The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Meridio 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 Meridio 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 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 Meridio, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Meridio
Rank 37 75 66
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -9
Contract jobs citing Meridio 29 4 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 3.456% 0.359% 1.501%
As % of the Vendors category 6.459% 0.658% 2.593%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 1
Average daily rate £400 £425 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -22.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £394 £450
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
449 608 617
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 53.52% 54.53% 57.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 187 251
Average daily rate £350 £330 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £215 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 42 25
Average hourly rate £22.50 £15.25 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.54% -4.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Meridio
Berkshire

Meridio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Meridio Jobs Demand Trend

Meridio
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Meridio Daily Rate Trend

Meridio
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Meridio across the Reading region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Reading Meridio Daily Rate Histogram

Meridio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 33 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 16 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 13 (36.11%) SharePoint Server
4 12 (33.33%) XML
4 12 (33.33%) SharePoint
5 11 (30.56%) Windows
5 11 (30.56%) SQL Server
5 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
5 11 (30.56%) DV Cleared
5 11 (30.56%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (27.78%) .NET Framework
6 10 (27.78%) MS Office
6 10 (27.78%) .NET
7 9 (25.00%) Web Services
7 9 (25.00%) IDOL
8 8 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
9 7 (19.44%) Visual Studio
9 7 (19.44%) C#
9 7 (19.44%) Web Development
10 6 (16.67%) Windows SharePoint Services
10 6 (16.67%) StarTeam
10 6 (16.67%) SQL
10 6 (16.67%) T-SQL
10 6 (16.67%) OLAP
10 6 (16.67%) ASP.NET
10 6 (16.67%) DTS
10 6 (16.67%) LDAP
10 6 (16.67%) MS Excel
10 6 (16.67%) EDRMS
11 5 (13.89%) Document Management

Meridio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (33.33%) XML
2 10 (27.78%) .NET Framework
2 10 (27.78%) .NET
3 9 (25.00%) Web Services
4 6 (16.67%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 6 (16.67%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 13 (36.11%) SharePoint Server
2 12 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (8.333%) MS Project Server
3 3 (8.333%) CM System
Applications
1 10 (27.78%) MS Office
2 6 (16.67%) MS Excel
3 3 (8.333%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) LDAP
2 2 (5.556%) HTTP
3 1 (2.778%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (30.56%) SQL Server
1 11 (30.56%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (25.00%) IDOL
3 6 (16.67%) OLAP
3 6 (16.67%) DTS
3 6 (16.67%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Visual Studio
2 6 (16.67%) StarTeam
3 2 (5.556%) PVCS
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) Designer
1 10 (27.78%) Solutions Designer
2 8 (22.22%) Architect
3 5 (13.89%) Developer
3 5 (13.89%) SharePoint Developer
4 3 (8.333%) Team Leader
5 2 (5.556%) Consultant
5 2 (5.556%) SharePoint Architect
5 2 (5.556%) Development Team Leader
6 1 (2.778%) Resource Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.778%) Information Architect
6 1 (2.778%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.556%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (30.56%) Windows
2 8 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (19.44%) Web Development
2 5 (13.89%) Document Management
2 5 (13.89%) Validation
3 4 (11.11%) Workflow
4 3 (8.333%) Migration
4 3 (8.333%) Information Management
4 3 (8.333%) Release Management
5 2 (5.556%) UML
5 2 (5.556%) Configuration Management
5 2 (5.556%) Test Automation
5 2 (5.556%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (5.556%) Unified Process
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) C#
2 6 (16.67%) SQL
2 6 (16.67%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.778%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 16 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 11 (30.56%) DV Cleared
4 3 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (8.333%) MCSD
System Software
1 2 (5.556%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.333%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (2.778%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.556%) Borland
3 1 (2.778%) HP