The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Compaq 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 Compaq 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 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 Compaq.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compaq
Rank 87 - 92
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Compaq 8 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.485% - 0.106%
As % of the Vendors category 0.945% - 0.244%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £250 - £238
UK excluding London average daily rate £215 £150 £210
% change year-on-year
+43.33% -28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £23.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
-17.89% -33.09%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
847 1094 819
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.30% 49.04% 43.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 451 328
Average daily rate £325 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 98 92
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% +20.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.95 £10.97
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £34.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Compaq
England

Compaq
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Compaq Jobs Demand Trend

Compaq
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Compaq Daily Rate Trend

Compaq
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Compaq Hourly Rate Trend

Compaq
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Compaq 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
Worcestershire - 8 £250 -
Compaq
England

Compaq
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Compaq 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 Compaq.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Solaris
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) Sun
1 8 (100.00%) Dell
1 8 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 7 (87.50%) DNS
2 7 (87.50%) SMTP
2 7 (87.50%) SNMP
3 4 (50.00%) Internet
4 2 (25.00%) Telecoms

Compaq
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Compaq 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 Compaq. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 7 (87.50%) DNS
2 7 (87.50%) SMTP
2 7 (87.50%) SNMP
3 4 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Data Centre Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Solaris
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) Sun
1 8 (100.00%) Dell
Redditch, Worcestershire
knowledge of hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £18 - £20 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Redditch, West Midlands
Knowledge of Hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. "Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £19.00 - £20.00 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013