The first table below looks at the demand for Content Management skills 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 Content Management over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Content Management
Rank 82 91 63
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -28
Contract jobs citing Content Management 14 18 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.833% 0.801% 1.666%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.239% 1.276% 2.638%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 15
Average daily rate £288 £394 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.98% +31.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £178 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £455 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £24.50 £13.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.18% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.51 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.91% -12.45%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1130 1411 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.22% 62.79% 63.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 665 544
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 72 67
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -15.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Content Management
England

Content Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Content Management across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Content Management Jobs Demand Trend

Content Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Content Management Daily Rate Trend

Content Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Content Management Hourly Rate Trend

Content Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Management within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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 £288 -
Birmingham +4 1 - -
Coventry -6 1 - -
Warwickshire -7 1 - -
Solihull - 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £303 -
Content Management
England

Content Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Content Management 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 Content Management.

1 18 (48.65%) CMS
2 15 (40.54%) .NET
3 13 (35.14%) Web Services
3 13 (35.14%) JavaScript
3 13 (35.14%) SQL Server
4 12 (32.43%) C#
4 12 (32.43%) ASP.NET
4 12 (32.43%) CSS
5 11 (29.73%) Workflow
6 9 (24.32%) Adobe
6 9 (24.32%) SEO
7 8 (21.62%) E-Commerce
7 8 (21.62%) Process Management
7 8 (21.62%) PRINCE2
7 8 (21.62%) SharePoint
7 8 (21.62%) Photoshop
8 7 (18.92%) HTML
8 7 (18.92%) OO
8 7 (18.92%) W3C
8 7 (18.92%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (16.22%) InfoPath
9 6 (16.22%) SQL Server 2005
9 6 (16.22%) Ajax
9 6 (16.22%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (16.22%) Project Planning
9 6 (16.22%) jQuery
9 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
9 6 (16.22%) N-Tier
9 6 (16.22%) UML
9 6 (16.22%) HTML5

Content Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Content Management 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 Content Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (40.54%) .NET
2 13 (35.14%) Web Services
3 12 (32.43%) ASP.NET
3 12 (32.43%) CSS
4 7 (18.92%) HTML
5 6 (16.22%) Ajax
5 6 (16.22%) jQuery
5 6 (16.22%) HTML5
5 6 (16.22%) CSS3
6 5 (13.51%) XHTML
6 5 (13.51%) XML
6 5 (13.51%) .NET Framework
7 4 (10.81%) Flash
7 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET MVC 2
8 2 (5.405%) Spring
8 2 (5.405%) WebSphere
8 2 (5.405%) Spring MVC
8 2 (5.405%) JSP
8 2 (5.405%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 18 (48.65%) CMS
2 8 (21.62%) SharePoint
3 6 (16.22%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (10.81%) Joomla!
4 4 (10.81%) WordPress
5 2 (5.405%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 2 (5.405%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (5.405%) Adobe CQ
6 1 (2.703%) Windows Azure
6 1 (2.703%) IIS
6 1 (2.703%) Drupal
6 1 (2.703%) MS Project Server
6 1 (2.703%) LiveLink
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Photoshop
2 6 (16.22%) InfoPath
3 4 (10.81%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (8.108%) MS Office
5 1 (2.703%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.703%) MS Excel
5 1 (2.703%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) Internet
2 3 (8.108%) FTP
3 2 (5.405%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (35.14%) SQL Server
2 6 (16.22%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (5.405%) MySQL
4 1 (2.703%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.703%) DTS
4 1 (2.703%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (2.703%) RequisitePro
1 1 (2.703%) JIRA
General
1 2 (5.405%) Finance
1 2 (5.405%) Legal
2 1 (2.703%) German Language
2 1 (2.703%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.703%) Automotive
2 1 (2.703%) Games
Job Titles
1 22 (59.46%) Developer
2 10 (27.03%) Web Developer
3 5 (13.51%) Front-End Developer
3 5 (13.51%) .NET Developer
4 4 (10.81%) SharePoint Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Consultant
5 3 (8.108%) Analyst
5 3 (8.108%) SharePoint Consultant
6 2 (5.405%) C# Developer
6 2 (5.405%) J2EE Developer
6 2 (5.405%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (5.405%) Architect
6 2 (5.405%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.405%) Test Analyst
7 1 (2.703%) Portal Editor
7 1 (2.703%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (2.703%) Front-End Web Developer
7 1 (2.703%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.703%) Coordinator
7 1 (2.703%) CMS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) W3C
2 6 (16.22%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.703%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.703%) Open Source
3 1 (2.703%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.703%) NHS
3 1 (2.703%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.405%) Linux
2 1 (2.703%) Windows Phone
2 1 (2.703%) Windows
2 1 (2.703%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Workflow
2 9 (24.32%) SEO
3 8 (21.62%) E-Commerce
3 8 (21.62%) Process Management
3 8 (21.62%) PRINCE2
4 7 (18.92%) OO
4 7 (18.92%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (16.22%) Project Planning
5 6 (16.22%) UML
5 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (13.51%) Analytics
6 5 (13.51%) Enterprise Content Management
6 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (13.51%) MVC
6 5 (13.51%) Release Management
6 5 (13.51%) Web Analytics
7 4 (10.81%) Migration
8 3 (8.108%) Data Protection
8 3 (8.108%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (8.108%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) JavaScript
2 12 (32.43%) C#
3 4 (10.81%) PHP5
3 4 (10.81%) Java
3 4 (10.81%) PHP
3 4 (10.81%) SQL
4 1 (2.703%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.703%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (2.703%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) QA
2 2 (5.405%) SLA
3 1 (2.703%) WCAG
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Adobe
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.108%) Oracle
3 3 (8.108%) Stellent
4 2 (5.405%) Alterian
4 2 (5.405%) IBM
4 2 (5.405%) TIBCO
5 1 (2.703%) Symbian
5 1 (2.703%) SAP
5 1 (2.703%) Open Text
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day + DOE
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