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This section looks at the demand for the Technical Designer role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Designer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank107-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads240
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.755 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£475-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£414£358
% change on same period last year+15.37 %
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£27.50£43.50
% change on same period last year-36.78 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads31794574
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.195 %4.556 %
Daily rates quoted7961441
Average minimum daily rate£342£350
Average daily rate£361£367
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted229460
Average minimum hourly rate£23.12£28.17
Average hourly rate£24.73£29.53
% change on same period last year-16.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.34£30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Technical Designer South EastTechnical Designer
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.

Technical Designer
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Designer Demand Trend

Technical Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Designer Daily Rate Trend

Technical Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Designer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Designer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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-6--
NewburyNew entry-6--
BracknellNew entry-1--
Technical Designer South EastTechnical Designer
South East

Technical Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Technical Designer in their job title 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 with Technical Designer in their job title.

120 (62.50 %)Telecoms
211 (34.38 %)WAP
37 (21.88 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
37 (21.88 %)Java
37 (21.88 %)J2EE
37 (21.88 %)MS Exchange
37 (21.88 %)Billing
46 (18.75 %)SC Cleared
46 (18.75 %)Security Cleared
46 (18.75 %)SOA
46 (18.75 %)SQL
46 (18.75 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
55 (15.63 %)Replication
55 (15.63 %)Clustering
55 (15.63 %)XML
55 (15.63 %)HTTP
55 (15.63 %)Load Balancing
64 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
64 (12.50 %)UML
64 (12.50 %)MSMQ
64 (12.50 %)N-Tier
64 (12.50 %).NET
64 (12.50 %)PL/SQL
64 (12.50 %)Extreme Programming
64 (12.50 %)Validation
64 (12.50 %)Project Management
64 (12.50 %)B2B
64 (12.50 %)BizTalk Server
64 (12.50 %)Internet
73 (9.375 %)FTP

Technical Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Technical Designer in their job title 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 with Technical Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (34.38 %)WAP
27 (21.88 %)J2EE
35 (15.63 %)XML
44 (12.50 %).NET
53 (9.375 %)XSD
53 (9.375 %)WSDL
62 (6.250 %)AJAX
62 (6.250 %)WCF
62 (6.250 %).NET Framework
62 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
62 (6.250 %)WebServices
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (21.88 %)MS Exchange
26 (18.75 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
34 (12.50 %)BizTalk Server
42 (6.250 %)ESB
42 (6.250 %)IIS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (15.63 %)HTTP
24 (12.50 %)TCP/IP
24 (12.50 %)Internet
33 (9.375 %)FTP
33 (9.375 %)SSH
41 (3.125 %)2G
41 (3.125 %)IPCC
41 (3.125 %)BSS
41 (3.125 %)POP3
41 (3.125 %)LAN
41 (3.125 %)PBX
41 (3.125 %)VoIP
41 (3.125 %)WAN
41 (3.125 %)IMAP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
12 (6.250 %)SQL Server
21 (3.125 %)Oracle 9i
21 (3.125 %)Oracle 11g
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.125 %)ProC
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (62.50 %)Telecoms
27 (21.88 %)Billing
31 (3.125 %)Home Office
31 (3.125 %)Finance
31 (3.125 %)Marketing
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (15.63 %)Replication
15 (15.63 %)Clustering
24 (12.50 %)N-Tier
31 (3.125 %)IVR
31 (3.125 %)Blackberry
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (6.250 %)Windows
21 (3.125 %)UNIX
21 (3.125 %)HPUX
21 (3.125 %)Solaris
21 (3.125 %)Linux
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (18.75 %)SC Cleared
16 (18.75 %)Security Cleared
16 (18.75 %)SOA
25 (15.63 %)Load Balancing
34 (12.50 %)UML
34 (12.50 %)Extreme Programming
34 (12.50 %)Validation
34 (12.50 %)Project Management
34 (12.50 %)B2B
43 (9.375 %)BPEL
43 (9.375 %)Use Case
52 (6.250 %)Technical Architecture
52 (6.250 %)Migration
61 (3.125 %)Configuration Management
61 (3.125 %)ITIL
61 (3.125 %)Business Intelligence
61 (3.125 %)Web Development
61 (3.125 %)eTOM
61 (3.125 %)Business Analysis
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (21.88 %)Java
26 (18.75 %)SQL
34 (12.50 %)PL/SQL
42 (6.250 %)C#
51 (3.125 %)Shell Script
51 (3.125 %)C
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (12.50 %)MSMQ
21 (3.125 %)Oracle RAC
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (21.88 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (9.375 %)BEA
21 (3.125 %)Microsoft
21 (3.125 %)Oracle
21 (3.125 %)Progress