The first table below looks at the demand for Confluence 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 Confluence over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Application Platforms 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Confluence
Rank - - 126
Contract jobs citing Confluence 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - - 0.137%
As % of the Application Platforms category - - 0.895%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £230 £325 £400
% change year-on-year
-29.23% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £53.00 - -
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
398 432 447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 16.23% 13.47% 15.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 196 153
Average daily rate £350 £314 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.55% -10.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £218 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 40
Average hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.25 £14.55 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
Confluence
South East

Confluence
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Confluence Jobs Demand Trend

Confluence
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Confluence Daily Rate Trend

Confluence
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Confluence 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 Confluence.

1 6 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 6 (100.00%) JIRA
2 3 (50.00%) Wiki
2 3 (50.00%) jQuery
2 3 (50.00%) APMP
2 3 (50.00%) HTML5
2 3 (50.00%) CSS3
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) MS Project
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) PMI
2 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (50.00%) W3C
2 3 (50.00%) Internet
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum

Confluence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Confluence 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 Confluence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) jQuery
1 3 (50.00%) HTML5
1 3 (50.00%) CSS3
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Wiki
1 3 (50.00%) PMI
1 3 (50.00%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) APMP
1 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification