The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automotive over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our General category for the Bedfordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automotive
Rank 29 28 35
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +7
Contract jobs citing Automotive 1 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.529% 1.792% 2.389%
As % of the General category 1.333% 3.817% 7.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £345 £345
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+13.84% +8.33%
All of the General Category
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
75 131 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 39.68% 46.95% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 62 48
Average daily rate £400 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £225 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £439
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 2
Average hourly rate £32.75 £38.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.81% +26.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Automotive
East of England

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Automotive across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Bedfordshire Automotive Jobs Demand Trend

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Automotive across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Automotive Daily Rate Trend

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Automotive across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Automotive Hourly Rate Trend

Automotive
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bedford - 1 £325 -
Automotive
East of England

Automotive
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Automotive 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 Automotive.

1 4 (57.14%) Salesforce.com
1 4 (57.14%) Front Office
1 4 (57.14%) Eloqua
2 1 (14.29%) Logistics
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) CRM

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Automotive 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 Automotive. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 4 (57.14%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Business Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Change Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Business Change Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Sales Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Business Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Change Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Change Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Logistics
1 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
1 1 (14.29%) CRM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Salesforce.com
1 4 (57.14%) Eloqua