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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Manufacturing' in contract IT jobs within the Kent 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkManufacturing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4253
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.840 %0.855 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£338-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£375-
UK excluding London average daily rate£414£407
% change on same period last year+1.90 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£25.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£23.34
% change on same period last year+28.53 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads163234
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.217 %0.233 %
Daily rates quoted4662
Average minimum daily rate£323£362
Average daily rate£338£377
% change on same period last year-10.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£352£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted2829
Average minimum hourly rate£22.05£27.73
Average hourly rate£23.12£30.31
% change on same period last year-23.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.18£32.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£27.25
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Manufacturing South EastManufacturing
South East

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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Kent Manufacturing Demand Trend

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Manufacturing Daily Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Manufacturing Hourly Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Kent region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

LocationRank 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
MaidstoneNew entry-1£225-
RochesterNew entry-1--
SittingbourneNew entry-1£450-
Manufacturing South EastManufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

111 (64.71 %)Windows
210 (58.82 %)Microsoft
37 (41.18 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
37 (41.18 %)DNS
37 (41.18 %)MS Office
37 (41.18 %)VBScript
37 (41.18 %)VB.NET
37 (41.18 %).NET
37 (41.18 %)Migration
37 (41.18 %)Windows Vista
37 (41.18 %)Application Packaging
37 (41.18 %)Business Desktop Deployment
37 (41.18 %)Data Migration
46 (35.29 %)QA
54 (23.53 %)Degree
54 (23.53 %)TCP/IP
54 (23.53 %)ERP
63 (17.65 %)Windows XP
63 (17.65 %)McAfee Security
63 (17.65 %)Assembly Language
63 (17.65 %)VB
63 (17.65 %)C#
63 (17.65 %)Software Engineering
63 (17.65 %)BMC Marimba
63 (17.65 %)Electronics
63 (17.65 %)Finance
72 (11.76 %)Quality Management
72 (11.76 %)Computer Science
72 (11.76 %)Document Management
72 (11.76 %)Firmware

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (41.18 %).NET
17 (41.18 %)Application Packaging
21 (5.882 %)EDI
21 (5.882 %)EDIFACT
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (41.18 %)MS Office
21 (5.882 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)Oracle EBS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (41.18 %)DNS
24 (23.53 %)TCP/IP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (17.65 %)Electronics
13 (17.65 %)Finance
22 (11.76 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (5.882 %)Construction
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (29.41 %)Deployment Engineer
23 (17.65 %)Software Engineer
32 (11.76 %)Data Manager
41 (5.882 %)Project Manager
41 (5.882 %)IT Operations Manager
41 (5.882 %)Operations Manager
41 (5.882 %)Developer
41 (5.882 %)IT Manager
41 (5.882 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
41 (5.882 %)Oracle Developer
41 (5.882 %)Infrastructure Manager
41 (5.882 %)Rollout Engineer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (11.76 %)Computer Science
12 (11.76 %)Firmware
21 (5.882 %)AS400
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (64.71 %)Windows
27 (41.18 %)Windows Vista
33 (17.65 %)Windows XP
42 (11.76 %)UNIX
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)Migration
17 (41.18 %)Business Desktop Deployment
17 (41.18 %)Data Migration
24 (23.53 %)ERP
33 (17.65 %)Software Engineering
42 (11.76 %)Quality Management
42 (11.76 %)Document Management
42 (11.76 %)Electronic Trading
42 (11.76 %)E-Commerce
51 (5.882 %)Project Management
51 (5.882 %)ITIL
51 (5.882 %)PRINCE2
51 (5.882 %)Stakeholder Management
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (41.18 %)VBScript
17 (41.18 %)VB.NET
23 (17.65 %)Assembly Language
23 (17.65 %)VB
23 (17.65 %)C#
31 (5.882 %)Pascal
31 (5.882 %)C
31 (5.882 %)C++
31 (5.882 %)COBOL
31 (5.882 %)Java
31 (5.882 %)SQL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (23.53 %)Degree
21 (5.882 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (5.882 %)MCSE
21 (5.882 %)MCP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (35.29 %)QA
22 (11.76 %)21 CFR Part 11
22 (11.76 %)GCP
22 (11.76 %)GMP
22 (11.76 %)GLP
31 (5.882 %)RosettaNet
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (41.18 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (17.65 %)BMC Marimba
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (58.82 %)Microsoft
23 (17.65 %)McAfee Security
32 (11.76 %)Oracle