The first table below looks at the demand for Apex Code skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apex Code over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Programming Languages 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Force.com Apex Code
Rank - - 43
Contract jobs citing Apex Code 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - 0.199%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 0.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.00 -
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
135 248 142
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 30.47% 39.24% 28.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 138 87
Average daily rate £325 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 0
Average hourly rate £37.00 £31.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.35% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Apex Code
West Midlands

Apex Code
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Apex Code Jobs Demand Trend

Apex Code
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Apex Code Daily Rate Trend

Apex Code
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Apex Code 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 Apex Code.

1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce.com
1 1 (100.00%) Mason
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Force.com
1 1 (100.00%) Visualforce
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS

Apex Code
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Apex Code 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 Apex Code. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mason
1 1 (100.00%) Visualforce
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Force.com
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce.com