The first table below looks at the demand for SPSS 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 SPSS over the 3 months to 24 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 Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SPSS
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing SPSS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - -
As % of the Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £275 £375
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -26.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £13.25 -
All Applications
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
156 159 180
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 18.68% 14.26% 17.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 65 55
Average daily rate £325 £359 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.34% +19.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £134 £210 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 20
Average hourly rate £15.50 £13.06 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.66% +4.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.05 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £16.00 £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
SPSS
Berkshire

SPSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading SPSS Jobs Demand Trend

SPSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading SPSS Daily Rate Trend

SPSS
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing SPSS 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 SPSS.

1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) OLAP
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (100.00%) MDX
1 4 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 4 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) SAS
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Statistics
4 1 (25.00%) Data Mart
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Games
4 1 (25.00%) Banking

SPSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing SPSS 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 SPSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) OLAP
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mart
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Games
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Junior Systems Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Junior Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Junior
3 1 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Report Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Junior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft