The first table below looks at the demand for SAML 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 SAML over the 3 months to 22 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 Application Development 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Rank 89 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAML 10 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.596% - -
As % of the Application Development category 2.469% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £438 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £506 £425
% change year-on-year
-25.92% +19.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £57.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 - £22.47
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
405 558 458
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 24.15% 24.42% 24.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 304 247
Average daily rate £300 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 22
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.72% -9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £37.50 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAML
England

SAML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SAML Jobs Demand Trend

SAML
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAML Daily Rate Trend

SAML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAML across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands SAML Daily Rate Histogram

SAML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAML Hourly Rate Trend

SAML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAML within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Warwickshire - 4 £275 -
Coventry - 1 - -
SAML
England

SAML
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SAML 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 SAML.

1 11 (100.00%) LDAP
2 9 (81.82%) Middleware
2 9 (81.82%) Ruby
2 9 (81.82%) Ruby on Rails
2 9 (81.82%) OpenID
3 7 (63.64%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (36.36%) Linux
4 4 (36.36%) OAuth
5 2 (18.18%) PLM
5 2 (18.18%) NAS
5 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (18.18%) WebSphere
5 2 (18.18%) Java EE
5 2 (18.18%) Apache
5 2 (18.18%) Tomcat
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) LAN
5 2 (18.18%) WAN
5 2 (18.18%) VPN
5 2 (18.18%) SAN
5 2 (18.18%) Windows
5 2 (18.18%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
5 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) ENOVIA
6 1 (9.091%) Open Source

SAML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SAML 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 SAML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (81.82%) Middleware
1 9 (81.82%) Ruby on Rails
1 9 (81.82%) OpenID
2 4 (36.36%) OAuth
3 2 (18.18%) WebSphere
3 2 (18.18%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Apache
1 2 (18.18%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) ENOVIA
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) LDAP
2 2 (18.18%) NAS
2 2 (18.18%) LAN
2 2 (18.18%) WAN
2 2 (18.18%) VPN
2 2 (18.18%) SAN
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Developer
1 9 (81.82%) Ruby on Rails Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Architect
3 4 (36.36%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
3 4 (36.36%) Senior Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Architect
5 1 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (18.18%) PLM
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
2 2 (18.18%) Zachman Framework
2 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
2 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) Ruby