Birmingham WSUS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WSUS over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Location Berkshire Birmingham City of London Dorset England Hampshire Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Reading South East South West Tyne and Wear UK West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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	£275	£269
% change on same period last year	+2.32 %
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	£33.00	£31.21
% change on same period last year	+5.72 %
Systems Management Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads	11	22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.022 %	0.028 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£100	£190
Average daily rate	£100	£225
% change on same period last year	-55.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£100	£260
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£350
% change on same period last year	-4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.50	£17.20
Average hourly rate	£23.50	£17.57
% change on same period last year	+33.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.50	£17.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.43	£27.50
% change on same period last year	-3.90 %
WSUS 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.

WSUS
Demand Trend

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

WSUS
Daily Rate Trend

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

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend

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