The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 29 44 32
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -12
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 7 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.128% 0.943% 0.781%
As % of the General category 7.143% 4.040% 3.279%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £468 £288 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.60% +35.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 £410
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -8.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.31% -
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
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
98 99 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 29.79% 23.35% 23.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 55 31
Average daily rate £368 £350 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +4.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £235 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 10
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.15 £11.50 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.50 £48.75 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Manufacturing
Cambridgeshire

Manufacturing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Manufacturing Hourly Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 (30.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) IIS
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) CAD
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) GAMP
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) QA
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) Wonderware
2 2 (20.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) SCADA
3 1 (10.00%) Physics
3 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (10.00%) SyteLine
3 1 (10.00%) SAP MII
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) ArchestrA
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (10.00%) EMC
3 1 (10.00%) MOM
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Electronics
3 1 (10.00%) Advertising
3 1 (10.00%) Validation

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 (20.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) IIS
2 1 (10.00%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) CATIA
1 1 (10.00%) Pro/ENGINEER
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SyteLine
1 1 (10.00%) SAP MII
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (10.00%) MFGPRO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Electronics
1 1 (10.00%) Advertising
1 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Mechanical Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Mechanical Design Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) CAD Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (10.00%) QA Leader
2 1 (10.00%) CAD Design Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Progress Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Tester
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) SCADA
2 1 (10.00%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) ITIL
1 2 (20.00%) CAD
1 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Validation
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) HNC
2 1 (10.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GAMP
1 2 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
1 2 (20.00%) Wonderware
2 1 (10.00%) EMC
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) SolidWorks
2 1 (10.00%) Progress
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
Cambridge, East Anglia
My client is urgently looking for a Microsoft Dynamics AX Project manager to start work in their Cambridge office ASAP, the contractor will be working on a new...
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Based at their site in Cambridge, the main purpose of the role will be to support the Process Control service. The role will mainly focus on the reduction...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £30.00 - £35.00 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013