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This section looks at the demand for Operations Research (or Operational Research) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Operations Research over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOperations Research (or Operational Research)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank126-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.148 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£283-
% 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-£38.25
% change on same period last year-
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads20322666
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.682 %2.655 %
Daily rates quoted518945
Average minimum daily rate£363£360
Average daily rate£385£382
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted98196
Average minimum hourly rate£27.75£31.38
Average hourly rate£30.44£32.96
% change on same period last year-7.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.13£34.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Operations Research South EastOperations Research
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.

Operations Research
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Operations Research across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Operations Research Demand Trend

Operations Research
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Operations Research Daily Rate Trend

Operations Research
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Operations Research Hourly Rate Trend

Operations Research
Top 14 Related IT Skills

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

17 (100.00 %)Statistics
26 (85.71 %)Marketing
26 (85.71 %)Mathematics
34 (57.14 %)BusinessObjects XI
34 (57.14 %)Degree
34 (57.14 %)Business Objects
34 (57.14 %)SAS
34 (57.14 %)BusinessObjects
42 (28.57 %)Intranet
42 (28.57 %)3G
42 (28.57 %)Telecoms
42 (28.57 %)SQL
51 (14.29 %)Java
51 (14.29 %)ILOG

Operations Research
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (57.14 %)SAS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)Intranet
12 (28.57 %)3G
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)BusinessObjects XI
14 (57.14 %)BusinessObjects
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (85.71 %)Marketing
22 (28.57 %)Telecoms
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (85.71 %)Analyst
24 (57.14 %)SAS Analyst
24 (57.14 %)Report Analyst
32 (28.57 %)Marketing Analyst
41 (14.29 %)Java Developer
41 (14.29 %)Junior
41 (14.29 %)Developer
41 (14.29 %)Junior Analyst
41 (14.29 %)Customer Analyst
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (100.00 %)Statistics
26 (85.71 %)Mathematics
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (28.57 %)SQL
21 (14.29 %)Java
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (57.14 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (57.14 %)Business Objects
21 (14.29 %)ILOG