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This section looks at the demand for Quest TOAD skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TOAD over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuest TOAD
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank124115
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads618
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.814 %2.158 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£326
% change on same period last year+1.35 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.70£33.42
% change on same period last year-5.12 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads737834
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.973 %0.831 %
Daily rates quoted166174
Average minimum daily rate£308£317
Average daily rate£331£342
% change on same period last year-3.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£359
% change on same period last year-2.67 %
Hourly rates quoted4190
Average minimum hourly rate£24.18£27.88
Average hourly rate£27.68£30.48
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.18£33.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.61£32.20
% change on same period last year+1.25 %
TOAD EnglandTOAD
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

TOAD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

TOAD
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TOAD within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ShropshireDown-54--
HerefordshireNew entry-1--
WorcestershireNew entry-1--
TOAD EnglandTOAD
England

TOAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

113 (86.67 %)SQL
211 (73.33 %)UNIX
310 (66.67 %)Oracle
48 (53.33 %)XML
54 (26.67 %)Windows
54 (26.67 %)WebLogic
54 (26.67 %)HTML
54 (26.67 %)Java
54 (26.67 %)JavaScript
54 (26.67 %)Government
63 (20.00 %)QA
63 (20.00 %)XSL
63 (20.00 %)CSS
63 (20.00 %)webMethods
72 (13.33 %)RDBMS
72 (13.33 %)Oracle 10g
72 (13.33 %)ISEB
72 (13.33 %)Oracle Reports
72 (13.33 %)Oracle 11i
72 (13.33 %)PL/SQL
72 (13.33 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (13.33 %)Oracle RMAN
72 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
81 (6.667 %)Pega
81 (6.667 %)Wiki
81 (6.667 %)Problem Management
81 (6.667 %)System Testing
81 (6.667 %)Oracle Statspack
81 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
81 (6.667 %)Workflow Management

TOAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (53.33 %)XML
24 (26.67 %)HTML
33 (20.00 %)XSL
33 (20.00 %)CSS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (26.67 %)WebLogic
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.667 %)MS Office
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (13.33 %)Oracle 11i
21 (6.667 %)Oracle Applications
21 (6.667 %)Oracle Financials
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)FTP
11 (6.667 %)LDAP
11 (6.667 %)Internet
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (13.33 %)RDBMS
12 (13.33 %)Oracle 10g
12 (13.33 %)Oracle Reports
21 (6.667 %)Datawarehouse
21 (6.667 %)SQL Navigator
21 (6.667 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (6.667 %)Oracle 9i
21 (6.667 %)SQLPlus
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)Oracle Forms
11 (6.667 %)PVCS
11 (6.667 %)ClearCase
11 (6.667 %)TestDirector
11 (6.667 %)ProC
11 (6.667 %)ClearQuest
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (26.67 %)Government
21 (6.667 %)Finance
21 (6.667 %)Health
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (26.67 %)Analyst
23 (20.00 %)Test Engineer
23 (20.00 %)Architect
23 (20.00 %)Software Engineer
23 (20.00 %)Technical Architect
32 (13.33 %)DBA
32 (13.33 %)Developer
32 (13.33 %)Test Analyst
32 (13.33 %)Oracle DBA
41 (6.667 %)Oracle Developer
41 (6.667 %)Systems Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Senior Test Analyst
41 (6.667 %)SQL Developer
41 (6.667 %)PL/SQL Developer
41 (6.667 %)Systems Support Analyst
41 (6.667 %)QA Tester
41 (6.667 %)Technical Lead
41 (6.667 %)Lead Test Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Oracle Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Oracle Support Analyst
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Wiki
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (73.33 %)UNIX
24 (26.67 %)Windows
31 (6.667 %)Windows 2000
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (13.33 %)Disaster Recovery
12 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
21 (6.667 %)Problem Management
21 (6.667 %)System Testing
21 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
21 (6.667 %)Workflow Management
21 (6.667 %)E-business
21 (6.667 %)Workflow
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (86.67 %)SQL
24 (26.67 %)Java
24 (26.67 %)JavaScript
32 (13.33 %)PL/SQL
41 (6.667 %)Korn
41 (6.667 %)Perl
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (13.33 %)ISEB
21 (6.667 %)ISTQB
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (20.00 %)QA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (13.33 %)Oracle RMAN
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (6.667 %)Oracle Statspack
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (66.67 %)Oracle
23 (20.00 %)webMethods
31 (6.667 %)Pega