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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ADO over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank52-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.250 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£200-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£200-
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£294
% change on same period last year+10.46 %
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£21.25£28.83
% change on same period last year-26.30 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads160219
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.211 %0.218 %
Daily rates quoted4059
Average minimum daily rate£276£314
Average daily rate£307£355
% change on same period last year-13.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted119
Average minimum hourly rate£31.51£34.71
Average hourly rate£34.07£35.65
% change on same period last year-4.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.63£36.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
ADO West MidlandsADO
West Midlands

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.

ADO
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ADO across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Birmingham ADO Demand Trend

ADO
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham ADO Daily Rate Trend

ADO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham ADO Hourly Rate Trend

ADO
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing ADO 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 ADO.

13 (100.00 %)VB
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)ActiveX
22 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
22 (66.67 %)VB6
22 (66.67 %)DAO
31 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
31 (33.33 %)COM
31 (33.33 %).NET
31 (33.33 %)Java
31 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
31 (33.33 %)DTS
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (33.33 %)Banking
31 (33.33 %)Finance

ADO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing ADO 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 ADO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)ActiveX
12 (66.67 %)DAO
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
21 (33.33 %)COM
21 (33.33 %).NET
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
31 (33.33 %)DTS
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Banking
11 (33.33 %)Finance
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
13 (100.00 %)VB Developer
22 (66.67 %)VB6 Developer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)VB
22 (66.67 %)VB6
31 (33.33 %)Java
31 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft