The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Developer
Rank - 51 47
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 0 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.805% 0.390%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.850% 0.430%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £395 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -24.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £45.00 £24.19
% change year-on-year
-25.55% +86.04%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
409 588 465
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 93.17% 94.69% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 318 258
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £183 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 35 28
Average hourly rate £16.38 £14.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.93% +11.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.73 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £33.30 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Microsoft Developer
West Midlands

Microsoft Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Developer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Microsoft Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Microsoft Developer Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Developer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) OOP
2 2 (66.67%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Silverlight
2 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 1 (33.33%) Web Development
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow

Microsoft Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Microsoft Developer in their job title 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 with Microsoft Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) OOP
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft