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The table below looks at the demand for Workflow skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Workflow over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWorkflow
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank9671
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching contract IT job ads2772
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.071 %
As % of the category below1.545 %4.243 %
Daily rates quoted627
Average minimum daily rate£268£361
Average daily rate£290£388
% change on same period last year-25.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£312£414
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£403
% change on same period last year-6.28 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£36.00
Average hourly rate£32.50£36.00
% change on same period last year-9.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.50£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.37£36.69
% change on same period last year-22.67 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads17481697
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.363 %1.673 %
Daily rates quoted472463
Average minimum daily rate£337£319
Average daily rate£362£340
% change on same period last year+6.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted104186
Average minimum hourly rate£25.58£24.78
Average hourly rate£27.50£26.97
% change on same period last year+1.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.42£29.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Workflow EnglandWorkflow
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.

Workflow
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Workflow across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Workflow Demand Trend

Workflow
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Workflow Daily Rate Trend

Workflow
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Workflow across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Midlands Workflow Daily Rate Histogram

Workflow
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Workflow Hourly Rate Trend

Workflow
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Workflow across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Midlands Workflow Hourly Rate Histogram

Workflow
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workflow within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
BirminghamDown-108£317-24.89 %
StaffordshireDown-64--
ShropshireDown-53£333-
HerefordshireUp+13£125-
WarwickshireUp+42--
CoventryDown-32--
Workflow EnglandWorkflow
England

Workflow
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Workflow 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 Workflow.

119 (29.69 %)SQL
216 (25.00 %).NET
315 (23.44 %)Windows
413 (20.31 %)Oracle
413 (20.31 %)C#
511 (17.19 %)Visual Studio
511 (17.19 %)Oracle Workflow
69 (14.06 %)WF
78 (12.50 %)HTML
78 (12.50 %)Java
78 (12.50 %)SQL Server
78 (12.50 %)Microsoft
87 (10.94 %)UNIX
87 (10.94 %)SharePoint
87 (10.94 %)PL/SQL
87 (10.94 %)SAP
87 (10.94 %)XML
87 (10.94 %)Government
87 (10.94 %)Workflow Management
96 (9.375 %)Northgate
96 (9.375 %)Windows SharePoint Services
96 (9.375 %)MS Office
96 (9.375 %)ASP.NET
105 (7.813 %)Finance
105 (7.813 %)System Testing
114 (6.250 %)Time Management
114 (6.250 %)Data Migration
114 (6.250 %)Pega
114 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
114 (6.250 %)Internet

Workflow
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Workflow 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 Workflow. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (25.00 %).NET
29 (14.06 %)WF
38 (12.50 %)HTML
47 (10.94 %)XML
56 (9.375 %)ASP.NET
56 (9.375 %)Windows SharePoint Services
63 (4.688 %)WCF
72 (3.125 %)WPF
72 (3.125 %)ASP
72 (3.125 %).NET Framework
81 (1.563 %)ADO.NET
81 (1.563 %)WebServices
81 (1.563 %)XSLT
81 (1.563 %).NET Remoting
81 (1.563 %)Silverlight
81 (1.563 %)LINQ
81 (1.563 %)SAP Business Workflow
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (17.19 %)Oracle Workflow
27 (10.94 %)SharePoint
33 (4.688 %)Office Project Server
33 (4.688 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (3.125 %)SharePoint Portal Server
42 (3.125 %)BizTalk Server
42 (3.125 %)CMS
51 (1.563 %)IIS
51 (1.563 %)Lotus Notes
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (9.375 %)MS Office
23 (4.688 %)InfoPath
32 (3.125 %)MS Project
32 (3.125 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (4.688 %)SAP HR
21 (1.563 %)Oracle EBS
21 (1.563 %)DELMIA
21 (1.563 %)Teamcenter
21 (1.563 %)GraphTalk
21 (1.563 %)Oracle 11i
21 (1.563 %)Microsoft CRM
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (6.250 %)Internet
22 (3.125 %)LDAP
22 (3.125 %)Intranet
31 (1.563 %)X.500
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (12.50 %)SQL Server
24 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (4.688 %)EDRMS
33 (4.688 %)Oracle Reports
33 (4.688 %)Oracle 10g
42 (3.125 %)MySQL
42 (3.125 %)TOAD
42 (3.125 %)Oracle 9i
42 (3.125 %)Crystal Reports
51 (1.563 %)MS Access
51 (1.563 %)SQL Server 2000
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (17.19 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.563 %)Oracle Forms
21 (1.563 %)ClearQuest
21 (1.563 %)MSI
21 (1.563 %)Oracle APEX
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (10.94 %)Government
25 (7.813 %)Finance
33 (4.688 %)Education
42 (3.125 %)Construction
42 (3.125 %)Manufacturing
42 (3.125 %)Publishing
42 (3.125 %)Pensions
51 (1.563 %)Banking
51 (1.563 %)Billing
51 (1.563 %)Insurance
51 (1.563 %)Telecoms
51 (1.563 %)Automotive
51 (1.563 %)Electric
51 (1.563 %)Health
51 (1.563 %)Legal
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (37.50 %)Developer
210 (15.63 %)Consultant
37 (10.94 %)Analyst
44 (6.250 %)Coordinator
44 (6.250 %)Oracle Developer
44 (6.250 %)SharePoint Developer
53 (4.688 %).NET Developer
53 (4.688 %)C# Developer
53 (4.688 %)SAP HR Consultant
53 (4.688 %)SAP Consultant
53 (4.688 %)Test Analyst
53 (4.688 %)Project Manager
62 (3.125 %)Business Analyst
62 (3.125 %)Architect
62 (3.125 %)Administrator
62 (3.125 %)Functional Consultant
62 (3.125 %)Test Engineer
62 (3.125 %)Oracle Consultant
62 (3.125 %)Oracle Functional Consultant
62 (3.125 %)SharePoint Consultant
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.563 %)Computer Science
11 (1.563 %)CMDB
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (23.44 %)Windows
27 (10.94 %)UNIX
32 (3.125 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (1.563 %)Ubuntu
41 (1.563 %)Solaris
41 (1.563 %)Linux
41 (1.563 %)Windows XP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (10.94 %)Workflow Management
25 (7.813 %)System Testing
34 (6.250 %)Time Management
34 (6.250 %)Data Migration
34 (6.250 %)Migration
43 (4.688 %)User Acceptance Testing
43 (4.688 %)Test Scripting
52 (3.125 %)BC Cleared
52 (3.125 %)Security Cleared
52 (3.125 %)Document Management
52 (3.125 %)Unit Testing
52 (3.125 %)Technical Architecture
52 (3.125 %)Knowledge Management
52 (3.125 %)Software Testing
52 (3.125 %)GAP Analysis
52 (3.125 %)DSDM
52 (3.125 %)CRM
52 (3.125 %)Configuration Management
52 (3.125 %)Quality Management
61 (1.563 %)Disaster Recovery
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (29.69 %)SQL
213 (20.31 %)C#
38 (12.50 %)Java
47 (10.94 %)PL/SQL
52 (3.125 %)VB.NET
61 (1.563 %)XAML
61 (1.563 %)VBScript
61 (1.563 %)JavaScript
61 (1.563 %)PHP
61 (1.563 %)C++
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.563 %)MCP
11 (1.563 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (1.563 %)A+ Certification
11 (1.563 %)Network+ Certification
11 (1.563 %)MCDST
11 (1.563 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.563 %)ISO9001
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.563 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (20.31 %)Oracle
28 (12.50 %)Microsoft
37 (10.94 %)SAP
46 (9.375 %)Northgate
54 (6.250 %)Pega
62 (3.125 %)Civica
62 (3.125 %)Capita
62 (3.125 %)Sage
62 (3.125 %)Anite
71 (1.563 %)FatWire
71 (1.563 %)Metastorm
71 (1.563 %)Kofax
71 (1.563 %)Intel
71 (1.563 %)Lotus