The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £288 £438
% change year-on-year
+47.82% -34.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
90 84 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 20.00% 13.50% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 38 40
Average daily rate £325 £310 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.75% +0.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £175 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £518 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 7
Average hourly rate £32.50 £13.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+140.74% +3.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.15 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £92.20 £17.50 £61.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Foreign Exchange (FX)
West Midlands

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Birmingham Foreign Exchange (FX) Jobs Demand Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Foreign Exchange (FX) Daily Rate Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX).

1 3 (75.00%) ISEB
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (75.00%) Retail Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Cash Management
1 3 (75.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) BODI
3 1 (25.00%) Informatica
3 1 (25.00%) ERwin
3 1 (25.00%) SAP BI
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) ABAP
3 1 (25.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) BODI
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BI
1 1 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) ERwin
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
1 3 (75.00%) Retail Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cash Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISEB
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Informatica
1 1 (25.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (25.00%) SAP