Berkshire Reference Data Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Reference Data skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Reference Data over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Reference Data
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London Dunstable East Midlands East of England England Hertfordshire Liverpool London Luton Merseyside Midlands North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire South West UK	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	158
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.452 %
Daily rates quoted	0	5
Average minimum daily rate	-	£240
Average daily rate	-	£245
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£250
UK excluding London average daily rate	£298	£283
% change on same period last year	+5.19 %
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	£25.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Database & Business Intelligence Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	669	1106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.892 %	1.119 %
Daily rates quoted	190	334
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£360
Average daily rate	£365	£374
% change on same period last year	-2.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£389
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	54	80
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.84	£39.08
Average hourly rate	£36.74	£40.17
% change on same period last year	-8.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.63	£41.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
Reference Data 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.

Reference Data
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Reference Data across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reference Data
Hourly Rate Trend

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