Berkshire TETRA Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) 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 TETRA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)
Location Avon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Chelmsford Chippenham East Anglia East of England East Yorkshire England Essex Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hull London Maidenhead Maldon Manchester Midlands North West Reading Rugby Slough Somerset South East South West Suffolk Thames Valley UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	124	150
Rank change on same period last year	+26
Matching contract IT job ads	4	13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.013 %
As % of the category below	0.512 %	1.092 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£280
Average daily rate	£321	£310
% change on same period last year	+3.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£342	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£307	£341
% change on same period last year	-9.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.00
Average hourly rate	-	£33.33
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£36.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.25	£35.77
% change on same period last year	+4.13 %
Communications & Networking Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	782	1191
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.042 %	1.205 %
Daily rates quoted	118	329
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£358
Average daily rate	£363	£377
% change on same period last year	-3.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£396
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	60	160
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.89	£27.06
Average hourly rate	£22.24	£28.48
% change on same period last year	-21.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.59	£29.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
TETRA 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.

TETRA
Demand Trend

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

TETRA
Daily Rate Trend

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

TETRA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TETRA across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

TETRA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

TETRA
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TETRA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Slough	-	3	£313	-
Reading	0	1	£325	+4.83 %
Windsor	-	1	£325	-
Maidenhead	-	1	£325	-

TETRA South East

TETRA
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing TETRA 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 TETRA.

1 6 (75.00 %) Telecoms 2 5 (62.50 %) Network Design 3 3 (37.50 %) GIS 3 3 (37.50 %) Validation 3 3 (37.50 %) SQL 3 3 (37.50 %) Mapinfo 4 2 (25.00 %) Police 4 2 (25.00 %) German Language 4 2 (25.00 %) Supplier Management 5 1 (12.50 %) PRINCE 5 1 (12.50 %) SunGard

TETRA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing TETRA 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 TETRA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (37.50 %) GIS	General 1 6 (75.00 %) Telecoms 2 2 (25.00 %) Police
Job Titles 1 3 (37.50 %) Radio Engineer 2 2 (25.00 %) Programme Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Senior Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Design Engineer 3 1 (12.50 %) Senior Project Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Technical Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Telecoms Project Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 2 (25.00 %) German Language
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (62.50 %) Network Design 2 3 (37.50 %) Validation 3 2 (25.00 %) Supplier Management 4 1 (12.50 %) PRINCE	Programming Languages 1 3 (37.50 %) SQL
Vendors 1 3 (37.50 %) Mapinfo 2 1 (12.50 %) SunGard