Middlesex Firmware Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Firmware skills within the Middlesex region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Firmware
Location Bradford Camberley Cheshire City of London Docklands, London East of England England Farnborough Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent London Middlesex Norfolk North West Norwich South East South West Stevenage Surrey Thames Valley UK West Malling West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	49	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	1.818 %	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	-	£329
% change on same period last year	-
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	£33.43	£37.22
% change on same period last year	-10.18 %
Miscellaneous Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads	110	77
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.156 %	0.078 %
Daily rates quoted	25	31
Average minimum daily rate	£343	£272
Average daily rate	£360	£306
% change on same period last year	+17.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£344
% change on same period last year	+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.91	£35.33
Average hourly rate	£22.91	£36.25
% change on same period last year	-36.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.91	£37.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.09	£26.20
% change on same period last year	-4.24 %
Firmware South East

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.

Firmware
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Firmware across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Firmware
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing Firmware 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 Firmware.

1 2 (100.00 %) AIX 1 2 (100.00 %) HACMP

Firmware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing Firmware 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 Firmware. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles 1 2 (100.00 %) Systems Administrator 1 2 (100.00 %) Administrator 1 2 (100.00 %) AIX Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 2 (100.00 %) HACMP
Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) AIX