Software Deployment Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Deployment
Rank 94 102 91
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -11
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.044% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.071% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £280 £365 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.28% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £290 £400
% change year-on-year
+8.62% -27.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
+28.57% +20.68%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1121 1405 1178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.45% 62.42% 63.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 663 544
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 73 69
Average hourly rate £37.80 £21.88 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.78% -12.49%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Software Deployment
England

Software Deployment
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Software Deployment Jobs Demand Trend

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Software Deployment Daily Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Software Deployment Hourly Rate Trend

Software Deployment
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Software Deployment 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 Software Deployment.

1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) SCCM
3 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
4 3 (42.86%) Windows
4 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (42.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (42.86%) VMware
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
4 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (28.57%) XenApp
5 2 (28.57%) XenDesktop
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (28.57%) Retail
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (28.57%) Software Packaging
5 2 (28.57%) SCOM
5 2 (28.57%) MSI
5 2 (28.57%) SLA
5 2 (28.57%) Citrix
5 2 (28.57%) SQL

Software Deployment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
1 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2007
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MSI
General
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (28.57%) Administrator
1 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Support Consultant
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (28.57%) XenApp
1 2 (28.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) SCCM
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (28.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
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