Berkshire PlateSpin Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of PlateSpin products and/or services in IT contracts within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PlateSpin over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Buckinghamshire City of London East of England England Halifax London Milton Keynes Norfolk Norwich South East South West Swindon UK West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	168
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.043 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£225	£365
% change on same period last year	-38.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1738	2331
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.317 %	2.325 %
Daily rates quoted	369	784
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£360
Average daily rate	£386	£381
% change on same period last year	+1.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£407	£402
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£359
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	159	265
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.61	£27.18
Average hourly rate	£25.32	£28.78
% change on same period last year	-12.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.03	£30.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.10	£24.81
% change on same period last year	-2.85 %
PlateSpin 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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within PlateSpin Ltd.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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