The first table below looks at the demand for Bluetooth 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 Bluetooth over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Communications & Networking 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bluetooth
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Bluetooth 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £285 £320 -
% change year-on-year
-10.93% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £45.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +18.42%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
56 64 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 11.27% 10.05% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 25 40
Average daily rate £350 £150 £190
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+133.33% -21.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £100 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £356 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +122.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Bluetooth
West Midlands

Bluetooth
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Bluetooth Jobs Demand Trend

Bluetooth
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Bluetooth Hourly Rate Trend

Bluetooth
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Bluetooth 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 Bluetooth.

1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAP
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) B2C
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing

Bluetooth
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) WAP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) B2C
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Commerce
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