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The table below looks at the demand for Secure Shell (SSH) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SSH over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Shell (SSH)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank116140
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.124 %0.207 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£400£350
Average daily rate£425£400
% change on same period last year+6.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£402£368
% change on same period last year+9.18 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£50.00
Average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.07£29.38
% change on same period last year-7.84 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads808966
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.273 %1.035 %
Daily rates quoted137234
Average minimum daily rate£396£327
Average daily rate£424£343
% change on same period last year+23.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£451£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted52142
Average minimum hourly rate£29.87£28.53
Average hourly rate£31.82£30.05
% change on same period last year+5.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.78£31.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
SSH South EastSSH
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.

SSH
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SSH Demand Trend

SSH
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SSH Daily Rate Trend

SSH
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SSH Hourly Rate Trend

SSH
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSH within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

LocationRank 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
ReadingNew entry-1£425-
SSH South EastSSH
South East

SSH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SSH 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 SSH.

15 (83.33 %)Java
15 (83.33 %)SQL
23 (50.00 %)J2EE
23 (50.00 %)XML
23 (50.00 %)XSD
23 (50.00 %)Flash
23 (50.00 %)SOA
23 (50.00 %)WAP
23 (50.00 %)FTP
23 (50.00 %)HTTP
23 (50.00 %)WSDL
23 (50.00 %)BPEL
32 (33.33 %)ICL
32 (33.33 %)Cryptography
32 (33.33 %)PKI
32 (33.33 %).NET Framework
32 (33.33 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
32 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
32 (33.33 %)IBM
32 (33.33 %)Microsoft
32 (33.33 %)Adobe
32 (33.33 %)Sun
32 (33.33 %)Shockwave
32 (33.33 %)Active Directory
32 (33.33 %)Citrix
32 (33.33 %)BEA
32 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (33.33 %)Internet
32 (33.33 %)ISA Server

SSH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SSH 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 SSH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (50.00 %)J2EE
13 (50.00 %)XML
13 (50.00 %)XSD
13 (50.00 %)WAP
13 (50.00 %)WSDL
22 (33.33 %).NET
22 (33.33 %).NET Framework
31 (16.67 %)AJAX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)IIS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (33.33 %)Shockwave
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (50.00 %)FTP
13 (50.00 %)HTTP
22 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
22 (33.33 %)Internet
31 (16.67 %)Wireless
31 (16.67 %)SSL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)MySQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (50.00 %)Flash
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Telecoms
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Consultant
12 (33.33 %)Technical Consultant
12 (33.33 %)Technical Designer
21 (16.67 %)Developer
21 (16.67 %)PHP Developer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (33.33 %)Cryptography
12 (33.33 %)PKI
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (33.33 %)UNIX
12 (33.33 %)Windows
12 (33.33 %)HPUX
12 (33.33 %)Solaris
12 (33.33 %)Windows XP
12 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)SOA
13 (50.00 %)BPEL
21 (16.67 %)Service Management
21 (16.67 %)Migration
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)Java
15 (83.33 %)SQL
22 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
31 (16.67 %)PHP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (33.33 %)Active Directory
12 (33.33 %)ISA Server
12 (33.33 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Oracle
12 (33.33 %)Unisys
12 (33.33 %)IBM
12 (33.33 %)Microsoft
12 (33.33 %)Adobe
12 (33.33 %)Sun
12 (33.33 %)Citrix
12 (33.33 %)BEA
12 (33.33 %)ICL