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This section looks at the demand for Web Development skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Development over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Development
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4740
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads727
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.027 %
As % of the category below1.781 %5.411 %
Daily rates quoted36
Average minimum daily rate£317£375
Average daily rate£367£388
% change on same period last year-5.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£316
% change on same period last year+2.56 %
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£33.79£29.95
% change on same period last year+12.80 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads393499
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.519 %0.497 %
Daily rates quoted103139
Average minimum daily rate£302£348
Average daily rate£335£370
% change on same period last year-9.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted1451
Average minimum hourly rate£30.77£16.38
Average hourly rate£32.91£17.89
% change on same period last year+83.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.05£19.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Web Development West MidlandsWeb Development
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 Development
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Web Development Demand Trend

Web Development
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Web Development Daily Rate Trend

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Development across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Birmingham Web Development Daily Rate Histogram

Web Development
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Web Development Hourly Rate Trend

Web Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Web Development 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 Development.

111 (68.75 %).NET
210 (62.50 %)OO
39 (56.25 %)SQL Server
39 (56.25 %)VB.NET
47 (43.75 %)VB
47 (43.75 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (43.75 %)VB6
54 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
63 (18.75 %)JavaScript
72 (12.50 %)C#
72 (12.50 %)HTML
72 (12.50 %)CSS
72 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (6.250 %)Streaming Media
81 (6.250 %)Degree
81 (6.250 %)Mathematics
81 (6.250 %)Physics
81 (6.250 %)Computer Science
81 (6.250 %)PHP5
81 (6.250 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (6.250 %)AJAX
81 (6.250 %)JSP
81 (6.250 %)WebServices
81 (6.250 %)XML
81 (6.250 %)XSLT
81 (6.250 %)Linux
81 (6.250 %)OOP
81 (6.250 %)Java
81 (6.250 %)C++
81 (6.250 %)PHP

Web Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (68.75 %).NET
24 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (12.50 %)HTML
32 (12.50 %)CSS
41 (6.250 %)AJAX
41 (6.250 %)JSP
41 (6.250 %)WebServices
41 (6.250 %)XML
41 (6.250 %)XSLT
41 (6.250 %)J2EE
41 (6.250 %)ASP
41 (6.250 %)XHTML
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.250 %)Photoshop
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.250 %)Intranet
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (56.25 %)SQL Server
27 (43.75 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (6.250 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (6.250 %)MySQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.250 %)Visual Studio
11 (6.250 %)Flash
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.250 %)Finance
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (43.75 %)Developer
26 (37.50 %)Development Specialist
34 (25.00 %)Web Developer
43 (18.75 %).NET Developer
52 (12.50 %)VB.NET Developer
52 (12.50 %)Web Manager
61 (6.250 %)Web Team Leader
61 (6.250 %)Junior VB.NET Developer
61 (6.250 %)Web Development Team Leader
61 (6.250 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
61 (6.250 %)C++ Software Engineer
61 (6.250 %)ASP Developer
61 (6.250 %)ASP.NET Developer
61 (6.250 %)Team Leader
61 (6.250 %)Development Team Leader
61 (6.250 %)Senior .NET Developer
61 (6.250 %)Analyst
61 (6.250 %)Web Project Manager
61 (6.250 %)Web Development Manager
61 (6.250 %)Senior VB.NET Developer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.250 %)Streaming Media
11 (6.250 %)Mathematics
11 (6.250 %)Physics
11 (6.250 %)Computer Science
11 (6.250 %)W3C
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (6.250 %)Linux
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (62.50 %)OO
21 (6.250 %)OOP
21 (6.250 %)E-Commerce
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (56.25 %)VB.NET
27 (43.75 %)VB
27 (43.75 %)VB6
33 (18.75 %)JavaScript
42 (12.50 %)C#
51 (6.250 %)PHP5
51 (6.250 %)Java
51 (6.250 %)C++
51 (6.250 %)PHP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.250 %)Degree
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (6.250 %)Microsoft