Birmingham Symbian Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symbian 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 Symbian over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Symbian
Location Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Cambridgeshire City of London East of England East Sussex England Hampshire Hertfordshire London Middlesex North West Portsmouth Scotland Slough South East South West Staines Surrey Thames Valley UK	3 months to 21 Aug 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	£313	£417
% change on same period last year	-24.99 %
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	£36.83	£38.59
% change on same period last year	-4.56 %
Vendors Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads	292	506
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.385 %	0.504 %
Daily rates quoted	66	117
Average minimum daily rate	£286	£336
Average daily rate	£303	£372
% change on same period last year	-18.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£320	£408
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	24	89
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.61	£14.67
Average hourly rate	£21.39	£15.65
% change on same period last year	+36.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.17	£16.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.70	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.50 %
Symbian 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 Symbian Ltd.

Symbian
Demand Trend

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

Symbian
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Symbian across the Birmingham region.