Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Project Leader role in IT contracts within the Birmingham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Project Lead
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank41-
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 below0.225 %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£359£344
% change on same period last year+4.38 %
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£31.83£18.67
% change on same period last year+70.53 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads445814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.892 %1.018 %
Daily rates quoted144189
Average minimum daily rate£335£347
Average daily rate£357£375
% change on same period last year-4.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted52166
Average minimum hourly rate£19.18£17.52
Average hourly rate£21.47£18.73
% change on same period last year+14.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.75£19.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Project Leader West MidlandsProject Leader
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.

Project Leader
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Project Leader Demand Trend

Project Leader
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Project Leader 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 Project Leader in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (100.00 %)OSPF
11 (100.00 %)BGP
11 (100.00 %)Cisco IOS

Project Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Project Leader 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 Project Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)LAN
11 (100.00 %)OSPF
11 (100.00 %)BGP
11 (100.00 %)Cisco IOS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)PRINCE2
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Cisco