The first table below looks at the demand for IDOL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IDOL over the 3 months to 17 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 Database & Business Intelligence 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Autonomy IDOL
Rank 63 78 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Contract jobs citing IDOL 7 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.843% 0.282% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 4.730% 2.500% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £1,000 £400 -
% change year-on-year
+150.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
148 120 244
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 17.83% 11.28% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 34 127
Average daily rate £375 £400 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £216 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £448 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 9
Average hourly rate £32.50 £11.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+182.60% -64.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
IDOL
Berkshire

IDOL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IDOL across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Reading IDOL Jobs Demand Trend

IDOL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading IDOL Daily Rate Trend

IDOL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading IDOL Hourly Rate Trend

IDOL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing IDOL 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 IDOL.

1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 10 (100.00%) MS Office
1 10 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
3 8 (80.00%) SQL
4 7 (70.00%) .NET
4 7 (70.00%) Web Services
4 7 (70.00%) XML
4 7 (70.00%) Meridio
4 7 (70.00%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (70.00%) .NET Framework
4 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (50.00%) C#
6 5 (50.00%) T-SQL
6 5 (50.00%) OLAP
6 5 (50.00%) Visual Studio
6 5 (50.00%) ASP.NET
6 5 (50.00%) LDAP
6 5 (50.00%) DTS
6 5 (50.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 5 (50.00%) Web Development
7 4 (40.00%) MS Excel
8 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
8 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
8 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
8 3 (30.00%) ISA Server
8 3 (30.00%) Clearswift

IDOL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing IDOL 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 IDOL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (70.00%) .NET
1 7 (70.00%) Web Services
1 7 (70.00%) XML
1 7 (70.00%) .NET Framework
2 5 (50.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 5 (50.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (70.00%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (30.00%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (20.00%) CM System
4 2 (20.00%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 10 (100.00%) MS Office
2 4 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (20.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (50.00%) OLAP
2 5 (50.00%) DTS
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (10.00%) PVCS
General
1 3 (30.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (20.00%) Administrator
2 2 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (20.00%) Development Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Architect
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Web Development
2 3 (30.00%) Workflow
2 3 (30.00%) Document Management
3 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (20.00%) Release Management
3 2 (20.00%) System Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (10.00%) UML
4 1 (10.00%) Unified Process
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 5 (50.00%) C#
3 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) MCSD
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (30.00%) ISA Server
1 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) vSphere
2 1 (10.00%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) SCCM
1 3 (30.00%) SCOM
2 2 (20.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) Meridio
3 3 (30.00%) Clearswift
3 3 (30.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) Websense