The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Compaq products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Compaq over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Compaq.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compaq
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Compaq 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £213 £195 £200
% change year-on-year
+8.97% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £22.75 £43.50
% change year-on-year
-12.08% -47.70%
All Vendors
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
481 614 580
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 54.97% 53.34% 57.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 200 224
Average daily rate £344 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.78% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £223 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 40 27
Average hourly rate £27.50 £15.58 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.56% -2.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Compaq
Berkshire

Compaq
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Compaq Jobs Demand Trend

Compaq
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Compaq Daily Rate Trend

Compaq
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Compaq Hourly Rate Trend

Compaq
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Compaq 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 Compaq.

1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
1 2 (100.00%) McAfee
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System

Compaq
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Compaq 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 Compaq. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
1 2 (100.00%) McAfee