The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manufacturing 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 terms in our General category for the Berkshire 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
Manufacturing
Rank 101 119 106
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -13
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 19 16 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.793% 0.509% 0.773%
As % of the General category 1.854% 1.014% 1.930%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 9
Average daily rate £445 £275 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+61.81% -31.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £269 £368
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £300 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 £410
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -8.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £13.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £28.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+22.80% +23.91%
All of the General Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1025 1578 1192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 42.80% 50.17% 40.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 466 401
Average daily rate £370 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.82% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £235 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £469 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 28 42
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.70 £10.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Manufacturing Jobs Demand Trend

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Manufacturing Daily Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire Manufacturing Daily Rate Histogram

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Manufacturing Hourly Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Berkshire 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
Slough - 5 £358 -
Reading +11 2 £295 -9.23%
Bracknell -14 2 - -
Maidenhead - 2 £563 -
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Manufacturing 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 Manufacturing.

1 9 (26.47%) SAP
2 8 (23.53%) Project Management
3 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
3 7 (20.59%) Telecoms
3 7 (20.59%) Finance
3 7 (20.59%) Marketing
4 6 (17.65%) ERP
5 5 (14.71%) VB
5 5 (14.71%) Retail
6 4 (11.76%) Business Analysis
6 4 (11.76%) Degree
6 4 (11.76%) C
6 4 (11.76%) MS Office
6 4 (11.76%) SaaS
7 3 (8.824%) Data Quality
7 3 (8.824%) Waterfall
7 3 (8.824%) Metadata Management
7 3 (8.824%) ETL
7 3 (8.824%) MS Visio
7 3 (8.824%) Oracle
7 3 (8.824%) MS Project
7 3 (8.824%) MS Excel
7 3 (8.824%) MS Access
7 3 (8.824%) SQL
7 3 (8.824%) Hyperion
7 3 (8.824%) JD Edwards
7 3 (8.824%) Quality Management
7 3 (8.824%) Change Management
7 3 (8.824%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 3 (8.824%) User Acceptance Testing

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Manufacturing 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 Manufacturing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.882%) HTML
1 2 (5.882%) .NET
2 1 (2.941%) DHTML
2 1 (2.941%) ASP
2 1 (2.941%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.941%) COM+
2 1 (2.941%) XML
2 1 (2.941%) Flash
2 1 (2.941%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.941%) Documentum
1 1 (2.941%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.941%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) MS Office
2 3 (8.824%) MS Visio
2 3 (8.824%) MS Project
2 3 (8.824%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.941%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (8.824%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 3 (8.824%) HFM
2 2 (5.882%) SAP CS
2 2 (5.882%) SAP PM
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.941%) SyteLine
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle ASCP
3 1 (2.941%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (2.941%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.941%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (2.941%) SAP GRC
3 1 (2.941%) SAP FSCM
3 1 (2.941%) SAP BPC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.824%) MS Access
2 2 (5.882%) SAP BW
3 1 (2.941%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.941%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.941%) DTS
3 1 (2.941%) SAP BI
3 1 (2.941%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle Forms
General
1 7 (20.59%) Telecoms
1 7 (20.59%) Finance
1 7 (20.59%) Marketing
2 5 (14.71%) Retail
3 3 (8.824%) General Ledger
4 1 (2.941%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.941%) Electronics
4 1 (2.941%) Automotive
4 1 (2.941%) Legal
4 1 (2.941%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (17.65%) Consultant
2 5 (14.71%) Analyst
2 5 (14.71%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Business Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Developer
4 2 (5.882%) .NET Developer
4 2 (5.882%) Web Analyst
4 2 (5.882%) Web Business Analyst
4 2 (5.882%) Administrator
4 2 (5.882%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.941%) Architect
5 1 (2.941%) Tester
5 1 (2.941%) Web Developer
5 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (2.941%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.941%) Security Consultant
5 1 (2.941%) Quality Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Marketing Executive
5 1 (2.941%) SAP BI Consultant
5 1 (2.941%) Dynamics NAV Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) SaaS
2 2 (5.882%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.941%) PMI
3 1 (2.941%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.941%) Data Extraction
3 1 (2.941%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (2.941%) Replication
3 1 (2.941%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.941%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (23.53%) Project Management
2 6 (17.65%) ERP
3 4 (11.76%) Business Analysis
4 3 (8.824%) Waterfall
4 3 (8.824%) Metadata Management
4 3 (8.824%) ETL
4 3 (8.824%) Quality Management
4 3 (8.824%) Change Management
4 3 (8.824%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (8.824%) Integration Testing
4 3 (8.824%) Migration
5 2 (5.882%) Information Security
5 2 (5.882%) Logistics
5 2 (5.882%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (5.882%) CRM
5 2 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.941%) Data Modelling
6 1 (2.941%) ITIL
6 1 (2.941%) PRINCE2
6 1 (2.941%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) VB
2 4 (11.76%) C
3 3 (8.824%) SQL
4 2 (5.882%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.941%) C#
5 1 (2.941%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.941%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.941%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (5.882%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.941%) ACCA
3 1 (2.941%) CISSP
3 1 (2.941%) PMP
3 1 (2.941%) CISA
3 1 (2.941%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.824%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.882%) QA
3 1 (2.941%) GMP
3 1 (2.941%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.941%) XenApp
1 1 (2.941%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (2.941%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) SAP
2 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.824%) Oracle
3 3 (8.824%) Hyperion
3 3 (8.824%) JD Edwards
4 1 (2.941%) Cognos
4 1 (2.941%) Hitachi
4 1 (2.941%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (2.941%) EMC
4 1 (2.941%) Citrix
4 1 (2.941%) Infor
4 1 (2.941%) Cadence
4 1 (2.941%) hybris
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