The first table below looks at the demand for RSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RSS 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 of the Application Development 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
Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing RSS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
207 183 234
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 25.56% 18.75% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 94 103
Average daily rate £325 £310 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% +59.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
RSS
South East

RSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire RSS Jobs Demand Trend

RSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire RSS Hourly Rate Trend

RSS
Top 6 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Wyse
1 1 (100.00%) VMware

RSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Wyse
1 1 (100.00%) VMware