Buckinghamshire 3G Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for 3G skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Barnsley Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Channel Islands Cheshire City of London Coventry Croydon East Midlands East of England England Feltham Glasgow Hampshire Hayes Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Isle of Man Jersey Lanarkshire Leamington Spa London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Portsmouth Reading Salisbury Scotland Solihull South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	64	85
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	15	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	6.276 %	0.746 %
Daily rates quoted	11	1
Average minimum daily rate	£291	£200
Average daily rate	£297	£275
% change on same period last year	+7.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£302	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£316	£276
% change on same period last year	+14.44 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.00	£16.00
Average hourly rate	£13.00	£28.00
% change on same period last year	-53.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£13.00	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.30	£34.92
% change on same period last year	-21.82 %
Communications & Networking Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	239	268
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.376 %	0.287 %
Daily rates quoted	86	56
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£319
Average daily rate	£338	£340
% change on same period last year	-0.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£349	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£347	£332
% change on same period last year	+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	27	75
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.44	£23.41
Average hourly rate	£23.15	£24.74
% change on same period last year	-6.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.86	£26.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.93	£29.11
% change on same period last year	-4.05 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3G across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Buckinghamshire 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.

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
Milton Keynes	-	13	£296	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 16 (88.89 %) Windows 1 16 (88.89 %) Security Cleared 2 11 (61.11 %) SC Cleared 2 11 (61.11 %) 2G 3 10 (55.56 %) Windows Vista 3 10 (55.56 %) Windows 2000 4 7 (38.89 %) HP 4 7 (38.89 %) Windows Server 2003 4 7 (38.89 %) Government 5 6 (33.33 %) Windows XP 6 5 (27.78 %) Microsoft 6 5 (27.78 %) Citrix 6 5 (27.78 %) Operations Management 7 4 (22.22 %) OVOW 7 4 (22.22 %) Active Directory

8 3 (16.67 %) Terminal Server 8 3 (16.67 %) MS Exchange 8 3 (16.67 %) ITIL 8 3 (16.67 %) Client/Server 9 2 (11.11 %) DNS 9 2 (11.11 %) Cisco 9 2 (11.11 %) ITIL Certification 9 2 (11.11 %) Sun 9 2 (11.11 %) Compaq 9 2 (11.11 %) OpenView Configuration Management 9 2 (11.11 %) MS PowerPoint 9 2 (11.11 %) OVPI 9 2 (11.11 %) Migration 10 1 (5.556 %) SurfControl 10 1 (5.556 %) Replication

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 3 (16.67 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (5.556 %) Lotus Notes	Applications 1 2 (11.11 %) MS PowerPoint 2 1 (5.556 %) MS Office 2 1 (5.556 %) MS Excel
Business Applications 1 1 (5.556 %) WebTrends	Communications & Networking 1 11 (61.11 %) 2G 2 2 (11.11 %) DNS 3 1 (5.556 %) Wi-Fi 3 1 (5.556 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (5.556 %) VPN
General 1 7 (38.89 %) Government	Job Titles 1 3 (16.67 %) Support Specialist 1 3 (16.67 %) 3rd Line Support 1 3 (16.67 %) Messaging Specialist 1 3 (16.67 %) Active Directory Specialist 2 2 (11.11 %) Problem Manager 2 2 (11.11 %) Consultant 2 2 (11.11 %) Project Manager 3 1 (5.556 %) Trainer 3 1 (5.556 %) Junior 3 1 (5.556 %) Analyst 3 1 (5.556 %) Service Analyst 3 1 (5.556 %) IT Trainer 3 1 (5.556 %) Service Desk Analyst 3 1 (5.556 %) Project Support Officer 3 1 (5.556 %) Helpdesk Analyst 3 1 (5.556 %) Project Officer 3 1 (5.556 %) Server Specialist
Miscellaneous 1 3 (16.67 %) Client/Server 2 1 (5.556 %) Replication 2 1 (5.556 %) PDA	Operating Systems 1 16 (88.89 %) Windows 2 10 (55.56 %) Windows 2000 2 10 (55.56 %) Windows Vista 3 7 (38.89 %) Windows Server 2003 4 6 (33.33 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (88.89 %) Security Cleared 2 11 (61.11 %) SC Cleared 3 5 (27.78 %) Operations Management 4 3 (16.67 %) ITIL 5 2 (11.11 %) Migration 6 1 (5.556 %) DV Cleared 6 1 (5.556 %) PRINCE 6 1 (5.556 %) Configuration Management 6 1 (5.556 %) Time Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (5.556 %) C 1 1 (5.556 %) VBScript 1 1 (5.556 %) VB
Qualifications 1 2 (11.11 %) ITIL Certification	System Software 1 4 (22.22 %) Active Directory 2 3 (16.67 %) Terminal Server
Systems Management 1 4 (22.22 %) OVOW 2 2 (11.11 %) OVPI 2 2 (11.11 %) OpenView Configuration Management	Vendors 1 7 (38.89 %) HP 2 5 (27.78 %) Microsoft 2 5 (27.78 %) Citrix 3 2 (11.11 %) Sun 3 2 (11.11 %) Cisco 3 2 (11.11 %) Compaq 4 1 (5.556 %) Nortel 4 1 (5.556 %) SAP 4 1 (5.556 %) Lotus 4 1 (5.556 %) Remedy 4 1 (5.556 %) SurfControl 4 1 (5.556 %) Finjan