The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Freedom of Information over the 3 months to 18 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Freedom of Information (FOI)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £18.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-19.44% +20.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
497 627 561
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 21.03% 19.59% 18.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 260 234
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £226 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £521 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 26 32
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% +5.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £14.50 £11.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £39.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
Freedom of Information
South East

Freedom of Information
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Freedom of Information across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Berkshire Freedom of Information Jobs Demand Trend