The first table below looks at the demand for Logistics skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Logistics 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Coventry 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
Logistics
Rank 10 22 23
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +1
Contract jobs citing Logistics 21 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 10.50% 3.113% 2.198%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.64% 4.444% 3.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £550 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £425
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.80 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £28.25 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+33.80% +145.65%
All Processes & Methodologies
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
154 180 133
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 77.00% 70.04% 73.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 73 55
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £167 £250 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 18 5
Average hourly rate £37.80 £30.00 £33.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -9.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Logistics
West Midlands

Logistics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Logistics across the Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Coventry Logistics Jobs Demand Trend

Logistics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Coventry Logistics Daily Rate Trend

Logistics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Logistics across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Coventry Logistics Daily Rate Histogram

Logistics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Coventry Logistics Hourly Rate Trend

Logistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Logistics 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 Logistics.

1 14 (40.00%) Automotive
2 13 (37.14%) Finance
3 12 (34.29%) Manufacturing
4 10 (28.57%) Integration Testing
5 9 (25.71%) Marketing
6 8 (22.86%) Change Management
7 7 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (17.14%) SAP
9 5 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (14.29%) Project Management
9 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (14.29%) Validation
9 5 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
9 5 (14.29%) PLM
10 4 (11.43%) SAP CO
10 4 (11.43%) Automated Testing
10 4 (11.43%) MS PowerPoint
10 4 (11.43%) Unit Testing
10 4 (11.43%) MBA
10 4 (11.43%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (11.43%) Management Information System
10 4 (11.43%) SAP FI
10 4 (11.43%) SAP MM
10 4 (11.43%) ERP
10 4 (11.43%) MS Visio
11 3 (8.571%) E-Learning
12 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
12 1 (2.857%) Quality Management
12 1 (2.857%) ATM
12 1 (2.857%) Ethernet

Logistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Logistics 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 Logistics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.857%) Middleware
1 1 (2.857%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) MS PowerPoint
1 4 (11.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) SAP CO
1 4 (11.43%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (11.43%) SAP FI
1 4 (11.43%) SAP MM
2 1 (2.857%) SAP QM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) ATM
1 1 (2.857%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.857%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.857%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.857%) OLAP
1 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.857%) JasperReports
1 1 (2.857%) UniData
1 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 14 (40.00%) Automotive
2 13 (37.14%) Finance
3 12 (34.29%) Manufacturing
4 9 (25.71%) Marketing
5 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.857%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Analyst
1 13 (37.14%) Business Analyst
2 9 (25.71%) Project Manager
3 5 (14.29%) Test Manager
3 5 (14.29%) Consultant
3 5 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (2.857%) Management Consultant
4 1 (2.857%) Architect
4 1 (2.857%) Technical Leader
4 1 (2.857%) SAP Architect
4 1 (2.857%) Report Writer
4 1 (2.857%) SAP QM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.571%) E-Learning
3 1 (2.857%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Integration Testing
2 8 (22.86%) Change Management
3 7 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (14.29%) Project Management
4 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (14.29%) Validation
4 5 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
4 5 (14.29%) PLM
5 4 (11.43%) Automated Testing
5 4 (11.43%) Unit Testing
5 4 (11.43%) ERP
6 1 (2.857%) Quality Management
6 1 (2.857%) ITIL
6 1 (2.857%) PRINCE
6 1 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (2.857%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.857%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) MBA
2 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.857%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) SAP
2 1 (2.857%) IBM
2 1 (2.857%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.857%) RedPrairie