The first table below looks at the demand for Web Application Development 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 Web Application Development 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
Web Application Development
Rank 92 90 96
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +6
Contract jobs citing Web Application Development 5 15 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.307% 0.667% 0.209%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.460% 1.050% 0.331%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 4
Average daily rate £330 £335 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.49% +11.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £310 £331
% change year-on-year
- -6.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £26.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.50 £39.00 £30.25
% change year-on-year
-24.35% +28.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1087 1429 1208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.65% 63.54% 63.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 674 553
Average daily rate £340 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £233 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 72 76
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Web Application Development
England

Web Application Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Web Application Development across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Web Application Development Jobs Demand Trend

Web Application Development
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Web Application Development Daily Rate Trend

Web Application Development
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Web Application Development Hourly Rate Trend

Web Application Development
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Application Development 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 +15 4 £330 +1.53%
Coventry -5 1 - -
Web Application Development
England

Web Application Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 26 (89.66%) .NET
2 24 (82.76%) C#
2 24 (82.76%) SQL
3 23 (79.31%) JavaScript
3 23 (79.31%) CSS
4 21 (72.41%) SQL Server
4 21 (72.41%) Degree
5 18 (62.07%) CSS3
5 18 (62.07%) ASP.NET
6 17 (58.62%) XHTML
6 17 (58.62%) Ajax
6 17 (58.62%) jQuery
7 16 (55.17%) HTML5
7 16 (55.17%) XML
8 15 (51.72%) E-Commerce
8 15 (51.72%) N-Tier
8 15 (51.72%) SEO
8 15 (51.72%) XSLT
8 15 (51.72%) SOA
8 15 (51.72%) VB.NET
8 15 (51.72%) Unit Testing
9 9 (31.03%) Web Development
10 7 (24.14%) HTML
11 6 (20.69%) TDD
11 6 (20.69%) Finance
12 4 (13.79%) Games
12 4 (13.79%) Windows
12 4 (13.79%) JIRA
12 4 (13.79%) Document Management
12 4 (13.79%) AccuRev

Web Application Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 26 (89.66%) .NET
2 23 (79.31%) CSS
3 18 (62.07%) CSS3
3 18 (62.07%) ASP.NET
4 17 (58.62%) XHTML
4 17 (58.62%) Ajax
4 17 (58.62%) jQuery
5 16 (55.17%) HTML5
5 16 (55.17%) XML
6 15 (51.72%) XSLT
7 7 (24.14%) HTML
8 3 (10.34%) .NET Framework
9 2 (6.897%) Web Services
9 2 (6.897%) Razor View Engine
10 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (3.448%) Zend Framework
10 1 (3.448%) CakePHP
10 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 1 (3.448%) WebKit
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.897%) SharePoint
1 2 (6.897%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.448%) IIS
2 1 (3.448%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.448%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (72.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.897%) MySQL
2 2 (6.897%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.448%) DTS
3 1 (3.448%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.448%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
2 1 (3.448%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.448%) Git (software)
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) Games
3 1 (3.448%) Automotive
3 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (75.86%) Developer
2 16 (55.17%) .NET Developer
3 15 (51.72%) Web Developer
4 14 (48.28%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
4 14 (48.28%) VB.NET Developer
4 14 (48.28%) ASP.NET Developer
4 14 (48.28%) SQL Developer
4 14 (48.28%) .NET Web Developer
5 7 (24.14%) Analyst
6 6 (20.69%) Analyst Programmer
6 6 (20.69%) Programmer
7 2 (6.897%) Senior Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Senior Analyst Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Analyst Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Senior Analyst Programmer
7 2 (6.897%) Senior Programmer
7 2 (6.897%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (6.897%) Website Developer
8 1 (3.448%) C# .NET Developer
8 1 (3.448%) Head of Information Management
Miscellaneous
1 15 (51.72%) N-Tier
2 3 (10.34%) WURFL
2 3 (10.34%) Mobile App
2 3 (10.34%) Blackberry
3 2 (6.897%) NHS
4 1 (3.448%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) Android
2 3 (10.34%) Windows Mobile
2 3 (10.34%) BlackBerry OS
2 3 (10.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) E-Commerce
1 15 (51.72%) SEO
1 15 (51.72%) SOA
1 15 (51.72%) Unit Testing
2 9 (31.03%) Web Development
3 6 (20.69%) TDD
4 4 (13.79%) Document Management
5 3 (10.34%) MVC
6 2 (6.897%) PRINCE
6 2 (6.897%) OO
6 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2
6 2 (6.897%) Content Management
7 1 (3.448%) Time Management
7 1 (3.448%) Data Entry
7 1 (3.448%) Information Architecture
7 1 (3.448%) Web Usability
7 1 (3.448%) Information Management
7 1 (3.448%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.448%) Change Control
7 1 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 24 (82.76%) C#
1 24 (82.76%) SQL
2 23 (79.31%) JavaScript
3 15 (51.72%) VB.NET
4 3 (10.34%) T-SQL
5 2 (6.897%) PHP
5 2 (6.897%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (72.41%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) AccuRev
2 1 (3.448%) Zend
2 1 (3.448%) Microsoft