The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Computing in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cloud Computing over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Buckinghamshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cloud Computing
Rank 63 74 76
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +2
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 5 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.617% 0.102% 0.187%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.425% 0.420% 0.930%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £210 - £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £375 £465
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
146 238 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 18.02% 24.39% 20.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 85 70
Average daily rate £350 £330 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £250 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 25
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £10.53 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Cloud Computing
South East

Cloud Computing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cloud Computing across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Buckinghamshire Cloud Computing Jobs Demand Trend

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Cloud Computing Daily Rate Trend

Cloud Computing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Milton Keynes +11 5 £210 -
Cloud Computing
South East

Cloud Computing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Cloud 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 Cloud Computing.

1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (91.67%) Linux
2 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
3 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
4 7 (58.33%) DV Cleared
5 5 (41.67%) VMware
5 5 (41.67%) ITIL
5 5 (41.67%) MS Exchange
5 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (41.67%) Hyper-V
6 4 (33.33%) Lync
6 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
6 4 (33.33%) Citrix
6 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (33.33%) SQL
6 4 (33.33%) MCP
6 4 (33.33%) UNIX
6 4 (33.33%) CRM
6 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
6 4 (33.33%) MCSE
6 4 (33.33%) Service Management
6 4 (33.33%) Backup Exec
7 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (16.67%) Change Management
8 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
8 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
8 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (16.67%) ITIL V3
9 1 (8.333%) SLA

Cloud Computing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Cloud 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 Cloud Computing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) MS Exchange
2 4 (33.33%) Lync
2 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 1 (8.333%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Support Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (91.67%) Linux
3 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) CRM
2 4 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (16.67%) Change Management
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL V3
4 1 (8.333%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 7 (58.33%) DV Cleared
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (33.33%) MCP
4 4 (33.33%) MCSE
5 1 (8.333%) GSAE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Hyper-V
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) VMware
2 4 (33.33%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
Buckinghamshire
C# .Net Developer (with Xamarin), Buckinghamshire, £275-300pd... They are currently using Xamarin to convert C# to Android and iOS apps... Key skills - Experienced .Net Developer working across...
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Rate: £275 - £300 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013