Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for NDS MediaHighway skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MediaHighway over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNDS MediaHighway
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank112137
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.268 %0.198 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads373505
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.602 %0.551 %
Daily rates quoted103152
Average minimum daily rate£335£320
Average daily rate£362£345
% change on same period last year+5.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted2571
Average minimum hourly rate£18.89£23.15
Average hourly rate£20.13£24.42
% change on same period last year-17.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.38£25.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.44£25.60
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
MediaHighway South EastMediaHighway
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.

MediaHighway
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire MediaHighway Demand Trend

MediaHighway
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MediaHighway Daily Rate Trend

MediaHighway
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing MediaHighway 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 MediaHighway.

14 (100.00 %)NDS
14 (100.00 %)Middleware
14 (100.00 %)DTV
14 (100.00 %)MHP
14 (100.00 %)OpenTV
14 (100.00 %)STB
14 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
14 (100.00 %)Performance Testing
14 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
23 (75.00 %)Software Testing
32 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
32 (50.00 %)Integration Testing
32 (50.00 %)TestDirector
32 (50.00 %)HTML
32 (50.00 %)JavaScript
41 (25.00 %)Telecoms
41 (25.00 %)Software Engineering

MediaHighway
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing MediaHighway 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 MediaHighway. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)Middleware
14 (100.00 %)MHP
22 (50.00 %)HTML
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)TestDirector
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Telecoms
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Integration Engineer
22 (50.00 %)Test Engineer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (100.00 %)DTV
14 (100.00 %)STB
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
14 (100.00 %)Performance Testing
14 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
23 (75.00 %)Software Testing
32 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
32 (50.00 %)Integration Testing
41 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)JavaScript
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (100.00 %)NDS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)OpenTV