The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server 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 of the System Software 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Virtual Server
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the System Software category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £376 £222
% change year-on-year
-0.26% +69.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.50 £22.25
% change year-on-year
- -43.82%
All System Software
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
38 53 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 8.656% 8.535% 6.823%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 16
Average daily rate £365 £301 £398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.46% -24.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £182 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 6
Average hourly rate £13.50 £17.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.85% +34.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £11.60 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.70 £31.80 £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
Microsoft Virtual Server
West Midlands

Microsoft Virtual Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Birmingham Microsoft Virtual Server Jobs Demand Trend