The first table below looks at the demand for Logistics skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Logistics 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Leicestershire 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
Logistics
Rank 28 10 33
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +23
Contract jobs citing Logistics 3 16 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.429% 7.512% 1.717%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.190% 12.70% 2.597%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
Average daily rate - £425 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +41.43%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £425
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.76 £13.54
% change year-on-year
+35.86% +90.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
137 126 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 65.24% 59.15% 66.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 41 50
Average daily rate £425 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £205 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £413 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 20
Average hourly rate £32.50 £11.00 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+195.45% -66.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £8.50 £24.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.35 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Logistics
East Midlands

Logistics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Logistics Hourly Rate Trend

Logistics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicester -6 2 - -
Loughborough - 1 - -
Logistics
East Midlands

Logistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 (78.57%) Windows
2 8 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 8 (57.14%) Oracle
2 8 (57.14%) Visual Studio
3 7 (50.00%) SQL
3 7 (50.00%) Linux
4 6 (42.86%) UML
4 6 (42.86%) C#
4 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
4 6 (42.86%) ISO 9001
5 5 (35.71%) TickIT
5 5 (35.71%) ISEB
5 5 (35.71%) .NET
5 5 (35.71%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 5 (35.71%) UNIX
5 5 (35.71%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (28.57%) TDD
6 4 (28.57%) Modbus
6 4 (28.57%) Siemens
7 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
8 2 (14.29%) Expression Blend
8 2 (14.29%) MVVM
8 2 (14.29%) Telerik
8 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
8 2 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (14.29%) Unit Testing
8 2 (14.29%) Degree
8 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
8 2 (14.29%) WPF
8 2 (14.29%) Silverlight

Logistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 5 (35.71%) .NET
2 2 (14.29%) WPF
2 2 (14.29%) Silverlight
3 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
3 1 (7.143%) Web Services
3 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
1 2 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 4 (28.57%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 8 (57.14%) Visual Studio
2 5 (35.71%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (14.29%) Expression Blend
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Test Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) C# Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Silverlight Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Software Test Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Tester
5 1 (7.143%) Development Manager
5 1 (7.143%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Development Project Manager
5 1 (7.143%) IT Development Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Agile Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Linux
3 5 (35.71%) UNIX
4 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (7.143%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) UML
2 5 (35.71%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (28.57%) TDD
4 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Unit Testing
4 2 (14.29%) MVVM
4 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.143%) Automation Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 6 (42.86%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) ISEB
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (7.143%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) ISO 9001
2 5 (35.71%) TickIT
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle
2 4 (28.57%) Siemens
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 2 (14.29%) Infragistics
4 2 (14.29%) Telerik