The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term APACS in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited APACS over the 3 months to 23 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 Reading 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing APACS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
195 188 220
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 23.24% 16.86% 20.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 76 99
Average daily rate £373 £350 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.42% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £235 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £484 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 8
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.79 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.84% +3.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.53 £12.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £50.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
APACS
Berkshire

APACS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading APACS Jobs Demand Trend

APACS
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing APACS 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 APACS.

1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) EMV
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 8583
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

APACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing APACS 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 APACS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) EMV
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 8583