Midlands SolidWorks Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SolidWorks products and/or services in IT contracts within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SolidWorks over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Birmingham Bristol Cambridgeshire East Anglia East of England England Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire King's Lynn M4 Corridor Manchester Midlands Norfolk North West Oxfordshire South East South West Sussex Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands West Wales	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	70	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	5	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.808 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
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Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.17	£23.00
% change on same period last year	-7.94 %
Vendors Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	619	775
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.825 %	0.784 %
Daily rates quoted	114	114
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£368
Average daily rate	£364	£396
% change on same period last year	-8.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£390	£425
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£359
% change on same period last year	-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	19	58
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.80	£28.39
Average hourly rate	£23.60	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-21.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.40	£31.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.25	£24.99
% change on same period last year	-6.94 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the SolidWorks Corporation.

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Demand Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing SolidWorks 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 SolidWorks.

1 9 (69.23 %) Project Planning 1 9 (69.23 %) Degree 1 9 (69.23 %) Finite Element Analysis 1 9 (69.23 %) Electric 1 9 (69.23 %) Pro/ENGINEER 1 9 (69.23 %) SC Cleared 1 9 (69.23 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (23.08 %) CAD 2 3 (23.08 %) AutoCAD

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing SolidWorks 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 SolidWorks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 9 (69.23 %) Pro/ENGINEER 2 3 (23.08 %) AutoCAD	General 1 9 (69.23 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 10 (76.92 %) Mechanical Engineer 2 9 (69.23 %) Design Engineer 2 9 (69.23 %) Mechanical Design Engineer 3 3 (23.08 %) CAD Designer	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (69.23 %) Project Planning 1 9 (69.23 %) Finite Element Analysis 1 9 (69.23 %) SC Cleared 1 9 (69.23 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (23.08 %) CAD
Qualifications 1 9 (69.23 %) Degree