The first table below looks at the demand for E-business 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 E-business over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Business (eBusiness)
Rank 113 132 127
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -5
Contract jobs citing E-business 6 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.251% 0.126% 0.169%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.375% 0.196% 0.267%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £600 £370 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.16% +111.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £413 £418
% change year-on-year
-15.15% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -54.70%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1602 2045 1870
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 67.14% 64.23% 63.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 807 769
Average daily rate £400 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 49 70
Average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £30.77
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -18.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.25 £12.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
E-business
South East

E-business
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing E-business across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire E-business Jobs Demand Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire E-business Daily Rate Trend

E-business
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire E-business Hourly Rate Trend

E-business
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-business within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +15 1 - -
Slough - - - -
Maidenhead - - - -
E-business
South East

E-business
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing E-business 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 E-business.

1 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
3 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
3 4 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (50.00%) Android
3 4 (50.00%) iPhone
3 4 (50.00%) Wireless
3 4 (50.00%) J2ME
3 4 (50.00%) N-Tier
3 4 (50.00%) J2EE
3 4 (50.00%) WAP
3 4 (50.00%) Blackberry
3 4 (50.00%) RTCP
3 4 (50.00%) RTP
3 4 (50.00%) SyncML
3 4 (50.00%) GIS
3 4 (50.00%) ESRI
3 4 (50.00%) Data Security
3 4 (50.00%) Handset
4 3 (37.50%) SOA
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle
6 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
6 1 (12.50%) Metadata Management
6 1 (12.50%) Finance
6 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
6 1 (12.50%) CIMA
6 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
6 1 (12.50%) HFM

E-business
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing E-business 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 E-business. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 4 (50.00%) J2EE
2 4 (50.00%) J2ME
2 4 (50.00%) WAP
2 4 (50.00%) SyncML
3 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Message Broker
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) HFM
1 1 (12.50%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) RTCP
1 4 (50.00%) RTP
1 4 (50.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) GIS
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
General
1 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) J2EE Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Head of Development
3 2 (25.00%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) N-Tier
1 4 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (50.00%) Handset
1 4 (50.00%) iPhone
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Data Security
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (37.50%) SOA
3 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
3 1 (12.50%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ACCA
1 1 (12.50%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) ESRI
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) IBM
3 1 (12.50%) Hyperion
3 1 (12.50%) JD Edwards