The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manufacturing over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manufacturing
Rank 37 42 45
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +3
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 7 14 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.602% 2.236% 0.774%
As % of the General category 4.375% 6.573% 2.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
Average daily rate £344 £350 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.78% +94.44%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £358 £408
% change year-on-year
+18.88% -12.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £25.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £28.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+26.31% +23.91%
All of the General Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
160 213 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 36.61% 34.03% 38.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 126 126
Average daily rate £375 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £234 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £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 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Manufacturing
West Midlands

Manufacturing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Manufacturing Hourly Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 2 (18.18%) DTV
3 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) NHS
3 2 (18.18%) XML
3 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 1 (9.091%) Linux
4 1 (9.091%) UML
4 1 (9.091%) CRM
4 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
4 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (9.091%) EDI
4 1 (9.091%) UNIX
4 1 (9.091%) Web Services
4 1 (9.091%) C#
4 1 (9.091%) HTML
4 1 (9.091%) Java
4 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.091%) Perl

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 (18.18%) XML
2 1 (9.091%) EDI
2 1 (9.091%) Web Services
2 1 (9.091%) HTML
2 1 (9.091%) .NET
2 1 (9.091%) Middleware
2 1 (9.091%) soapUI
2 1 (9.091%) .NET Framework
2 1 (9.091%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (9.091%) SAP APO
2 1 (9.091%) SAP SCM
2 1 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
2 1 (9.091%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 1 (9.091%) Automotive
3 1 (9.091%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) NHS Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Tester
3 1 (9.091%) Desktop Support
3 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Support Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) NHS Information Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) ERP Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Automation Tester
3 1 (9.091%) Middleware Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Lead Tester
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Information Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Programme Director
3 1 (9.091%) Project Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) DTV
1 2 (18.18%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) UNIX
2 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 8
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
2 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) UML
3 1 (9.091%) CRM
3 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.091%) Project Governance
3 1 (9.091%) Business Transformation
3 1 (9.091%) Business Development
3 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Logistics
3 1 (9.091%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) C#
1 1 (9.091%) Java
1 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.091%) Perl
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
1 1 (9.091%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB
1 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle
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