Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of NEC 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 NEC over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNEC
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank45-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.339 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£575
% change on same period last year-47.82 %
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£47.50£17.00
% change on same period last year+179.41 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads295557
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.465 %0.597 %
Daily rates quoted90122
Average minimum daily rate£339£389
Average daily rate£360£423
% change on same period last year-14.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£457
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£348
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted45121
Average minimum hourly rate£24.51£17.28
Average hourly rate£25.85£18.28
% change on same period last year+41.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.20£19.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.26£24.41
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
NEC West MidlandsNEC
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 the NEC Corporation.

NEC
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham NEC Demand Trend

NEC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham NEC Daily Rate Trend

NEC
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing NEC 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 NEC.

11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)IIS
11 (50.00 %)MS Project
11 (50.00 %)JSP
11 (50.00 %)Struts
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)UML
11 (50.00 %)JBoss
11 (50.00 %)Apache
11 (50.00 %)RDBMS
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Construction
11 (50.00 %)Hibernate
11 (50.00 %)Ruby
11 (50.00 %)OpenCms
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
11 (50.00 %)Project Planning

NEC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing NEC 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 NEC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)JSP
11 (50.00 %)Struts
11 (50.00 %)WebServices
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)Hibernate
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)IIS
11 (50.00 %)JBoss
11 (50.00 %)Apache
11 (50.00 %)OpenCms
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Project
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)RDBMS
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Construction
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Project Planner
11 (50.00 %)Java Developer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)UML
11 (50.00 %)Project Planning
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)Ruby