The first table below looks at the demand for DHTML 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 DHTML 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 Application Development 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
Dynamic HTML (DHTML)
Rank 95 104 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing DHTML 1 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.059% 0.223% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.243% 0.919% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £250 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £250
% change year-on-year
- +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £31.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -27.05%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
411 544 469
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 24.45% 24.21% 25.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 298 254
Average daily rate £300 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 21
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.72% -9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £37.50 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
DHTML
England

DHTML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands DHTML Jobs Demand Trend

DHTML
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands DHTML Daily Rate Trend

DHTML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands DHTML Hourly Rate Trend

DHTML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHTML 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
Birmingham - 1 £250 -
DHTML
England

DHTML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) Internet
2 5 (83.33%) ASP
2 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (66.67%) .NET
3 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 4 (66.67%) Ajax
4 3 (50.00%) CSS
4 3 (50.00%) MS Office
4 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (50.00%) VBScript
4 3 (50.00%) RDBMS
4 3 (50.00%) OO
5 2 (33.33%) ActiveX
5 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
5 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (33.33%) DTS
5 2 (33.33%) IIS
5 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET
5 2 (33.33%) XML
5 2 (33.33%) DOM
5 2 (33.33%) NHS
5 2 (33.33%) Intranet
5 2 (33.33%) VB
5 2 (33.33%) Automotive
5 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
5 2 (33.33%) jQuery

DHTML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) HTML
2 5 (83.33%) ASP
3 4 (66.67%) .NET
3 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 4 (66.67%) Ajax
4 3 (50.00%) CSS
5 2 (33.33%) ActiveX
5 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET
5 2 (33.33%) XML
5 2 (33.33%) DOM
5 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
5 2 (33.33%) jQuery
6 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (16.67%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) RDBMS
3 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (33.33%) DTS
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (16.67%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (33.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SQL DBA
2 1 (16.67%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (33.33%) Web Usability
3 1 (16.67%) Data Entry
3 1 (16.67%) Web Application Development
3 1 (16.67%) OpenUP
3 1 (16.67%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Web Development
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (50.00%) VBScript
4 2 (33.33%) VB
5 1 (16.67%) VB6
5 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 1 (16.67%) C#