The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Handset 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Handsets
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Handset 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 £275 £258 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.58% -31.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £38.25 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-1.96% +22.40%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
86 81 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 19.63% 13.21% 17.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 37 40
Average daily rate £325 £320 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% +4.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £180 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £461 £470 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 10
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 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £92.20 £17.50 £28.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Handset
West Midlands

Handset
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Handset Jobs Demand Trend

Handset
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Handset Daily Rate Trend

Handset
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Handset Hourly Rate Trend

Handset
Top 18 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) GWT
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) iPad
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) PhoneGap
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Banking

Handset
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) GWT
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) PhoneGap
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
1 1 (100.00%) iPad
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA