The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 17 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 Solihull 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Government
Rank - 12 -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull - 5.063% -
As % of the General category - 8.889% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £360
% change year-on-year
-1.88% -7.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £22.41 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +44.58%
All of the General Category
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
19 45 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 32.76% 56.96% 37.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 4
Average daily rate £400 £325 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -25.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £217 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £425 £568
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £26.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +55.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Local Government
West Midlands

Local Government
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull Local Government Jobs Demand Trend

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend

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

Solihull Local Government Daily Rate Trend

Local Government
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull region citing Local Government 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 Local Government.

1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) 2G
2 1 (33.33%) LTE
2 1 (33.33%) 4G
2 1 (33.33%) 3G

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull region citing Local Government 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 Local Government. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 3G
1 1 (33.33%) 2G
1 1 (33.33%) LTE
1 1 (33.33%) 4G
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Coordinator