The first table below looks at the demand for Content Management 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 Content Management over the 3 months to 20 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 Processes & Methodologies 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Content Management
Rank 46 53 37
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -16
Contract jobs citing Content Management 1 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.224% 0.322% 1.429%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.332% 0.525% 2.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £18.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-6.84% -3.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
301 381 280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 67.49% 61.35% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 209 174
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £228 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £525 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 20 10
Average hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+116.66% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £119.80 £34.40 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Content Management
West Midlands

Content Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Content Management across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Birmingham Content Management Jobs Demand Trend

Content Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Content Management Daily Rate Trend

Content Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Content Management Hourly Rate Trend

Content Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Content Management 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 Content Management.

1 7 (63.64%) SharePoint
2 6 (54.55%) C#
2 6 (54.55%) .NET
2 6 (54.55%) Workflow
2 6 (54.55%) InfoPath
3 5 (45.45%) Ajax
3 5 (45.45%) Release Management
3 5 (45.45%) Process Management
3 5 (45.45%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (45.45%) Project Planning
3 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
3 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET
3 5 (45.45%) Web Services
3 5 (45.45%) XML
3 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) CMS
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 1 (9.091%) MS Project
5 1 (9.091%) MS Office
5 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
5 1 (9.091%) SOA
5 1 (9.091%) RequisitePro
5 1 (9.091%) Project Management
5 1 (9.091%) Data Management
5 1 (9.091%) JIRA
5 1 (9.091%) German Language
5 1 (9.091%) Use Case
5 1 (9.091%) Finance
5 1 (9.091%) Automotive

Content Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (54.55%) .NET
2 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET
2 5 (45.45%) Web Services
2 5 (45.45%) XML
2 5 (45.45%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 7 (63.64%) SharePoint
2 5 (45.45%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (18.18%) CMS
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Azure
4 1 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (54.55%) InfoPath
2 1 (9.091%) MS Project
2 1 (9.091%) MS Office
2 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) RequisitePro
1 1 (9.091%) JIRA
1 1 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
1 1 (9.091%) Automotive
1 1 (9.091%) Legal
1 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
1 1 (9.091%) German Language
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
1 4 (36.36%) SharePoint Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) SharePoint Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Content Editor
4 1 (9.091%) Online Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Portal Editor
4 1 (9.091%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Workflow
2 5 (45.45%) Project Planning
2 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (45.45%) Release Management
2 5 (45.45%) Process Management
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.091%) SOA
4 1 (9.091%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) Use Case
4 1 (9.091%) Migration
4 1 (9.091%) Data Management
4 1 (9.091%) Web Application Development
4 1 (9.091%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft