The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Computing 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 Cloud Computing over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Miscellaneous category 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cloud Computing
Rank 96 99 98
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 2 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.117% 0.309% 0.104%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.621% 1.972% 0.629%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
Average daily rate £550 £275 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -45.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £10.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
322 355 318
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 18.91% 15.66% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 158 134
Average daily rate £330 £315 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.76% +8.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 36 28
Average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £11.50 £9.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.20 £40.00 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Cloud Computing Jobs Demand Trend

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Cloud Computing Daily Rate Trend

Cloud Computing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Birmingham +4 1 £550 +144.44%
Coventry - 1 - -
Warwickshire - - - -
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Cloud Computing 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 Cloud Computing.

1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
1 6 (37.50%) Matrix Management
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL V3
2 4 (25.00%) SaaS
2 4 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) CSS
3 3 (18.75%) .NET
3 3 (18.75%) C#
3 3 (18.75%) HTML
3 3 (18.75%) Salesforce.com
3 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 3 (18.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (18.75%) Mason
3 3 (18.75%) Force.com
3 3 (18.75%) Visualforce
3 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (18.75%) TOGAF
3 3 (18.75%) Apex Code
4 2 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) Automotive
4 2 (12.50%) Linux
4 2 (12.50%) UML
5 1 (6.250%) CRM
5 1 (6.250%) Ethernet
5 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
5 1 (6.250%) BPR
5 1 (6.250%) Project Management
5 1 (6.250%) Active Directory

Cloud Computing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Cloud Computing 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 Cloud Computing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (25.00%) CSS
2 3 (18.75%) HTML
2 3 (18.75%) .NET
2 3 (18.75%) Mason
2 3 (18.75%) Visualforce
3 1 (6.250%) HTML5
3 1 (6.250%) iOS SDK
3 1 (6.250%) CSS3
3 1 (6.250%) Web Services
3 1 (6.250%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) Force.com
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Ethernet
1 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
1 1 (6.250%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Subversion
1 1 (6.250%) Git (software)
1 1 (6.250%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Automotive
3 1 (6.250%) Publishing
3 1 (6.250%) Marketing
3 1 (6.250%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Service Manager
1 6 (37.50%) Transition Manager
1 6 (37.50%) Service Transition Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Leader
4 1 (6.250%) Procurement Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Salesforce.com Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (6.250%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (6.250%) IT Procurement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) SaaS
2 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (6.250%) Mobile App
4 1 (6.250%) Smartphone
4 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.250%) Android
2 1 (6.250%) Apple iOS
2 1 (6.250%) Tizen
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
1 6 (37.50%) Matrix Management
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL V3
2 4 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (18.75%) TOGAF
4 2 (12.50%) UML
5 1 (6.250%) CRM
5 1 (6.250%) BPR
5 1 (6.250%) Project Management
5 1 (6.250%) Service Management
5 1 (6.250%) Change Management
5 1 (6.250%) MVC
5 1 (6.250%) SysML
5 1 (6.250%) Web Development
5 1 (6.250%) Release Management
5 1 (6.250%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) C#
1 3 (18.75%) Apex Code
2 1 (6.250%) C++
2 1 (6.250%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (6.250%) QNX
3 1 (6.250%) AccuRev
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