The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCORM 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 SCORM over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing SCORM 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £370 £275
% change year-on-year
-16.21% +34.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- +50.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
284 365 308
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.39% 16.28% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 168 124
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 33 41
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.63 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.80 £10.82 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.80 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
SCORM
England

SCORM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SCORM Jobs Demand Trend

SCORM
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SCORM Daily Rate Trend

SCORM
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SCORM 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 SCORM.

1 2 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) Flash
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) E-Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Learning Management System
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Media

SCORM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SCORM 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 SCORM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Flash
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) E-Learning Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) E-Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Learning Management System
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) ActionScript
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe