West Midlands Intranet Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Intranet skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Intranet over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Corby Coventry Crawley Croydon Dartford Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Havant Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Huddersfield Hull Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Helens Staines Stratford-upon-Avon Street Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	79	100
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	44	40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.059 %	0.039 %
As % of the category below	8.594 %	8.475 %
Daily rates quoted	9	8
Average minimum daily rate	£266	£436
Average daily rate	£295	£458
% change on same period last year	-35.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£480
UK excluding London average daily rate	£309	£316
% change on same period last year	-2.14 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.00	£16.39
Average hourly rate	£14.00	£16.82
% change on same period last year	-16.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.00	£17.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.27	£22.51
% change on same period last year	+16.73 %
Communications & Networking West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	512	472
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.692 %	0.465 %
Daily rates quoted	114	71
Average minimum daily rate	£303	£283
Average daily rate	£327	£304
% change on same period last year	+7.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£341
% change on same period last year	+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	82	120
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.28	£29.23
Average hourly rate	£29.96	£32.75
% change on same period last year	-8.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.65	£36.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.70	£28.54
% change on same period last year	-9.93 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Intranet across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Intranet within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

Location	Rank 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
Birmingham	+20	17	£300	-
Herefordshire	-	3	-	-
Warwickshire	+5	3	-	-
Coventry	-4	3	£195	-62.85 %
Worcestershire	+4	3	£283	-
Wolverhampton	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Intranet 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 Intranet.

1 33 (43.42 %) HTML 2 29 (38.16 %) .NET 3 28 (36.84 %) SQL Server 4 22 (28.95 %) SQL 5 20 (26.32 %) Java 6 19 (25.00 %) Internet 7 18 (23.68 %) JavaScript 7 18 (23.68 %) C# 8 17 (22.37 %) ASP.NET 8 17 (22.37 %) SharePoint 8 17 (22.37 %) SQL Server 2000 9 15 (19.74 %) XML 10 14 (18.42 %) Microsoft 11 13 (17.11 %) MS Excel 12 12 (15.79 %) SQL Server 2005

12 12 (15.79 %) Web Development 13 10 (13.16 %) Content Management 13 10 (13.16 %) Replication 13 10 (13.16 %) LotusScript 13 10 (13.16 %) Oracle 13 10 (13.16 %) Lotus Notes 13 10 (13.16 %) Lotus Domino 13 10 (13.16 %) J2EE 13 10 (13.16 %) Lotus 14 9 (11.84 %) VB 14 9 (11.84 %) ASP 14 9 (11.84 %) Migration 15 8 (10.53 %) Finance 15 8 (10.53 %) E-Commerce 15 8 (10.53 %) MS Office

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Intranet 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 Intranet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 33 (43.42 %) HTML 2 29 (38.16 %) .NET 3 17 (22.37 %) ASP.NET 4 15 (19.74 %) XML 5 10 (13.16 %) J2EE 6 9 (11.84 %) ASP 7 7 (9.211 %) AJAX 7 7 (9.211 %) CSS 7 7 (9.211 %) WebServices 8 4 (5.263 %) WF 8 4 (5.263 %) ASP.NET 2.0 9 3 (3.947 %) WebSphere 9 3 (3.947 %) Spring 10 1 (1.316 %) Windows SharePoint Services 10 1 (1.316 %) ODBC 10 1 (1.316 %) XHTML 10 1 (1.316 %) ADO	Application Platforms 1 17 (22.37 %) SharePoint 2 10 (13.16 %) Lotus Notes 2 10 (13.16 %) Lotus Domino 3 7 (9.211 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 3 (3.947 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 3 (3.947 %) CMS 5 1 (1.316 %) LiveLink 5 1 (1.316 %) SharePoint Portal Server 5 1 (1.316 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 13 (17.11 %) MS Excel 2 8 (10.53 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 19 (25.00 %) Internet 2 3 (3.947 %) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 28 (36.84 %) SQL Server 2 17 (22.37 %) SQL Server 2000 3 12 (15.79 %) SQL Server 2005 4 7 (9.211 %) Oracle 10g 5 4 (5.263 %) EDRMS 6 2 (2.632 %) Oracle 9i 6 2 (2.632 %) MS Access 7 1 (1.316 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (1.316 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 1 (1.316 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 5 (6.579 %) LoadRunner 2 4 (5.263 %) Visual Studio 3 3 (3.947 %) JMeter 4 2 (2.632 %) Subversion 4 2 (2.632 %) WinRunner 5 1 (1.316 %) Zend Studio
General 1 8 (10.53 %) Finance 2 5 (6.579 %) Retail 3 3 (3.947 %) Insurance 3 3 (3.947 %) Government 4 2 (2.632 %) Automotive 4 2 (2.632 %) Construction 4 2 (2.632 %) Pensions 4 2 (2.632 %) Financial Institution 5 1 (1.316 %) Marketing 5 1 (1.316 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 45 (59.21 %) Developer 2 10 (13.16 %) Lotus Notes Developer 3 8 (10.53 %) .NET Developer 4 7 (9.211 %) Java Developer 4 7 (9.211 %) SharePoint Developer 5 5 (6.579 %) Test Manager 5 5 (6.579 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 4 (5.263 %) Web Developer 6 4 (5.263 %) Administrator 7 3 (3.947 %) Tester 7 3 (3.947 %) Analyst 7 3 (3.947 %) Project Manager 7 3 (3.947 %) Consultant 7 3 (3.947 %) Applications Developer 8 2 (2.632 %) Migration Engineer 8 2 (2.632 %) Database Developer 8 2 (2.632 %) Access Developer 8 2 (2.632 %) C# Developer 8 2 (2.632 %) Web Applications Developer 8 2 (2.632 %) Domino Developer
Miscellaneous 1 10 (13.16 %) Replication 2 2 (2.632 %) Management Information System 3 1 (1.316 %) Statistics 3 1 (1.316 %) NHS 3 1 (1.316 %) Blackberry	Operating Systems 1 5 (6.579 %) Windows 2 2 (2.632 %) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (15.79 %) Web Development 2 10 (13.16 %) Content Management 3 9 (11.84 %) Migration 4 8 (10.53 %) E-Commerce 5 5 (6.579 %) RAD 6 4 (5.263 %) Agile Software Development 6 4 (5.263 %) Validation 7 3 (3.947 %) Performance Testing 7 3 (3.947 %) Configuration Management 7 3 (3.947 %) Test Management 8 2 (2.632 %) Workflow 9 1 (1.316 %) Data Management 9 1 (1.316 %) Project Management 9 1 (1.316 %) Data Security 9 1 (1.316 %) System Testing 9 1 (1.316 %) Performance Management 9 1 (1.316 %) Data Migration 9 1 (1.316 %) Strategic Management 9 1 (1.316 %) Project Planning 9 1 (1.316 %) Direct Marketing	Programming Languages 1 22 (28.95 %) SQL 2 20 (26.32 %) Java 3 18 (23.68 %) JavaScript 3 18 (23.68 %) C# 4 10 (13.16 %) LotusScript 5 9 (11.84 %) VB 6 5 (6.579 %) Transact-SQL 6 5 (6.579 %) C 7 3 (3.947 %) VB.NET 8 2 (2.632 %) VBA 9 1 (1.316 %) PHP
Qualifications 1 2 (2.632 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.316 %) SLA
System Software 1 2 (2.632 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 1 (1.316 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 1 (1.316 %) DameWare
Vendors 1 14 (18.42 %) Microsoft 2 10 (13.16 %) Oracle 2 10 (13.16 %) Lotus 3 1 (1.316 %) JD Edwards 3 1 (1.316 %) TIBCO 3 1 (1.316 %) Kofax 3 1 (1.316 %) Zend 3 1 (1.316 %) Cognos 3 1 (1.316 %) Adobe