The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Advertising over the 3 months to 21 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 General category for the Birmingham 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Advertising
Rank 47 51 41
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -10
Contract jobs citing Advertising 2 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.444% 0.482% 0.409%
As % of the General category 1.342% 1.456% 1.105%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
Average daily rate £381 £350 £278
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.92% +26.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £316 £350 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £470 £296
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £300
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.77 £30.00 £15.06
% change year-on-year
-47.43% +99.17%
All of the General Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
149 206 181
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 33.11% 33.12% 37.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 123 114
Average daily rate £363 £363 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £237 £162
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £501 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 2
Average hourly rate £37.00 £18.50 £9.47
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% +95.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Advertising
West Midlands

Advertising
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Advertising across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Birmingham Advertising Jobs Demand Trend

Advertising
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Advertising Daily Rate Trend

Advertising
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Advertising across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham Advertising Daily Rate Histogram

Advertising
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Advertising Hourly Rate Trend

Advertising
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Advertising 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 Advertising.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (25.00%) Sitecore
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) CMS
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) COM
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (25.00%) ERP

Advertising
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Advertising 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 Advertising. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (25.00%) CMS
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Functional Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics AX Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) CRM Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) CRM Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Test Management
1 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) Logistics
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
1 1 (25.00%) CRM
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Sitecore
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Rate: £475 - £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Rate: £220 - £260 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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