The first table below looks at the demand for Workflow skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Workflow over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Workflow
Rank 88 95 61
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -34
Contract jobs citing Workflow 33 43 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.374% 1.365% 2.578%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.083% 2.152% 4.105%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 25
Average daily rate £400 £300 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £205 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £392 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £328
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +14.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £14.00 £53.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-73.58% +24.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.50 £16.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+42.42% -8.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1584 1998 1900
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.97% 63.41% 62.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 766 757
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 61 78
Average hourly rate £17.33 £20.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.37% -36.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.40 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Workflow
South East

Workflow
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Workflow across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Workflow Jobs Demand Trend

Workflow
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Workflow Daily Rate Trend

Workflow
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Workflow across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire Workflow Daily Rate Histogram

Workflow
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Workflow Hourly Rate Trend

Workflow
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workflow within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +11 15 £400 +151.96%
Slough -4 7 - -
Maidenhead -6 2 - -
Newbury - 2 - -
Workflow
South East

Workflow
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Workflow 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 Workflow.

1 33 (41.25%) .NET
2 27 (33.75%) Windows
3 21 (26.25%) SQL
4 20 (25.00%) C#
4 20 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 19 (23.75%) Web Services
5 19 (23.75%) XML
5 19 (23.75%) Microsoft
6 16 (20.00%) SharePoint
6 16 (20.00%) Security Cleared
7 15 (18.75%) IIS
7 15 (18.75%) Oracle
8 14 (17.50%) WCF
9 13 (16.25%) ITIL
9 13 (16.25%) SAP
10 12 (15.00%) Finance
10 12 (15.00%) Oracle Workflow
11 11 (13.75%) Content Management
11 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
11 11 (13.75%) .NET Framework
11 11 (13.75%) Project Management
11 11 (13.75%) IBM
11 11 (13.75%) Windows Server 2003
11 11 (13.75%) CRM
12 10 (12.50%) HTTP
12 10 (12.50%) TCP/IP
12 10 (12.50%) Visual Studio
12 10 (12.50%) J2EE
12 10 (12.50%) Migration
12 10 (12.50%) WF

Workflow
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Workflow 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 Workflow. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (41.25%) .NET
2 19 (23.75%) Web Services
2 19 (23.75%) XML
3 14 (17.50%) WCF
4 11 (13.75%) .NET Framework
5 10 (12.50%) J2EE
5 10 (12.50%) WF
6 9 (11.25%) WebSphere
6 9 (11.25%) Middleware
7 7 (8.750%) HTML
8 5 (6.250%) SAP Smart Forms
8 5 (6.250%) BAPI
8 5 (6.250%) SAP ALE
8 5 (6.250%) Silverlight
8 5 (6.250%) ASP.NET
9 4 (5.000%) Web Dynpro
10 3 (3.750%) Windows SharePoint Services
11 1 (1.250%) AppFabric
11 1 (1.250%) Windows Identity Foundation
11 1 (1.250%) SAP Business Workflow
Application Platforms
1 16 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 15 (18.75%) IIS
3 12 (15.00%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (11.25%) SharePoint Server
5 8 (10.00%) Apache
5 8 (10.00%) Tomcat
5 8 (10.00%) IBM HTTP Server
5 8 (10.00%) Windows Azure
6 7 (8.750%) BizTalk Server
7 5 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (6.250%) WebSphere Application Server
7 5 (6.250%) WebLogic
8 4 (5.000%) FileNet
8 4 (5.000%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 4 (5.000%) WebSphere MQ
9 1 (1.250%) LiveCycle
9 1 (1.250%) Oracle UPK
9 1 (1.250%) Alfresco
9 1 (1.250%) LiveLink
9 1 (1.250%) Documentum
Applications
1 8 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (8.750%) MS Office
3 2 (2.500%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 6 (7.500%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (6.250%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (6.250%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (5.000%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (3.750%) SAP HR
4 3 (3.750%) SAP MM
5 2 (2.500%) SAP R/3
6 1 (1.250%) SAP PM
6 1 (1.250%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (1.250%) Agresso
6 1 (1.250%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (1.250%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.50%) HTTP
1 10 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 9 (11.25%) LAN
3 6 (7.500%) SAN
4 5 (6.250%) 3G
5 4 (5.000%) 2G
5 4 (5.000%) 4G
5 4 (5.000%) LTE
6 3 (3.750%) RNC
6 3 (3.750%) Intranet
6 3 (3.750%) LDAP
7 2 (2.500%) WAN
8 1 (1.250%) SSH
8 1 (1.250%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (1.250%) GGSN
8 1 (1.250%) SGSN
8 1 (1.250%) Internet
8 1 (1.250%) SS7
8 1 (1.250%) DNS
8 1 (1.250%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (6.250%) Oracle Discoverer
3 4 (5.000%) IDOL
3 4 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (3.750%) DataStage
4 3 (3.750%) EDRMS
4 3 (3.750%) DB2
4 3 (3.750%) OLAP
4 3 (3.750%) TOAD
4 3 (3.750%) DTS
5 2 (2.500%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (2.500%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (12.50%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.750%) ERwin
3 1 (1.250%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (15.00%) Finance
2 9 (11.25%) Retail
3 7 (8.750%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.250%) Banking
5 1 (1.250%) Billing
5 1 (1.250%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.250%) Marketing
5 1 (1.250%) Electronics
5 1 (1.250%) Law
5 1 (1.250%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 24 (30.00%) Developer
2 20 (25.00%) Consultant
3 9 (11.25%) Applications Developer
4 8 (10.00%) SharePoint Developer
5 6 (7.500%) Administrator
5 6 (7.500%) C# Application Developer
5 6 (7.500%) C# Developer
5 6 (7.500%) SAP Consultant
6 5 (6.250%) CRM Consultant
6 5 (6.250%) Microsoft Consultant
6 5 (6.250%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
6 5 (6.250%) Analyst
6 5 (6.250%) Applications Support
7 4 (5.000%) Architect
7 4 (5.000%) ABAP Consultant
7 4 (5.000%) WebSphere Consultant
8 3 (3.750%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.750%) Integration Engineer
8 3 (3.750%) Technical Leader
9 2 (2.500%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.500%) Clustering
2 3 (3.750%) iSeries
3 2 (2.500%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.500%) Statistics
4 1 (1.250%) Wiki
4 1 (1.250%) Blog
4 1 (1.250%) Chemistry
4 1 (1.250%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 27 (33.75%) Windows
2 11 (13.75%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (10.00%) Windows 7
3 8 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (3.750%) UNIX
5 2 (2.500%) Linux
6 1 (1.250%) Windows Vista
6 1 (1.250%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.25%) ITIL
2 11 (13.75%) Content Management
2 11 (13.75%) Project Management
2 11 (13.75%) CRM
3 10 (12.50%) Migration
4 6 (7.500%) Problem Management
5 5 (6.250%) Data Migration
5 5 (6.250%) EAI
6 4 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (5.000%) Document Management
7 3 (3.750%) Business Analysis
7 3 (3.750%) Logistics
7 3 (3.750%) Automated Testing
7 3 (3.750%) Web Application Development
7 3 (3.750%) Web Development
7 3 (3.750%) PRINCE2
8 2 (2.500%) DSDM
8 2 (2.500%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.500%) Six Sigma
8 2 (2.500%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (26.25%) SQL
2 20 (25.00%) C#
3 6 (7.500%) PL/SQL
3 6 (7.500%) ABAP
4 5 (6.250%) T-SQL
5 3 (3.750%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.750%) RPG IV
5 3 (3.750%) RPG
6 2 (2.500%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.250%) R
7 1 (1.250%) XPath
7 1 (1.250%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.250%) SAPscript
7 1 (1.250%) VBA
7 1 (1.250%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.250%) Java
7 1 (1.250%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.000%) Degree
4 1 (1.250%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.250%) HNC
4 1 (1.250%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.500%) SLA
2 1 (1.250%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (8.750%) VMware ESXi
1 7 (8.750%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (8.750%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.500%) Foglight
1 6 (7.500%) HP SIM
2 1 (1.250%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 19 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.75%) Oracle
3 13 (16.25%) SAP
4 11 (13.75%) IBM
5 8 (10.00%) VMware
6 6 (7.500%) HP
7 5 (6.250%) Meridio
7 5 (6.250%) JBoss
8 3 (3.750%) Ericsson
8 3 (3.750%) ReadSoft
8 3 (3.750%) Siebel
9 2 (2.500%) Adobe
10 1 (1.250%) Huawei
10 1 (1.250%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 1 (1.250%) Pegasus
10 1 (1.250%) BT
10 1 (1.250%) NEC
10 1 (1.250%) Open Text
10 1 (1.250%) Citrix
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Rate: competitive
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