The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 22 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 Communications & Networking category for the Maidenhead 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 15 11 9
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -2
Contract jobs citing Internet 3 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 3.797% 3.797% 5.435%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% 13.64% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £188 - £165
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.23% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £18.50 - £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-1.66% -23.07%
All Communications & Networking
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
24 22 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 30.38% 27.85% 35.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 14
Average daily rate £325 £375 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £375 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 7
Average hourly rate £18.50 £25.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.00% -30.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Internet
Berkshire

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Maidenhead region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Maidenhead Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Maidenhead Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Maidenhead Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) LAN
2 3 (50.00%) WAN
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (33.33%) MOM
3 2 (33.33%) ISA Server
3 2 (33.33%) Symantec
3 2 (33.33%) CCNA
3 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (33.33%) SSL
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) MCSE
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) Backup Exec
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (33.33%) MCITP
3 2 (33.33%) VLAN
3 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (33.33%) SCOM
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) jQuery
1 1 (16.67%) LAMP
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (16.67%) Drupal
2 1 (16.67%) OpenCms
2 1 (16.67%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 1 (16.67%) Google Apps
2 1 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Acrobat
2 1 (16.67%) QuarkXPress
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) SSL
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) ISDN
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
1 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) SEO Developer
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (16.67%) HTML Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Streaming Media
1 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (16.67%) Android
3 1 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Content Management
2 1 (16.67%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCNA
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (33.33%) MCSE
1 2 (33.33%) MCITP
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) ISA Server
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 2 (33.33%) XenApp
1 2 (33.33%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) MOM
1 2 (33.33%) Backup Exec
1 2 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Symantec
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Akamai
3 1 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Quark
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe