Birmingham WFM Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Workforce Management (WFM) 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 WFM over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Workforce Management (WFM)
Location Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Dorset East of England England Essex London Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West Oxfordshire Shropshire South East South West Tyne and Wear UK Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	66
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.206 %
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	£388	£349
% change on same period last year	+11.29 %
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	-	£35.00
% change on same period last year	-
Processes & Methodologies Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads	377	485
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.502 %	0.484 %
Daily rates quoted	98	141
Average minimum daily rate	£316	£347
Average daily rate	£349	£370
% change on same period last year	-5.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£382	£394
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	44
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.07	£16.44
Average hourly rate	£27.78	£18.01
% change on same period last year	+54.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.50	£19.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
WFM 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.

WFM
Demand Trend

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

WFM
Daily Rate Trend

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