Berkshire DirectX Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft DirectX skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DirectX over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft DirectX
Location Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol City of London East of England East Sussex England Hertfordshire London Oxford Oxfordshire South East South West Stevenage UK West Midlands	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	164
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.194 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.70	£30.50
% change on same period last year	+20.32 %
Application Development Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	716	1032
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.945 %	1.028 %
Daily rates quoted	189	249
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£322
Average daily rate	£320	£336
% change on same period last year	-4.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	95
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.14	£36.08
Average hourly rate	£37.88	£37.28
% change on same period last year	+1.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.63	£38.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.72	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-1.69 %
DirectX 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.

DirectX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DirectX across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

DirectX
Hourly Rate Trend

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