The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Billing 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 terms in our General category for the Midlands 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
Billing
Rank 24 - 13
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Billing 2 0 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.170% - 5.882%
As % of the General category 4.348% - 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £438 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £335
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +26.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.00 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-35.29% -2.85%
All of the General Category
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
46 78 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 26.90% 28.68% 32.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 32 19
Average daily rate £450 £400 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -17.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £250 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £650 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 23
Average hourly rate £32.00 £36.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.32% +58.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Billing
England

Billing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Billing across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Midlands Billing Jobs Demand Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands Billing Daily Rate Trend

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands Billing Hourly Rate Trend

Billing
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Billing 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 Billing.

1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Smart Meter
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling

Billing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Billing 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 Billing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP