West Midlands Basel II Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Basel II over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Basel Capital Accord (Basel II)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bournemouth Bracknell Buckinghamshire Camberley Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands Edinburgh England Hampshire London Maidenhead Midlands Milton Keynes North West Northampton Northamptonshire Poole Reading Scotland South East South West Surrey UK West Midlands Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	123
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	1.695 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£400
Average daily rate	-	£450
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£408	£455
% change on same period last year	-10.34 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Quality Assurance & Compliance West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	157	177
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.209 %	0.177 %
Daily rates quoted	38	42
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£265
Average daily rate	£352	£284
% change on same period last year	+24.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£304
UK excluding London average daily rate	£382	£358
% change on same period last year	+6.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	40
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.56	£22.81
Average hourly rate	£28.59	£24.53
% change on same period last year	+16.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.62	£26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.39	£25.63
% change on same period last year	-8.73 %
Basel II 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.

Basel II
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Basel II across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Basel II
Daily Rate Trend

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