Applications Support Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Support in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the West 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 92 90 91
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 3 13 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.182% 0.583% 0.158%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.197% 0.628% 0.171%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
Average daily rate £240 £281 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
-4.16% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £10.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-7.50% -11.11%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1526 2071 1756
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.43% 92.83% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 944 803
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 171 147
Average hourly rate £18.48 £16.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.50 £36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Applications Support
England

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Support across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Applications Support Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Applications Support Daily Rate Trend

Applications Support
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Support across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands Applications Support Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Applications Support Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Coventry - 2 £208 -
Warwickshire -3 1 £530 +101.90%
Applications Support
England

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Applications Support in their job title 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 with Applications Support in their job title.

1 4 (44.44%) SQL
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) UNIX
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (22.22%) Java
4 1 (11.11%) MCP
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 1 (11.11%) WebLogic
4 1 (11.11%) MS Office
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) MCSE
4 1 (11.11%) MCSA
4 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
4 1 (11.11%) DHCP
4 1 (11.11%) DNS
4 1 (11.11%) SLA
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (11.11%) Citrix
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Applications Support in their job title 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 with Applications Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) CODA-Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DHCP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) System Testing
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) BPR
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) MCP
1 1 (11.11%) MCSE
1 1 (11.11%) MCSA
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) XenApp
1 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) CODA
2 1 (11.11%) Sage
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