Berkshire MATLAB Contracts

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

The MathWorks MATLAB
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham City of London East Anglia East of England England Farnborough Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire London Midlands Portsmouth Reading Somerset South East South West Stevenage Surrey UK West Midlands Wiltshire Yeovil	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	127	163
Rank change on same period last year	+36
Matching contract IT job ads	2	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.402 %	0.490 %
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	£263	£375
% change on same period last year	-30.00 %
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	£32.72	£35.99
% change on same period last year	-9.07 %
Applications Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	497	612
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.656 %	0.610 %
Daily rates quoted	95	184
Average minimum daily rate	£281	£295
Average daily rate	£295	£313
% change on same period last year	-5.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£310	£331
UK excluding London average daily rate	£297	£284
% change on same period last year	+4.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	61	96
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.49	£21.24
Average hourly rate	£19.73	£22.51
% change on same period last year	-12.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.98	£23.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.61	£19.30
% change on same period last year	-3.54 %
MATLAB 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.

MATLAB
Demand Trend

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

MATLAB
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MATLAB 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	-	2	-	-

MATLAB South East

MATLAB
Top 3 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00 %) Simulink 1 2 (100.00 %) Stateflow 1 2 (100.00 %) Automotive

MATLAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications 1 2 (100.00 %) Simulink 1 2 (100.00 %) Stateflow

General 1 2 (100.00 %) Automotive