West Midlands ResourceLink Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Northgate ResourceLink skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ResourceLink over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Northgate ResourceLink
Location England London UK West Midlands	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	125
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.377 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£313
% change on same period last year	-
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Business Applications West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	137	265
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.183 %	0.264 %
Daily rates quoted	33	74
Average minimum daily rate	£411	£366
Average daily rate	£444	£401
% change on same period last year	+10.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£477	£435
UK excluding London average daily rate	£443	£422
% change on same period last year	+4.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.38	£23.79
Average hourly rate	£23.13	£26.96
% change on same period last year	-14.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.88	£30.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.81	£25.55
% change on same period last year	+8.81 %
ResourceLink England

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.

ResourceLink
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ResourceLink across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

ResourceLink
Daily Rate Trend

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