The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of RedDot products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RedDot over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within RedDot Solutions.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RedDot
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing RedDot 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £275 £288
% change year-on-year
-1.81% -4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1199 1564 1555
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 49.55% 51.30% 52.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 524 555
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £460 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 78 91
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -40.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.67 £11.00 £10.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.20 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
RedDot
South East

RedDot
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire RedDot Jobs Demand Trend

RedDot
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire RedDot Hourly Rate Trend

RedDot
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing RedDot 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 RedDot.

1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) Dreamweaver
1 3 (100.00%) Macromedia
1 3 (100.00%) CMS
1 3 (100.00%) Open Text
1 3 (100.00%) Web 2.0
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (100.00%) jQuery

RedDot
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing RedDot 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 RedDot. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (100.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) CMS
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Dreamweaver
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Web Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Web Content Editor
2 1 (33.33%) Content Editor
2 1 (33.33%) Web Editor
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Web 2.0
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Macromedia
1 3 (100.00%) Open Text