Software Engineering Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering 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 Engineering 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 Engineering
Rank 88 97 90
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -7
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 7 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.421% 0.267% 0.107%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.624% 0.427% 0.170%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £300 £225 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £335 £330
% change year-on-year
-2.98% +1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £26.50 £29.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.62% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.50 £36.25 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+6.20% +7.40%
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 Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Software Engineering Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Software Engineering Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineering
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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 1 - -
Coventry - 1 - -
Herefordshire - 1 £300 -
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (63.64%) .NET
2 6 (54.55%) C#
2 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) VB
2 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 5 (45.45%) VB6
3 5 (45.45%) T-SQL
3 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
3 5 (45.45%) ADO
3 5 (45.45%) ADO.NET
4 2 (18.18%) VB.NET
4 2 (18.18%) C++
4 2 (18.18%) Electronics
4 2 (18.18%) Degree
5 1 (9.091%) MVC
5 1 (9.091%) SCADA
5 1 (9.091%) Spring MVC
5 1 (9.091%) Use Case
5 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
5 1 (9.091%) Android
5 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (9.091%) HTML5
5 1 (9.091%) Apple iOS
5 1 (9.091%) Mobile App
5 1 (9.091%) Spring
5 1 (9.091%) Maven
5 1 (9.091%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (9.091%) Telecoms

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (63.64%) .NET
2 5 (45.45%) ADO
2 5 (45.45%) ADO.NET
3 1 (9.091%) Struts
3 1 (9.091%) Hibernate
3 1 (9.091%) Spring
3 1 (9.091%) Spring MVC
3 1 (9.091%) HTML5
3 1 (9.091%) J2EE
3 1 (9.091%) HTML
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Project
1 1 (9.091%) Simulink
1 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) ClearCase
1 1 (9.091%) ClearQuest
1 1 (9.091%) Maven
General
1 2 (18.18%) Electronics
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Java Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Test Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) UNIX Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Development Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Python Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Software Development Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) VB Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Software Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) Web Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (9.091%) SCADA
1 1 (9.091%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Android
2 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Apple iOS
2 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) RAD
1 1 (9.091%) Project Management
1 1 (9.091%) MVC
1 1 (9.091%) Validation
1 1 (9.091%) Scrum
1 1 (9.091%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
1 6 (54.55%) VB
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) T-SQL
2 5 (45.45%) VB6
3 2 (18.18%) VB.NET
3 2 (18.18%) C++
4 1 (9.091%) Java
4 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.091%) Python
4 1 (9.091%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) HNC
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
2 1 (9.091%) VMware
2 1 (9.091%) IBM
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