Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Internet 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 Internet over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Birmingham region.

 Internet
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank312738
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+11
Matching contract IT job ads91627
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham2.308 %3.516 %2.863 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category19.57 %27.59 %22.13 %
Daily rates quoted467
Average daily rate£375£288£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.43 %-23.33 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£340£309
% change year-on-year
-7.350 %+10.03 %
Hourly rates quoted132
Average hourly rate£12.00£15.00£32.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00 %-54.37 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.25£18.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-20.83 %-10.00 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
4658122
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham11.79 %12.75 %12.94 %
Daily rates quoted191733
Average daily rate£350£263£301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33 %-12.64 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£244£200£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£375£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£325
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %+3.840 %
Hourly rates quoted4623
Average hourly rate£27.50£22.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00 %-26.66 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.60£11.00£15.35
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£22.00£33.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£24.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+4.160 %-12.72 %
Internet West MidlandsInternet
West Midlands

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.

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Birmingham Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Internet across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Birmingham Internet Daily Rate Histogram

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Internet 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 Internet.

15 (26.32 %)SQL Server
15 (26.32 %)Windows
24 (21.05 %).NET
33 (15.79 %)SAP CRM
33 (15.79 %)Project Management
33 (15.79 %)SAP BW
33 (15.79 %)SQL
33 (15.79 %)JavaScript
33 (15.79 %)MS Office
33 (15.79 %)SAP
33 (15.79 %)CSS
33 (15.79 %)VB.NET
33 (15.79 %)CRM
33 (15.79 %)Windows NT
33 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
33 (15.79 %)TCP/IP
33 (15.79 %)Cisco
33 (15.79 %)Firewall
33 (15.79 %)SAP Basis
33 (15.79 %)SAP EBP
33 (15.79 %)SAP SCM
33 (15.79 %)SAP SRM
33 (15.79 %)SAP PI
42 (10.53 %)Performance Management
42 (10.53 %)Security Cleared
42 (10.53 %)Open Source
42 (10.53 %)Use Case
42 (10.53 %)Web Development
42 (10.53 %)Test Scripting
42 (10.53 %)AJAX

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (21.05 %).NET
23 (15.79 %)CSS
23 (15.79 %)SAP Basis
23 (15.79 %)SAP PI
32 (10.53 %)AJAX
32 (10.53 %)CGI
41 (5.263 %)ASP.NET
41 (5.263 %)Flash
41 (5.263 %)HTML
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (10.53 %)SharePoint
21 (5.263 %)CMS
21 (5.263 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (15.79 %)MS Office
21 (5.263 %)MS Visio
21 (5.263 %)Photoshop
21 (5.263 %)MS Project
21 (5.263 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (15.79 %)SAP CRM
13 (15.79 %)SAP EBP
13 (15.79 %)SAP SCM
13 (15.79 %)SAP SRM
21 (5.263 %)Oracle Applications
21 (5.263 %)Oracle EBS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (15.79 %)TCP/IP
13 (15.79 %)Firewall
22 (10.53 %)LAN
22 (10.53 %)Intranet
22 (10.53 %)WAN
31 (5.263 %)NetScreen
31 (5.263 %)SSL
31 (5.263 %)Extranet
31 (5.263 %)CTI
31 (5.263 %)VoIP
31 (5.263 %)VPN
31 (5.263 %)IPsec
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (26.32 %)SQL Server
23 (15.79 %)SAP BW
32 (10.53 %)MS Access
41 (5.263 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (5.263 %)Oracle Reports
41 (5.263 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (5.263 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (10.53 %)TestDirector
21 (5.263 %)Oracle Forms
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (10.53 %)Telecoms
21 (5.263 %)Finance
21 (5.263 %)Government
21 (5.263 %)Law
21 (5.263 %)Legal
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (31.58 %)Developer
24 (21.05 %)Web Developer
33 (15.79 %)Analyst
33 (15.79 %)Architect
33 (15.79 %)Project Manager
42 (10.53 %)SAP Architect
42 (10.53 %)SAP Basis Architect
42 (10.53 %)E-Commerce Project Manager
42 (10.53 %)E-Commerce Manager
42 (10.53 %)Penetration Tester
42 (10.53 %)Tester
51 (5.263 %)Network Analyst
51 (5.263 %)Oracle Developer
51 (5.263 %).NET Developer
51 (5.263 %)SAP Basis Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Senior Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Applications Developer
51 (5.263 %)Systems Support
51 (5.263 %)Support Analyst
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (10.53 %)Open Source
21 (5.263 %)W3C
21 (5.263 %)Thin Client
21 (5.263 %)Fat Client
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (26.32 %)Windows
23 (15.79 %)Windows NT
31 (5.263 %)Windows XP
31 (5.263 %)Windows 2000
31 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (5.263 %)Windows 7
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (15.79 %)Project Management
13 (15.79 %)CRM
13 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
22 (10.53 %)Performance Management
22 (10.53 %)Use Case
22 (10.53 %)Web Development
22 (10.53 %)Test Scripting
22 (10.53 %)Software Engineering
22 (10.53 %)PRINCE2
22 (10.53 %)Scrum
31 (5.263 %)Service Delivery
31 (5.263 %)Penetration Testing
31 (5.263 %)Information Management
31 (5.263 %)Knowledge Management
31 (5.263 %)Incident Management
31 (5.263 %)Time Management
31 (5.263 %)Performance Testing
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (15.79 %)SQL
13 (15.79 %)JavaScript
13 (15.79 %)VB.NET
21 (5.263 %)PL/SQL
21 (5.263 %)C
21 (5.263 %)C#
21 (5.263 %)VB
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (10.53 %)Security Cleared
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.263 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (10.53 %)Nmap
21 (5.263 %)MetaFrame
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (15.79 %)SAP
13 (15.79 %)Cisco
22 (10.53 %)Microsoft
31 (5.263 %)CheckPoint
31 (5.263 %)Citrix
31 (5.263 %)Oracle
31 (5.263 %)Capita