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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Specialist
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank115122
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads220
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.021 %
As % of the category below0.081 %0.552 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£374
Average daily rate-£394
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£414
UK excluding London average daily rate£411£359
% change on same period last year+14.63 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.55£26.75
% change on same period last year+36.62 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads24713622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.892 %3.881 %
Daily rates quoted6651004
Average minimum daily rate£341£334
Average daily rate£363£354
% change on same period last year+2.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted179429
Average minimum hourly rate£21.41£25.90
Average hourly rate£22.81£27.38
% change on same period last year-16.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.21£28.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Technical Specialist South EastTechnical Specialist
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 Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Specialist Demand Trend

Technical Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Technical Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist 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
ReadingUp+161--
Technical Specialist South EastTechnical Specialist
South East

Technical Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

15 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (30.00 %)Windows
23 (30.00 %)Unit Testing
23 (30.00 %)Test Scripting
23 (30.00 %)SC Cleared
32 (20.00 %)SQL
32 (20.00 %)Government
32 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (10.00 %)Oracle 11i
41 (10.00 %)MS Excel
41 (10.00 %)Windows XP
41 (10.00 %)Data Mining
41 (10.00 %)SMS
41 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (10.00 %)IBM
41 (10.00 %)Oracle 10g
41 (10.00 %)Active Directory
41 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (10.00 %)Tivoli
41 (10.00 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
41 (10.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (10.00 %)BPR
41 (10.00 %)Service Management
41 (10.00 %)Change Management
41 (10.00 %)Firewall
41 (10.00 %)Risk Management
41 (10.00 %)Telecoms
41 (10.00 %)Health
41 (10.00 %)Migration
41 (10.00 %)Oracle Applications

Technical Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Office
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (10.00 %)Oracle 11i
11 (10.00 %)Oracle Applications
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)SMS
11 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (10.00 %)Firewall
11 (10.00 %)MGW
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
11 (10.00 %)Data Mining
11 (10.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
11 (10.00 %)Oracle 11g
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Government
21 (10.00 %)Health
21 (10.00 %)Pensions
21 (10.00 %)Telecoms
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)Windows
22 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (10.00 %)Windows XP
31 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (30.00 %)Unit Testing
23 (30.00 %)Test Scripting
23 (30.00 %)SC Cleared
31 (10.00 %)DV Cleared
31 (10.00 %)ITIL
31 (10.00 %)BPR
31 (10.00 %)Service Management
31 (10.00 %)Change Management
31 (10.00 %)Risk Management
31 (10.00 %)Migration
31 (10.00 %)Risk Assessment
31 (10.00 %)Software Testing
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (20.00 %)SQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (10.00 %)Active Directory
11 (10.00 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (10.00 %)Tivoli
11 (10.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Oracle
11 (10.00 %)IBM