The first table below looks at the demand for IPv4 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 IPv4 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 of the Communications & Networking 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
Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
Rank - 52 -
Contract jobs citing IPv4 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.163% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 1.695% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 - £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £52.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year
-30.95% +87.50%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
42 59 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 9.589% 9.625% 14.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 31 35
Average daily rate £400 £325 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +27.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £100 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £430 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 11
Average hourly rate £13.00 £30.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.66% +122.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
IPv4
West Midlands