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The table below looks at the demand for Continuous Integration skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Continuous Integration over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkContinuous Integration
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank117139
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.343 %0.059 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£350£350
Average daily rate£360£350
% change on same period last year+2.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£410£458
% change on same period last year-10.61 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£51.50£49.10
% change on same period last year+4.88 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads17481697
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.363 %1.673 %
Daily rates quoted472463
Average minimum daily rate£337£319
Average daily rate£362£340
% change on same period last year+6.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted104186
Average minimum hourly rate£25.58£24.78
Average hourly rate£27.50£26.97
% change on same period last year+1.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.42£29.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Continuous Integration EnglandContinuous Integration
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.

Continuous Integration
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Continuous Integration across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Continuous Integration Demand Trend

Continuous Integration
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Continuous Integration Daily Rate Trend

Continuous Integration
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Continuous Integration within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarwickshireNew entry-3£260-
Continuous Integration EnglandContinuous Integration
England

Continuous Integration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Continuous Integration 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 Continuous Integration.

16 (100.00 %)C#
16 (100.00 %).NET
16 (100.00 %)WebServices
16 (100.00 %)OO
25 (83.33 %)XML
25 (83.33 %)C++
25 (83.33 %)TDD
34 (66.67 %)Unit Testing
43 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
43 (50.00 %)Mathematics
43 (50.00 %)Computer Science
43 (50.00 %)WPF
43 (50.00 %)Silverlight
43 (50.00 %)C++/CLI
43 (50.00 %).NET Framework
43 (50.00 %)Degree
43 (50.00 %)XSD
43 (50.00 %)XSLT
43 (50.00 %)Windows
43 (50.00 %)XAML
43 (50.00 %)Games
43 (50.00 %)WinForms
43 (50.00 %)SQL
43 (50.00 %)SOAP
51 (16.67 %)OOD
51 (16.67 %)W3C
51 (16.67 %)HTML
51 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
51 (16.67 %)CSS
51 (16.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007

Continuous Integration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Continuous Integration 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 Continuous Integration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)WebServices
16 (100.00 %).NET
25 (83.33 %)XML
33 (50.00 %)XSD
33 (50.00 %)XSLT
33 (50.00 %)WinForms
33 (50.00 %).NET Framework
33 (50.00 %)WPF
33 (50.00 %)Silverlight
33 (50.00 %)SOAP
41 (16.67 %)HTML
41 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
41 (16.67 %)CSS
41 (16.67 %)ASP.NET 2.0
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (50.00 %)Games
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
25 (83.33 %).NET Developer
25 (83.33 %)C# Developer
33 (50.00 %)C# Application Developer
33 (50.00 %).NET Applications Developer
33 (50.00 %)Applications Developer
41 (16.67 %)Senior Developer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)Mathematics
13 (50.00 %)Computer Science
21 (16.67 %)W3C
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)Windows
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (100.00 %)OO
25 (83.33 %)TDD
34 (66.67 %)Unit Testing
43 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
51 (16.67 %)OOD
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)C#
25 (83.33 %)C++
33 (50.00 %)SQL
33 (50.00 %)XAML
33 (50.00 %)C++/CLI
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (50.00 %)Degree