The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Improvement
Rank - - 97
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £366 £290
% change year-on-year
-1.70% +26.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1077 1486 1226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 64.18% 65.43% 63.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 713 517
Average daily rate £350 £341 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.79% -2.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 66 76
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Performance Improvement
England

Performance Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Performance Improvement across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Performance Improvement Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Performance Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Performance Improvement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Improvement within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
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IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Performance Improvement
England

Performance Improvement
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement.

1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (100.00%) SAP XI
1 1 (100.00%) SAP EP
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Xcelsius
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture

Performance Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAP EP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Xcelsius
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Business Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP