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The table below looks at the demand for Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0 over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb 2.0
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4163
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.001 %
As % of the category below6.316 %0.714 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£267-
Average daily rate£342-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£417-
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£302
% change on same period last year+8.94 %
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£24.17£41.50
% change on same period last year-41.76 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads95140
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.154 %0.153 %
Daily rates quoted2730
Average minimum daily rate£297£314
Average daily rate£313£346
% change on same period last year-9.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£329£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted2723
Average minimum hourly rate£23.31£24.51
Average hourly rate£26.93£26.51
% change on same period last year+1.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.54£28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.75£25.58
% change on same period last year+0.65 %
Web 2.0 West MidlandsWeb 2.0
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.

Web 2.0
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Birmingham Web 2.0 Demand Trend

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Web 2.0 across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Web 2.0 Daily Rate Trend

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web 2.0 across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Birmingham Web 2.0 Daily Rate Histogram

Web 2.0
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0.

19 (90.00 %)WebServices
26 (60.00 %)PHP
35 (50.00 %)J2EE
35 (50.00 %)Java
44 (40.00 %)OO
44 (40.00 %)SOA
44 (40.00 %).NET
44 (40.00 %)LAMP
44 (40.00 %)Scrum
53 (30.00 %)AJAX
53 (30.00 %)SQL
53 (30.00 %)XML
53 (30.00 %)UNIX
53 (30.00 %)Solaris
53 (30.00 %)Linux
53 (30.00 %)Oracle
53 (30.00 %)ASP.NET
53 (30.00 %)C#
62 (20.00 %)HTML
62 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
62 (20.00 %)CSS
62 (20.00 %)N-Tier
62 (20.00 %)Government
62 (20.00 %)RDBMS
62 (20.00 %)Shell Script
62 (20.00 %)Oracle Spatial
71 (10.00 %)Security Cleared

Web 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (90.00 %)WebServices
25 (50.00 %)J2EE
34 (40.00 %).NET
34 (40.00 %)LAMP
43 (30.00 %)AJAX
43 (30.00 %)XML
43 (30.00 %)ASP.NET
52 (20.00 %)CSS
52 (20.00 %)HTML
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)Oracle Spatial
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)RDBMS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Government
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Consultant
14 (40.00 %)Solutions Consultant
23 (30.00 %).NET Developer
23 (30.00 %)Developer
32 (20.00 %)Applications Support
41 (10.00 %)Software Engineer
41 (10.00 %)C# Developer
41 (10.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)N-Tier
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)UNIX
13 (30.00 %)Solaris
13 (30.00 %)Linux
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)OO
14 (40.00 %)SOA
14 (40.00 %)Scrum
21 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)PHP
25 (50.00 %)Java
33 (30.00 %)C#
33 (30.00 %)SQL
42 (20.00 %)Shell Script
42 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (30.00 %)Oracle