The first table below looks at the demand for Workflow 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 Workflow over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Workflow
Rank 70 52 78
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +26
Contract jobs citing Workflow 25 55 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.531% 2.453% 1.268%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.304% 3.843% 2.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 12
Average daily rate £325 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £304 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £425 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £328
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +14.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -9.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £16.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+54.54% -8.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1085 1431 1197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.44% 63.83% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 675 550
Average daily rate £350 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £235 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £527 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 73 75
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 £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Workflow
England

Workflow
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Workflow
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Workflow across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Workflow Daily Rate Histogram

Workflow
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
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 24 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
Birmingham +5 6 £309 -27.35%
Staffordshire +16 5 £380 +100.00%
Warwickshire -5 5 £250 -34.64%
Worcestershire -11 2 £315 -
Solihull 0 1 - -
Coventry -9 1 £283 -19.28%
Workflow
England

Workflow
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 30 (38.46%) .NET
2 29 (37.18%) SQL Server
3 28 (35.90%) C#
4 26 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 24 (30.77%) Web Services
6 19 (24.36%) OO
7 17 (21.79%) Agile Software Development
8 15 (19.23%) Windows
8 15 (19.23%) Business Analysis
9 14 (17.95%) SharePoint
10 13 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (16.67%) ASP.NET
11 12 (15.38%) SOAP
11 12 (15.38%) Content Management
12 11 (14.10%) Oracle
12 11 (14.10%) WSDL
12 11 (14.10%) Shell Script
12 11 (14.10%) InfoPath
13 10 (12.82%) Process Management
13 10 (12.82%) Telecoms
14 9 (11.54%) MVC
14 9 (11.54%) Oracle Workflow
14 9 (11.54%) UML
14 9 (11.54%) CRM
14 9 (11.54%) XML
15 8 (10.26%) UNIX
15 8 (10.26%) SQL
15 8 (10.26%) RDBMS
16 7 (8.974%) AIX
16 7 (8.974%) BPEL

Workflow
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 30 (38.46%) .NET
2 24 (30.77%) Web Services
3 13 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 12 (15.38%) SOAP
5 11 (14.10%) WSDL
6 9 (11.54%) XML
7 6 (7.692%) HTML
8 5 (6.410%) .NET Framework
8 5 (6.410%) Ajax
9 2 (2.564%) ASP.NET MVC 2
9 2 (2.564%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (2.564%) WCF
9 2 (2.564%) WF
9 2 (2.564%) CSS
9 2 (2.564%) Middleware
10 1 (1.282%) DHTML
10 1 (1.282%) ADO.NET
10 1 (1.282%) ASP
10 1 (1.282%) LAMP
10 1 (1.282%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 14 (17.95%) SharePoint
2 9 (11.54%) Oracle Workflow
3 7 (8.974%) Oracle BPEL
4 5 (6.410%) CMS
4 5 (6.410%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (6.410%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (3.846%) IIS
6 1 (1.282%) MS Exchange
6 1 (1.282%) NetWeaver
6 1 (1.282%) LiveLink
6 1 (1.282%) Drupal
6 1 (1.282%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 11 (14.10%) InfoPath
2 4 (5.128%) MS Excel
3 3 (3.846%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (8.974%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (6.410%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.564%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.128%) Internet
2 1 (1.282%) Broadband
2 1 (1.282%) HTTP
2 1 (1.282%) DMZ
2 1 (1.282%) Intranet
2 1 (1.282%) Extranet
2 1 (1.282%) LLU
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (37.18%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.26%) RDBMS
3 7 (8.974%) Oracle 11g
3 7 (8.974%) Oracle BI EE
4 4 (5.128%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (2.564%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (2.564%) DTS
6 1 (1.282%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.282%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.282%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 5 (6.410%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (2.564%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.282%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.282%) PhoneGap
3 1 (1.282%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 10 (12.82%) Telecoms
2 7 (8.974%) Finance
3 4 (5.128%) Automotive
4 2 (2.564%) Local Government
4 2 (2.564%) Retail
5 1 (1.282%) Publishing
5 1 (1.282%) Games
5 1 (1.282%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.282%) Billing
5 1 (1.282%) Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (46.15%) Developer
2 19 (24.36%) Analyst
3 17 (21.79%) Business Analyst
4 14 (17.95%) .NET Developer
5 10 (12.82%) Consultant
6 7 (8.974%) SharePoint Developer
7 5 (6.410%) DBA
7 5 (6.410%) Senior Developer
7 5 (6.410%) Oracle DBA
8 4 (5.128%) Business Systems Analyst
8 4 (5.128%) Systems Analyst
9 3 (3.846%) Applications Developer
9 3 (3.846%) Senior Applications Developer
9 3 (3.846%) SharePoint Consultant
10 2 (2.564%) Implementation Manager
10 2 (2.564%) Developer Analyst
10 2 (2.564%) Microsoft Developer
10 2 (2.564%) Web Developer
11 1 (1.282%) Analyst Programmer
11 1 (1.282%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.128%) N-Tier
2 3 (3.846%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.564%) NHS
4 1 (1.282%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.282%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 15 (19.23%) Windows
2 8 (10.26%) UNIX
3 7 (8.974%) AIX
4 1 (1.282%) Android
4 1 (1.282%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.36%) OO
2 17 (21.79%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (19.23%) Business Analysis
4 13 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (15.38%) Content Management
6 10 (12.82%) Process Management
7 9 (11.54%) MVC
7 9 (11.54%) UML
7 9 (11.54%) CRM
8 7 (8.974%) BPEL
9 6 (7.692%) Release Management
10 5 (6.410%) PRINCE2
10 5 (6.410%) Validation
10 5 (6.410%) Use Case
10 5 (6.410%) Project Planning
11 4 (5.128%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (5.128%) Analytics
11 4 (5.128%) Web Analytics
11 4 (5.128%) PLM
11 4 (5.128%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 28 (35.90%) C#
2 11 (14.10%) Shell Script
3 8 (10.26%) SQL
4 6 (7.692%) JavaScript
5 5 (6.410%) Java
6 4 (5.128%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.564%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.282%) VB
8 1 (1.282%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.282%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (1.282%) ISEB
1 1 (1.282%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (1.282%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.128%) QA
2 1 (1.282%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (7.692%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.282%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.282%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.10%) Oracle
3 3 (3.846%) SAP
4 1 (1.282%) IBM
4 1 (1.282%) Siebel
4 1 (1.282%) HP
4 1 (1.282%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.282%) Sybase
4 1 (1.282%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.282%) Open Text
4 1 (1.282%) KANA
4 1 (1.282%) Lagan
4 1 (1.282%) Sencha
4 1 (1.282%) Syclo
4 1 (1.282%) Appcelerator
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