The first table below looks at the demand for TOAD 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 TOAD 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quest TOAD
Rank - 103 96
Contract jobs citing TOAD 0 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.089% 0.209%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 0.408% 0.971%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £313 £350
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £33.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £33.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
All Database & Business Intelligence
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
343 490 412
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 21.03% 21.79% 21.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 251 202
Average daily rate £320 £320 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £440 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 14
Average hourly rate £39.60 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+126.28% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.22 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £36.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
TOAD
England

TOAD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TOAD across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

West Midlands TOAD Jobs Demand Trend

TOAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands TOAD Daily Rate Trend

TOAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands TOAD Hourly Rate Trend

TOAD
Top 24 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) MS Access
2 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (75.00%) 3G
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) T-SQL
2 3 (75.00%) VB
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) ISEB
3 1 (25.00%) webMethods

TOAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) MS Access
1 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) T-SQL
2 3 (75.00%) VB
3 1 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) webMethods