The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Siemens 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 Siemens 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 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 Siemens AG.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Siemens
Rank 68 73 79
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +6
Contract jobs citing Siemens 2 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.241% 0.752% 0.095%
As % of the Vendors category 0.466% 1.329% 0.163%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £427 £328 £350
% change year-on-year
+30.22% -6.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £55.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year
-54.54% +307.40%
All Vendors
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
429 602 613
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 51.69% 56.58% 57.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 184 255
Average daily rate £350 £345 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £213 £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 27 37 22
Average hourly rate £20.75 £14.54 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.73% -9.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £20.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Siemens
Berkshire

Siemens
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Siemens Jobs Demand Trend

Siemens
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Siemens Daily Rate Trend

Siemens
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Siemens Hourly Rate Trend

Siemens
Top 25 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) VB
1 2 (50.00%) VBA
1 2 (50.00%) Wonderware
1 2 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (25.00%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (25.00%) Lync
2 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) VoIP
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Avaya
2 1 (25.00%) Nokia
2 1 (25.00%) 3G
2 1 (25.00%) Front Office
2 1 (25.00%) NEC
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) 2G
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Streaming Video
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering

Siemens
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (25.00%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
1 1 (25.00%) 3G
1 1 (25.00%) 2G
1 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (25.00%) Front Office
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) RAN Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) RAN Performance Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (25.00%) Streaming Video
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) VB
1 2 (50.00%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Wonderware
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Avaya
2 1 (25.00%) Nokia
2 1 (25.00%) NEC