The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Music in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Music over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our General 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Music
Rank 118 - 128
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Music 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.084% - 0.034%
As % of the General category 0.195% - 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £425 - £130
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £358 £325
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £96.75 - -
All of the General Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1025 1578 1192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 42.80% 50.17% 40.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 466 401
Average daily rate £370 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.82% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £235 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £469 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 28 42
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.70 £10.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Music
South East

Music
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Music Jobs Demand Trend

Music
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Music Daily Rate Trend

Music
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Music Hourly Rate Trend

Music
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Music within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Newbury - 1 £425 -
Reading - 1 - -
Music
South East

Music
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Music 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 Music.

1 2 (50.00%) jQuery
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (25.00%) New Media
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) PHP
2 1 (25.00%) ActionScript
2 1 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) XSLT
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) Flash
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Advertising
2 1 (25.00%) Publishing
2 1 (25.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) IPTV
2 1 (25.00%) Streaming Music
2 1 (25.00%) Degree

Music
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Music 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 Music. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) XSLT
2 1 (25.00%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
1 1 (25.00%) Publishing
1 1 (25.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Graduate
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) PHP Developer
2 1 (25.00%) PC Support
2 1 (25.00%) IT Graduate
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (25.00%) New Media
2 1 (25.00%) IPTV
2 1 (25.00%) Streaming Music
2 1 (25.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (25.00%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (25.00%) UML
1 1 (25.00%) OO
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (25.00%) Interactive Advertising
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PHP
1 1 (25.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (25.00%) Lua
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree