The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Digital Media over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Media
Rank 90 121 120
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -1
Contract jobs citing Digital Media 28 23 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.185% 0.719% 0.434%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.634% 3.668% 2.317%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 10
Average daily rate £275 £323 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.72% -19.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £201 £344
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £350 £428
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
-0.83% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £25.50 -
% change year-on-year
+47.05% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
497 627 561
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 21.03% 19.59% 18.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 260 234
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £226 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £521 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 26 32
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% +5.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £14.50 £11.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £39.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
Digital Media
South East

Digital Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Digital Media Jobs Demand Trend

Digital Media
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Digital Media Daily Rate Trend

Digital Media
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Digital Media across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Berkshire Digital Media Daily Rate Histogram

Digital Media
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Digital Media Hourly Rate Trend

Digital Media
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Media within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Reading +21 13 £250 - 1
Newbury - 1 £225 -
Digital Media
South East

Digital Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Digital Media 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 Digital Media.

1 19 (47.50%) HTML
1 19 (47.50%) CSS
2 17 (42.50%) Telecoms
3 16 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 16 (40.00%) HTML5
4 13 (32.50%) jQuery
5 9 (22.50%) INAP
5 9 (22.50%) CSS3
6 8 (20.00%) SS7
6 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (20.00%) PHP
7 7 (17.50%) CMS
8 6 (15.00%) Configuration Management
8 6 (15.00%) .NET
8 6 (15.00%) MySQL
8 6 (15.00%) XHTML
9 5 (12.50%) Cisco
9 5 (12.50%) Photoshop
9 5 (12.50%) MVC
9 5 (12.50%) Android
9 5 (12.50%) SIGTRAN
9 5 (12.50%) Open Source
9 5 (12.50%) Test Strategy
10 4 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (10.00%) iPad
10 4 (10.00%) Marketing
10 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET
10 4 (10.00%) OO
11 3 (7.500%) Adobe

Digital Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Digital Media 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 Digital Media. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (47.50%) HTML
1 19 (47.50%) CSS
2 16 (40.00%) HTML5
3 13 (32.50%) jQuery
4 9 (22.50%) CSS3
5 6 (15.00%) .NET
5 6 (15.00%) XHTML
6 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET
6 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (5.000%) XML
7 2 (5.000%) Flash
8 1 (2.500%) Google Maps API
8 1 (2.500%) Web Services
8 1 (2.500%) LAMP
8 1 (2.500%) Ajax
8 1 (2.500%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (2.500%) NHibernate
8 1 (2.500%) Dojo
8 1 (2.500%) WCF
8 1 (2.500%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 7 (17.50%) CMS
2 3 (7.500%) Drupal
3 2 (5.000%) Joomla!
4 1 (2.500%) WordPress
4 1 (2.500%) Windows Azure
4 1 (2.500%) ExpressionEngine
4 1 (2.500%) Orchard CMS
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.500%) MS Project
2 1 (2.500%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.500%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 9 (22.50%) INAP
2 8 (20.00%) SS7
3 5 (12.50%) SIGTRAN
4 3 (7.500%) VoIP
4 3 (7.500%) MPLS
4 3 (7.500%) LTE
4 3 (7.500%) Unified Communications
5 2 (5.000%) ISUP
6 1 (2.500%) Network Security
6 1 (2.500%) BSS
6 1 (2.500%) LLU
6 1 (2.500%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.00%) MySQL
2 1 (2.500%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.500%) Git (software)
2 2 (5.000%) Subversion
3 1 (2.500%) Xcode
General
1 17 (42.50%) Telecoms
2 4 (10.00%) Marketing
3 3 (7.500%) Retail
4 2 (5.000%) Banking
4 2 (5.000%) Advertising
4 2 (5.000%) Publishing
4 2 (5.000%) Finance
4 2 (5.000%) Automotive
5 1 (2.500%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.500%) Games
Job Titles
1 20 (50.00%) Developer
2 8 (20.00%) Front-End Developer
3 6 (15.00%) Project Manager
4 5 (12.50%) PHP Developer
5 4 (10.00%) Designer
6 3 (7.500%) Platform Engineer
6 3 (7.500%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 3 (7.500%) Network Engineer
6 3 (7.500%) Core Network Engineer
6 3 (7.500%) Architect
6 3 (7.500%) Technical Architect
6 3 (7.500%) Web Developer
6 3 (7.500%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (7.500%) Senior Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Programmer
7 2 (5.000%) Consultant
7 2 (5.000%) Drupal Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Technical Project Manager
7 2 (5.000%) UI Designer
7 2 (5.000%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Open Source
2 4 (10.00%) iPad
3 2 (5.000%) PMI
3 2 (5.000%) NHS
3 2 (5.000%) IPTV
3 2 (5.000%) FMCG
4 1 (2.500%) iPhone
4 1 (2.500%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.500%) Animation
4 1 (2.500%) New Media
4 1 (2.500%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Android
2 3 (7.500%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.500%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.500%) Windows
3 1 (2.500%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (15.00%) Configuration Management
3 5 (12.50%) MVC
3 5 (12.50%) Test Strategy
4 4 (10.00%) OO
5 3 (7.500%) PRINCE2
6 2 (5.000%) Programme Management
6 2 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (5.000%) Project Management
6 2 (5.000%) Web Development
7 1 (2.500%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (2.500%) Interactive Advertising
7 1 (2.500%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (2.500%) Domain-Driven Design
7 1 (2.500%) Budget Control
7 1 (2.500%) Online Marketing
7 1 (2.500%) BDD
7 1 (2.500%) SEO
7 1 (2.500%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 16 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (20.00%) PHP
3 2 (5.000%) PHP5
4 1 (2.500%) C#
4 1 (2.500%) ActionScript
4 1 (2.500%) Objective-C
4 1 (2.500%) Ruby
4 1 (2.500%) Lua
Qualifications
1 2 (5.000%) CCIE
1 2 (5.000%) CCNP
1 2 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (5.000%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.500%) Degree
2 1 (2.500%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.500%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.500%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 5 (12.50%) Cisco
2 3 (7.500%) Adobe
3 1 (2.500%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.500%) Google
3 1 (2.500%) Facebook
3 1 (2.500%) Twitter
3 1 (2.500%) Microsoft
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