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This section looks at the demand for Intranet skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Intranet over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIntranet
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3755
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads1612
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.012 %
As % of the category below17.78 %10.17 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£225-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£306
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£15.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.05£22.15
% change on same period last year+13.06 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads90118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.119 %0.118 %
Daily rates quoted2313
Average minimum daily rate£287£297
Average daily rate£302£307
% change on same period last year-1.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£318£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted1624
Average minimum hourly rate£23.53£20.30
Average hourly rate£24.54£21.87
% change on same period last year+12.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.56£23.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
Intranet West MidlandsIntranet
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Intranet
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Intranet Demand Trend

Intranet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Intranet Daily Rate Trend

Intranet
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Intranet across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Birmingham Intranet Daily Rate Histogram

Intranet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Intranet Hourly Rate Trend

Intranet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Intranet 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 Intranet.

113 (41.94 %)Internet
212 (38.71 %)Microsoft
212 (38.71 %)C#
212 (38.71 %).NET
310 (32.26 %)MS Excel
49 (29.03 %)SQL Server
49 (29.03 %)HTML
49 (29.03 %)SQL
49 (29.03 %)ASP.NET
58 (25.81 %)SQL Server 2005
67 (22.58 %)ASP
67 (22.58 %)MS Office
67 (22.58 %)SharePoint
76 (19.35 %)SQL Server 2000
76 (19.35 %)VB
76 (19.35 %)XML
85 (16.13 %)CSS
85 (16.13 %)JavaScript
85 (16.13 %)Transact-SQL
85 (16.13 %)EDRMS
85 (16.13 %)Retail
85 (16.13 %)Migration
94 (12.90 %)Configuration Management
94 (12.90 %)WF
103 (9.677 %)Active Directory
103 (9.677 %)Java
103 (9.677 %)Windows
103 (9.677 %)Construction
112 (6.452 %)Government
112 (6.452 %)Workflow

Intranet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Intranet 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 Intranet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (38.71 %).NET
29 (29.03 %)HTML
29 (29.03 %)ASP.NET
37 (22.58 %)ASP
46 (19.35 %)XML
55 (16.13 %)CSS
64 (12.90 %)WF
71 (3.226 %)ASP.NET 2.0
71 (3.226 %)Windows SharePoint Services
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (22.58 %)SharePoint
22 (6.452 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (3.226 %)MS Exchange
31 (3.226 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (32.26 %)MS Excel
27 (22.58 %)MS Office
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (41.94 %)Internet
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (29.03 %)SQL Server
28 (25.81 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (19.35 %)SQL Server 2000
45 (16.13 %)EDRMS
51 (3.226 %)Datawarehouse
51 (3.226 %)MS Access
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (6.452 %)Visual Studio
21 (3.226 %)Subversion
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (16.13 %)Retail
23 (9.677 %)Construction
32 (6.452 %)Government
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (32.26 %)Developer
25 (16.13 %).NET Developer
33 (9.677 %)Analyst
42 (6.452 %)C# Developer
42 (6.452 %)Migration Engineer
42 (6.452 %)ASP.NET Developer
42 (6.452 %)Applications Manager
42 (6.452 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
42 (6.452 %)Business Analyst
51 (3.226 %)Data Migration Engineer
51 (3.226 %)Project Manager
51 (3.226 %)Web Project Manager
51 (3.226 %)SharePoint Developer
51 (3.226 %)Web Manager
51 (3.226 %)Database Developer
51 (3.226 %)Access Developer
51 (3.226 %)SharePoint Consultant
51 (3.226 %)Business Manager
51 (3.226 %)IT Business Analyst
51 (3.226 %)Systems Manager
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.226 %)NHS
11 (3.226 %)Management Information System
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (9.677 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (16.13 %)Migration
24 (12.90 %)Configuration Management
32 (6.452 %)Workflow
41 (3.226 %)System Testing
41 (3.226 %)Performance Management
41 (3.226 %)Data Migration
41 (3.226 %)RAD
41 (3.226 %)E-Commerce
41 (3.226 %)Project Management
41 (3.226 %)Strategic Management
41 (3.226 %)Project Planning
41 (3.226 %)Web Development
41 (3.226 %)Agile Software Development
41 (3.226 %)Data Management
41 (3.226 %)Validation
41 (3.226 %)Data Security
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (38.71 %)C#
29 (29.03 %)SQL
36 (19.35 %)VB
45 (16.13 %)JavaScript
45 (16.13 %)Transact-SQL
53 (9.677 %)Java
61 (3.226 %)VBA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.226 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (9.677 %)Active Directory
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (3.226 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (3.226 %)DameWare
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (38.71 %)Microsoft
21 (3.226 %)JD Edwards
21 (3.226 %)Kofax