West Midlands Workflow Contracts

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.

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Location Aberdeen Andover Barnsley Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Corby Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Huddersfield Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Scotland Shropshire Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	96	71
Rank change on same period last year	-25
Matching contract IT job ads	27	72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.036 %	0.071 %
As % of the category below	1.545 %	4.243 %
Daily rates quoted	6	27
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 quoted	2	2
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 %
Processes & Methodologies West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1748	1697
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.363 %	1.673 %
Daily rates quoted	472	463
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 quoted	104	186
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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Location	Rank 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
Birmingham	-10	8	£317	-24.89 %
Staffordshire	-6	4	-	-
Shropshire	-5	3	£333	-
Herefordshire	+1	3	£125	-
Warwickshire	+4	2	-	-
Coventry	-3	2	-	-

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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.

1 19 (29.69 %) SQL 2 16 (25.00 %) .NET 3 15 (23.44 %) Windows 4 13 (20.31 %) Oracle 4 13 (20.31 %) C# 5 11 (17.19 %) Visual Studio 5 11 (17.19 %) Oracle Workflow 6 9 (14.06 %) WF 7 8 (12.50 %) HTML 7 8 (12.50 %) Java 7 8 (12.50 %) SQL Server 7 8 (12.50 %) Microsoft 8 7 (10.94 %) UNIX 8 7 (10.94 %) SharePoint 8 7 (10.94 %) PL/SQL

8 7 (10.94 %) SAP 8 7 (10.94 %) XML 8 7 (10.94 %) Government 8 7 (10.94 %) Workflow Management 9 6 (9.375 %) Northgate 9 6 (9.375 %) Windows SharePoint Services 9 6 (9.375 %) MS Office 9 6 (9.375 %) ASP.NET 10 5 (7.813 %) Finance 10 5 (7.813 %) System Testing 11 4 (6.250 %) Time Management 11 4 (6.250 %) Data Migration 11 4 (6.250 %) Pega 11 4 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2005 11 4 (6.250 %) Internet

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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.

Application Development 1 16 (25.00 %) .NET 2 9 (14.06 %) WF 3 8 (12.50 %) HTML 4 7 (10.94 %) XML 5 6 (9.375 %) ASP.NET 5 6 (9.375 %) Windows SharePoint Services 6 3 (4.688 %) WCF 7 2 (3.125 %) WPF 7 2 (3.125 %) ASP 7 2 (3.125 %) .NET Framework 8 1 (1.563 %) ADO.NET 8 1 (1.563 %) WebServices 8 1 (1.563 %) XSLT 8 1 (1.563 %) .NET Remoting 8 1 (1.563 %) Silverlight 8 1 (1.563 %) LINQ 8 1 (1.563 %) SAP Business Workflow	Application Platforms 1 11 (17.19 %) Oracle Workflow 2 7 (10.94 %) SharePoint 3 3 (4.688 %) Office Project Server 3 3 (4.688 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 2 (3.125 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 2 (3.125 %) BizTalk Server 4 2 (3.125 %) CMS 5 1 (1.563 %) IIS 5 1 (1.563 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 6 (9.375 %) MS Office 2 3 (4.688 %) InfoPath 3 2 (3.125 %) MS Project 3 2 (3.125 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 3 (4.688 %) SAP HR 2 1 (1.563 %) Oracle EBS 2 1 (1.563 %) DELMIA 2 1 (1.563 %) Teamcenter 2 1 (1.563 %) GraphTalk 2 1 (1.563 %) Oracle 11i 2 1 (1.563 %) Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking 1 4 (6.250 %) Internet 2 2 (3.125 %) LDAP 2 2 (3.125 %) Intranet 3 1 (1.563 %) X.500	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (12.50 %) SQL Server 2 4 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2005 3 3 (4.688 %) EDRMS 3 3 (4.688 %) Oracle Reports 3 3 (4.688 %) Oracle 10g 4 2 (3.125 %) MySQL 4 2 (3.125 %) TOAD 4 2 (3.125 %) Oracle 9i 4 2 (3.125 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (1.563 %) MS Access 5 1 (1.563 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 11 (17.19 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (1.563 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (1.563 %) ClearQuest 2 1 (1.563 %) MSI 2 1 (1.563 %) Oracle APEX	General 1 7 (10.94 %) Government 2 5 (7.813 %) Finance 3 3 (4.688 %) Education 4 2 (3.125 %) Construction 4 2 (3.125 %) Manufacturing 4 2 (3.125 %) Publishing 4 2 (3.125 %) Pensions 5 1 (1.563 %) Banking 5 1 (1.563 %) Billing 5 1 (1.563 %) Insurance 5 1 (1.563 %) Telecoms 5 1 (1.563 %) Automotive 5 1 (1.563 %) Electric 5 1 (1.563 %) Health 5 1 (1.563 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 24 (37.50 %) Developer 2 10 (15.63 %) Consultant 3 7 (10.94 %) Analyst 4 4 (6.250 %) Coordinator 4 4 (6.250 %) Oracle Developer 4 4 (6.250 %) SharePoint Developer 5 3 (4.688 %) .NET Developer 5 3 (4.688 %) C# Developer 5 3 (4.688 %) SAP HR Consultant 5 3 (4.688 %) SAP Consultant 5 3 (4.688 %) Test Analyst 5 3 (4.688 %) Project Manager 6 2 (3.125 %) Business Analyst 6 2 (3.125 %) Architect 6 2 (3.125 %) Administrator 6 2 (3.125 %) Functional Consultant 6 2 (3.125 %) Test Engineer 6 2 (3.125 %) Oracle Consultant 6 2 (3.125 %) Oracle Functional Consultant 6 2 (3.125 %) SharePoint Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.563 %) Computer Science 1 1 (1.563 %) CMDB
Operating Systems 1 15 (23.44 %) Windows 2 7 (10.94 %) UNIX 3 2 (3.125 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (1.563 %) Ubuntu 4 1 (1.563 %) Solaris 4 1 (1.563 %) Linux 4 1 (1.563 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (10.94 %) Workflow Management 2 5 (7.813 %) System Testing 3 4 (6.250 %) Time Management 3 4 (6.250 %) Data Migration 3 4 (6.250 %) Migration 4 3 (4.688 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 3 (4.688 %) Test Scripting 5 2 (3.125 %) BC Cleared 5 2 (3.125 %) Security Cleared 5 2 (3.125 %) Document Management 5 2 (3.125 %) Unit Testing 5 2 (3.125 %) Technical Architecture 5 2 (3.125 %) Knowledge Management 5 2 (3.125 %) Software Testing 5 2 (3.125 %) GAP Analysis 5 2 (3.125 %) DSDM 5 2 (3.125 %) CRM 5 2 (3.125 %) Configuration Management 5 2 (3.125 %) Quality Management 6 1 (1.563 %) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages 1 19 (29.69 %) SQL 2 13 (20.31 %) C# 3 8 (12.50 %) Java 4 7 (10.94 %) PL/SQL 5 2 (3.125 %) VB.NET 6 1 (1.563 %) XAML 6 1 (1.563 %) VBScript 6 1 (1.563 %) JavaScript 6 1 (1.563 %) PHP 6 1 (1.563 %) C++	Qualifications 1 1 (1.563 %) MCP 1 1 (1.563 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (1.563 %) A+ Certification 1 1 (1.563 %) Network+ Certification 1 1 (1.563 %) MCDST 1 1 (1.563 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.563 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 1 (1.563 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 13 (20.31 %) Oracle 2 8 (12.50 %) Microsoft 3 7 (10.94 %) SAP 4 6 (9.375 %) Northgate 5 4 (6.250 %) Pega 6 2 (3.125 %) Civica 6 2 (3.125 %) Capita 6 2 (3.125 %) Sage 6 2 (3.125 %) Anite 7 1 (1.563 %) FatWire 7 1 (1.563 %) Metastorm 7 1 (1.563 %) Kofax 7 1 (1.563 %) Intel 7 1 (1.563 %) Lotus