East Midlands Manufacturing Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Manufacturing' in contract IT jobs within the East Midlands region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Manufacturing over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Manufacturing
Location Andover Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cannock Chesham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Cumbria Darlington Daventry Deeside Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Doncaster Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Fife Flintshire Glasgow Hampshire Harlow Havant Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Kent King's Lynn Lancashire Leicester Leicestershire London Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Rochester Scotland Sevenoaks Shrewsbury Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph Staffordshire Stockport Strathclyde Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Ware Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Wolverhampton Wrexham York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	45	48
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	46	46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.062 %	0.045 %
As % of the category below	6.362 %	5.750 %
Daily rates quoted	14	2
Average minimum daily rate	£369	£375
Average daily rate	£397	£400
% change on same period last year	-0.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£425	£425
UK excluding London average daily rate	£411	£409
% change on same period last year	+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£41.88	£23.07
Average hourly rate	£45.31	£25.71
% change on same period last year	+76.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£48.75	£28.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.46	£23.78
% change on same period last year	+23.88 %
General East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	723	800
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.977 %	0.789 %
Daily rates quoted	295	190
Average minimum daily rate	£396	£374
Average daily rate	£418	£399
% change on same period last year	+4.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£439	£425
UK excluding London average daily rate	£382	£381
% change on same period last year	+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	43	84
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.52	£22.21
Average hourly rate	£31.26	£23.30
% change on same period last year	+34.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.00	£24.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.14	£27.27
% change on same period last year	+3.16 %
Manufacturing England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Manufacturing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Manufacturing across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Manufacturing across the East Midlands region.

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Manufacturing across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Manufacturing across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Derbyshire	+8	32	£386	-26.57 %
Leicestershire	+6	3	£300	+9.09 %
Nottinghamshire	-4	2	-	-
Northamptonshire	-4	1	£350	-

Manufacturing England

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 22 (28.95 %) C++ 2 21 (27.63 %) UNIX 3 20 (26.32 %) Windows 4 16 (21.05 %) Java 4 16 (21.05 %) Security Cleared 5 15 (19.74 %) Oracle 5 15 (19.74 %) Data Management 6 14 (18.42 %) PDM 6 14 (18.42 %) CAD 7 12 (15.79 %) Client/Server 8 11 (14.47 %) UML 8 11 (14.47 %) Borland 9 10 (13.16 %) .NET 9 10 (13.16 %) C 9 10 (13.16 %) C#

9 10 (13.16 %) SC Cleared 10 9 (11.84 %) SQL 11 7 (9.211 %) Perl 11 7 (9.211 %) JD Edwards 12 6 (7.895 %) Project Management 12 6 (7.895 %) Delphi 12 6 (7.895 %) Requirements Analysis 13 5 (6.579 %) BC Cleared 13 5 (6.579 %) Aerospace 13 5 (6.579 %) SharePoint 13 5 (6.579 %) Microsoft 14 4 (5.263 %) ISO9001 14 4 (5.263 %) PMI 14 4 (5.263 %) Windows Server 2003 14 4 (5.263 %) MS Excel

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 10 (13.16 %) .NET 2 1 (1.316 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (1.316 %) WinForms 2 1 (1.316 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 5 (6.579 %) SharePoint 2 2 (2.632 %) Lotus Notes 2 2 (2.632 %) SAS 3 1 (1.316 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (1.316 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 1 (1.316 %) Lotus Domino 3 1 (1.316 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 4 (5.263 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.316 %) MS Visio 2 1 (1.316 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 2 (2.632 %) JDE OneWorld 1 2 (2.632 %) SAP SD 1 2 (2.632 %) MFGPRO 2 1 (1.316 %) JDE EnterpriseOne
Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.632 %) Intranet 2 1 (1.316 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (3.947 %) SQL Server 2 2 (2.632 %) SQL Server 2005 2 2 (2.632 %) Base SAS 3 1 (1.316 %) Oracle Reports 3 1 (1.316 %) Oracle 10g
Development Applications 1 2 (2.632 %) MSI 2 1 (1.316 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (1.316 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (1.316 %) Rational Rose	General 1 5 (6.579 %) Aerospace 2 3 (3.947 %) Automotive 2 3 (3.947 %) Construction 3 2 (2.632 %) Government 3 2 (2.632 %) Retail 3 2 (2.632 %) Telecoms 4 1 (1.316 %) Finance 4 1 (1.316 %) Pensions 4 1 (1.316 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 15 (19.74 %) Developer 2 11 (14.47 %) Analyst 3 9 (11.84 %) Consultant 3 9 (11.84 %) Technical Lead 4 7 (9.211 %) Project Manager 5 6 (7.895 %) Delphi Developer 6 4 (5.263 %) C# Developer 6 4 (5.263 %) Information Analyst 7 3 (3.947 %) .NET Developer 7 3 (3.947 %) Business Analyst 7 3 (3.947 %) Development Manager 7 3 (3.947 %) IT Manager 7 3 (3.947 %) Architect 7 3 (3.947 %) Technical Architect 8 2 (2.632 %) Business Systems Analyst 8 2 (2.632 %) Systems Analyst 8 2 (2.632 %) Senior Manager 8 2 (2.632 %) Coordinator 8 2 (2.632 %) SAP SD Consultant 8 2 (2.632 %) SAP Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 12 (15.79 %) Client/Server 2 4 (5.263 %) PMI 3 2 (2.632 %) Economics 4 1 (1.316 %) PDA 4 1 (1.316 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 21 (27.63 %) UNIX 2 20 (26.32 %) Windows 3 4 (5.263 %) Windows Server 2003 4 3 (3.947 %) Windows XP 4 3 (3.947 %) Solaris 5 1 (1.316 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (1.316 %) Windows CE	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (21.05 %) Security Cleared 2 15 (19.74 %) Data Management 3 14 (18.42 %) CAD 3 14 (18.42 %) PDM 4 11 (14.47 %) UML 5 10 (13.16 %) SC Cleared 6 6 (7.895 %) Requirements Analysis 6 6 (7.895 %) Project Management 7 5 (6.579 %) BC Cleared 8 4 (5.263 %) QMS 8 4 (5.263 %) Logistics 8 4 (5.263 %) Business Analysis 8 4 (5.263 %) Quality Management 8 4 (5.263 %) PRINCE2 8 4 (5.263 %) ERP 9 3 (3.947 %) PLM 9 3 (3.947 %) OO 10 2 (2.632 %) Data Modelling 10 2 (2.632 %) Process Management 11 1 (1.316 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 22 (28.95 %) C++ 2 16 (21.05 %) Java 3 10 (13.16 %) C 3 10 (13.16 %) C# 4 9 (11.84 %) SQL 5 7 (9.211 %) Perl 6 6 (7.895 %) Delphi 7 3 (3.947 %) VB 8 2 (2.632 %) VB.NET 9 1 (1.316 %) VB6 9 1 (1.316 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 2 (2.632 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 1 (1.316 %) MCSE 2 1 (1.316 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (5.263 %) ISO9001 2 1 (1.316 %) SLA 2 1 (1.316 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 3 (3.947 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.316 %) VMware ESX 2 1 (1.316 %) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management 1 2 (2.632 %) Tivoli 1 2 (2.632 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 15 (19.74 %) Oracle 2 11 (14.47 %) Borland 3 7 (9.211 %) JD Edwards 4 5 (6.579 %) Microsoft 5 3 (3.947 %) SAP 6 2 (2.632 %) Lotus 7 1 (1.316 %) VMware 7 1 (1.316 %) IBM 7 1 (1.316 %) Citrix 7 1 (1.316 %) Pegasus