The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cramer products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cramer 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Cramer Systems.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cramer
Rank 108 103 102
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -1
Contract jobs citing Cramer 17 32 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.688% 1.026% 0.888%
As % of the Vendors category 1.375% 2.025% 1.694%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 9
Average daily rate £285 £275 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.63% -4.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £288 £300
% change year-on-year
+10.86% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 -
% change year-on-year
-2.63% -
All Vendors
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1236 1580 1535
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 50.04% 50.64% 52.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 532 547
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 79 92
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £33.82
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -40.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.00 £10.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.95 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Cramer
South East

Cramer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Cramer Jobs Demand Trend

Cramer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Cramer Daily Rate Trend

Cramer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cramer 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
Newbury +3 8 £285 +20.00%
Reading +1 4 £350 -
Slough -13 2 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Cramer
South East

Cramer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 22 (81.48%) Telecoms
2 16 (59.26%) 3G
3 14 (51.85%) 2G
4 12 (44.44%) ATM
5 9 (33.33%) DNS
6 8 (29.63%) Back Office
7 5 (18.52%) Wireless
7 5 (18.52%) Systems Analysis
7 5 (18.52%) VBA
7 5 (18.52%) .NET
7 5 (18.52%) J2EE
7 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
7 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
7 5 (18.52%) MS Access
7 5 (18.52%) OOD
8 4 (14.81%) GSM
8 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2000
8 4 (14.81%) Ethernet
8 4 (14.81%) BT
9 3 (11.11%) Change Management
9 3 (11.11%) NetCracker
9 3 (11.11%) SQL
9 3 (11.11%) UNIX
9 3 (11.11%) MS Office
9 3 (11.11%) LTE
10 2 (7.407%) Nokia NetAct
10 2 (7.407%) SC Cleared
10 2 (7.407%) Security Cleared
10 2 (7.407%) Unit Testing
10 2 (7.407%) StarTeam

Cramer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (18.52%) .NET
1 5 (18.52%) J2EE
2 1 (3.704%) XML
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
2 3 (11.11%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Minerva
2 1 (3.704%) Metrica
2 1 (3.704%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (59.26%) 3G
2 14 (51.85%) 2G
3 12 (44.44%) ATM
4 9 (33.33%) DNS
5 5 (18.52%) Wireless
6 4 (14.81%) GSM
6 4 (14.81%) Ethernet
7 3 (11.11%) LTE
8 2 (7.407%) Nokia NetAct
8 2 (7.407%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (7.407%) SDH
8 2 (7.407%) UMTS
8 2 (7.407%) Internet
8 2 (7.407%) TCP/IP
8 2 (7.407%) 2.5G
9 1 (3.704%) BSS
9 1 (3.704%) RNC
9 1 (3.704%) DSLAM
9 1 (3.704%) DSL
9 1 (3.704%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
1 5 (18.52%) MS Access
2 4 (14.81%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) StarTeam
General
1 22 (81.48%) Telecoms
2 8 (29.63%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Developer
1 8 (29.63%) Back Office Engineer
2 2 (7.407%) Transmission Planner
2 2 (7.407%) OSS Architect
2 2 (7.407%) Transmission Engineer
2 2 (7.407%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (7.407%) Architect
3 1 (3.704%) Design Engineer
3 1 (3.704%) .NET Developer
3 1 (3.704%) Software Developer
3 1 (3.704%) Applications Developer
3 1 (3.704%) Administrator
3 1 (3.704%) Transmission Planning Engineer
3 1 (3.704%) Provisioning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) UNIX
2 2 (7.407%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (18.52%) Systems Analysis
1 5 (18.52%) OOD
2 3 (11.11%) Change Management
3 2 (7.407%) Unit Testing
3 2 (7.407%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (7.407%) OO
3 2 (7.407%) B2B
3 2 (7.407%) Network Planning
4 1 (3.704%) Migration
4 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (3.704%) TOGAF
4 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.704%) Project Management
4 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2
4 1 (3.704%) Network Management
4 1 (3.704%) Business Transformation
4 1 (3.704%) Fault Management
4 1 (3.704%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) VBA
2 3 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.407%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.407%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.704%) CCNA
2 1 (3.704%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.704%) PMP
2 1 (3.704%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.704%) HNC
2 1 (3.704%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) Netcool
2 1 (3.704%) TeMIP
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) BT
2 3 (11.11%) NetCracker
3 2 (7.407%) Remedy
4 1 (3.704%) OPNET
4 1 (3.704%) Amdocs
4 1 (3.704%) Cisco
4 1 (3.704%) Citrix
4 1 (3.704%) BMC
4 1 (3.704%) Ericsson
4 1 (3.704%) Business Objects
4 1 (3.704%) Oracle
4 1 (3.704%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (3.704%) Greenplum