The first table below looks at the demand for Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Deployment
Rank 114 136 132
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -4
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 7 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.292% 0.063% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.442% 0.100% 0.158%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £270 £235 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.89% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £295 £388
% change year-on-year
+10.16% -23.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £102.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +20.68%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1584 1998 1900
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.97% 63.41% 62.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 766 757
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 £275 £250 £225
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 37 61 78
Average hourly rate £17.33 £20.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.37% -36.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.40 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Software Deployment
South East

Software Deployment
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Software Deployment Jobs Demand Trend

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Software Deployment Daily Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Deployment across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire Software Deployment Daily Rate Histogram

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Software Deployment Hourly Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Deployment across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire Software Deployment Hourly Rate Histogram

Software Deployment
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Deployment within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bracknell - 4 £165 -
Slough - 1 - -
Software Deployment
South East

Software Deployment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment.

1 19 (86.36%) Windows
2 16 (72.73%) Active Directory
3 14 (63.64%) Windows 7
4 13 (59.09%) Windows XP
5 11 (50.00%) LAN
5 11 (50.00%) WAN
5 11 (50.00%) Lotus Notes
5 11 (50.00%) Lotus
5 11 (50.00%) Blackberry
5 11 (50.00%) Telecoms
6 10 (45.45%) Aerospace
7 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (27.27%) MCP
8 6 (27.27%) MCDST
8 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
9 4 (18.18%) Windows 2000
9 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (18.18%) HP
9 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
10 3 (13.64%) Software Distribution
10 3 (13.64%) SMS
10 3 (13.64%) OpenView Configuration Management
10 3 (13.64%) McAfee
10 3 (13.64%) CAE
11 2 (9.091%) InstallShield
11 2 (9.091%) VB
11 2 (9.091%) VB6
11 2 (9.091%) Business Continuity
12 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
12 1 (4.545%) Time Management

Software Deployment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 11 (50.00%) Lotus Notes
Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) LAN
1 11 (50.00%) WAN
2 3 (13.64%) SMS
3 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (9.091%) InstallShield
General
1 11 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 10 (45.45%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.545%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Desktop Team Leader
2 5 (22.73%) Team Leader
2 5 (22.73%) Support Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (18.18%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.091%) Desktop Support
4 2 (9.091%) Developer
4 2 (9.091%) Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) VB Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Server Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Technical Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Telecoms Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (50.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 19 (86.36%) Windows
2 14 (63.64%) Windows 7
3 13 (59.09%) Windows XP
4 4 (18.18%) Windows 2000
4 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (4.545%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) Software Distribution
1 3 (13.64%) CAE
2 2 (9.091%) Business Continuity
3 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (4.545%) Time Management
3 1 (4.545%) ITIL
3 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) VB
1 2 (9.091%) VB6
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (27.27%) MCP
2 6 (27.27%) MCDST
2 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.545%) HNC
4 1 (4.545%) MCSE
4 1 (4.545%) CCA
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 16 (72.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Lotus
2 4 (18.18%) HP
3 3 (13.64%) McAfee