The first table below looks at the demand for Root Cause Analysis 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 Root Cause Analysis over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Root Cause Analysis
Rank 97 85 122
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +37
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 24 53 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.025% 1.672% 0.265%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.532% 2.584% 0.415%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 7
Average daily rate £343 £250 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £205 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £325 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £370
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £25.75
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -2.91%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1567 2051 1926
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 66.94% 64.70% 63.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 803 788
Average daily rate £400 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 49 73
Average hourly rate £28.75 £27.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.48% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.45 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.30 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Root Cause Analysis
South East

Root Cause Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Root Cause Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Root Cause Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Root Cause Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Root Cause Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading -10 15 £285 +14.00%
Slough - 1 - - 2
Windsor - - - -
Newbury - - - - 1
Root Cause Analysis
South East

Root Cause Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Root Cause Analysis 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 Root Cause Analysis.

1 20 (52.63%) Telecoms
2 12 (31.58%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 11 (28.95%) SLA
4 10 (26.32%) 3G
4 10 (26.32%) Project Management
4 10 (26.32%) GGSN
4 10 (26.32%) SGSN
5 9 (23.68%) Marketing
6 7 (18.42%) Product Marketing
6 7 (18.42%) Finance
6 7 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (15.79%) HTTP
7 6 (15.79%) SQL
8 5 (13.16%) Java
8 5 (13.16%) Oracle
8 5 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (10.53%) GSM
9 4 (10.53%) UMTS
9 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
9 4 (10.53%) ISEB
9 4 (10.53%) Nokia
9 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
9 4 (10.53%) Perl
9 4 (10.53%) UNIX
9 4 (10.53%) Windows
9 4 (10.53%) SharePoint
9 4 (10.53%) Change Control
9 4 (10.53%) Test Strategy
10 3 (7.895%) Apache

Root Cause Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Root Cause Analysis 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 Root Cause Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.263%) HTML
1 2 (5.263%) XHTML
2 1 (2.632%) COM
2 1 (2.632%) SOAP
2 1 (2.632%) XML
2 1 (2.632%) .NET
2 1 (2.632%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.895%) Apache
2 3 (7.895%) WebLogic
3 2 (5.263%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 1 (2.632%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.632%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.263%) Agresso
2 1 (2.632%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (26.32%) 3G
1 10 (26.32%) GGSN
1 10 (26.32%) SGSN
2 6 (15.79%) HTTP
3 4 (10.53%) GSM
3 4 (10.53%) UMTS
4 3 (7.895%) GPRS
4 3 (7.895%) TCP/IP
4 3 (7.895%) SS7
4 3 (7.895%) Internet
4 3 (7.895%) Nokia NetAct
4 3 (7.895%) LTE
4 3 (7.895%) SIGTRAN
5 2 (5.263%) Wireless
6 1 (2.632%) ADSL
6 1 (2.632%) ATM
6 1 (2.632%) SDH
6 1 (2.632%) DNS
6 1 (2.632%) Ethernet
6 1 (2.632%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.895%) MySQL
2 1 (2.632%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (2.632%) TOAD
General
1 20 (52.63%) Telecoms
2 9 (23.68%) Marketing
3 7 (18.42%) Finance
4 2 (5.263%) Retail
4 2 (5.263%) Legal
4 2 (5.263%) Front Office
4 2 (5.263%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (13.16%) Network Engineer
1 5 (13.16%) Delivery Manager
2 4 (10.53%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 4 (10.53%) Network Support Engineer
2 4 (10.53%) Technical Manager
2 4 (10.53%) Network Support
2 4 (10.53%) Analyst
2 4 (10.53%) Test Manager
2 4 (10.53%) Consultant
2 4 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 3 (7.895%) Business Analyst
4 2 (5.263%) Product Consultant
4 2 (5.263%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (5.263%) Junior
4 2 (5.263%) Coordinator
5 1 (2.632%) Senior Manager
5 1 (2.632%) Support Analyst
5 1 (2.632%) Technical Support
5 1 (2.632%) Applications Support
5 1 (2.632%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.632%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.632%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.53%) UNIX
1 4 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (2.632%) Solaris
2 1 (2.632%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) Project Management
2 7 (18.42%) Product Marketing
2 7 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (10.53%) Change Control
4 4 (10.53%) Test Strategy
5 3 (7.895%) ERP
5 3 (7.895%) Process Management
5 3 (7.895%) Network Design
5 3 (7.895%) Test Scripting
5 3 (7.895%) System Testing
5 3 (7.895%) Unit Testing
5 3 (7.895%) Integration Testing
5 3 (7.895%) Problem Management
6 2 (5.263%) Business Analysis
6 2 (5.263%) Time Management
6 2 (5.263%) Data Validation
6 2 (5.263%) Validation
6 2 (5.263%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) SQL
2 5 (13.16%) Java
3 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.53%) Perl
4 3 (7.895%) PHP
4 3 (7.895%) C
5 1 (2.632%) C#
5 1 (2.632%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.632%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) ISEB
2 2 (5.263%) Degree
2 2 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (5.263%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.632%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.95%) SLA
2 1 (2.632%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 5 (13.16%) Oracle
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.53%) Nokia
4 1 (2.632%) Siebel
4 1 (2.632%) Siemens
4 1 (2.632%) Sun
4 1 (2.632%) Cisco
4 1 (2.632%) NEC
4 1 (2.632%) Redknee