The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Symbian products and/or services 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 Symbian over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Symbian Ltd.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Symbian
Rank 96 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Symbian 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.061% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.118% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £303 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £300 £333
% change year-on-year
+29.58% -9.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £27.50
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
844 1109 841
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.75% 49.31% 44.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 457 326
Average daily rate £330 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 96 100
Average hourly rate £19.50 £16.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £34.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Symbian
England

Symbian
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Symbian Jobs Demand Trend

Symbian
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Symbian Daily Rate Trend

Symbian
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Symbian Hourly Rate Trend

Symbian
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symbian within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Staffordshire - 1 £303 -
Symbian
England

Symbian
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Symbian 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 Symbian.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Handset
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Phone

Symbian
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Symbian 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 Symbian. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) Handset
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL