Midlands Smartcard Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Smart Card skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Smartcard over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Bolton City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England England Essex Hampshire Harrogate Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands Newport North West North Yorkshire Oldham Reading Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wigan York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	52	74
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	2	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.866 %	1.581 %
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	£310	£335
% change on same period last year	-7.52 %
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	£39.00	£25.75
% change on same period last year	+51.46 %
Miscellaneous Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	231	253
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.375 %	0.276 %
Daily rates quoted	38	28
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£304
Average daily rate	£340	£331
% change on same period last year	+2.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£359
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£345
% change on same period last year	-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.33	£20.81
Average hourly rate	£19.50	£22.13
% change on same period last year	-11.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.67	£23.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.75	£25.58
% change on same period last year	+0.65 %
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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 Smartcard across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous 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 Smartcard across the Midlands region.

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Smartcard 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 Smartcard.

1 13 (92.86 %) Microsoft 1 13 (92.86 %) CA 1 13 (92.86 %) PKI 2 2 (14.29 %) Active Directory

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Smartcard 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 Smartcard. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Miscellaneous 1 13 (92.86 %) PKI	System Software 1 2 (14.29 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 13 (92.86 %) Microsoft 1 13 (92.86 %) CA