Reading CLDC Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CLDC over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC)
Location Berkshire East of England England Hertfordshire Reading Slough South East South West UK	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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Application Development Reading
Matching contract IT job ads	215	280
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.300 %	0.281 %
Daily rates quoted	53	109
Average minimum daily rate	£275	£323
Average daily rate	£300	£348
% change on same period last year	-13.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£325	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£333
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.70	£36.20
Average hourly rate	£36.91	£37.72
% change on same period last year	-2.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.13	£39.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.32	£32.24
% change on same period last year	-2.87 %
CLDC Berkshire

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 CLDC across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

CLDC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CLDC
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing CLDC 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 CLDC.

1 1 (100.00 %) WML 1 1 (100.00 %) J2ME 1 1 (100.00 %) WAP 1 1 (100.00 %) MIDP

CLDC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing CLDC 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 CLDC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (100.00 %) WML 1 1 (100.00 %) J2ME 1 1 (100.00 %) WAP 1 1 (100.00 %) MIDP

Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Developer