The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Statistics 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 Statistics 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
Statistics
Rank 91 94 93
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs citing Statistics 4 9 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.245% 0.401% 0.476%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.408% 2.466% 2.922%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
Average daily rate £253 £275 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.18% -25.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £275 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £288 £285
% change year-on-year
+12.17% +0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £8.50 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -72.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £16.00 £13.64
% change year-on-year
-9.37% +17.30%
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%
Statistics
England

Statistics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Statistics Jobs Demand Trend

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Statistics Daily Rate Trend

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Statistics Hourly Rate Trend

Statistics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham +12 1 £250 -
Worcestershire - 1 - -
Statistics
England

Statistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (40.00%) SQL
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (30.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
2 3 (30.00%) NHS
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) VBA
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (20.00%) QA
3 2 (20.00%) Time Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (20.00%) PowerPivot
3 2 (20.00%) Information Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) R
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Choice Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (10.00%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Economics
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis

Statistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (20.00%) PowerPivot
3 1 (10.00%) MS Office
3 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (10.00%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) MS Access
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (10.00%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Information Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Programmer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Process Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) NHS
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (10.00%) Economics
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) UNIX
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Time Management
1 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (20.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (10.00%) Analytics
2 1 (10.00%) Choice Modelling
2 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (10.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (20.00%) VBA
4 1 (10.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
1 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) IBM
2 1 (10.00%) Minitab
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) TIBCO
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Purpose of the Role: To improve the overall accuracy, coherency, presentation and data management of key commercial reporting data and in doing so to improve the efficiency and...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 23 May 2013
West Midlands
Responsibilities: Manage, ensure and optimise the smooth running (organization, budget, skills) of quality related functions (development, suppliers, production) applicable to Quality department within the framework of the internal...
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Rate: £25 - £32 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013