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This section looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT contracts within the Birmingham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Specialist
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank-68
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads02
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.207 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£457
% change on same period last year-31.51 %
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-£35.08
% change on same period last year-
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads669967
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.892 %0.978 %
Daily rates quoted164207
Average minimum daily rate£307£339
Average daily rate£331£357
% change on same period last year-7.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted56137
Average minimum hourly rate£18.13£16.39
Average hourly rate£19.41£17.40
% change on same period last year+11.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.70£18.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Applications Specialist West MidlandsApplications Specialist
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.

Applications Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Specialist across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Applications Specialist Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Applications Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Applications Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title 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 with Applications Specialist in their job title.

11 (50.00 %)Service Management
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
11 (50.00 %)Government
11 (50.00 %)SAP XI
11 (50.00 %)Spring
11 (50.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
11 (50.00 %).NET Framework
11 (50.00 %)Degree
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 11g
11 (50.00 %)CTC Cleared
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (50.00 %)SQL
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (50.00 %)SAP
11 (50.00 %)EJB
11 (50.00 %)JSP
11 (50.00 %)SOAP
11 (50.00 %)Struts
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)XSD
11 (50.00 %)XSL
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Domino

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title 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 with Applications Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)EJB
11 (50.00 %)JSP
11 (50.00 %)SOAP
11 (50.00 %)Struts
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)XSD
11 (50.00 %)XSL
11 (50.00 %)JMS
11 (50.00 %)WSDL
11 (50.00 %)JavaBeans
11 (50.00 %)Middleware
11 (50.00 %)SAP XI
11 (50.00 %)Spring
11 (50.00 %).NET Framework
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Lotus Domino
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (50.00 %)Oracle HTTP Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)FTP
11 (50.00 %)HTTP
11 (50.00 %)HTTPS
11 (50.00 %)SSL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)RDBMS
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (50.00 %)SQLPlus
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 11g
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (50.00 %)JDeveloper
11 (50.00 %)XMLSpy
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
11 (50.00 %)Government
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)W3C
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)SOA
11 (50.00 %)e-GIF
11 (50.00 %)Service Management
11 (50.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
11 (50.00 %)CTC Cleared
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Degree
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)SAP
11 (50.00 %)Lotus
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