Berkshire Spreadsheet Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Spreadsheets skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Spreadsheet over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Spreadsheets
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Barking Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Canary Wharf Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Clevedon Corsham Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dudley East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Ipswich Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Rugby Scotland Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Solihull Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Taunton Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	83	118
Rank change on same period last year	+35
Matching contract IT job ads	39	36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.055 %	0.036 %
As % of the category below	10.54 %	5.941 %
Daily rates quoted	4	12
Average minimum daily rate	£230	£213
Average daily rate	£241	£224
% change on same period last year	+7.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£253	£235
UK excluding London average daily rate	£227	£273
% change on same period last year	-16.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£8.00	£16.31
Average hourly rate	£8.50	£16.81
% change on same period last year	-49.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£9.00	£17.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£13.04	£15.28
% change on same period last year	-14.69 %
Applications Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	370	606
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.526 %	0.612 %
Daily rates quoted	74	184
Average minimum daily rate	£278	£299
Average daily rate	£293	£314
% change on same period last year	-6.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£309	£330
UK excluding London average daily rate	£294	£282
% change on same period last year	+4.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	38	113
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.27	£21.20
Average hourly rate	£17.65	£22.20
% change on same period last year	-20.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.02	£23.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.47	£19.51
% change on same period last year	-5.36 %
Spreadsheet 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.

Spreadsheet
Demand Trend

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

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Spreadsheet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Spreadsheet
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spreadsheet across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Spreadsheet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spreadsheet 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
Bracknell	+15	7	-	-
Maidenhead	+13	4	£325	-
Reading	+3	2	£190	-
Newbury	+13	1	-	-

Spreadsheet South East

Spreadsheet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (28.17 %) Telecoms 2 15 (21.13 %) Finance 2 15 (21.13 %) Cramer 3 11 (15.49 %) Nokia 4 9 (12.68 %) Oracle 4 9 (12.68 %) MS Office 4 9 (12.68 %) 3G 5 8 (11.27 %) Validation 5 8 (11.27 %) Migration 5 8 (11.27 %) Siemens 5 8 (11.27 %) Nokia DX200 6 7 (9.859 %) MS PowerPoint 6 7 (9.859 %) SAP 6 7 (9.859 %) Multimedia 6 7 (9.859 %) Billing

6 7 (9.859 %) Configuration Management 7 5 (7.042 %) MS Excel 7 5 (7.042 %) Business Objects 7 5 (7.042 %) 3GPP 7 5 (7.042 %) BusinessObjects 8 4 (5.634 %) Microsoft 8 4 (5.634 %) Ericsson 9 3 (4.225 %) Alcatel 9 3 (4.225 %) Service Delivery 9 3 (4.225 %) Data Management 9 3 (4.225 %) Military 9 3 (4.225 %) MS Access 9 3 (4.225 %) Marketing 9 3 (4.225 %) Auditing 10 2 (2.817 %) RNC

Spreadsheet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 1 (1.408 %) OLE 1 1 (1.408 %) ODBC	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.408 %) SAS
Applications 1 9 (12.68 %) MS Office 2 7 (9.859 %) MS PowerPoint 3 5 (7.042 %) MS Excel 4 1 (1.408 %) SPSS	Business Applications 1 1 (1.408 %) BPCS
Communications & Networking 1 9 (12.68 %) 3G 2 8 (11.27 %) Nokia DX200 3 5 (7.042 %) 3GPP 4 2 (2.817 %) RNC 4 2 (2.817 %) ATM 5 1 (1.408 %) Frame Relay 5 1 (1.408 %) MPLS 5 1 (1.408 %) ISDN 5 1 (1.408 %) SDH 5 1 (1.408 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (7.042 %) BusinessObjects 2 3 (4.225 %) MS Access 3 2 (2.817 %) SQL Server 4 1 (1.408 %) OLAP 4 1 (1.408 %) Oracle OLAP
General 1 20 (28.17 %) Telecoms 2 15 (21.13 %) Finance 3 7 (9.859 %) Multimedia 3 7 (9.859 %) Billing 4 3 (4.225 %) Military 4 3 (4.225 %) Marketing 4 3 (4.225 %) Auditing 5 2 (2.817 %) Health 6 1 (1.408 %) Pharmaceutical	Job Titles 1 12 (16.90 %) Network Planner 2 11 (15.49 %) Coordinator 2 11 (15.49 %) Analyst 2 11 (15.49 %) Administrator 3 8 (11.27 %) Network Engineer 4 6 (8.451 %) Developer 5 5 (7.042 %) Database Developer 6 3 (4.225 %) Consultant 6 3 (4.225 %) Billing Analyst 6 3 (4.225 %) Financial Analyst 6 3 (4.225 %) Project Coordinator 7 1 (1.408 %) Data Analyst 7 1 (1.408 %) Information Analyst 7 1 (1.408 %) Access Developer 7 1 (1.408 %) Project Office Support 7 1 (1.408 %) Technical Administrator 7 1 (1.408 %) Data Administrator 7 1 (1.408 %) Document Controller 7 1 (1.408 %) PMO Analyst 7 1 (1.408 %) RNC Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.408 %) e-Health 1 1 (1.408 %) NHS 1 1 (1.408 %) Dutch Language 1 1 (1.408 %) French Language 1 1 (1.408 %) Italian Language 1 1 (1.408 %) Spanish Language	Operating Systems 1 2 (2.817 %) Windows 2 1 (1.408 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (11.27 %) Validation 1 8 (11.27 %) Migration 2 7 (9.859 %) Configuration Management 3 3 (4.225 %) Service Delivery 3 3 (4.225 %) Data Management 4 1 (1.408 %) Workflow 4 1 (1.408 %) Data Analysis 4 1 (1.408 %) Risk Management 4 1 (1.408 %) Business Intelligence 4 1 (1.408 %) CRM 4 1 (1.408 %) ERP 4 1 (1.408 %) PRINCE2 4 1 (1.408 %) Project Planning 4 1 (1.408 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (1.408 %) Business Analysis	Programming Languages 1 2 (2.817 %) SQL 2 1 (1.408 %) VBScript 2 1 (1.408 %) VB 2 1 (1.408 %) VBA 2 1 (1.408 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 2 (2.817 %) Degree 2 1 (1.408 %) CIMA 2 1 (1.408 %) ACCA 2 1 (1.408 %) CCNA 2 1 (1.408 %) Cisco Certification	System Software 1 1 (1.408 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (1.408 %) CiscoWorks	Vendors 1 15 (21.13 %) Cramer 2 11 (15.49 %) Nokia 3 9 (12.68 %) Oracle 4 8 (11.27 %) Siemens 5 7 (9.859 %) SAP 6 5 (7.042 %) Business Objects 7 4 (5.634 %) Microsoft 7 4 (5.634 %) Ericsson 8 3 (4.225 %) Alcatel 9 1 (1.408 %) Remedy 9 1 (1.408 %) Nortel 9 1 (1.408 %) Cisco 9 1 (1.408 %) Cognos