Berkshire Progress Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Progress 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 Progress over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London Coventry East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Lanarkshire Leeds London Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury North Lanarkshire North West Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Scotland Solihull South East South Wales South West Suffolk Thame UK Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	118	164
Rank change on same period last year	+46
Matching contract IT job ads	11	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.015 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.636 %	0.084 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£200
Average daily rate	£345	£225
% change on same period last year	+53.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£250
UK excluding London average daily rate	£283	£277
% change on same period last year	+2.39 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	-
Average hourly rate	£35.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.83	£27.75
% change on same period last year	+32.73 %
Vendors Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1730	2382
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.283 %	2.372 %
Daily rates quoted	365	789
Average minimum daily rate	£355	£359
Average daily rate	£375	£380
% change on same period last year	-1.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£395	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	162	270
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.06	£26.95
Average hourly rate	£24.68	£28.51
% change on same period last year	-13.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.31	£30.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.13 %
Progress 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 the Progress Software Corporation.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Progress 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 Progress across the Berkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Progress across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Progress within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Newbury	-	1	£345	-

Progress South East

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Top 27 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (63.64 %) Telecoms 2 12 (54.55 %) Migration 3 10 (45.45 %) 2G 3 10 (45.45 %) IVR 4 8 (36.36 %) Ericsson 5 7 (31.82 %) GPRS 5 7 (31.82 %) 3GPP 5 7 (31.82 %) 3G 5 7 (31.82 %) Performance Management 5 7 (31.82 %) GGSN 5 7 (31.82 %) SGSN 5 7 (31.82 %) 2.5G 6 2 (9.091 %) WCDMA 6 2 (9.091 %) GSM 7 1 (4.545 %) Windows

7 1 (4.545 %) Windows XP 7 1 (4.545 %) WinRunner 7 1 (4.545 %) TestDirector 7 1 (4.545 %) QuickTest Pro 7 1 (4.545 %) LoadRunner 7 1 (4.545 %) Borland 7 1 (4.545 %) Windows Server 2003 7 1 (4.545 %) Internet 7 1 (4.545 %) OpenView Configuration Management 7 1 (4.545 %) Government 7 1 (4.545 %) Test Scripting 7 1 (4.545 %) StarTeam

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking 1 10 (45.45 %) 2G 2 7 (31.82 %) GPRS 2 7 (31.82 %) 3GPP 2 7 (31.82 %) 3G 2 7 (31.82 %) GGSN 2 7 (31.82 %) SGSN 2 7 (31.82 %) 2.5G 3 2 (9.091 %) WCDMA 3 2 (9.091 %) GSM 4 1 (4.545 %) Internet	Development Applications 1 1 (4.545 %) WinRunner 1 1 (4.545 %) TestDirector 1 1 (4.545 %) QuickTest Pro 1 1 (4.545 %) LoadRunner 1 1 (4.545 %) StarTeam
General 1 14 (63.64 %) Telecoms 2 1 (4.545 %) Government	Job Titles 1 10 (45.45 %) Consultant 2 7 (31.82 %) Management Consultant 3 3 (13.64 %) Migration Consultant 4 2 (9.091 %) Strategy Consultant 4 2 (9.091 %) Support Analyst 4 2 (9.091 %) Migration Engineer 4 2 (9.091 %) Analyst 5 1 (4.545 %) Technical Designer
Miscellaneous 1 10 (45.45 %) IVR	Operating Systems 1 1 (4.545 %) Windows 1 1 (4.545 %) Windows XP 1 1 (4.545 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (54.55 %) Migration 2 7 (31.82 %) Performance Management 3 1 (4.545 %) Test Scripting	Systems Management 1 1 (4.545 %) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors 1 8 (36.36 %) Ericsson 2 1 (4.545 %) Borland