Berkshire Intranet Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Intranet skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Intranet over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Avon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Corby Coventry Crawley Croydon Dartford Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Havant Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Huddersfield Hull Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Helens Staines Stratford-upon-Avon Street Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	110	110
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	21	59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.028 %	0.059 %
As % of the category below	2.253 %	4.929 %
Daily rates quoted	4	15
Average minimum daily rate	£155	£353
Average daily rate	£195	£355
% change on same period last year	-45.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£235	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£304	£310
% change on same period last year	-1.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£38.00	£23.00
Average hourly rate	£40.00	£23.20
% change on same period last year	+72.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£42.00	£23.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.64	£22.56
% change on same period last year	+13.67 %
Communications & Networking Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	932	1197
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.242 %	1.194 %
Daily rates quoted	170	365
Average minimum daily rate	£405	£359
Average daily rate	£420	£375
% change on same period last year	+12.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£435	£391
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£343
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	77	175
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.68	£27.39
Average hourly rate	£22.99	£28.85
% change on same period last year	-20.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.30	£30.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.76
% change on same period last year	-11.03 %
Intranet 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Intranet across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Intranet within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 29 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.

Location	Rank 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
Reading	-8	6	£250	-50.00 %
Slough	-6	3	£210	-
Newbury	+17	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Intranet 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 Intranet.

1 13 (33.33 %) Internet 2 11 (28.21 %) SharePoint 2 11 (28.21 %) Microsoft 2 11 (28.21 %) SQL Server 3 10 (25.64 %) SQL Server 2005 4 9 (23.08 %) .NET 5 8 (20.51 %) IIS 6 7 (17.95 %) Marketing 6 7 (17.95 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 6 (15.38 %) Windows 7 6 (15.38 %) C# 7 6 (15.38 %) HTML 7 6 (15.38 %) ActionScript 7 6 (15.38 %) SQL Server 2000 8 5 (12.82 %) Windows Server 2003

8 5 (12.82 %) Business Intelligence 8 5 (12.82 %) CSS 8 5 (12.82 %) Flash 8 5 (12.82 %) WebServices 8 5 (12.82 %) CMS 8 5 (12.82 %) Degree 9 4 (10.26 %) Web Design 9 4 (10.26 %) Firewall 9 4 (10.26 %) Telecoms 9 4 (10.26 %) XML 9 4 (10.26 %) MS Office 9 4 (10.26 %) ASP 9 4 (10.26 %) ASP.NET 9 4 (10.26 %) Business Objects 9 4 (10.26 %) SAS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Intranet 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 Intranet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 9 (23.08 %) .NET 2 6 (15.38 %) HTML 3 5 (12.82 %) WebServices 3 5 (12.82 %) CSS 4 4 (10.26 %) ASP 4 4 (10.26 %) ASP.NET 4 4 (10.26 %) XML 5 3 (7.692 %) AJAX 5 3 (7.692 %) Windows SharePoint Services 6 1 (2.564 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (2.564 %) jQuery 6 1 (2.564 %) JSP 6 1 (2.564 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 11 (28.21 %) SharePoint 2 8 (20.51 %) IIS 3 7 (17.95 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 5 (12.82 %) CMS 5 4 (10.26 %) SAS 6 3 (7.692 %) Content Management Server 7 2 (5.128 %) SharePoint Portal Server 7 2 (5.128 %) MS Exchange 8 1 (2.564 %) Apache 8 1 (2.564 %) NetWeaver 8 1 (2.564 %) BizTalk Server 8 1 (2.564 %) Oracle Application Server 8 1 (2.564 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 1 (2.564 %) DotNetNuke
Applications 1 4 (10.26 %) MS Office 2 2 (5.128 %) MS Excel 2 2 (5.128 %) Adobe Illustrator 2 2 (5.128 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 2 (5.128 %) SAP MM 2 1 (2.564 %) Oracle HRMS 2 1 (2.564 %) SAP Oil and Gas 2 1 (2.564 %) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking 1 13 (33.33 %) Internet 2 4 (10.26 %) Firewall 3 3 (7.692 %) DNS 3 3 (7.692 %) DMZ 3 3 (7.692 %) 3G 4 1 (2.564 %) Broadband 4 1 (2.564 %) GPRS 4 1 (2.564 %) Wireless 4 1 (2.564 %) Extranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (28.21 %) SQL Server 2 10 (25.64 %) SQL Server 2005 3 6 (15.38 %) SQL Server 2000 4 4 (10.26 %) BusinessObjects 5 2 (5.128 %) SAP BW 5 2 (5.128 %) DB2 5 2 (5.128 %) SAP BI 5 2 (5.128 %) DB2 UDB 5 2 (5.128 %) BusinessObjects XI 5 2 (5.128 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (2.564 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 1 (2.564 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 1 (2.564 %) OLAP 6 1 (2.564 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 5 (12.82 %) Flash 2 1 (2.564 %) Dreamweaver 2 1 (2.564 %) FrontPage 2 1 (2.564 %) Ant 2 1 (2.564 %) Visual Studio	General 1 7 (17.95 %) Marketing 2 4 (10.26 %) Telecoms 3 3 (7.692 %) Government 3 3 (7.692 %) Advertising 4 2 (5.128 %) Animation 5 1 (2.564 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 14 (35.90 %) Developer 2 7 (17.95 %) Analyst 2 7 (17.95 %) Web Developer 3 5 (12.82 %) .NET Developer 4 4 (10.26 %) Web Designer 4 4 (10.26 %) Report Analyst 4 4 (10.26 %) SAS Analyst 4 4 (10.26 %) Infrastructure Designer 5 3 (7.692 %) .NET Web Developer 5 3 (7.692 %) Consultant 5 3 (7.692 %) C# Developer 5 3 (7.692 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 6 2 (5.128 %) SAP Analyst 6 2 (5.128 %) SQL Developer 6 2 (5.128 %) SQL Server Developer 6 2 (5.128 %) Support Analyst 6 2 (5.128 %) Change Manager 6 2 (5.128 %) Communications Manager 6 2 (5.128 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 2 (5.128 %) Flash Designer	Miscellaneous 1 4 (10.26 %) N-Tier 2 2 (5.128 %) Replication 2 2 (5.128 %) Clustering 2 2 (5.128 %) Statistics 2 2 (5.128 %) Mathematics 3 1 (2.564 %) Copywriting 3 1 (2.564 %) Web 2.0 3 1 (2.564 %) NHS 3 1 (2.564 %) W3C
Operating Systems 1 6 (15.38 %) Windows 2 5 (12.82 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (5.128 %) Windows 2000 3 2 (5.128 %) Windows XP 4 1 (2.564 %) Linux 4 1 (2.564 %) Tru64 4 1 (2.564 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 1 (2.564 %) Red Hat Linux 4 1 (2.564 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (12.82 %) Business Intelligence 2 4 (10.26 %) Web Design 3 3 (7.692 %) Content Management 3 3 (7.692 %) SC Cleared 3 3 (7.692 %) Security Cleared 4 2 (5.128 %) Stakeholder Management 4 2 (5.128 %) Operations Research 4 2 (5.128 %) Load Balancing 4 2 (5.128 %) ERP 4 2 (5.128 %) Change Management 4 2 (5.128 %) Disaster Recovery 5 1 (2.564 %) E-business 5 1 (2.564 %) Security Management 5 1 (2.564 %) Migration 5 1 (2.564 %) RAD 5 1 (2.564 %) Project Management 5 1 (2.564 %) Internet Marketing 5 1 (2.564 %) Data Migration
Programming Languages 1 6 (15.38 %) C# 1 6 (15.38 %) ActionScript 2 3 (7.692 %) C 2 3 (7.692 %) JavaScript 2 3 (7.692 %) SQL 3 2 (5.128 %) Java 4 1 (2.564 %) Transact-SQL 4 1 (2.564 %) VB 4 1 (2.564 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 5 (12.82 %) Degree
System Software 1 2 (5.128 %) ISA Server	Vendors 1 11 (28.21 %) Microsoft 2 4 (10.26 %) Business Objects 3 3 (7.692 %) SAP 3 3 (7.692 %) IBM 3 3 (7.692 %) Oracle 4 1 (2.564 %) HP 4 1 (2.564 %) Red Hat