Berkshire MAPI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Mail or Messaging Applications Programming Interface (MAPI) 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 MAPI over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Mail or Messaging Applications Programming Interface (MAPI)
Location Berkshire City of London England Hammersmith London Middlesex Reading South East UK	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	128	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.140 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Application Development Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	716	1032
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.945 %	1.028 %
Daily rates quoted	189	249
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 quoted	58	95
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 %
MAPI 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.

MAPI
Demand Trend

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

MAPI
Daily Rate Trend

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

MAPI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MAPI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MAPI 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.

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	-	1	-	-

MAPI South East

MAPI
Top 15 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (66.67 %) SQL 1 2 (66.67 %) VBScript 1 2 (66.67 %) VB 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Project 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Office 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Excel 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Access 1 2 (66.67 %) Project Management 1 2 (66.67 %) Migration 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Conversion 2 1 (33.33 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (33.33 %) SMTP 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 2 1 (33.33 %) .NET 2 1 (33.33 %) C++

MAPI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 1 (33.33 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Project 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Office 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (66.67 %) MS Access	Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Consultant 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Consultant 2 1 (33.33 %) Senior Microsoft Developer 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Developer 2 1 (33.33 %) Senior Developer 2 1 (33.33 %) Developer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Conversion	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Project Management 1 2 (66.67 %) Migration
Programming Languages 1 2 (66.67 %) SQL 1 2 (66.67 %) VBScript 1 2 (66.67 %) VB 2 1 (33.33 %) C++	Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft