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This section looks at the demand for Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited W3C over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWorldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5169
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.282 %1.205 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£277
% change on same period last year+20.12 %
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£22.78£26.07
% change on same period last year-12.63 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads7883
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.104 %0.084 %
Daily rates quoted1514
Average minimum daily rate£303£356
Average daily rate£328£371
% change on same period last year-11.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted625
Average minimum hourly rate£24.14£23.58
Average hourly rate£25.50£24.91
% change on same period last year+2.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.86£26.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %
W3C West MidlandsW3C
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.

W3C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Birmingham W3C Demand Trend

W3C
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing W3C across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham W3C Daily Rate Trend

W3C
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham W3C Hourly Rate Trend

W3C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing W3C 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 W3C.

112 (92.31 %)CSS
211 (84.62 %)HTML
310 (76.92 %)JavaScript
49 (69.23 %)XHTML
58 (61.54 %)ActionScript
58 (61.54 %)Flash
67 (53.85 %)Dreamweaver
67 (53.85 %)AJAX
75 (38.46 %)DHTML
75 (38.46 %)XML
83 (23.08 %)DOM
83 (23.08 %)XSLT
92 (15.38 %)SQL
92 (15.38 %).NET
92 (15.38 %).NET Framework
92 (15.38 %)Degree
92 (15.38 %)Internet
101 (7.692 %)Middleware
101 (7.692 %)SQLPlus
101 (7.692 %)CAD
101 (7.692 %)Project Management
101 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
101 (7.692 %)JMS
101 (7.692 %)SOA
101 (7.692 %)FTP
101 (7.692 %)HTTP
101 (7.692 %)WSDL
101 (7.692 %)WCAG
101 (7.692 %)Oracle 11g
101 (7.692 %)CTC Cleared

W3C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing W3C 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 W3C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (92.31 %)CSS
211 (84.62 %)HTML
39 (69.23 %)XHTML
47 (53.85 %)AJAX
55 (38.46 %)XML
63 (23.08 %)DOM
63 (23.08 %)XSLT
72 (15.38 %).NET Framework
72 (15.38 %).NET
81 (7.692 %)J2EE
81 (7.692 %)ASP
81 (7.692 %)EJB
81 (7.692 %)JSP
81 (7.692 %)SOAP
81 (7.692 %)Struts
81 (7.692 %)WebServices
81 (7.692 %)XSL
81 (7.692 %)XSD
81 (7.692 %)JMS
81 (7.692 %)WSDL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.692 %)Oracle HTTP Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.692 %)Photoshop
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (15.38 %)Internet
21 (7.692 %)FTP
21 (7.692 %)HTTP
21 (7.692 %)HTTPS
21 (7.692 %)SSL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.692 %)RDBMS
11 (7.692 %)Oracle 10g
11 (7.692 %)SQLPlus
11 (7.692 %)Oracle 11g
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (61.54 %)Flash
27 (53.85 %)Dreamweaver
31 (7.692 %)JDeveloper
31 (7.692 %)XMLSpy
31 (7.692 %)Visual Studio
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Education
11 (7.692 %)Government
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (84.62 %)Developer
24 (30.77 %)Web Developer
32 (15.38 %)Web Manager
41 (7.692 %)Web Team Leader
41 (7.692 %)Project Manager
41 (7.692 %)Applications Specialist
41 (7.692 %)Support Specialist
41 (7.692 %)Applications Support
41 (7.692 %)Team Leader
41 (7.692 %)Applications Support Specialist
41 (7.692 %).NET Team Leader
41 (7.692 %)Web Project Manager
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (7.692 %)ITIL
11 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
11 (7.692 %)SOA
11 (7.692 %)e-GIF
11 (7.692 %)CAD
11 (7.692 %)Project Management
11 (7.692 %)Service Management
11 (7.692 %)SEO
11 (7.692 %)Agile Software Development
11 (7.692 %)Content Management
11 (7.692 %)Enterprise Architecture
11 (7.692 %)Web Development
11 (7.692 %)CTC Cleared
11 (7.692 %)Security Cleared
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (76.92 %)JavaScript
28 (61.54 %)ActionScript
35 (38.46 %)DHTML
42 (15.38 %)SQL
51 (7.692 %)Java
51 (7.692 %)PL/SQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (15.38 %)Degree
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.692 %)WCAG
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.692 %)Oracle
11 (7.692 %)SAP
11 (7.692 %)Microsoft
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