The first table below looks at the demand for the Web Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Programmer
Rank 47 50 42
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Web Programmer 2 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.444% 0.643% 0.204%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.474% 0.677% 0.223%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £225 £230 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.17% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £190 £300
% change year-on-year
+18.42% -36.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.00 -
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
422 591 448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 93.78% 95.02% 91.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 321 251
Average daily rate £339 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 37 29
Average hourly rate £16.25 £14.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.50 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £33.00 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Web Programmer
West Midlands

Web Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Web Programmer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Web Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Web Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Web Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Web Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Web Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Web Programmer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Web Programmer 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 Web Programmer in their job title.

1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Joomla!
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) CSS3
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
1 1 (50.00%) CSS

Web Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Web Programmer 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 Web Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) CSS3
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Joomla!
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google