The first table below looks at the demand for X.500 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 X.500 over the 3 months to 17 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 Communications & Networking 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
X.500
Rank - - 92
Contract jobs citing X.500 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - 0.106%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 0.719%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £340
UK excluding London average daily rate - £300 £550
% change year-on-year
- -45.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
229 277 278
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 13.87% 12.42% 14.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 103 116
Average daily rate £275 £275 £314
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £150 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 37 46
Average hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.90 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
X.500
England

X.500
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing X.500 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands X.500 Jobs Demand Trend

X.500
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing X.500 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands X.500 Daily Rate Trend

X.500
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing X.500 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 X.500.

1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Solaris
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Sun
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 5.5
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2000
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Samba
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) HPUX

X.500
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing X.500 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 X.500. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 5.5
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2000
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Solaris
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) HPUX
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Samba
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Sun
2 1 (50.00%) HP