Bristol Grid Computing Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Grid Computing skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Grid Computing over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Grid Computing
Location Bristol City of London England London South West UK West Midlands	3 months to 8 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	48	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	5	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.010 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	7.143 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	70	109
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.140 %	0.136 %
Daily rates quoted	14	38
Average minimum daily rate	£259	£296
Average daily rate	£296	£313
% change on same period last year	-5.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£333	£330
UK excluding London average daily rate	£342	£351
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.25	£19.49
Average hourly rate	£31.50	£23.03
% change on same period last year	+36.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.75	£26.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.98	£25.61
% change on same period last year	+1.43 %
Grid Computing South West

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.

Grid Computing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Grid Computing across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Grid Computing
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Grid Computing 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 Grid Computing.

1 3 (60.00 %) Data Modelling 1 3 (60.00 %) Technical Architecture 2 1 (20.00 %) Manufacturing

Grid Computing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Grid Computing 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 Grid Computing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (20.00 %) Manufacturing	Job Titles 1 5 (100.00 %) Project Leader
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (60.00 %) Data Modelling 1 3 (60.00 %) Technical Architecture