Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 Internet over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Reading region.

 Internet
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank423652
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Up+16
Matching contract IT job ads101714
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading1.623 %2.615 %1.641 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category8.621 %8.374 %10.61 %
Daily rates quoted464
Average daily rate£355£406£356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.55 %+14.03 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£258£330£278
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£360£530£470
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£340£309
% change year-on-year
-7.350 %+10.03 %
Hourly rates quoted130
Average hourly rate£14.50£11.50-
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.08 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.25£18.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-20.83 %-10.00 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
116203132
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading18.83 %31.23 %15.47 %
Daily rates quoted401850
Average daily rate£400£330£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.21 %-5.710 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£213£187
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£560£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted41311
Average hourly rate£25.00£13.75£22.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81 %-39.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.50£10.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.80£52.75£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
Internet BerkshireInternet
Berkshire

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.

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Reading Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Reading Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

18 (47.06 %)Microsoft
27 (41.18 %)Active Directory
36 (35.29 %)Windows
36 (35.29 %)Security Cleared
45 (29.41 %)IIS
45 (29.41 %)DNS
45 (29.41 %)Citrix
54 (23.53 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (23.53 %)Intranet
54 (23.53 %)SC Cleared
54 (23.53 %)Windows Vista
54 (23.53 %)Capacity Planning
63 (17.65 %)Fat Client
63 (17.65 %)Windows Server 2008
63 (17.65 %)Scrum
63 (17.65 %)ISA Server
63 (17.65 %)Thin Client
63 (17.65 %)WAN
63 (17.65 %)UNIX
63 (17.65 %)N-Tier
63 (17.65 %)MS Office
63 (17.65 %)SQL
72 (11.76 %)SQL Server
72 (11.76 %)Linux
72 (11.76 %)Windows 2000
72 (11.76 %)MS Excel
72 (11.76 %)DHCP
72 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
72 (11.76 %)Project Management
72 (11.76 %)Firewall

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (29.41 %)IIS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (17.65 %)MS Office
22 (11.76 %)MS Excel
31 (5.882 %)CA Clarity
31 (5.882 %)MS Project
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)WebTrends
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (29.41 %)DNS
24 (23.53 %)Intranet
33 (17.65 %)WAN
42 (11.76 %)DHCP
42 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
42 (11.76 %)Firewall
51 (5.882 %)SSH
51 (5.882 %)Extranet
51 (5.882 %)VPN
51 (5.882 %)SMTP
51 (5.882 %)SSL
51 (5.882 %)FTP
51 (5.882 %)HTTP
51 (5.882 %)LAN
51 (5.882 %)VoIP
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (11.76 %)SQL Server
12 (11.76 %)GIS
21 (5.882 %)PerformancePoint
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (5.882 %)MS Access
21 (5.882 %)Datawarehouse
21 (5.882 %)OLAP
21 (5.882 %)MySQL
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (5.882 %)Marketing
11 (5.882 %)Retail
11 (5.882 %)Telecoms
11 (5.882 %)Finance
11 (5.882 %)Government
11 (5.882 %)Advertising
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (17.65 %)Designer
13 (17.65 %)ScrumMaster
13 (17.65 %)Web Designer
13 (17.65 %)Infrastructure Designer
22 (11.76 %)Project Manager
22 (11.76 %)Systems Support
22 (11.76 %)Support Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Windows Support Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Windows Systems Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Technical Support Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Helpdesk Support
31 (5.882 %)Technical Engineer
31 (5.882 %)Infrastructure Specialist
31 (5.882 %)Applications Architect
31 (5.882 %)Systems Support Engineer
31 (5.882 %)2nd Line Support
31 (5.882 %)Technical Support
31 (5.882 %)1st Line Support
31 (5.882 %)Business Analyst
31 (5.882 %)Desktop Support
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (17.65 %)Fat Client
13 (17.65 %)Thin Client
13 (17.65 %)N-Tier
21 (5.882 %)Statistics
21 (5.882 %)Clustering
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (35.29 %)Windows
24 (23.53 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (23.53 %)Windows Vista
33 (17.65 %)Windows Server 2008
33 (17.65 %)UNIX
42 (11.76 %)Linux
42 (11.76 %)Windows 2000
42 (11.76 %)Windows 7
51 (5.882 %)Windows NT
51 (5.882 %)Windows XP
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (23.53 %)Capacity Planning
23 (17.65 %)Scrum
32 (11.76 %)Project Management
32 (11.76 %)Statistical Analysis
32 (11.76 %)Service Management
41 (5.882 %)Service Delivery
41 (5.882 %)Matrix Management
41 (5.882 %)Data Analysis
41 (5.882 %)Migration
41 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence
41 (5.882 %)PRINCE2
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (17.65 %)SQL
21 (5.882 %)Java
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (35.29 %)Security Cleared
24 (23.53 %)SC Cleared
31 (5.882 %)MCITP
31 (5.882 %)CCNA
31 (5.882 %)Cisco Certification
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)QA
11 (5.882 %)SLA
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (41.18 %)Active Directory
23 (17.65 %)ISA Server
31 (5.882 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (5.882 %)MetaFrame
31 (5.882 %)NFS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (5.882 %)SCCM
11 (5.882 %)SCOM
11 (5.882 %)Backup Exec
11 (5.882 %)MOM
11 (5.882 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (47.06 %)Microsoft
25 (29.41 %)Citrix
32 (11.76 %)Cisco
41 (5.882 %)VMware
41 (5.882 %)Omniture
41 (5.882 %)Remedy
41 (5.882 %)CheckPoint