Birmingham Micro Focus Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Micro Focus products and/or services in IT contracts within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Micro Focus over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Micro Focus
Location Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cardiff East Midlands East of England England Hertfordshire Hitchin Leicester Leicestershire Midlands Northampton Northamptonshire South East South Wales Stevenage UK Wales West Midlands	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£293	£295
% change on same period last year	-0.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£33.50
% change on same period last year	-
Vendors Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads	286	550
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.464 %	0.600 %
Daily rates quoted	94	110
Average minimum daily rate	£330	£361
Average daily rate	£350	£392
% change on same period last year	-10.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£370	£423
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.54 %
Hourly rates quoted	40	123
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.52	£17.65
Average hourly rate	£20.95	£18.65
% change on same period last year	+12.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.38	£19.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.89	£24.00
% change on same period last year	-0.42 %
Micro Focus 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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Micro Focus.

Micro Focus
Demand Trend

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