The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manufacturing 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 terms in our General category for the Buckinghamshire 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
Manufacturing
Rank 63 73 67
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -6
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 2 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.254% 0.197% 0.755%
As % of the General category 0.930% 0.506% 1.544%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £215 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -36.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £420
% change year-on-year
+21.42% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.75 £27.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
+36.11% +10.20%
All of the General Category
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
215 395 518
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 27.28% 38.88% 48.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 194 210
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 37
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +19.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Manufacturing Daily Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Aylesbury - 1 - -
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) DB2
1 3 (37.50%) ERP
1 3 (37.50%) AS400
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
1 3 (37.50%) IBM
1 3 (37.50%) iSeries
1 3 (37.50%) SaaS
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (25.00%) VLAN
2 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) OOD
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) STL
3 1 (12.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) BGP
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) QA
3 1 (12.50%) Multithreading
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (12.50%) HSRP
3 1 (12.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (12.50%) SAN

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 1 (12.50%) STL
1 1 (12.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) VPN
1 2 (25.00%) VLAN
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (12.50%) HSRP
2 1 (12.50%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) OSPF
2 1 (12.50%) BGP
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) DB2
General
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Systems Support
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics AX Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Trainer
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) AS400
1 3 (37.50%) iSeries
1 3 (37.50%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ERP
2 1 (12.50%) OOD
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Multithreading
2 1 (12.50%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
1 3 (37.50%) IBM
2 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
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