Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

This section looks at the demand for Mail or Messaging Applications Programming Interface (MAPI) skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MAPI over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMail or Messaging Applications Programming Interface (MAPI)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads160219
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.211 %0.218 %
Daily rates quoted4059
Average minimum daily rate£276£314
Average daily rate£307£355
% change on same period last year-13.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted119
Average minimum hourly rate£31.51£34.71
Average hourly rate£34.07£35.65
% change on same period last year-4.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.63£36.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
MAPI West MidlandsMAPI
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.

MAPI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MAPI across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Birmingham MAPI Demand Trend

MAPI
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing MAPI 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 MAPI.

14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
23 (75.00 %)XAML
31 (25.00 %)Caml Language

MAPI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %).NET
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (100.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Architect
14 (100.00 %)Solutions Architect
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)XAML
21 (25.00 %)Caml Language