Berkshire EFT Contracts

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

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
Location Berkshire England Harrogate London North Yorkshire Reading South East UK Uxbridge Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	111	138
Rank change on same period last year	+27
Matching contract IT job ads	1	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.277 %	1.042 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£253
Average daily rate	-	£302
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£333
% 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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	361	480
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.566 %	0.522 %
Daily rates quoted	117	140
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£320
Average daily rate	£361	£344
% change on same period last year	+4.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£341
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	24	64
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.41	£24.26
Average hourly rate	£17.66	£25.73
% change on same period last year	-31.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.90	£27.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.52	£25.59
% change on same period last year	-0.26 %
EFT 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.

EFT
Demand Trend

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

EFT
Daily Rate Trend

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

EFT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

EFT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EFT 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	-	1	-	-

EFT South East

EFT
Top 9 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00 %) EMV 1 3 (100.00 %) Migration 1 3 (100.00 %) APACS 2 2 (66.67 %) ISO8583 2 2 (66.67 %) Chip and PIN 3 1 (33.33 %) Finance 3 1 (33.33 %) Banking 3 1 (33.33 %) ATM 3 1 (33.33 %) EPoS

EFT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) ATM	General 1 1 (33.33 %) Finance 1 1 (33.33 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 3 (100.00 %) EMV 1 3 (100.00 %) APACS 2 2 (66.67 %) Chip and PIN 3 1 (33.33 %) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (100.00 %) Migration	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (66.67 %) ISO8583