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Reference Data Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data 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 Reference Data 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 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reference Data
Rank 95 98 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 2 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.119% 0.220% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.625% 1.374% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £463 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £425
% change year-on-year
- -17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 320 364 321
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.07% 16.03% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 164 135
Average daily rate £333 £320 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.90% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 37 27
Average hourly rate £25.00 £23.75 £20.01
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +18.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.45 £11.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.20 £40.00 £43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Reference Data
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Reference Data
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Reference Data Jobs Demand Trend

Reference Data
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Reference Data Daily Rate Trend

Reference Data
Top 18 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Data Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Investment Banking
3 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Cognos
3 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Banking
4 2 (28.57%) Back Office
5 1 (14.29%) Business Objects
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) QlikView
5 1 (14.29%) Use Case
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Management
5 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 1 (14.29%) GoldenSource
5 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development

Reference Data
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) QlikView
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Investment Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Business Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Project Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Data Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Use Case
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cognos
2 1 (14.29%) Business Objects
2 1 (14.29%) GoldenSource
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