The first table below looks at the demand for IDOL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IDOL over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Autonomy IDOL
Rank 107 132 -
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -
Contract jobs citing IDOL 13 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.543% 0.095% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.140% 0.938% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £1,000 £400 -
% change year-on-year
+150.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
414 320 540
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 17.29% 10.17% 18.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 147 249
Average daily rate £375 £350 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £425 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 46
Average hourly rate £33.50 £45.00 £44.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.55% +1.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £11.50 £32.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
IDOL
South East

IDOL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IDOL across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Berkshire IDOL Jobs Demand Trend

IDOL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire IDOL Daily Rate Trend

IDOL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire IDOL Hourly Rate Trend

IDOL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IDOL within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +20 9 - -
IDOL
South East

IDOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing IDOL 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 IDOL.

1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (100.00%) MS Office
1 16 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 14 (87.50%) Windows
3 13 (81.25%) .NET
3 13 (81.25%) SharePoint Server
3 13 (81.25%) Meridio
4 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
5 11 (68.75%) .NET Framework
5 11 (68.75%) SQL
5 11 (68.75%) Web Services
5 11 (68.75%) XML
5 11 (68.75%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (50.00%) ASP.NET
6 8 (50.00%) LDAP
6 8 (50.00%) DTS
6 8 (50.00%) T-SQL
6 8 (50.00%) C#
6 8 (50.00%) Visual Studio
6 8 (50.00%) OLAP
6 8 (50.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 8 (50.00%) SC Cleared
7 6 (37.50%) Web Development
8 5 (31.25%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (31.25%) MCSD
9 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
9 4 (25.00%) Workflow

IDOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing IDOL 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 IDOL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (81.25%) .NET
2 11 (68.75%) .NET Framework
2 11 (68.75%) Web Services
2 11 (68.75%) XML
3 8 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 8 (50.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 16 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 13 (81.25%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (18.75%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (18.75%) CM System
3 3 (18.75%) MS Project Server
3 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 16 (100.00%) MS Office
2 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (18.75%) MS Visio
3 3 (18.75%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) LDAP
2 1 (6.250%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (50.00%) DTS
2 8 (50.00%) OLAP
3 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (12.50%) PVCS
General
1 3 (18.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) SharePoint Developer
1 6 (37.50%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Development Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Solutions Architect
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Architect
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 11 (68.75%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Web Development
2 4 (25.00%) Workflow
2 4 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (18.75%) Document Management
3 3 (18.75%) Release Management
4 2 (12.50%) UML
4 2 (12.50%) System Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (12.50%) Unified Process
4 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (6.250%) Migration
5 1 (6.250%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) SQL
2 8 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 8 (50.00%) C#
3 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (31.25%) MCSD
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
1 3 (18.75%) ISA Server
2 1 (6.250%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (6.250%) vSphere
2 1 (6.250%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 3 (18.75%) SCCM
2 3 (18.75%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (81.25%) Meridio
3 3 (18.75%) VMware
3 3 (18.75%) Clearswift
4 1 (6.250%) Websense