The first table below looks at the demand for Spring Batch 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 Spring Batch over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spring Batch
Rank - - 87
Contract jobs citing Spring Batch 0 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - 0.369%
As % of the Application Development category - - 1.483%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
Average daily rate - - £475
UK excluding London average daily rate - £308 £475
% change year-on-year
- -35.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
401 549 472
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 24.29% 24.61% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 301 256
Average daily rate £300 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £218 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 23
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 £11.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £37.50 £25.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Spring Batch
England

Spring Batch
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Spring Batch Jobs Demand Trend

Spring Batch
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Spring Batch Daily Rate Trend