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The table below looks at the demand for TickIT skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TickIT over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
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Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %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£315£275
% change on same period last year+14.54 %
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£42.90£27.50
% change on same period last year+56.00 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads6441
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.091 %0.042 %
Daily rates quoted1016
Average minimum daily rate£424£318
Average daily rate£452£331
% change on same period last year+36.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£373£350
% change on same period last year+6.72 %
Hourly rates quoted113
Average minimum hourly rate£31.24£12.33
Average hourly rate£33.15£13.00
% change on same period last year+155.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.06£13.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.14£25.11
% change on same period last year+0.08 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing TickIT across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Reading TickIT Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading TickIT Daily Rate Trend

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Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing TickIT 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 TickIT.

11 (100.00 %)ITIL
11 (100.00 %)ATM
11 (100.00 %)ISDN
11 (100.00 %)Ethernet
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Service Management
11 (100.00 %)Change Management
11 (100.00 %)Financial Institution
11 (100.00 %)E-business
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Government
11 (100.00 %)Intrusion Detection

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing TickIT 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 TickIT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)ATM
11 (100.00 %)ISDN
11 (100.00 %)Ethernet
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)Intrusion Detection
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Financial Institution
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Government
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Architect
11 (100.00 %)Technical Architect
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)ITIL
11 (100.00 %)Service Management
11 (100.00 %)Change Management
11 (100.00 %)E-business
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Cisco