Berkshire RSS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Really Simple Syndication (RSS) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RSS over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
Location Berkshire City of London Coventry East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire London M4 Corridor Midlands Oxfordshire Sheffield South East South Yorkshire Southampton Surrey UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	161
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.190 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£350
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
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	£33.25	£22.50
% change on same period last year	+47.77 %
Application Development Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	714	1054
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.952 %	1.066 %
Daily rates quoted	193	276
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£324
Average daily rate	£317	£339
% change on same period last year	-6.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£338	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	94
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.55	£36.15
Average hourly rate	£37.39	£37.68
% change on same period last year	-0.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.24	£39.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
RSS 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.

RSS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RSS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

RSS
Daily Rate Trend

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