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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Back Office' in contract IT jobs within the West Midlands region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Back Office over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBack Office
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank120104
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads422
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.022 %
As % of the category below0.329 %1.885 %
Daily rates quoted312
Average minimum daily rate£290£396
Average daily rate£303£417
% change on same period last year-27.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£428
% change on same period last year-9.31 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.00
Average hourly rate-£12.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.44£23.45
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads12171167
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.622 %1.164 %
Daily rates quoted372308
Average minimum daily rate£334£336
Average daily rate£357£361
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted72103
Average minimum hourly rate£26.33£23.20
Average hourly rate£28.52£24.88
% change on same period last year+14.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.71£26.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£27.25
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Back Office EnglandBack Office
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.

Back Office
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Back Office Demand Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Back Office Daily Rate Trend

Back Office
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Back Office across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

West Midlands Back Office Daily Rate Histogram

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Back Office Hourly Rate Trend

Back Office
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HerefordshireDown-91£375+7.14 %
Back Office EnglandBack Office
England

Back Office
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Back Office 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 Back Office.

15 (26.32 %).NET
15 (26.32 %)SQL Server
15 (26.32 %)MS Excel
15 (26.32 %)Microsoft
24 (21.05 %)OLTP
24 (21.05 %)MS Office
24 (21.05 %)MS PowerPoint
24 (21.05 %)SQL Server 2005
24 (21.05 %)VB.NET
24 (21.05 %)SQL Server 2000
24 (21.05 %)Banking
33 (15.79 %)XML
33 (15.79 %)ASP
33 (15.79 %)SQL
33 (15.79 %)HTML
42 (10.53 %)JavaScript
42 (10.53 %)PHP
42 (10.53 %)Photoshop
42 (10.53 %)SAP
42 (10.53 %)Flash
42 (10.53 %)E-Commerce
42 (10.53 %)ERP
42 (10.53 %)Internet
42 (10.53 %)Project Management
42 (10.53 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (10.53 %)3ds Max
42 (10.53 %)Retail
51 (5.263 %)Systems Analysis
51 (5.263 %)Agile Software Development
51 (5.263 %)Degree

Back Office
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Back Office 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 Back Office. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (26.32 %).NET
23 (15.79 %)HTML
23 (15.79 %)ASP
23 (15.79 %)XML
31 (5.263 %)XHTML
31 (5.263 %)Middleware
31 (5.263 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (5.263 %)ASP.NET
31 (5.263 %)CSS
31 (5.263 %)JSP
31 (5.263 %)SOAP
31 (5.263 %)WebServices
31 (5.263 %)J2EE
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.263 %)WebLogic
11 (5.263 %)IIS
11 (5.263 %)Apache
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (26.32 %)MS Excel
24 (21.05 %)MS Office
24 (21.05 %)MS PowerPoint
32 (10.53 %)Photoshop
32 (10.53 %)3ds Max
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.263 %)Great Plains
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.53 %)Internet
21 (5.263 %)Firewall
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (26.32 %)SQL Server
24 (21.05 %)OLTP
24 (21.05 %)SQL Server 2000
24 (21.05 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (5.263 %)DB2
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (10.53 %)Flash
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (21.05 %)Banking
22 (10.53 %)Retail
31 (5.263 %)Finance
31 (5.263 %)Construction
31 (5.263 %)Government
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (42.11 %)Analyst
27 (36.84 %)Developer
34 (21.05 %)MI Analyst
43 (15.79 %)Applications Developer
52 (10.53 %)PHP Developer
61 (5.263 %)Support Manager
61 (5.263 %)Training Manager
61 (5.263 %)Web Analyst
61 (5.263 %)Web Developer
61 (5.263 %)Consultant
61 (5.263 %)Project Manager
61 (5.263 %)Business Analyst
61 (5.263 %)Senior Developer
61 (5.263 %)Analyst Programmer
61 (5.263 %)Programmer
61 (5.263 %)Support Analyst
61 (5.263 %)SAP Project Manager
61 (5.263 %)SAP Consultant
61 (5.263 %)Senior Web Developer
61 (5.263 %)SAP Manager
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)AS400
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.263 %)UNIX
11 (5.263 %)Windows
11 (5.263 %)Linux
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.53 %)E-Commerce
12 (10.53 %)ERP
12 (10.53 %)Project Management
21 (5.263 %)Migration
21 (5.263 %)Agile Software Development
21 (5.263 %)Systems Analysis
21 (5.263 %)SAP Implementation
21 (5.263 %)Data Migration
21 (5.263 %)PRINCE2
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (21.05 %)VB.NET
23 (15.79 %)SQL
32 (10.53 %)JavaScript
32 (10.53 %)PHP
41 (5.263 %)RPG
41 (5.263 %)C#
41 (5.263 %)Java
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.263 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (5.263 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (10.53 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (5.263 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (26.32 %)Microsoft
22 (10.53 %)SAP
31 (5.263 %)Hyperion
31 (5.263 %)JD Edwards