The first table below looks at the demand for EDIFACT 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 EDIFACT over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EDIFACT
Rank 94 - 101
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing EDIFACT 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.061% - 0.053%
As % of the Application Development category 0.259% - 0.212%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £230
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
386 538 471
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 23.64% 24.00% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 293 255
Average daily rate £300 £300 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 22
Average hourly rate £28.50 £17.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.85% -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £40.00 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
EDIFACT
England

EDIFACT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands EDIFACT Jobs Demand Trend

EDIFACT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EDIFACT within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Warwickshire - 1 - -
EDIFACT
England

EDIFACT
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing EDIFACT 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 EDIFACT.

1 2 (100.00%) EDI
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (50.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (50.00%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) RPG IV
2 1 (50.00%) FTP
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) JD Edwards
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) RPG

EDIFACT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing EDIFACT 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 EDIFACT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) EDI
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) FTP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) EDI Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) EDI Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) B2B
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) RPG IV
1 1 (50.00%) RPG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) JD Edwards