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The table below looks at the demand for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) 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 EAI over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnterprise Application Integration (EAI)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank107127
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.142 %0.240 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£465£439
% change on same period last year+5.75 %
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£43.13-
% change on same period last year-
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads14061665
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.282 %1.817 %
Daily rates quoted446407
Average minimum daily rate£335£323
Average daily rate£358£346
% change on same period last year+3.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted150210
Average minimum hourly rate£25.70£23.69
Average hourly rate£27.39£25.18
% change on same period last year+8.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.09£26.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
EAI EnglandEAI
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.

EAI
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands EAI Demand Trend

EAI
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands EAI Daily Rate Trend

EAI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands EAI Hourly Rate Trend

EAI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EAI within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 December 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
BirminghamNew entry-2--
SolihullNew entry-1--
EAI EnglandEAI
England

EAI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing EAI 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 EAI.

16 (85.71 %)Java
16 (85.71 %)SQL
25 (71.43 %)PL/SQL
25 (71.43 %)J2EE
25 (71.43 %)Oracle
25 (71.43 %)XML
25 (71.43 %)WebSphere Application Server
25 (71.43 %)EJB
25 (71.43 %)JDBC
25 (71.43 %)JMS
25 (71.43 %)WebSphere
25 (71.43 %)Spring
34 (57.14 %)Hibernate
34 (57.14 %)JAXB
43 (42.86 %)Struts
43 (42.86 %)Ant
43 (42.86 %)JUnit
43 (42.86 %)SCJP
43 (42.86 %)Unit Testing
43 (42.86 %)SCJA
52 (28.57 %)DataPower
52 (28.57 %)XSLT
52 (28.57 %)WebSphere MQ
61 (14.29 %)SAP R/3
61 (14.29 %)Sun
61 (14.29 %)Sun Certification
61 (14.29 %)Ascential
61 (14.29 %)Informatica
61 (14.29 %)PowerCenter
61 (14.29 %)SAP

EAI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing EAI 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 EAI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (71.43 %)J2EE
15 (71.43 %)EJB
15 (71.43 %)JDBC
15 (71.43 %)XML
15 (71.43 %)JMS
15 (71.43 %)Spring
15 (71.43 %)WebSphere
24 (57.14 %)JAXB
24 (57.14 %)Hibernate
33 (42.86 %)Struts
42 (28.57 %)XSLT
51 (14.29 %)WBIMB
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (71.43 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (28.57 %)WebSphere MQ
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)MS Excel
11 (14.29 %)MS Visio
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (14.29 %)SAP R/3
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)Oracle 8/8i
11 (14.29 %)ETL
11 (14.29 %)PowerCenter
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (42.86 %)Ant
13 (42.86 %)JUnit
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Billing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Developer
15 (71.43 %)J2EE Developer
21 (14.29 %)Quality Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Java/J2EE Developer
21 (14.29 %)Data Quality Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Operations Manager
21 (14.29 %)Integration Manager
21 (14.29 %)Service Manager
21 (14.29 %)Data Analyst
21 (14.29 %)Java Developer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (28.57 %)DataPower
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)Unit Testing
21 (14.29 %)Integration Testing
21 (14.29 %)ITIL
21 (14.29 %)SSADM
21 (14.29 %)DSDM
21 (14.29 %)ERP
21 (14.29 %)Scrum
21 (14.29 %)Data Analysis
21 (14.29 %)Resource Management
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (85.71 %)Java
16 (85.71 %)SQL
25 (71.43 %)PL/SQL
31 (14.29 %)VB
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (42.86 %)SCJP
13 (42.86 %)SCJA
21 (14.29 %)Sun Certification
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (71.43 %)Oracle
21 (14.29 %)SAP
21 (14.29 %)Trillium
21 (14.29 %)Sun
21 (14.29 %)Ascential
21 (14.29 %)Informatica