496
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.138 %	4.558 %
Daily rates quoted	773	1364
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£342
Average daily rate	£354	£359
% change on same period last year	-1.53 %
Average maximum daily rate	£374	£376
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£352
% change on same period last year	+1.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	230	420
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.56	£29.61
Average hourly rate	£25.26	£30.84
% change on same period last year	-18.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.95	£32.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.50	£25.85
% change on same period last year	-9.09 %
Computer Operator 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Computer Operator across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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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 Computer Operator within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 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
Slough	-	8	-	-
Newbury	-	1	£185	-

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Computer Operator 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 Computer Operator in their job title.

1 15 (83.33 %) UNIX 1 15 (83.33 %) VMS 2 14 (77.78 %) Degree 2 14 (77.78 %) Windows 2 14 (77.78 %) ITIL 3 3 (16.67 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (5.556 %) CICS 4 1 (5.556 %) VERITAS 4 1 (5.556 %) MVS 4 1 (5.556 %) Tivoli 4 1 (5.556 %) Mainframe 4 1 (5.556 %) Backup Exec 4 1 (5.556 %) LAN 4 1 (5.556 %) WAN 4 1 (5.556 %) IBM Mainframe

4 1 (5.556 %) IBM

Computer Operator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Computer Operator 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 Computer Operator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (5.556 %) CICS	Communications & Networking 1 1 (5.556 %) LAN 1 1 (5.556 %) WAN
Miscellaneous 1 1 (5.556 %) Mainframe 1 1 (5.556 %) IBM Mainframe	Operating Systems 1 15 (83.33 %) UNIX 1 15 (83.33 %) VMS 2 14 (77.78 %) Windows 3 1 (5.556 %) MVS
Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (77.78 %) ITIL	Qualifications 1 14 (77.78 %) Degree 2 3 (16.67 %) ITIL Certification
System Software 1 1 (5.556 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 1 (5.556 %) Tivoli
Vendors 1 1 (5.556 %) IBM 1 1 (5.556 %) VERITAS