The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term German Language in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited German Language over the 3 months to 24 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 General 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
German Language
Rank 42 54 48
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -6
Contract jobs citing German Language 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.228% 0.322% 0.195%
As % of the General category 0.625% 0.922% 0.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £138 £235
% change year-on-year
+81.81% -41.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.45% -26.19%
All of the General Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
160 217 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 36.45% 34.94% 38.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 127 125
Average daily rate £375 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £233 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £501 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 3
Average hourly rate £37.00 £18.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% +42.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
German Language
West Midlands

German Language
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing German Language across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Birmingham German Language Jobs Demand Trend

German Language
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham German Language Daily Rate Trend

German Language
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham German Language Hourly Rate Trend

German Language
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing German Language 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 German Language.

1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Ajax
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmacovigilance
1 1 (50.00%) French Language
1 1 (50.00%) Italian Language
1 1 (50.00%) Japanese Language
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control

German Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing German Language 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 German Language. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) Ajax
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
General
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) French Language
1 1 (50.00%) Italian Language
1 1 (50.00%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Developer
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmacovigilance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft