The first table below looks at the demand for Pascal 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 Pascal over the 3 months to 23 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 Programming Languages 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pascal
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Pascal 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £34.00 -
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
500 764 619
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.66% 33.97% 32.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 389 315
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £404
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 30 31
Average hourly rate £36.25 £31.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.93% +29.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £12.65 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Pascal
England

Pascal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Pascal Jobs Demand Trend

Pascal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Pascal Hourly Rate Trend

Pascal
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Pascal 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 Pascal.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVMS
1 1 (100.00%) PowerHouse
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Pascal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Pascal 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 Pascal. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) PowerHouse