The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Economics in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Economics over the 3 months to 23 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Slough 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Economics
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Economics 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £372 £350
% change year-on-year
+20.96% +6.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £52.50 - £49.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
42 45 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 17.43% 21.84% 22.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 40
Average daily rate £365 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.30% +13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £265 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £413 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £162.50 £14.40 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1028.47% -55.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Economics
Berkshire

Economics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Economics across the Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Slough Economics Jobs Demand Trend

Economics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Slough Economics Daily Rate Trend

Economics
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing Economics 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 Economics.

1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Huawei
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) 4G
2 1 (50.00%) 2G
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) 3G
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management

Economics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing Economics 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 Economics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) 4G
1 1 (50.00%) 2G
1 1 (50.00%) 3G
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Implementation Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Huawei