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This section looks at the demand for the Graduate role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Graduate in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Graduate
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank124157
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching contract IT job ads59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.157 %0.197 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£160
Average daily rate-£160
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£160
UK excluding London average daily rate£156£112
% change on same period last year+39.26 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£8.00£14.00
Average hourly rate£9.00£16.00
% change on same period last year-43.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£10.00£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.23£11.37
% change on same period last year+42.68 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads31754574
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.190 %4.555 %
Daily rates quoted7841441
Average minimum daily rate£341£350
Average daily rate£360£367
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted233460
Average minimum hourly rate£23.29£28.17
Average hourly rate£24.91£29.53
% change on same period last year-15.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.53£30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Graduate South EastGraduate
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.

Graduate
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Graduate Demand Trend

Graduate
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Graduate Daily Rate Trend

Graduate
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Graduate Hourly Rate Trend

Graduate
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
ReadingDown-33--
MaidenheadUp+182--
Graduate South EastGraduate
South East

Graduate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Graduate in their job title 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 with Graduate in their job title.

17 (53.85 %)HTML
17 (53.85 %)SQL
17 (53.85 %)CSS
26 (46.15 %)Photoshop
26 (46.15 %)Adobe Illustrator
35 (38.46 %)PHP
35 (38.46 %)Marketing
42 (15.38 %)JavaScript
42 (15.38 %).NET
42 (15.38 %)OO
51 (7.692 %)Flash
51 (7.692 %)MS Excel
51 (7.692 %)Microsoft
51 (7.692 %)DTV
51 (7.692 %)MS Office
51 (7.692 %)ASP.NET
51 (7.692 %)Web Design
51 (7.692 %)MVC
51 (7.692 %)Electronics
51 (7.692 %)Finance
51 (7.692 %)Games
51 (7.692 %)Hibernate
51 (7.692 %)J2EE
51 (7.692 %)Ant
51 (7.692 %)JUnit
51 (7.692 %)JDBC
51 (7.692 %)Struts
51 (7.692 %)XML
51 (7.692 %)HNC
51 (7.692 %)HND

Graduate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Graduate in their job title 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 with Graduate in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (53.85 %)HTML
17 (53.85 %)CSS
22 (15.38 %).NET
31 (7.692 %)ASP.NET
31 (7.692 %)MVC
31 (7.692 %)Hibernate
31 (7.692 %)J2EE
31 (7.692 %)JDBC
31 (7.692 %)Struts
31 (7.692 %)XML
31 (7.692 %)Spring
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (46.15 %)Photoshop
16 (46.15 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (7.692 %)MS Excel
21 (7.692 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.692 %)Flash
11 (7.692 %)Ant
11 (7.692 %)JUnit
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (38.46 %)Marketing
21 (7.692 %)Electronics
21 (7.692 %)Finance
21 (7.692 %)Games
21 (7.692 %)Multimedia
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)DTV
11 (7.692 %)Computer Science
11 (7.692 %)Interactive TV
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)Windows
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (15.38 %)OO
21 (7.692 %)Web Design
21 (7.692 %)Web Development
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (53.85 %)SQL
25 (38.46 %)PHP
32 (15.38 %)JavaScript
41 (7.692 %)VB.NET
41 (7.692 %)Java
41 (7.692 %)C#
41 (7.692 %)DHTML
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)HNC
11 (7.692 %)HND
11 (7.692 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.692 %)Microsoft