The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0 over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web 2.0
Rank - 105 -
Contract jobs citing Web 2.0 0 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.219% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 1.330% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £300 £375
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
- +42.85%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
290 376 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.29% 16.46% 16.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 169 118
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £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 34 40
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 £13.50 £10.85 £11.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.80 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Web 2.0
England

Web 2.0
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Midlands Web 2.0 Jobs Demand Trend

Web 2.0
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Web 2.0 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Web 2.0 Daily Rate Trend

Web 2.0
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Web 2.0 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Web 2.0 Hourly Rate Trend

Web 2.0
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Flash
1 2 (100.00%) XHTML
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (100.00%) OmniGraffle
1 2 (100.00%) CSS3
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) Industrial Design
2 1 (50.00%) Dreamweaver

Web 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Flash
1 2 (100.00%) XHTML
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (100.00%) CSS3
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (100.00%) OmniGraffle
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dreamweaver
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Lead Developer
1 2 (100.00%) UI Developer
1 2 (100.00%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Industrial Design
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle