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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Insurance' in contract IT jobs within the Berkshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Insurance over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInsurance
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank111145
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching contract IT job ads1718
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.018 %
As % of the category below1.022 %0.868 %
Daily rates quoted53
Average minimum daily rate£405£483
Average daily rate£420£483
% change on same period last year-13.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£435£483
UK excluding London average daily rate£410£384
% change on same period last year+6.84 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.53£26.87
% change on same period last year-12.42 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads16642074
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.218 %2.098 %
Daily rates quoted394619
Average minimum daily rate£348£358
Average daily rate£366£377
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted75130
Average minimum hourly rate£20.59£26.06
Average hourly rate£22.62£27.52
% change on same period last year-17.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.64£28.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Insurance South EastInsurance
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.

Insurance
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Insurance Demand Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Insurance Daily Rate Trend

Insurance
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Insurance across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Berkshire Insurance Daily Rate Histogram

Insurance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Insurance Hourly Rate Trend

Insurance
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Insurance within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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-18£375-22.41 %
Insurance South EastInsurance
South East

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Insurance 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 Insurance.

111 (37.93 %)Finance
29 (31.03 %)SQL
37 (24.14 %)SQL Server
46 (20.69 %)Pensions
54 (13.79 %)Citrix
54 (13.79 %)J2EE
54 (13.79 %)PRINCE2
63 (10.34 %)UNIX
63 (10.34 %)ASP.NET
63 (10.34 %)JSP
63 (10.34 %)Oracle
63 (10.34 %).NET
63 (10.34 %)Oracle 9i
63 (10.34 %)Datawarehouse
63 (10.34 %)Microsoft
63 (10.34 %)Oracle 10g
63 (10.34 %)Business Intelligence
63 (10.34 %)Project Management
63 (10.34 %)PL/SQL
63 (10.34 %)Banking
72 (6.897 %)QA
72 (6.897 %)WebSphere
72 (6.897 %)Unit Testing
72 (6.897 %)Citrix Presentation Server
72 (6.897 %)Agile Software Development
72 (6.897 %)Exchange Server 2000
72 (6.897 %)Exchange Server 2003
72 (6.897 %)VMware
72 (6.897 %)VMware ESX
72 (6.897 %)NetBackup

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Insurance 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 Insurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (13.79 %)J2EE
23 (10.34 %)ASP.NET
23 (10.34 %)JSP
23 (10.34 %).NET
32 (6.897 %)Struts
32 (6.897 %)WebSphere
41 (3.448 %).NET Framework
41 (3.448 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
41 (3.448 %)ASP.NET 2.0
41 (3.448 %)WebServices
41 (3.448 %)Hibernate
41 (3.448 %)Spring
41 (3.448 %)HTML
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.897 %)MS Exchange
12 (6.897 %)Exchange Server 2000
12 (6.897 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (3.448 %)SharePoint
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.448 %)LAN
11 (3.448 %)WAN
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (24.14 %)SQL Server
23 (10.34 %)Oracle 9i
23 (10.34 %)Datawarehouse
23 (10.34 %)Oracle 10g
32 (6.897 %)MS Access
41 (3.448 %)Crystal Reports
41 (3.448 %)Oracle Reports
41 (3.448 %)BusinessObjects
41 (3.448 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (3.448 %)InterBase
41 (3.448 %)SQL Server 2005
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.448 %)Oracle Forms
11 (3.448 %)QuickTest Pro
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (37.93 %)Finance
26 (20.69 %)Pensions
33 (10.34 %)Banking
41 (3.448 %)Retail
41 (3.448 %)Health
41 (3.448 %)Marketing
41 (3.448 %)Back Office
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (27.59 %)Developer
27 (24.14 %)Project Manager
35 (17.24 %)Tester
44 (13.79 %)Analyst
53 (10.34 %)Oracle Developer
53 (10.34 %)Senior Tester
62 (6.897 %)Java Developer
62 (6.897 %)IT Project Manager
62 (6.897 %)Senior Oracle Developer
62 (6.897 %).NET Developer
62 (6.897 %)Senior Developer
62 (6.897 %)Business Analyst
62 (6.897 %)IT Manager
71 (3.448 %)Business Systems Analyst
71 (3.448 %)Systems Analyst
71 (3.448 %)Web Developer
71 (3.448 %)Business Developer
71 (3.448 %)Coordinator
71 (3.448 %)Support Analyst
71 (3.448 %)Test Analyst
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (10.34 %)UNIX
22 (6.897 %)Windows
22 (6.897 %)Solaris
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (13.79 %)PRINCE2
23 (10.34 %)Business Intelligence
23 (10.34 %)Project Management
32 (6.897 %)Agile Software Development
32 (6.897 %)PRINCE
32 (6.897 %)RAD
32 (6.897 %)Unit Testing
41 (3.448 %)Test Scripting
41 (3.448 %)Direct Marketing
41 (3.448 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (3.448 %)Regression Testing
41 (3.448 %)Stakeholder Management
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (31.03 %)SQL
23 (10.34 %)PL/SQL
32 (6.897 %)C#
32 (6.897 %)Java
41 (3.448 %)C
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.448 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (6.897 %)QA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (6.897 %)VMware ESX
12 (6.897 %)NetBackup
12 (6.897 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (13.79 %)Citrix
23 (10.34 %)Oracle
23 (10.34 %)Microsoft
32 (6.897 %)Sun
32 (6.897 %)VMware
32 (6.897 %)IBM
32 (6.897 %)Intel
41 (3.448 %)EMC
41 (3.448 %)Business Objects
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