Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the OSS Engineer role in IT contracts within the Reading region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OSS Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 OSS Engineer
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank59-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.294 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£411£300
% change on same period last year+36.94 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads681773
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.359 %0.967 %
Daily rates quoted217268
Average minimum daily rate£312£350
Average daily rate£338£371
% change on same period last year-9.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.06 %
Hourly rates quoted59105
Average minimum hourly rate£24.46£27.25
Average hourly rate£25.92£28.45
% change on same period last year-8.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.39£29.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.14£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
OSS Engineer BerkshireOSS Engineer
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.

OSS Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OSS Engineer across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Reading OSS Engineer Demand Trend

OSS Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading OSS Engineer Daily Rate Trend

OSS Engineer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited OSS Engineer in their job title 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 with OSS Engineer in their job title.

13 (75.00 %)SQL
13 (75.00 %)Oracle
13 (75.00 %)UNIX
13 (75.00 %)Shell Script
22 (50.00 %)Singl.eView
22 (50.00 %)Service Delivery
22 (50.00 %)Back Office
22 (50.00 %)Business Continuity
22 (50.00 %)BSS
22 (50.00 %)PeopleSoft
22 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
22 (50.00 %)CRM
22 (50.00 %)ATM
22 (50.00 %)Nokia
22 (50.00 %)Revenue Management
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)HP
31 (25.00 %)Windows NT
31 (25.00 %)Perl
31 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)HPUX
31 (25.00 %)Solaris
31 (25.00 %)Linux
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (25.00 %)Fault Management

OSS Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited OSS Engineer in their job title 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 with OSS Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (50.00 %)Singl.eView
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)ATM
12 (50.00 %)BSS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Back Office
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)UNIX
21 (25.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)HPUX
21 (25.00 %)Solaris
21 (25.00 %)Linux
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (25.00 %)Windows NT
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)CRM
12 (50.00 %)Service Delivery
12 (50.00 %)Business Continuity
12 (50.00 %)Revenue Management
21 (25.00 %)Fault Management
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)SQL
13 (75.00 %)Shell Script
22 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
31 (25.00 %)Perl
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Oracle
22 (50.00 %)PeopleSoft
22 (50.00 %)Nokia
31 (25.00 %)HP