Birmingham Application Packaging Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Application Packaging 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 Application Packaging over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Application Packaging
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Docklands, London Douglas East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Huntingdon Isle of Man Leatherhead Leeds London Midlands Newbury North West Northamptonshire Peterborough Potters Bar Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Somerset South East South West Staines Surrey Taunton UK Uxbridge West Sussex West Yorkshire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	63
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	1.826 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£213
Average daily rate	-	£244
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£275
UK excluding London average daily rate	£312	£329
% change on same period last year	-5.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.88	£29.78
% change on same period last year	-23.16 %
Application Development Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads	158	219
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.209 %	0.218 %
Daily rates quoted	39	59
Average minimum daily rate	£277	£314
Average daily rate	£308	£355
% change on same period last year	-13.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£339	£397
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.92	£34.71
Average hourly rate	£34.32	£35.65
% change on same period last year	-3.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.73	£36.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.73	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-1.67 %
Application Packaging 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.

Application Packaging
Demand Trend

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

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend

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

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend

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