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The table below looks at the demand for Serena ChangeMan skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ChangeMan over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSerena ChangeMan
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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-£320
% change on same period last year-
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-£35.25
% change on same period last year-
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads4189
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.090 %
Daily rates quoted1010
Average minimum daily rate£226£329
Average daily rate£282£369
% change on same period last year-23.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£329
% change on same period last year-1.13 %
Hourly rates quoted44
Average minimum hourly rate£38.14£16.25
Average hourly rate£39.79£19.25
% change on same period last year+106.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.43£22.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.64£31.42
% change on same period last year+3.89 %
ChangeMan West MidlandsChangeMan
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.

ChangeMan
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham ChangeMan Demand Trend

ChangeMan
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing ChangeMan 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 ChangeMan.

12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)PVCS
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)Tuxedo
12 (100.00 %)Client/Server
12 (100.00 %)BEA
12 (100.00 %)COBOL
12 (100.00 %)Remedy
12 (100.00 %)Change Management
12 (100.00 %)Serena
12 (100.00 %)Billing
12 (100.00 %)Unit Testing
21 (50.00 %)Micro Focus
21 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
21 (50.00 %)PowerBuilder

ChangeMan
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing ChangeMan 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 ChangeMan. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)Tuxedo
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (100.00 %)PVCS
21 (50.00 %)PowerBuilder
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Billing
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)PowerBuilder Developer
21 (50.00 %)COBOL Developer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Client/Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)Change Management
12 (100.00 %)Unit Testing
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)COBOL
12 (100.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)BEA
12 (100.00 %)Remedy
12 (100.00 %)Serena
21 (50.00 %)Micro Focus