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This section looks at the demand for National Programme for IT (NPfIT) 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 NPfIT over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNational Programme for IT (NPfIT)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-164
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.319 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£500
Average daily rate-£550
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£367
% change on same period last year-1.63 %
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£25.45£22.00
% change on same period last year+15.66 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads466626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.615 %0.623 %
Daily rates quoted101213
Average minimum daily rate£344£356
Average daily rate£367£374
% change on same period last year-1.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted6368
Average minimum hourly rate£19.17£23.56
Average hourly rate£21.54£25.37
% change on same period last year-15.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.92£27.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.30£28.72
% change on same period last year-11.88 %
NPfIT South EastNPfIT
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.

NPfIT
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire NPfIT Demand Trend

NPfIT
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire NPfIT Daily Rate Trend

NPfIT
Top 8 Related IT Skills

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

11 (100.00 %)TestDirector
11 (100.00 %)NHS
11 (100.00 %)Regression Testing
11 (100.00 %)Project Planning
11 (100.00 %)Usability Testing
11 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
11 (100.00 %)Manual Testing
11 (100.00 %)System Testing

NPfIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)TestDirector
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Tester
11 (100.00 %)Systems Tester
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)NHS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Regression Testing
11 (100.00 %)Project Planning
11 (100.00 %)Usability Testing
11 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
11 (100.00 %)Manual Testing
11 (100.00 %)System Testing