The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automotive over the 3 months to 20 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 Birmingham 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automotive
Rank 45 50 40
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -10
Contract jobs citing Automotive 2 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.448% 0.805% 0.816%
As % of the General category 1.361% 2.451% 2.198%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £325 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £345 £350
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £47.00 -
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
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
147 204 182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 32.96% 32.85% 37.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 121 114
Average daily rate £364 £360 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.04% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £238 £162
10% offered a daily rate of more than £489 £501 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 3
Average hourly rate £37.00 £18.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% +42.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Automotive
West Midlands

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Automotive Hourly Rate Trend

Automotive
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 3 (25.00%) Sitecore
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) CMS
2 2 (16.67%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (16.67%) C
2 2 (16.67%) C++
2 2 (16.67%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) SOA
3 1 (8.333%) WSDL
3 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.333%) B2B
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.333%) Embedded C
3 1 (8.333%) Embedded C++
3 1 (8.333%) RequisitePro
3 1 (8.333%) Middleware
3 1 (8.333%) SAP PP
3 1 (8.333%) XML
3 1 (8.333%) XSD
3 1 (8.333%) CRM
3 1 (8.333%) EDI
3 1 (8.333%) ERP
3 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
3 1 (8.333%) Java
3 1 (8.333%) VB
3 1 (8.333%) .NET
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle
3 1 (8.333%) Content Management
3 1 (8.333%) BPEL
3 1 (8.333%) Dynamics AX

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) .NET
1 1 (8.333%) XML
1 1 (8.333%) XSD
1 1 (8.333%) EDI
1 1 (8.333%) WSDL
1 1 (8.333%) Middleware
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (8.333%) OpenID
1 1 (8.333%) WebCenter
1 1 (8.333%) iOS SDK
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) CMS
1 2 (16.67%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (8.333%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) SAP PP
1 1 (8.333%) SAP CRM
1 1 (8.333%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle BPM
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) RequisitePro
1 1 (8.333%) JIRA
General
1 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.333%) Advertising
2 1 (8.333%) German Language
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (8.333%) SAP Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) CRM Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Android Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Android
1 1 (8.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) SOA
2 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (8.333%) B2B
2 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (8.333%) Information Security
2 1 (8.333%) Content Management
2 1 (8.333%) BPEL
2 1 (8.333%) Use Case
2 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (8.333%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (8.333%) Business Transformation
2 1 (8.333%) User Stories
2 1 (8.333%) CRM
2 1 (8.333%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) C++
1 2 (16.67%) C
2 1 (8.333%) C#
2 1 (8.333%) Java
2 1 (8.333%) VB
2 1 (8.333%) Embedded C
2 1 (8.333%) Embedded C++
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Sitecore
2 2 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.333%) NEC
3 1 (8.333%) Fujitsu
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle