The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Coventry 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 25 - 26
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Internet 3 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 1.415% - 0.535%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% - 5.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.61% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
24 35 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 11.32% 13.51% 9.626%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 7
Average daily rate £108 £288 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-62.64% +8.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £144 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £375 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 0
Average hourly rate £29.50 £19.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+55.26% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Internet
West Midlands

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Internet across the Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Coventry Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Daily Rate Trend

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

Coventry Internet Daily Rate Trend

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Coventry Internet Hourly Rate Trend

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 4 (80.00%) Client/Server
1 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (80.00%) Telematics
1 4 (80.00%) System Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (60.00%) Android
2 3 (60.00%) iPhone
2 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Selenium
2 3 (60.00%) Automotive
2 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Smartphone
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) GPRS
4 1 (20.00%) GSM
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (20.00%) C++
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) VB
4 1 (20.00%) .NET

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) GPRS
1 1 (20.00%) GSM
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (60.00%) Automotive
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Client/Server
1 4 (80.00%) Telematics
1 4 (80.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (60.00%) iPhone
3 2 (40.00%) Smartphone
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (80.00%) System Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) VB
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) HNC
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
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