The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Borland products and/or services 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 Borland over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Borland Software Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Borland
Rank 94 - 100
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Borland 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.061% - 0.106%
As % of the Vendors category 0.118% - 0.240%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £285
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £360 £280
% change year-on-year
- +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 -
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
845 1106 835
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.75% 49.33% 44.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 457 326
Average daily rate £330 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £526 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 98 100
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.85 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.67% +2.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.76 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £34.70 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Borland
England

Borland
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Borland Jobs Demand Trend

Borland
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Borland Daily Rate Trend

Borland
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Borland Hourly Rate Trend

Borland
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Borland 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 Borland.

1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (100.00%) StarTeam
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx

Borland
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Borland 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 Borland. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) StarTeam
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx