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The table below looks at the demand for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 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 SSL over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Socket Layer (SSL)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank120142
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads212
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.237 %1.070 %
Daily rates quoted27
Average minimum daily rate£365£397
Average daily rate£370£414
% change on same period last year-10.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£341
% change on same period last year+5.34 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.56£42.18
% change on same period last year-18.05 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads8451122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.201 %1.133 %
Daily rates quoted176337
Average minimum daily rate£416£339
Average daily rate£433£356
% change on same period last year+21.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£451£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted60161
Average minimum hourly rate£27.12£29.19
Average hourly rate£28.93£30.48
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.74£31.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
SSL South EastSSL
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.

SSL
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SSL Demand Trend

SSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SSL Daily Rate Trend

SSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SSL Hourly Rate Trend

SSL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL 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.

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
ReadingUp+11£450-5.26 %
SSL South EastSSL
South East

SSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

15 (71.43 %)VPN
24 (57.14 %)Content Management
24 (57.14 %)SharePoint Server 2007
24 (57.14 %)SharePoint
24 (57.14 %)Documentum
32 (28.57 %)Construction
41 (14.29 %)eRoom
41 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
41 (14.29 %)Cisco PIX
41 (14.29 %)Office Communications Server
41 (14.29 %)Cisco ASA
41 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
41 (14.29 %)N-Tier
41 (14.29 %)SSH
41 (14.29 %)AJAX
41 (14.29 %)MCTS
41 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (14.29 %)Technical Architecture
41 (14.29 %)Web Development
41 (14.29 %)Load Balancing
41 (14.29 %)C#
41 (14.29 %)PHP
41 (14.29 %).NET
41 (14.29 %)MySQL
41 (14.29 %)SQL Server
41 (14.29 %)IIS
41 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
41 (14.29 %)SOAP
41 (14.29 %)XML
41 (14.29 %)Windows

SSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %)AJAX
11 (14.29 %).NET
11 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
11 (14.29 %)SOAP
11 (14.29 %)XML
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (57.14 %)SharePoint Server 2007
14 (57.14 %)SharePoint
14 (57.14 %)Documentum
21 (14.29 %)eRoom
21 (14.29 %)Office Communications Server
21 (14.29 %)IIS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (71.43 %)VPN
21 (14.29 %)Cisco PIX
21 (14.29 %)Cisco ASA
21 (14.29 %)SSH
21 (14.29 %)Firewall
21 (14.29 %)Wireless
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (14.29 %)MySQL
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)Flash
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Construction
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (14.29 %)Infrastructure Engineer
11 (14.29 %)Network Support Engineer
11 (14.29 %)PHP Developer
11 (14.29 %)Network Support
11 (14.29 %).NET Programmer
11 (14.29 %)Developer
11 (14.29 %)Analyst
11 (14.29 %)Network Engineer
11 (14.29 %)Programmer
11 (14.29 %)Support Engineer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)N-Tier
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
11 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (57.14 %)Content Management
21 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
21 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
21 (14.29 %)Technical Architecture
21 (14.29 %)Web Development
21 (14.29 %)Load Balancing
21 (14.29 %)OO
21 (14.29 %)B2B
21 (14.29 %)B2C
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)C#
11 (14.29 %)PHP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)MCTS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Cisco
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft
11 (14.29 %)Nortel
11 (14.29 %)Juniper
11 (14.29 %)CheckPoint