West Midlands Investment Banking Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Investment Banking' in contract IT jobs within the West Midlands region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Investment Banking over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Channel Islands City of London County Antrim Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East of England Edinburgh England Feltham Glasgow Hayes Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Lewisham London Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North West Northern Ireland Poole Scotland South East South West Surrey Swindon UK Uxbridge Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	113	125
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	3	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.278 %	0.189 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£250
Average daily rate	£275	£250
% change on same period last year	+10.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£250
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£427
% change on same period last year	-22.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£41.25	£26.92
% change on same period last year	+53.25 %
General West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1081	1060
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.703 %	1.136 %
Daily rates quoted	319	249
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£345
Average daily rate	£362	£371
% change on same period last year	-2.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£397
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£375
% change on same period last year	+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	124	147
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.84	£22.28
Average hourly rate	£25.97	£24.21
% change on same period last year	+7.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.10	£26.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.36	£26.71
% change on same period last year	+2.45 %
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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 Investment Banking across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General 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 Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 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	-	3	£275	-

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking.

1 3 (100.00 %) Finance 1 3 (100.00 %) Banking 2 2 (66.67 %) Migration 3 1 (33.33 %) E-Learning

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 3 (100.00 %) Finance 1 3 (100.00 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Project Manager 1 2 (66.67 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 1 2 (66.67 %) Infrastructure Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Trainer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) E-Learning	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Migration