The first table below looks at the demand for Data Mining 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 Data Mining over the 3 months to 17 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 Database & Business Intelligence 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Mining
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Mining 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £445 £350 £385
% change year-on-year
+27.14% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £52.50 - £12.50
All Database & Business Intelligence
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
98 173 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 22.37% 28.22% 19.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 103 62
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £440 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 0
Average hourly rate £26.75 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
Data Mining
West Midlands

Data Mining
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Data Mining across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Birmingham Data Mining Jobs Demand Trend

Data Mining
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Data Mining Daily Rate Trend

Data Mining
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Data Mining 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 Data Mining.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Game Development
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing

Data Mining
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Data Mining 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 Data Mining. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Game Development
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft