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This section looks at the demand for the Technical Designer 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 Technical Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Designer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank74-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.615 %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£414£358
% change on same period last year+15.37 %
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£32.50£43.50
% change on same period last year-25.28 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads9751043
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.287 %1.039 %
Daily rates quoted266359
Average minimum daily rate£337£340
Average daily rate£355£365
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted78123
Average minimum hourly rate£22.51£26.88
Average hourly rate£24.08£28.38
% change on same period last year-15.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.66£29.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Technical Designer BerkshireTechnical Designer
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.

Technical Designer
Demand Trend

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

Reading Technical Designer Demand Trend

Technical Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Technical Designer Daily Rate Trend

Technical Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Technical Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited Technical Designer 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 Technical Designer in their job title.

15 (62.50 %)Replication
15 (62.50 %)Clustering
15 (62.50 %)Load Balancing
15 (62.50 %)SC Cleared
15 (62.50 %)Security Cleared
24 (50.00 %)Validation
24 (50.00 %)B2B
24 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
24 (50.00 %).NET
24 (50.00 %)MSMQ
33 (37.50 %)SQL
33 (37.50 %)SOA
42 (25.00 %)HTTP
42 (25.00 %)C#
42 (25.00 %)Java
42 (25.00 %)SQL Server
42 (25.00 %)IIS
42 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (25.00 %)WebServices
42 (25.00 %)XML
42 (25.00 %)N-Tier
42 (25.00 %)UML
42 (25.00 %)J2EE
42 (25.00 %)Windows
42 (25.00 %).NET Framework
42 (25.00 %)ESB
42 (25.00 %)AJAX
42 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (25.00 %)Technical Architecture
42 (25.00 %)Extreme Programming

Technical Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited Technical Designer 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 Technical Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (50.00 %).NET
22 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (25.00 %)WebServices
22 (25.00 %)XML
22 (25.00 %)J2EE
22 (25.00 %).NET Framework
22 (25.00 %)AJAX
22 (25.00 %)WCF
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
22 (25.00 %)IIS
22 (25.00 %)ESB
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)HTTP
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)SQL Server
12 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (12.50 %)Oracle 11g
21 (12.50 %)Oracle 9i
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)ProC
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Telecoms
11 (12.50 %)Finance
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (62.50 %)Replication
15 (62.50 %)Clustering
22 (25.00 %)N-Tier
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (25.00 %)Windows
21 (12.50 %)HPUX
21 (12.50 %)Solaris
21 (12.50 %)UNIX
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)Load Balancing
15 (62.50 %)SC Cleared
15 (62.50 %)Security Cleared
24 (50.00 %)Validation
24 (50.00 %)B2B
33 (37.50 %)SOA
42 (25.00 %)UML
42 (25.00 %)Technical Architecture
42 (25.00 %)Extreme Programming
51 (12.50 %)Use Case
51 (12.50 %)Web Development
51 (12.50 %)Migration
51 (12.50 %)Business Intelligence
51 (12.50 %)Business Analysis
51 (12.50 %)Configuration Management
51 (12.50 %)Project Management
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (37.50 %)SQL
22 (25.00 %)C#
22 (25.00 %)Java
31 (12.50 %)PL/SQL
31 (12.50 %)C
31 (12.50 %)Shell Script
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (50.00 %)MSMQ
21 (12.50 %)Oracle RAC
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Oracle
11 (12.50 %)Microsoft