The first table below looks at the demand for Migration skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Migration over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Migration
Rank 22 40 20
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -20
Contract jobs citing Migration 158 112 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 6.529% 3.673% 6.694%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.918% 5.873% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 56 96
Average daily rate £394 £375 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £675 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 3
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -62.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.45 £22.75 £24.50
% change year-on-year
-18.90% -7.14%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1593 1907 1872
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.83% 62.55% 62.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 723 742
Average daily rate £388 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.16% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 63 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -41.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.93 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Migration
South East

Migration
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Migration across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Migration Jobs Demand Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Migration Daily Rate Trend

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Migration across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Migration Daily Rate Histogram

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Migration Hourly Rate Trend

Migration
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -2 44 £425 +6.25%
Bracknell +16 40 £291 -33.04%
Maidenhead +6 14 £340 -
Slough -2 12 £415 -5.14%
Windsor +6 7 - -
Newbury +1 3 £375 -
Ascot - 2 - -
Migration
South East

Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Migration 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 Migration.

1 88 (26.04%) Windows
2 85 (25.15%) Telecoms
3 75 (22.19%) Data Migration
4 71 (21.01%) SQL
5 64 (18.93%) Oracle
6 63 (18.64%) Security Cleared
7 60 (17.75%) SC Cleared
8 54 (15.98%) Radio Access Network
9 53 (15.68%) 2G
10 50 (14.79%) 3G
11 49 (14.50%) Microsoft
11 49 (14.50%) Ericsson
12 42 (12.43%) VMware
13 41 (12.13%) Active Directory
13 41 (12.13%) SQL Server
14 39 (11.54%) Finance
15 32 (9.467%) Windows Server 2008
16 31 (9.172%) Validation
16 31 (9.172%) .NET
17 29 (8.580%) UNIX
17 29 (8.580%) RNC
18 28 (8.284%) VMware Infrastructure
19 27 (7.988%) IIS
20 26 (7.692%) Cisco
21 25 (7.396%) C#
22 24 (7.101%) Project Management
23 23 (6.805%) ETL
24 22 (6.509%) GSM
24 22 (6.509%) LAN
24 22 (6.509%) Windows Server 2003

Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Migration 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 Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 31 (9.172%) .NET
2 17 (5.030%) HTML
3 16 (4.734%) XML
4 11 (3.254%) .NET Framework
5 10 (2.959%) Web Services
5 10 (2.959%) ASP
6 6 (1.775%) ADSI
7 5 (1.479%) SAP Smart Forms
7 5 (1.479%) BAPI
7 5 (1.479%) CSS
7 5 (1.479%) SAP ALE
8 4 (1.183%) Web Dynpro
9 3 (0.888%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.888%) J2EE
10 2 (0.592%) SAML
10 2 (0.592%) WinForms
10 2 (0.592%) JSF
11 1 (0.296%) FIX Protocol
11 1 (0.296%) Apache Flex
11 1 (0.296%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 27 (7.988%) IIS
2 12 (3.550%) Tomcat
2 12 (3.550%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.254%) Apache
4 10 (2.959%) CMS
5 9 (2.663%) MS Exchange
6 8 (2.367%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (1.775%) SAS
7 6 (1.775%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (1.183%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (1.183%) ArcGIS
8 4 (1.183%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (1.183%) ProArc
9 3 (0.888%) SharePoint 2013
9 3 (0.888%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.592%) Lync
10 2 (0.592%) GlassFish
10 2 (0.592%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.296%) Lotus Domino
11 1 (0.296%) Site Server
Applications
1 10 (2.959%) MS Office
1 10 (2.959%) MS Excel
2 3 (0.888%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.888%) MS Project
3 2 (0.592%) InfoPath
3 2 (0.592%) Office 365
4 1 (0.296%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (3.550%) Pivotal CRM
2 3 (0.888%) SAP FI
2 3 (0.888%) SAP HR
3 2 (0.592%) Agresso
3 2 (0.592%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.296%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.296%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.296%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.296%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.296%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.296%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.296%) SyteLine
4 1 (0.296%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.296%) Oracle ASCP
4 1 (0.296%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.296%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 54 (15.98%) Radio Access Network
2 53 (15.68%) 2G
3 50 (14.79%) 3G
4 29 (8.580%) RNC
5 22 (6.509%) GSM
5 22 (6.509%) LAN
6 21 (6.213%) WAN
6 21 (6.213%) WCDMA
7 20 (5.917%) LTE
8 19 (5.621%) SAN
9 18 (5.325%) 3GPP
10 15 (4.438%) Wireshark
11 14 (4.142%) Internet
12 12 (3.550%) TELNET
12 12 (3.550%) Firewall
12 12 (3.550%) RANAP
13 10 (2.959%) BGP
13 10 (2.959%) MPLS
13 10 (2.959%) VPN
13 10 (2.959%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.13%) SQL Server
2 18 (5.325%) Oracle 8/8i
3 12 (3.550%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.254%) GIS
4 11 (3.254%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (2.959%) Crystal Reports
6 7 (2.071%) DB2
6 7 (2.071%) DataStage
7 6 (1.775%) Oracle 10g
8 5 (1.479%) Oracle 9i
8 5 (1.479%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (1.183%) Base SAS
9 4 (1.183%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.888%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.888%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.888%) SQL Server 2005
10 3 (0.888%) Oracle Exadata
11 2 (0.592%) MySQL
11 2 (0.592%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.296%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 10 (2.959%) LoadRunner
2 4 (1.183%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 3 (0.888%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.888%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.592%) SilkTest
4 2 (0.592%) StarTeam
4 2 (0.592%) ERwin
5 1 (0.296%) MSI
5 1 (0.296%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.296%) LSMW
5 1 (0.296%) PeopleTools
General
1 85 (25.15%) Telecoms
2 39 (11.54%) Finance
3 6 (1.775%) Automotive
3 6 (1.775%) Retail
4 5 (1.479%) Back Office
5 4 (1.183%) Marketing
6 3 (0.888%) French Language
6 3 (0.888%) German Language
6 3 (0.888%) Italian Language
6 3 (0.888%) Spanish Language
6 3 (0.888%) Billing
6 3 (0.888%) Manufacturing
6 3 (0.888%) Advertising
7 2 (0.592%) Publishing
7 2 (0.592%) Banking
8 1 (0.296%) Legal
Job Titles
1 60 (17.75%) Architect
2 41 (12.13%) Analyst
3 40 (11.83%) Developer
4 39 (11.54%) Project Manager
5 36 (10.65%) Solutions Architect
6 26 (7.692%) Consultant
7 24 (7.101%) Test Engineer
8 17 (5.030%) Designer
9 15 (4.438%) RAN Engineer
10 14 (4.142%) Solutions Designer
11 13 (3.846%) Network Engineer
11 13 (3.846%) Data Analyst
12 12 (3.550%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.550%) Tester
13 11 (3.254%) Test Analyst
13 11 (3.254%) CRM Developer
14 9 (2.663%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 9 (2.663%) Systems Engineer
14 9 (2.663%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 9 (2.663%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.071%) Management Information System
1 7 (2.071%) Replication
2 4 (1.183%) Open Source
3 3 (0.888%) Mathematics
3 3 (0.888%) Computer Science
3 3 (0.888%) Blackberry
3 3 (0.888%) Data Conversion
3 3 (0.888%) Data Extraction
4 2 (0.592%) PKI
4 2 (0.592%) Thin Client
4 2 (0.592%) Smartcard
4 2 (0.592%) Copywriting
4 2 (0.592%) Fat Client
4 2 (0.592%) Chemistry
5 1 (0.296%) SaaS
5 1 (0.296%) Social Media
5 1 (0.296%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.296%) NHS
5 1 (0.296%) Clustering
5 1 (0.296%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 88 (26.04%) Windows
2 32 (9.467%) Windows Server 2008
3 29 (8.580%) UNIX
4 22 (6.509%) Windows Server 2003
5 21 (6.213%) Windows 7
6 18 (5.325%) Linux
7 14 (4.142%) Windows XP
8 4 (1.183%) HPUX
8 4 (1.183%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.888%) Windows 2000 Server
9 3 (0.888%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.592%) Solaris
11 1 (0.296%) AIX
11 1 (0.296%) VMS
11 1 (0.296%) Nucleus RTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (22.19%) Data Migration
2 31 (9.172%) Validation
3 24 (7.101%) Project Management
4 23 (6.805%) ETL
5 19 (5.621%) Test Scripting
6 16 (4.734%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (4.734%) Regression Testing
6 16 (4.734%) Data Management
7 15 (4.438%) PRINCE2
7 15 (4.438%) CRM
7 15 (4.438%) Data Cleansing
7 15 (4.438%) Release Management
8 13 (3.846%) Workflow
9 12 (3.550%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (3.550%) Web Development
10 11 (3.254%) Data Modelling
11 9 (2.663%) Data Architecture
11 9 (2.663%) Non-Functional Testing
12 8 (2.367%) Master Data Management
12 8 (2.367%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 71 (21.01%) SQL
2 25 (7.396%) C#
3 19 (5.621%) PL/SQL
4 14 (4.142%) Perl
5 12 (3.550%) C++
6 11 (3.254%) VB
7 10 (2.959%) T-SQL
7 10 (2.959%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.071%) VBScript
9 6 (1.775%) ABAP
9 6 (1.775%) Java
10 4 (1.183%) PHP
10 4 (1.183%) C
11 3 (0.888%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.888%) COBOL
11 3 (0.888%) JCL
12 2 (0.592%) VBA
12 2 (0.592%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.296%) PeopleCode
13 1 (0.296%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (18.64%) Security Cleared
2 60 (17.75%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.213%) Degree
4 18 (5.325%) ISEB
5 12 (3.550%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (3.254%) CCNA
7 10 (2.959%) CCNP
8 4 (1.183%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (1.183%) PMP
8 4 (1.183%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.888%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.592%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.592%) CCIE
10 2 (0.592%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.296%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.296%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.296%) HNC
11 1 (0.296%) JNCIS
11 1 (0.296%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.296%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.775%) QA
2 5 (1.479%) SLA
3 2 (0.592%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (12.13%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.284%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.734%) VMware ESX
4 6 (1.775%) vSphere
5 5 (1.479%) VMware Workstation
6 4 (1.183%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.592%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 2 (0.592%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.296%) XenApp
8 1 (0.296%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.296%) Xen
8 1 (0.296%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (4.438%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (1.775%) SCCM
2 6 (1.775%) NetBackup
3 3 (0.888%) Ganglia
4 2 (0.592%) SCOM
4 2 (0.592%) ChangeBASE
4 2 (0.592%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (0.592%) Control-M
5 1 (0.296%) ARCserve
5 1 (0.296%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.296%) Legato
5 1 (0.296%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.296%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.296%) Netcool
5 1 (0.296%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 64 (18.93%) Oracle
2 49 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 49 (14.50%) Ericsson
3 42 (12.43%) VMware
4 26 (7.692%) Cisco
5 21 (6.213%) SAP
6 16 (4.734%) HP
7 15 (4.438%) NetHawk
8 12 (3.550%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 12 (3.550%) Nortel
9 7 (2.071%) Cognos
10 6 (1.775%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.775%) Salesforce.com
11 5 (1.479%) Symantec
11 5 (1.479%) NetApp
11 5 (1.479%) Citrix
12 4 (1.183%) Ariba
12 4 (1.183%) Mapinfo
12 4 (1.183%) ESRI
13 3 (0.888%) 3PAR
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