The first table below looks at the demand for Extranet 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 Extranet 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 Communications & Networking 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
Extranet
Rank 91 - 90
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Extranet 4 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.241% - 0.107%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.709% - 0.727%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £444 - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £335 £300
% change year-on-year
+23.13% +11.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £25.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-47.57% -39.41%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
234 278 275
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 14.08% 12.35% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 103 114
Average daily rate £279 £275 £314
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.36% -12.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £150 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 38 45
Average hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Extranet
England

Extranet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Extranet across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands Extranet Jobs Demand Trend

Extranet
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Extranet Daily Rate Trend

Extranet
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Extranet Hourly Rate Trend

Extranet
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Extranet 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
Birmingham - 2 £469 -
Staffordshire - 2 £425 -
Extranet
England

Extranet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) OpenUP
2 2 (40.00%) Process Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) IPv6
2 2 (40.00%) NHS
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WLAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
3 1 (20.00%) CCSE
3 1 (20.00%) Document Management
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce

Extranet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WLAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
1 2 (40.00%) IPv6
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) Junos
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (40.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) UML Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall Support
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) NHS
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Clustering
2 1 (20.00%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (40.00%) OpenUP
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Process Management
2 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Fund Management
3 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Document Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CCSE
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (20.00%) McAfee
3 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat