The first table below looks at the demand for Resource Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Resource Management over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Resource Management
Rank 95 112 104
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -8
Contract jobs citing Resource Management 27 24 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.101% 0.748% 0.889%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.669% 1.181% 1.418%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 13
Average daily rate £413 £425 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% +112.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £168 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £485 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £390 £388
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £11.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -34.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.58 £32.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-39.76% +85.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1618 2033 1833
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.96% 63.37% 62.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 771 731
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £250 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 61 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -36.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.40 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Resource Management
South East

Resource Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Resource Management across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Resource Management Jobs Demand Trend

Resource Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Resource Management Daily Rate Trend

Resource Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Resource Management across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire Resource Management Daily Rate Histogram

Resource Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Resource Management Hourly Rate Trend

Resource Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Management within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +12 21 £413 -2.94%
Resource Management
South East

Resource Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Resource Management 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 Resource Management.

1 36 (56.25%) Project Management
2 34 (53.13%) Telecoms
3 30 (46.88%) 3G
4 27 (42.19%) Radio Access Network
5 24 (37.50%) ATM
6 22 (34.38%) 3GPP
6 22 (34.38%) UTRAN
6 22 (34.38%) LTE
6 22 (34.38%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 18 (28.13%) Network Design
8 17 (26.56%) Handset
9 12 (18.75%) Validation
9 12 (18.75%) Ericsson
10 11 (17.19%) PRINCE2
11 10 (15.63%) Degree
11 10 (15.63%) Huawei
12 7 (10.94%) 2G
13 6 (9.375%) RNC
13 6 (9.375%) Management Information System
13 6 (9.375%) Niku
13 6 (9.375%) Configuration Management
13 6 (9.375%) UNIX
13 6 (9.375%) Windows
14 5 (7.813%) MS Excel
14 5 (7.813%) Incident Management
15 4 (6.250%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
15 4 (6.250%) Service Delivery
15 4 (6.250%) SharePoint
15 4 (6.250%) ERP

Resource Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Resource Management 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 Resource Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.125%) HTML5
1 2 (3.125%) JSON
1 2 (3.125%) Ajax
1 2 (3.125%) CSS
1 2 (3.125%) Web Services
1 2 (3.125%) XML
2 1 (1.563%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.563%) .NET
2 1 (1.563%) Middleware
2 1 (1.563%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.563%) iOS SDK
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.250%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.563%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (1.563%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (7.813%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.125%) Open Workbench
2 2 (3.125%) MS Project
3 1 (1.563%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.563%) SAP CRM
1 1 (1.563%) CA Clarity
1 1 (1.563%) SyteLine
1 1 (1.563%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (46.88%) 3G
2 27 (42.19%) Radio Access Network
3 24 (37.50%) ATM
4 22 (34.38%) 3GPP
4 22 (34.38%) UTRAN
4 22 (34.38%) LTE
5 7 (10.94%) 2G
6 6 (9.375%) RNC
7 4 (6.250%) GSM
7 4 (6.250%) IPv4
8 2 (3.125%) UMTS
8 2 (3.125%) WCDMA
9 1 (1.563%) VPN
9 1 (1.563%) Internet
9 1 (1.563%) Wireless
9 1 (1.563%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.125%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.563%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.563%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.125%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.563%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.563%) Xcode
General
1 34 (53.13%) Telecoms
2 4 (6.250%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (4.688%) Finance
3 3 (4.688%) Military
4 1 (1.563%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.563%) Billing
Job Titles
1 22 (34.38%) Design Engineer
2 19 (29.69%) RAN Engineer
3 9 (14.06%) Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) Project Manager
5 7 (10.94%) Architect
6 6 (9.375%) Implementation Manager
6 6 (9.375%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (7.813%) Business Analyst
7 5 (7.813%) Developer
8 4 (6.250%) Technical Manager
8 4 (6.250%) OSS Architect
8 4 (6.250%) Technical Project Manager
8 4 (6.250%) Coordinator
9 3 (4.688%) Consultant
9 3 (4.688%) Radio Engineer
9 3 (4.688%) Platform Engineer
10 2 (3.125%) Service Implementation Manager
10 2 (3.125%) IT Business Analyst
10 2 (3.125%) Project Administrator
10 2 (3.125%) Ab Initio Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.56%) Handset
2 6 (9.375%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.125%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.125%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.563%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.563%) iPhone
4 1 (1.563%) DataPower
4 1 (1.563%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.563%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.563%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.375%) UNIX
1 6 (9.375%) Windows
2 2 (3.125%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.125%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (56.25%) Project Management
2 18 (28.13%) Network Design
3 12 (18.75%) Validation
4 11 (17.19%) PRINCE2
5 6 (9.375%) Configuration Management
6 5 (7.813%) Incident Management
7 4 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (6.250%) Service Delivery
7 4 (6.250%) ERP
8 3 (4.688%) Change Management
8 3 (4.688%) Migration
8 3 (4.688%) Time Management
8 3 (4.688%) Portfolio Management
9 2 (3.125%) Multithreading
9 2 (3.125%) MVC
9 2 (3.125%) Programme Management
9 2 (3.125%) Data Modelling
10 1 (1.563%) ITIL
10 1 (1.563%) CRM
10 1 (1.563%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.125%) Shell Script
1 2 (3.125%) C
1 2 (3.125%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.563%) C#
2 1 (1.563%) Java
2 1 (1.563%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 10 (15.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.563%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (1.563%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.563%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (34.38%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 12 (18.75%) Ericsson
3 10 (15.63%) Huawei
4 6 (9.375%) Niku
5 4 (6.250%) HP
5 4 (6.250%) Citrix
5 4 (6.250%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.250%) Sun
6 2 (3.125%) iRise
6 2 (3.125%) Infor
6 2 (3.125%) Ab Initio
6 2 (3.125%) MicroStrategy
6 2 (3.125%) SAP
7 1 (1.563%) IBM
7 1 (1.563%) Google