The first table below looks at the demand for Information Management 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 Information Management over the 3 months to 17 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Management
Rank 117 135 100
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -35
Contract jobs citing Information Management 6 4 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.248% 0.131% 0.841%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.377% 0.210% 1.335%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
Average daily rate £288 £363 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.68% +20.83%
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £350 £338
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £15.00 - £23.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £13.35 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+19.85% -41.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1593 1907 1872
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.83% 62.55% 62.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 723 742
Average daily rate £388 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.16% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 63 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -41.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.93 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Information Management
South East

Information Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Information Management Jobs Demand Trend

Information Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Information Management Daily Rate Trend

Information Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Information Management Hourly Rate Trend

Information Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Management within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 4 £288 -
Newbury -2 1 £288 -17.85%
Bracknell - 1 - -
Information Management
South East

Information Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Information Management 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 Information Management.

1 7 (36.84%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (31.58%) Project Management
2 6 (31.58%) TOGAF
3 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
3 4 (21.05%) Change Management
3 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (21.05%) SQL
3 4 (21.05%) Data Governance
4 3 (15.79%) Data Management
4 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
4 3 (15.79%) Migration
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.53%) Information Security
5 2 (10.53%) CESG
5 2 (10.53%) Meridio
5 2 (10.53%) Document Management
5 2 (10.53%) Finance
5 2 (10.53%) QA
5 2 (10.53%) QADirector
5 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
5 2 (10.53%) StarTeam
5 2 (10.53%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
5 2 (10.53%) Regression Testing
5 2 (10.53%) ETL
5 2 (10.53%) HTTP
5 2 (10.53%) Business Objects
5 2 (10.53%) XML
5 2 (10.53%) Windows
5 2 (10.53%) MS Excel

Information Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Information Management 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 Information Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (10.53%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (10.53%) EDRMS
3 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (10.53%) StarTeam
1 2 (10.53%) QADirector
General
1 2 (10.53%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Data Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Information Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Data Steward
4 2 (10.53%) Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Lead Architect
4 2 (10.53%) QA Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) QA Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) QA Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Tester
5 1 (5.263%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Management Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Data Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Architect
5 1 (5.263%) Business Data Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Product Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) CESG
3 1 (5.263%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (31.58%) Project Management
2 6 (31.58%) TOGAF
3 4 (21.05%) Change Management
3 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
3 4 (21.05%) Data Governance
4 3 (15.79%) Data Management
4 3 (15.79%) Migration
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.53%) Information Security
5 2 (10.53%) ETL
5 2 (10.53%) Document Management
5 2 (10.53%) Regression Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Configuration Management
5 2 (10.53%) Information Architecture
5 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
6 1 (5.263%) System Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Data Architecture
6 1 (5.263%) Information Assurance
6 1 (5.263%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (5.263%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Business Objects
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.53%) Informatica
1 2 (10.53%) Borland
1 2 (10.53%) Meridio
2 1 (5.263%) HP