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This section looks at the demand for ILOG JRules skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JRules over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkILOG JRules
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank128165
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.140 %0.097 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£350£450
Average daily rate£400£475
% change on same period last year-15.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£422
% change on same period last year-20.59 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.75£47.65
% change on same period last year-33.36 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads7161032
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.945 %1.028 %
Daily rates quoted189249
Average minimum daily rate£295£322
Average daily rate£320£336
% change on same period last year-4.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted5895
Average minimum hourly rate£36.14£36.08
Average hourly rate£37.88£37.28
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.63£38.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
JRules South EastJRules
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 JRules across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire JRules Demand Trend

JRules
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire JRules Daily Rate Trend

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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 JRules 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
ReadingNew entry-1£400-
JRules South EastJRules
South East

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing JRules 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 JRules.

16 (100.00 %)Java
16 (100.00 %)SQL
16 (100.00 %)J2EE
16 (100.00 %)Oracle
16 (100.00 %)DB2
16 (100.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
16 (100.00 %)UML
16 (100.00 %)OO
16 (100.00 %)RUP
16 (100.00 %)RDBMS
16 (100.00 %)WebSphere
25 (83.33 %)Finance
25 (83.33 %)IBM
25 (83.33 %)ILOG
34 (66.67 %)MS Excel
34 (66.67 %)MS Office
34 (66.67 %)QA
34 (66.67 %)Degree
41 (16.67 %)Servlets
41 (16.67 %)Struts
41 (16.67 %)UNIX

JRules
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)J2EE
16 (100.00 %)WebSphere
21 (16.67 %)Servlets
21 (16.67 %)Struts
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (100.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (66.67 %)MS Excel
14 (66.67 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (100.00 %)DB2
16 (100.00 %)RDBMS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (83.33 %)Finance
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
16 (100.00 %)Java Developer
25 (83.33 %)J2EE Developer
25 (83.33 %)Java/J2EE Developer
31 (16.67 %)Java Programmer
31 (16.67 %)Programmer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)UNIX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (100.00 %)UML
16 (100.00 %)OO
16 (100.00 %)RUP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)Java
16 (100.00 %)SQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (66.67 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (66.67 %)QA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)Oracle
25 (83.33 %)IBM
25 (83.33 %)ILOG