The first table below looks at the demand for E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Commerce (eCommerce)
Rank 49 37 55
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +18
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 48 76 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.888% 3.376% 2.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.282% 5.409% 3.226%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 37 21
Average daily rate £320 £300 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £209 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £17.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+114.28% -50.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1121 1405 1178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.45% 62.42% 63.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 663 544
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 73 69
Average hourly rate £37.80 £21.88 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.78% -12.49%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
E-Commerce
England

E-Commerce
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands E-Commerce Jobs Demand Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands E-Commerce Daily Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Commerce across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands E-Commerce Daily Rate Histogram

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend

E-Commerce
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Commerce within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Staffordshire +15 14 £315 -3.07%
Worcestershire -8 13 £310 +55.00%
Coventry 0 6 £250 -37.50%
Birmingham -10 6 £325 +8.33%
Warwickshire -9 1 £350 +5.26%
E-Commerce
England

E-Commerce
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing E-Commerce 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 E-Commerce.

1 50 (50.00%) .NET
2 46 (46.00%) ASP.NET
3 43 (43.00%) SQL Server
4 42 (42.00%) C#
5 41 (41.00%) JavaScript
6 39 (39.00%) CSS
7 37 (37.00%) SQL
8 33 (33.00%) VB.NET
9 29 (29.00%) XHTML
10 28 (28.00%) jQuery
11 27 (27.00%) N-Tier
12 25 (25.00%) SEO
12 25 (25.00%) XML
12 25 (25.00%) HTML5
13 24 (24.00%) XSLT
14 22 (22.00%) Retail
14 22 (22.00%) CSS3
14 22 (22.00%) Unit Testing
15 21 (21.00%) SOA
16 20 (20.00%) Degree
17 19 (19.00%) Ajax
18 17 (17.00%) Web Application Development
19 16 (16.00%) TDD
19 16 (16.00%) Java
20 15 (15.00%) CMS
21 13 (13.00%) Mobile App
21 13 (13.00%) JSON
22 12 (12.00%) .NET Framework
22 12 (12.00%) Android
22 12 (12.00%) Apple iOS

E-Commerce
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 50 (50.00%) .NET
2 46 (46.00%) ASP.NET
3 39 (39.00%) CSS
4 29 (29.00%) XHTML
5 28 (28.00%) jQuery
6 25 (25.00%) HTML5
6 25 (25.00%) XML
7 24 (24.00%) XSLT
8 22 (22.00%) CSS3
9 19 (19.00%) Ajax
10 13 (13.00%) JSON
11 12 (12.00%) .NET Framework
12 11 (11.00%) ASP.NET MVC
13 9 (9.000%) Web Services
13 9 (9.000%) HTML
14 8 (8.000%) iOS SDK
15 7 (7.000%) Spring
15 7 (7.000%) J2EE
16 6 (6.000%) Hibernate
16 6 (6.000%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 15 (15.00%) CMS
2 2 (2.000%) Magento
2 2 (2.000%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.000%) Adobe CQ
3 1 (1.000%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.000%) Pressflow
3 1 (1.000%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (2.000%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.000%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.000%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.000%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.000%) Internet
2 4 (4.000%) FTP
3 1 (1.000%) DNS
3 1 (1.000%) Extranet
3 1 (1.000%) Firewall
3 1 (1.000%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (43.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.000%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (4.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (3.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (3.000%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.000%) OLTP
5 2 (2.000%) MySQL
5 2 (2.000%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (2.000%) Big Data
6 1 (1.000%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.000%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (7.000%) Eclipse
2 6 (6.000%) JIRA
3 1 (1.000%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.000%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (1.000%) Xcode
3 1 (1.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (22.00%) Retail
2 6 (6.000%) Finance
3 5 (5.000%) Games
4 4 (4.000%) Marketing
5 2 (2.000%) Banking
6 1 (1.000%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.000%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (1.000%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (68.00%) Developer
2 42 (42.00%) .NET Developer
3 27 (27.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 23 (23.00%) Web Developer
5 21 (21.00%) VB.NET Developer
5 21 (21.00%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 17 (17.00%) .NET Web Developer
7 16 (16.00%) SQL Developer
8 11 (11.00%) Analyst
9 9 (9.000%) Mobile Developer
10 7 (7.000%) Business Analyst
10 7 (7.000%) J2EE Developer
11 6 (6.000%) Java Developer
11 6 (6.000%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
11 6 (6.000%) Java/J2EE Developer
12 5 (5.000%) C# Developer
12 5 (5.000%) Architect
13 4 (4.000%) Project Manager
13 4 (4.000%) Test Analyst
13 4 (4.000%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (27.00%) N-Tier
2 13 (13.00%) Mobile App
3 8 (8.000%) iPhone
4 4 (4.000%) Blackberry
5 3 (3.000%) WURFL
6 1 (1.000%) Handset
6 1 (1.000%) Clustering
6 1 (1.000%) Equities
6 1 (1.000%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.000%) iPad
6 1 (1.000%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.00%) Android
1 12 (12.00%) Apple iOS
2 9 (9.000%) Windows
3 5 (5.000%) Windows Mobile
4 3 (3.000%) BlackBerry OS
5 1 (1.000%) Windows Phone
5 1 (1.000%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (25.00%) SEO
2 22 (22.00%) Unit Testing
3 21 (21.00%) SOA
4 17 (17.00%) Web Application Development
5 16 (16.00%) TDD
6 11 (11.00%) Web Development
7 10 (10.00%) MVC
7 10 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (9.000%) PRINCE2
9 8 (8.000%) UML
9 8 (8.000%) Content Management
9 8 (8.000%) Test Scripting
10 7 (7.000%) Document Management
10 7 (7.000%) OO
11 5 (5.000%) Software Testing
12 4 (4.000%) Business Analysis
12 4 (4.000%) Project Management
12 4 (4.000%) Risk Management
12 4 (4.000%) Change Control
13 3 (3.000%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 42 (42.00%) C#
2 41 (41.00%) JavaScript
3 37 (37.00%) SQL
4 33 (33.00%) VB.NET
5 16 (16.00%) Java
6 8 (8.000%) Objective-C
7 4 (4.000%) VB
8 3 (3.000%) PHP
9 2 (2.000%) J#
10 1 (1.000%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (3.000%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.000%) CCAB
3 1 (1.000%) CCSE
3 1 (1.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (1.000%) CCNP
3 1 (1.000%) ISEB
3 1 (1.000%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.000%) QA
2 2 (2.000%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (6.000%) AccuRev
2 4 (4.000%) hybris
2 4 (4.000%) Oracle
3 3 (3.000%) Adobe
4 2 (2.000%) Macromedia
4 2 (2.000%) Apple
4 2 (2.000%) SAP
4 2 (2.000%) Siebel
4 2 (2.000%) IBM
4 2 (2.000%) ATG
4 2 (2.000%) Endeca
5 1 (1.000%) Zend
5 1 (1.000%) Alterian
5 1 (1.000%) Blue Coat
5 1 (1.000%) Symbian
5 1 (1.000%) Cisco
5 1 (1.000%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.000%) McAfee
5 1 (1.000%) Juniper
Birmingham, West Midlands
C# (ASP.Net) Developer required to assist in the development of a greenfield eCommerce website Essentials: - C# - ASP.Net - WCF - SQL Server This is an excellent opportunity with...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Contract Opportunity -Magento Developer - 2-4 weeks Our client is a fast paced retail organisation that continues to be a leading name in its field. Due to continued...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £300 - 350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Mobile Applications Developer required to assist in the development of a greenfield eCommerce applications Essentials: - Objective C (iPhone) - Android Desirable: - Blackberry - Windows Mobile This is an excellent opportunity...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
The Business Analyst will work with various stakeholders and the eCommerce team to capture business requirements accurately... This will include regression, system, accessibility and sanity testing and you...
Amoria Bond
Posted: 15 May 2013
Nuneaton, West Midlands
Requirements:-Max day rate = £295 -Immediate start-3 to 6 month contract (TBC)- Major Brand The e-Commerce Manager will be responsible for web merchandisers, web development manager,...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £295 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
West Midlands
You will create persuasive and SEO friendly product copy and communicate all online merchandising activity with stores, suppliers, catalogues, affiliates and any marketing campaigns. It is envisaged the...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £100 - 120 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
West Midlands
My client, a leading Retail & E-Commerce company are seeking an experienced E-Commerce Manager to lead and drive a web-content, merchandising and design team to transform...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £250 - 320 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Worcestershire, West Midlands
You will continually work on the optimisation of the main website and mobile app... In addition you must be able to design complex transactional interfaces and you should...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £360.00 per day
Posted: 23 April 2013
Worcestershire, West Midlands
You will continually work on the optimisation of the main website and mobile app... In addition you must be able to design complex transactional interfaces and you should...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Job Title: - Web Merchandiser Industry: - Retail/Ecommerce Location. : - Coventry Day Rate:- £150-£250 per day rate This is a 4-6 Week piece of work only. - Build Content...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £150 - 250 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Worcestershire, West Midlands
Seeking a UX Online Customer Experience Designer - Applicants must have the following: experience managing a UX team; strategy definition; solid experience in user-centred design and the production...
ITHR
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Network Specialist required to assist in 3 seperate projects to "future-proof" a high traffic eCommerce platform: Essentials: - Juniper routing, including: Routing-instances; QoS design & implementation; Network Designl...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
Network Specialist required to assist in 3 separate projects to "future-proof" a high traffic eCommerce platform: Essentials: - Juniper routing, including: Routing-instances; QoS design & implementation; Network Design;...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
My client, a leading Retail and e-Commerce business are seeking an experience Online Trading professional to lead and drive the online multi-channel team globally... This is...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £500 - 650 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Nuneaton, Warwickshire
250 - £320 per day rate 6 Month contract... Our client, a leading Retail & eCommerce company are seeking an experienced Merchandising manager to lead a small marketing team to...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £250 - 320 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013