The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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 29 40 19
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -21
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 1 4 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.510% 0.926% 5.357%
As % of the General category 2.174% 4.167% 19.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £420
% change year-on-year
+21.42% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
Average hourly rate - £21.50 £37.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -43.04%
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
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
46 96 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 23.47% 22.22% 27.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 42 20
Average daily rate £325 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £269 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £495 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 8
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -46.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.02 £14.00 £22.56
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.50 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Manufacturing Hourly Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) ABAP
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) BAPI
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Business Objects
2 2 (66.67%) MS Access
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (66.67%) SAP BI
2 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 2 (66.67%) LSMW
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) SAP SD
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 (66.67%) BAPI
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) MS Access
1 2 (66.67%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (66.67%) SAP BI
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) LSMW
General
1 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) Data Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Data Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) SAP SD Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) SAP SD Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Business Objects Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) ABAP
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Business Objects
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