Open Source 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 prevalence of the term Open Source 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 Open Source over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 90 108 86
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -22
Contract jobs citing Open Source 6 1 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.357% 0.045% 0.430%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.062% 0.271% 2.703%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
Average daily rate £400 £388 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% +55.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £388 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £388 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £41.25 £33.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +23.13%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 291 369 296
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.31% 16.42% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 165 115
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 36 39
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.63 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -20.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.91 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.80 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Open Source
England

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Open Source Jobs Demand Trend

Open Source
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Open Source Daily Rate Trend

Open Source
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Open Source across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Open Source Daily Rate Histogram

Open Source
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Open Source Hourly Rate Trend

Open Source
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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 - 3 £400 -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Open Source
England

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Open Source 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 Open Source.

1 8 (53.33%) Java
2 7 (46.67%) TDD
3 6 (40.00%) jQuery
3 6 (40.00%) HTML
3 6 (40.00%) CSS
3 6 (40.00%) Facebook
4 5 (33.33%) Apple iOS
4 5 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (33.33%) Spring
5 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (26.67%) OO
5 4 (26.67%) .NET
5 4 (26.67%) J2EE
6 3 (20.00%) C#
6 3 (20.00%) OOD
6 3 (20.00%) Kanban
6 3 (20.00%) WebSphere
6 3 (20.00%) Java EE
6 3 (20.00%) Scrum
6 3 (20.00%) Extreme Programming
6 3 (20.00%) BDD
6 3 (20.00%) Jenkins
7 2 (13.33%) Pair Programming
7 2 (13.33%) Internet
7 2 (13.33%) Middleware
7 2 (13.33%) CMS
7 2 (13.33%) Refactoring
7 2 (13.33%) TeamCity
7 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (13.33%) SOA

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Open Source 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 Open Source. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (40.00%) jQuery
1 6 (40.00%) HTML
1 6 (40.00%) CSS
2 5 (33.33%) Spring
3 4 (26.67%) .NET
3 4 (26.67%) J2EE
4 3 (20.00%) WebSphere
4 3 (20.00%) Java EE
5 2 (13.33%) Middleware
5 2 (13.33%) Web Services
5 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
6 1 (6.667%) JSP
6 1 (6.667%) SAML
6 1 (6.667%) XML
6 1 (6.667%) SAP PI
6 1 (6.667%) OAuth
6 1 (6.667%) Spring MVC
6 1 (6.667%) WCF
6 1 (6.667%) LAMP
6 1 (6.667%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) CMS
1 2 (13.33%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (6.667%) NetWeaver
2 1 (6.667%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Photoshop
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
2 1 (6.667%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (13.33%) TeamCity
3 1 (6.667%) Selenium
3 1 (6.667%) FitNesse
3 1 (6.667%) JBehave
3 1 (6.667%) Cucumber
General
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Java Developer
3 5 (33.33%) Web Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Java Web Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Agile Java Developer
5 2 (13.33%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (13.33%) .NET Developer
5 2 (13.33%) C# Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Business Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Ruby on Rails Developer
6 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Lead Architect
6 1 (6.667%) Architect
6 1 (6.667%) J2EE Developer
6 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
6 1 (6.667%) PHP Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) N-Tier
1 1 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) TDD
2 5 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (26.67%) OO
4 3 (20.00%) OOD
4 3 (20.00%) Kanban
4 3 (20.00%) Scrum
4 3 (20.00%) Extreme Programming
4 3 (20.00%) BDD
5 2 (13.33%) Pair Programming
5 2 (13.33%) Refactoring
5 2 (13.33%) SOA
6 1 (6.667%) MVC
6 1 (6.667%) Workflow
6 1 (6.667%) Migration
6 1 (6.667%) EAI
6 1 (6.667%) Content Management
6 1 (6.667%) Strategic Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Java
2 3 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (13.33%) PHP
3 2 (13.33%) SQL
4 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
4 1 (6.667%) C++
4 1 (6.667%) Ruby
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Facebook
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.667%) Business Objects
3 1 (6.667%) SAP
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle
3 1 (6.667%) IBM
Developer
West Midlands
Required experience: *Designing software solutions to meet business needs *Creating technical design documentation / specifications *Good written and personal communication skills *ASP.NET, C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, *MS...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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