Berkshire Siemens Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Siemens products and/or services in IT contracts within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Siemens over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Berkshire Bristol Bromley City of London Devon Dorset East Midlands East of England England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire London Manchester Midlands Motherwell Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Plymouth Reading Scotland Shropshire Solihull South East South West South Yorkshire Swindon Telford UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	94	152
Rank change on same period last year	+58
Matching contract IT job ads	28	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.040 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	1.854 %	0.092 %
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	£334	£194
% change on same period last year	+72.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£20.00
Average hourly rate	-	£20.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.75	£25.80
% change on same period last year	+30.81 %
Vendors Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1510	2165
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.146 %	2.186 %
Daily rates quoted	355	702
Average minimum daily rate	£381	£359
Average daily rate	£402	£379
% change on same period last year	+6.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£423	£399
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£355
% change on same period last year	+1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	93	268
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.67	£27.38
Average hourly rate	£26.75	£29.05
% change on same period last year	-7.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.84	£30.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.38	£24.36
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Siemens 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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Siemens AG.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Siemens within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+4	1	-	-

Siemens South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Siemens 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 Siemens.

1 40 (88.89 %) Nokia 2 28 (62.22 %) 3G 3 23 (51.11 %) Telecoms 4 13 (28.89 %) NEC 5 12 (26.67 %) SGSN 6 11 (24.44 %) GGSN 6 11 (24.44 %) Cisco 7 10 (22.22 %) SS7 7 10 (22.22 %) SLA 7 10 (22.22 %) SIGTRAN 8 9 (20.00 %) 2G 9 8 (17.78 %) Configuration Management 9 8 (17.78 %) Nokia DX200 9 8 (17.78 %) UTRAN 9 8 (17.78 %) TCP/IP

9 8 (17.78 %) Spreadsheet 10 7 (15.56 %) UMTS 10 7 (15.56 %) Multimedia 11 6 (13.33 %) Network Design 11 6 (13.33 %) Network Planning 11 6 (13.33 %) Packet Switching 12 4 (8.889 %) RNC 12 4 (8.889 %) Data Management 13 3 (6.667 %) Fujitsu Siemens 13 3 (6.667 %) Performance Management 13 3 (6.667 %) UNIX 13 3 (6.667 %) Windows 13 3 (6.667 %) Windows Server 2003 14 2 (4.444 %) CAD 14 2 (4.444 %) Citrix

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Siemens 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 Siemens. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 2 (4.444 %) MS Exchange 1 2 (4.444 %) Exchange Server 5.5 1 2 (4.444 %) Exchange Server 2000 1 2 (4.444 %) Exchange Server 2003	Applications 1 8 (17.78 %) Spreadsheet
Business Applications 1 2 (4.444 %) Teamcenter	Communications & Networking 1 28 (62.22 %) 3G 2 12 (26.67 %) SGSN 3 11 (24.44 %) GGSN 4 10 (22.22 %) SS7 4 10 (22.22 %) SIGTRAN 5 9 (20.00 %) 2G 6 8 (17.78 %) Nokia DX200 6 8 (17.78 %) UTRAN 6 8 (17.78 %) TCP/IP 7 7 (15.56 %) UMTS 8 6 (13.33 %) Packet Switching 9 4 (8.889 %) RNC 10 2 (4.444 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.222 %) Oracle 10g 1 1 (2.222 %) Oracle 9i	General 1 23 (51.11 %) Telecoms 2 7 (15.56 %) Multimedia 3 2 (4.444 %) Manufacturing 4 1 (2.222 %) Government
Job Titles 1 14 (31.11 %) Network Engineer 2 10 (22.22 %) Design Engineer 3 7 (15.56 %) Performance Engineer 4 3 (6.667 %) Network Design Engineer 4 3 (6.667 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 5 2 (4.444 %) Technical Support 5 2 (4.444 %) Support Specialist 5 2 (4.444 %) Technical Specialist 5 2 (4.444 %) Technical Support Specialist 6 1 (2.222 %) Senior Project Manager 6 1 (2.222 %) Oracle DBA 6 1 (2.222 %) Team Leader 6 1 (2.222 %) Project Manager 6 1 (2.222 %) Programme Manager 6 1 (2.222 %) DBA 6 1 (2.222 %) Senior Manager	Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.444 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 3 (6.667 %) UNIX 1 3 (6.667 %) Windows 1 3 (6.667 %) Windows Server 2003 2 2 (4.444 %) Windows 2000 Server 3 1 (2.222 %) Windows XP 3 1 (2.222 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (17.78 %) Configuration Management 2 6 (13.33 %) Network Design 2 6 (13.33 %) Network Planning 3 4 (8.889 %) Data Management 4 3 (6.667 %) Performance Management 5 2 (4.444 %) CAD 5 2 (4.444 %) Service Management 6 1 (2.222 %) SC Cleared 6 1 (2.222 %) DV Cleared 6 1 (2.222 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (2.222 %) Fault Management 6 1 (2.222 %) ERP
Programming Languages 1 1 (2.222 %) PL/SQL 1 1 (2.222 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 2 (4.444 %) Microsoft Certification 1 2 (4.444 %) MCSE 1 2 (4.444 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (22.22 %) SLA	System Software 1 2 (4.444 %) Active Directory 2 1 (2.222 %) NetBackup
Systems Management 1 1 (2.222 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager	Vendors 1 40 (88.89 %) Nokia 2 13 (28.89 %) NEC 3 11 (24.44 %) Cisco 4 3 (6.667 %) Fujitsu Siemens 5 2 (4.444 %) Citrix 5 2 (4.444 %) HP 5 2 (4.444 %) Compaq 6 1 (2.222 %) UGS 6 1 (2.222 %) Cramer 6 1 (2.222 %) Sun 6 1 (2.222 %) Oracle 6 1 (2.222 %) Nortel 6 1 (2.222 %) VERITAS 6 1 (2.222 %) Mapinfo