Midlands DOC1 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Group 1 DOC1 skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited DOC1 over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Group 1 DOC1
Location City of London Croydon England Glasgow London Midlands Scotland South West UK	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	76	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.787 %	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	£256	£300
% change on same period last year	-14.83 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Applications Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	127	146
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.167 %	0.153 %
Daily rates quoted	35	14
Average minimum daily rate	£301	£305
Average daily rate	£323	£330
% change on same period last year	-1.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£346	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£283
% change on same period last year	+5.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	20
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.79	£27.16
Average hourly rate	£22.58	£28.03
% change on same period last year	-19.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.37	£28.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.91	£19.06
% change on same period last year	-6.04 %
DOC1 England

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DOC1 across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DOC1 across the Midlands region.

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing DOC1 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 DOC1.

1 1 (100.00 %) Thunderhead 1 1 (100.00 %) Exstream 1 1 (100.00 %) Exstream Dialogue 1 1 (100.00 %) PrintSoft PReS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing DOC1 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 DOC1. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (100.00 %) Exstream Dialogue	Applications 1 1 (100.00 %) PrintSoft PReS
Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Consultant	Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Thunderhead 1 1 (100.00 %) Exstream