Berkshire E-Commerce Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Commerce (eCommerce) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited E-Commerce over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Electronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Location Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Caerphilly Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Cirencester City of London Colchester County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Isle of Man Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newcastle Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redhill Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wirral Woking Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	79	99
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	33	44
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.052 %	0.048 %
As % of the category below	2.032 %	2.023 %
Daily rates quoted	13	9
Average minimum daily rate	£361	£306
Average daily rate	£398	£389
% change on same period last year	+2.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£434	£473
UK excluding London average daily rate	£385	£376
% change on same period last year	+2.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	5
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£28.00
Average hourly rate	-	£29.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.50	£34.18
% change on same period last year	-19.54 %
Processes & Methodologies Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1624	2175
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.546 %	2.367 %
Daily rates quoted	506	746
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£351
Average daily rate	£391	£372
% change on same period last year	+5.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£414	£392
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£369
% change on same period last year	+2.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	94	177
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.79	£32.31
Average hourly rate	£24.41	£34.20
% change on same period last year	-28.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.03	£36.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.09	£29.91
% change on same period last year	-6.09 %
E-Commerce 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.

E-Commerce
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing E-Commerce across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

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

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Commerce across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008.

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

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

E-Commerce
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Commerce within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+14	12	£346	-14.39 %
Newbury	+7	6	£525	+100.00 %
Slough	-	1	-	-

E-Commerce South East

E-Commerce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing E-Commerce 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-Commerce.

1 24 (30.77 %) Java 2 20 (25.64 %) J2EE 3 19 (24.36 %) Retail 4 17 (21.79 %) Telecoms 4 17 (21.79 %) Marketing 5 15 (19.23 %) .NET 6 13 (16.67 %) SQL Server 6 13 (16.67 %) XML 7 11 (14.10 %) ASP.NET 8 10 (12.82 %) CSS 8 10 (12.82 %) MSI 9 9 (11.54 %) XHTML 9 9 (11.54 %) C# 9 9 (11.54 %) SQL 9 9 (11.54 %) Finance

10 8 (10.26 %) ATG 10 8 (10.26 %) ATG Dynamo 10 8 (10.26 %) JavaScript 10 8 (10.26 %) SQL Server 2005 11 7 (8.974 %) HTML 12 6 (7.692 %) Hibernate 12 6 (7.692 %) WebTrends 13 5 (6.410 %) Web Analytics 13 5 (6.410 %) UML 13 5 (6.410 %) Oracle 13 5 (6.410 %) WebServices 13 5 (6.410 %) Windows 13 5 (6.410 %) Manufacturing 13 5 (6.410 %) Stakeholder Management 14 4 (5.128 %) IIS

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing E-Commerce 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-Commerce. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 20 (25.64 %) J2EE 2 15 (19.23 %) .NET 3 13 (16.67 %) XML 4 11 (14.10 %) ASP.NET 5 10 (12.82 %) CSS 6 9 (11.54 %) XHTML 7 7 (8.974 %) HTML 8 6 (7.692 %) Hibernate 9 5 (6.410 %) WebServices 10 3 (3.846 %) SOAP 10 3 (3.846 %) WebSphere 10 3 (3.846 %) Swing 11 2 (2.564 %) JSP 11 2 (2.564 %) AJAX 11 2 (2.564 %) XSL 12 1 (1.282 %) XSLT 12 1 (1.282 %) Struts 12 1 (1.282 %) ASP 12 1 (1.282 %) JDBC 12 1 (1.282 %) EJB	Application Platforms 1 8 (10.26 %) ATG Dynamo 2 4 (5.128 %) Commerce Server 2007 2 4 (5.128 %) IIS 2 4 (5.128 %) Commerce Server 3 2 (2.564 %) CMS 3 2 (2.564 %) BizTalk Server 3 2 (2.564 %) Apache 3 2 (2.564 %) Tomcat 4 1 (1.282 %) MS Exchange 4 1 (1.282 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 3 (3.846 %) Photoshop 2 2 (2.564 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 1 (1.282 %) Fireworks	Business Applications 1 6 (7.692 %) WebTrends
Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.564 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (1.282 %) Internet 2 1 (1.282 %) Firewall 2 1 (1.282 %) BSS 2 1 (1.282 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (16.67 %) SQL Server 2 8 (10.26 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (1.282 %) MySQL 3 1 (1.282 %) TOAD 3 1 (1.282 %) SQLPlus
Development Applications 1 10 (12.82 %) MSI 2 4 (5.128 %) Eclipse 3 3 (3.846 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 3 (3.846 %) Flash 3 3 (3.846 %) QuickTest Pro 4 1 (1.282 %) Bugzilla 4 1 (1.282 %) Rational Rose 4 1 (1.282 %) Dreamweaver	General 1 19 (24.36 %) Retail 2 17 (21.79 %) Telecoms 2 17 (21.79 %) Marketing 3 9 (11.54 %) Finance 4 5 (6.410 %) Manufacturing 5 2 (2.564 %) Insurance 5 2 (2.564 %) Pensions 5 2 (2.564 %) Financial Institution 6 1 (1.282 %) Back Office 6 1 (1.282 %) Legal 6 1 (1.282 %) Advertising
Job Titles 1 26 (33.33 %) Developer 2 17 (21.79 %) E-Commerce Manager 3 15 (19.23 %) Java Developer 4 13 (16.67 %) J2EE Developer 4 13 (16.67 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 11 (14.10 %) Analyst 6 8 (10.26 %) .NET Developer 7 7 (8.974 %) C# Developer 8 6 (7.692 %) Senior Developer 8 6 (7.692 %) ASP.NET Developer 8 6 (7.692 %) Architect 8 6 (7.692 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 8 6 (7.692 %) Senior Java Developer 9 5 (6.410 %) Senior Java/J2EE Developer 9 5 (6.410 %) Java Architect 9 5 (6.410 %) J2EE Architect 9 5 (6.410 %) Senior J2EE Developer 9 5 (6.410 %) Consultant 10 4 (5.128 %) Project Manager 10 4 (5.128 %) Test Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.564 %) N-Tier 2 1 (1.282 %) PMI 2 1 (1.282 %) W3C
Operating Systems 1 5 (6.410 %) Windows 2 3 (3.846 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (2.564 %) Solaris 4 1 (1.282 %) Linux 4 1 (1.282 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (6.410 %) UML 1 5 (6.410 %) Stakeholder Management 1 5 (6.410 %) Web Analytics 2 4 (5.128 %) Internet Marketing 2 4 (5.128 %) CRM 3 3 (3.846 %) PRINCE2 3 3 (3.846 %) Regression Testing 4 2 (2.564 %) Risk Management 4 2 (2.564 %) Risk Assessment 4 2 (2.564 %) Project Management 4 2 (2.564 %) Migration 4 2 (2.564 %) ITIL 4 2 (2.564 %) B2C 4 2 (2.564 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 2 (2.564 %) Security Testing 4 2 (2.564 %) Web Testing 4 2 (2.564 %) Automated Testing 4 2 (2.564 %) Project Planning 4 2 (2.564 %) Web Development 4 2 (2.564 %) Direct Marketing
Programming Languages 1 24 (30.77 %) Java 2 9 (11.54 %) C# 2 9 (11.54 %) SQL 3 8 (10.26 %) JavaScript 4 3 (3.846 %) C 4 3 (3.846 %) VB 5 2 (2.564 %) VB.NET 5 2 (2.564 %) VBScript 5 2 (2.564 %) PHP 6 1 (1.282 %) ActionScript 6 1 (1.282 %) Shell Script 6 1 (1.282 %) VB6 6 1 (1.282 %) Korn 6 1 (1.282 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 3 (3.846 %) ISEB 2 1 (1.282 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.282 %) QA	System Software 1 1 (1.282 %) VMware ESX 1 1 (1.282 %) MailMarshal
Vendors 1 8 (10.26 %) ATG 2 5 (6.410 %) Oracle 3 3 (3.846 %) Siebel 3 3 (3.846 %) IBM 4 2 (2.564 %) VMware 5 1 (1.282 %) Omniture 5 1 (1.282 %) Yahoo! 5 1 (1.282 %) Google 5 1 (1.282 %) Microsoft 5 1 (1.282 %) HP 5 1 (1.282 %) CheckPoint