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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of FatWire products and/or services in IT contracts within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FatWire over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFatWire
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank125-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.346 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£500-
Average daily rate£500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£514-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.00-
% change on same period last year-
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads17332382
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.287 %2.372 %
Daily rates quoted369789
Average minimum daily rate£356£359
Average daily rate£376£380
% change on same period last year-0.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted161270
Average minimum hourly rate£23.03£26.95
Average hourly rate£24.62£28.51
% change on same period last year-13.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.20£30.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
FatWire South EastFatWire
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the FatWire Corporation.

FatWire
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire FatWire Demand Trend

FatWire
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire FatWire Daily Rate Trend

FatWire
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FatWire within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

LocationRank 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
BracknellNew entry-2--
ReadingNew entry-2£500-
FatWire South EastFatWire
South East

FatWire
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing FatWire 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 FatWire.

18 (72.73 %)XML
26 (54.55 %)HTML
35 (45.45 %)J2EE
35 (45.45 %)JSP
44 (36.36 %)Telecoms
44 (36.36 %)Ruby
44 (36.36 %)CSS
44 (36.36 %)PHP
44 (36.36 %)XHTML
44 (36.36 %)W3C
44 (36.36 %)Movable Type
44 (36.36 %)Mambo
53 (27.27 %)BEA
53 (27.27 %)WebLogic
53 (27.27 %)DOM
53 (27.27 %)Web Design
53 (27.27 %)Content Management
53 (27.27 %)AJAX
53 (27.27 %)Web 2.0
53 (27.27 %)WebLogic Portal
62 (18.18 %)Identity Management
62 (18.18 %)LiveLink
62 (18.18 %)Supplier Management
62 (18.18 %)Solaris
62 (18.18 %)Sun
62 (18.18 %)WebTrends
62 (18.18 %)LDAP
62 (18.18 %)MS Visio
71 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
71 (9.091 %)Web Development

FatWire
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing FatWire 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 FatWire. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (72.73 %)XML
26 (54.55 %)HTML
35 (45.45 %)J2EE
35 (45.45 %)JSP
44 (36.36 %)CSS
44 (36.36 %)XHTML
53 (27.27 %)DOM
53 (27.27 %)AJAX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (36.36 %)Movable Type
14 (36.36 %)Mambo
23 (27.27 %)WebLogic
23 (27.27 %)WebLogic Portal
32 (18.18 %)LiveLink
41 (9.091 %)CMS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (18.18 %)MS Visio
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (18.18 %)WebTrends
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (18.18 %)LDAP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (36.36 %)Telecoms
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (45.45 %)Consultant
23 (27.27 %)Web Manager
32 (18.18 %)Architect
32 (18.18 %)Web Architect
41 (9.091 %)Development Manager
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (36.36 %)W3C
23 (27.27 %)Web 2.0
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (18.18 %)Solaris
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (27.27 %)Web Design
13 (27.27 %)Content Management
22 (18.18 %)Identity Management
22 (18.18 %)Supplier Management
31 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
31 (9.091 %)Web Development
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (36.36 %)Ruby
14 (36.36 %)PHP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (27.27 %)BEA
22 (18.18 %)Sun