FTP Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for FTP 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 FTP 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
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Rank 88 101 77
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -24
Contract jobs citing FTP 7 2 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.421% 0.089% 0.804%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.991% 0.719% 5.455%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 8
Average daily rate £263 - £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £463
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -29.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £33.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -29.20%
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%
FTP
England

FTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands FTP Jobs Demand Trend

FTP
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands FTP Daily Rate Trend

FTP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

West Midlands FTP Daily Rate Histogram

FTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands FTP Hourly Rate Trend

FTP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FTP 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
Coventry - 3 £250 -
Worcestershire - 2 £243 -
Birmingham +8 1 £400 -
FTP
England

FTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
1 7 (53.85%) CSS
2 6 (46.15%) HTML
2 6 (46.15%) SQL Server
3 5 (38.46%) SOAP
3 5 (38.46%) Web Services
3 5 (38.46%) .NET
4 4 (30.77%) XHTML
4 4 (30.77%) E-Commerce
4 4 (30.77%) HTTP
4 4 (30.77%) W3C
4 4 (30.77%) SEO
5 3 (23.08%) HTML5
5 3 (23.08%) JSON
5 3 (23.08%) jQuery
5 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (23.08%) Content Management
5 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Content Management
5 3 (23.08%) Red Hat
5 3 (23.08%) CMS
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
5 3 (23.08%) Adobe
5 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET
5 3 (23.08%) Flash
5 3 (23.08%) Linux
5 3 (23.08%) C#
5 3 (23.08%) Photoshop
6 2 (15.38%) WebSphere Application Server

FTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (53.85%) CSS
2 6 (46.15%) HTML
3 5 (38.46%) .NET
3 5 (38.46%) SOAP
3 5 (38.46%) Web Services
4 4 (30.77%) XHTML
5 3 (23.08%) JSON
5 3 (23.08%) jQuery
5 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET
5 3 (23.08%) Flash
5 3 (23.08%) HTML5
6 2 (15.38%) JDBC
6 2 (15.38%) EDIFACT
6 2 (15.38%) WebSphere
6 2 (15.38%) EDI
6 2 (15.38%) JMS
7 1 (7.692%) Java RMI
7 1 (7.692%) WSDL
7 1 (7.692%) Middleware
7 1 (7.692%) JMX
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) CMS
2 2 (15.38%) IBM HTTP Server
2 2 (15.38%) WebSphere Process Server
2 2 (15.38%) ESB
2 2 (15.38%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (7.692%) Apache
3 1 (7.692%) Tomcat
3 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
3 1 (7.692%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Photoshop
1 3 (23.08%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) HTTP
2 2 (15.38%) SMTP
2 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.692%) VPN
3 1 (7.692%) DNS
3 1 (7.692%) HTTPS
3 1 (7.692%) IIOP
3 1 (7.692%) SSL
3 1 (7.692%) IPv6
3 1 (7.692%) SAN
3 1 (7.692%) NetScreen
3 1 (7.692%) Firewall
3 1 (7.692%) IPsec
3 1 (7.692%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.692%) SNMP
3 1 (7.692%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) DB2
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (15.38%) Automotive
1 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Front-End Developer
3 2 (15.38%) EDI Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Developer
3 2 (15.38%) WebSphere Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
4 1 (7.692%) WebSphere Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) W3C
2 1 (7.692%) Replication
2 1 (7.692%) Clustering
2 1 (7.692%) Data Integration
2 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) SEO
1 4 (30.77%) E-Commerce
2 3 (23.08%) Content Management
2 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Content Management
3 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) SOA
4 1 (7.692%) BPEL
4 1 (7.692%) Migration
4 1 (7.692%) Business Continuity
4 1 (7.692%) Data Management
4 1 (7.692%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) Java
3 2 (15.38%) RPG IV
3 2 (15.38%) RPG
4 1 (7.692%) SQL
4 1 (7.692%) Shell Script
4 1 (7.692%) Jython
4 1 (7.692%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
1 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.692%) XenServer
2 1 (7.692%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
1 3 (23.08%) Adobe
1 3 (23.08%) Red Hat
2 2 (15.38%) JD Edwards
2 2 (15.38%) Stellent
2 2 (15.38%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) IBM
3 1 (7.692%) Business Objects
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco
3 1 (7.692%) Citrix
3 1 (7.692%) Juniper
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