The first table below looks at the demand for Logistics skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Logistics over the 3 months to 20 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 Leeds 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Logistics
Rank 59 56 44
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -12
Contract jobs citing Logistics 10 15 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 1.344% 1.670% 1.964%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.832% 2.329% 2.899%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 2
Average daily rate £350 £375 £433
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -13.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £425
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £75.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.40 £32.13 £12.52
% change year-on-year
+13.28% +156.62%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
546 644 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 73.39% 71.71% 67.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 379 207
Average daily rate £310 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 19
Average hourly rate £34.00 £19.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.62% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £11.70 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Logistics
West Yorkshire

Logistics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Logistics Daily Rate Trend

Logistics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Logistics Hourly Rate Trend

Logistics
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 11 (68.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (56.25%) UML
2 9 (56.25%) BPMN
3 8 (50.00%) Asset Management
3 8 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
3 8 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (50.00%) Maximo
4 3 (18.75%) MS Project
4 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Smart Meter
5 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
5 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
6 1 (6.250%) Banking
6 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
6 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
6 1 (6.250%) Finance
6 1 (6.250%) SLA
6 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
6 1 (6.250%) Project Management
6 1 (6.250%) Windows
6 1 (6.250%) Windows 8
6 1 (6.250%) Logistic Engineering
6 1 (6.250%) Project Planning

Logistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Project
2 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Maximo
General
1 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.250%) Banking
2 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Business Analyst
1 13 (81.25%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Coordinator
2 2 (12.50%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Financial Business Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
1 1 (6.250%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (56.25%) UML
2 9 (56.25%) BPMN
3 8 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (50.00%) Asset Management
3 8 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) Project Planning
5 1 (6.250%) Project Management
5 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.250%) Logistic Engineering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft