The first table below looks at the demand for Web 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 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 Development
Rank 70 65 70
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +5
Contract jobs citing Web Development 27 41 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.655% 1.823% 1.570%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.484% 2.869% 2.483%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 13
Average daily rate £350 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £249 £205 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £407 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £314 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.58% +4.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £26.25 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +45.83%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £20.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year
+62.50% -47.36%
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 Development
England

Web Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Web Development Jobs Demand Trend

Web Development
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Web Development Daily Rate Trend

Web Development
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Development across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands Web Development Daily Rate Histogram

Web Development
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Web Development Hourly Rate Trend

Web 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 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
Worcestershire -5 7 £315 -22.22%
Coventry -3 4 £350 -12.50%
Birmingham +1 3 £245 -21.60%
Herefordshire -1 3 £255 +0.99%
Wolverhampton - 3 - -
Staffordshire +15 2 £268 -37.05%
Warwickshire -4 2 £375 +15.38%
Web Development
England

Web Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 41 (65.08%) C#
2 40 (63.49%) .NET
3 39 (61.90%) JavaScript
4 33 (52.38%) CSS
5 32 (50.79%) SQL
6 31 (49.21%) ASP.NET
7 27 (42.86%) HTML
7 27 (42.86%) jQuery
8 26 (41.27%) SQL Server
9 17 (26.98%) XML
10 16 (25.40%) VB.NET
11 14 (22.22%) XHTML
12 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
12 12 (19.05%) Web Services
12 12 (19.05%) .NET Framework
12 12 (19.05%) ASP.NET MVC
13 11 (17.46%) CSS3
13 11 (17.46%) Degree
13 11 (17.46%) XSLT
13 11 (17.46%) MVC
13 11 (17.46%) SEO
13 11 (17.46%) CMS
14 10 (15.87%) T-SQL
14 10 (15.87%) E-Commerce
14 10 (15.87%) HTML5
15 9 (14.29%) Web Application Development
15 9 (14.29%) Sitecore
15 9 (14.29%) Ajax
16 8 (12.70%) OO
16 8 (12.70%) Sitecore CMS

Web 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 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 Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (63.49%) .NET
2 33 (52.38%) CSS
3 31 (49.21%) ASP.NET
4 27 (42.86%) HTML
4 27 (42.86%) jQuery
5 17 (26.98%) XML
6 14 (22.22%) XHTML
7 12 (19.05%) Web Services
7 12 (19.05%) .NET Framework
7 12 (19.05%) ASP.NET MVC
8 11 (17.46%) CSS3
8 11 (17.46%) XSLT
9 10 (15.87%) HTML5
10 9 (14.29%) Ajax
11 5 (7.937%) ASP
12 4 (6.349%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 3 (4.762%) Razor View Engine
13 3 (4.762%) ASP.NET MVC 2
14 2 (3.175%) Django
14 2 (3.175%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 11 (17.46%) CMS
2 8 (12.70%) Sitecore CMS
3 5 (7.937%) SharePoint
4 3 (4.762%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (3.175%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (3.175%) IIS
6 1 (1.587%) NetWeaver
6 1 (1.587%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (1.587%) Apache
6 1 (1.587%) MQSeries
6 1 (1.587%) SAP Portal
6 1 (1.587%) Umbraco
6 1 (1.587%) Drupal
Applications
1 7 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 6 (9.524%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.587%) Fireworks
3 1 (1.587%) InfoPath
3 1 (1.587%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.587%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (1.587%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.349%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (41.27%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (7.937%) MySQL
4 3 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.175%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.175%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (3.175%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.587%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.587%) DTS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.349%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.175%) Mercurial
2 2 (3.175%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (1.587%) Subversion
3 1 (1.587%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (9.524%) Finance
2 5 (7.937%) Marketing
3 1 (1.587%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.587%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 50 (79.37%) Developer
2 21 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 20 (31.75%) Web Developer
4 10 (15.87%) ASP.NET Developer
5 7 (11.11%) .NET Web Developer
5 7 (11.11%) Analyst
6 6 (9.524%) Senior Developer
6 6 (9.524%) Analyst Programmer
6 6 (9.524%) Programmer
7 5 (7.937%) SQL Developer
7 5 (7.937%) C# Developer
8 4 (6.349%) C# .NET Developer
8 4 (6.349%) PHP Developer
9 3 (4.762%) Business Manager
9 3 (4.762%) Senior Web Developer
9 3 (4.762%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 2 (3.175%) Website Developer
10 2 (3.175%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
10 2 (3.175%) Front-End Developer
10 2 (3.175%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.524%) N-Tier
2 3 (4.762%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.175%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.175%) VLE
4 1 (1.587%) Web 2.0
4 1 (1.587%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.587%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.762%) Linux
1 3 (4.762%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.175%) Android
3 1 (1.587%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (17.46%) MVC
1 11 (17.46%) SEO
2 10 (15.87%) E-Commerce
3 9 (14.29%) Web Application Development
4 8 (12.70%) OO
5 6 (9.524%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (7.937%) PRINCE2
6 5 (7.937%) Scrum
7 4 (6.349%) Unit Testing
8 3 (4.762%) Project Management
8 3 (4.762%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (4.762%) SOA
8 3 (4.762%) CRM
8 3 (4.762%) UML
8 3 (4.762%) Content Management
8 3 (4.762%) Web Analytics
8 3 (4.762%) Business Analysis
8 3 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (4.762%) Service Management
8 3 (4.762%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (65.08%) C#
2 39 (61.90%) JavaScript
3 32 (50.79%) SQL
4 16 (25.40%) VB.NET
5 10 (15.87%) T-SQL
6 6 (9.524%) PHP
7 2 (3.175%) PL/SQL
7 2 (3.175%) VBScript
7 2 (3.175%) Python
8 1 (1.587%) VB
8 1 (1.587%) Java
8 1 (1.587%) ABAP
8 1 (1.587%) C
8 1 (1.587%) VB6
8 1 (1.587%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 11 (17.46%) Degree
2 1 (1.587%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.175%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.29%) Sitecore
3 7 (11.11%) Oracle
4 4 (6.349%) EPiServer
4 4 (6.349%) Facebook
5 3 (4.762%) RedDot
6 1 (1.587%) Sybase
6 1 (1.587%) SAP
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