The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automotive 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 London 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
Automotive
Rank 368 373 412
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +39
Contract jobs citing Automotive 17 33 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.079% 0.123% 0.080%
As % of the General category 0.153% 0.232% 0.135%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 11
Average daily rate £450 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £273 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £558 £516 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £350 £345
% change year-on-year
+5.71% +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
Average hourly rate £32.50 £28.25 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.04% -7.37%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
All of the General Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
11100 14226 18536
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 51.41% 53.12% 59.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7789 9705 12601
Average daily rate £500 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 228 299
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.00 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.70 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Automotive
England

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Automotive Jobs Demand Trend

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Automotive across the London region.

London Automotive Daily Rate Trend

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automotive across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Automotive Daily Rate Histogram

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Automotive Hourly Rate Trend

Automotive
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the London 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
City of London +11 4 £514 +15.83%
Uxbridge - 1 £400 -
Automotive
England

Automotive
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Automotive 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 Automotive.

1 11 (25.58%) JavaScript
1 11 (25.58%) CSS
1 11 (25.58%) jQuery
2 9 (20.93%) Retail
3 8 (18.60%) CSS3
4 6 (13.95%) HTML5
4 6 (13.95%) SAP
4 6 (13.95%) HTML
5 5 (11.63%) Telecoms
5 5 (11.63%) Finance
5 5 (11.63%) Manufacturing
5 5 (11.63%) Advertising
5 5 (11.63%) PHP
5 5 (11.63%) MySQL
5 5 (11.63%) XSLT
5 5 (11.63%) Adobe
5 5 (11.63%) Banking
5 5 (11.63%) iPad
6 4 (9.302%) OO
6 4 (9.302%) XHTML
6 4 (9.302%) XML
6 4 (9.302%) Photoshop
6 4 (9.302%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (9.302%) Adobe CQ
7 3 (6.977%) Social Media
7 3 (6.977%) Project Management
7 3 (6.977%) SAP PP
7 3 (6.977%) C
7 3 (6.977%) Animation
7 3 (6.977%) FMCG

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Automotive 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 Automotive. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (25.58%) CSS
1 11 (25.58%) jQuery
2 8 (18.60%) CSS3
3 6 (13.95%) HTML5
3 6 (13.95%) HTML
4 5 (11.63%) XSLT
5 4 (9.302%) XHTML
5 4 (9.302%) XML
6 2 (4.651%) EDI
7 1 (2.326%) LAMP
7 1 (2.326%) Cocoa
7 1 (2.326%) BAPI
7 1 (2.326%) Ajax
7 1 (2.326%) SAP ALE
7 1 (2.326%) JSON
7 1 (2.326%) Dojo
7 1 (2.326%) JSP
7 1 (2.326%) J2ME
7 1 (2.326%) Flash
7 1 (2.326%) Cocoa Touch
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.302%) Adobe CQ
2 1 (2.326%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.302%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.326%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.326%) Simulink
2 1 (2.326%) Maya
2 1 (2.326%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (2.326%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (2.326%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (2.326%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 3 (6.977%) SAP PP
2 2 (4.651%) SAP SCM
2 2 (4.651%) SAP MM
3 1 (2.326%) SAP LE
3 1 (2.326%) SAP SD
3 1 (2.326%) SAP R/3
3 1 (2.326%) SAP WM
3 1 (2.326%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.326%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.326%) Bluetooth
1 1 (2.326%) GPRS
1 1 (2.326%) GSM
1 1 (2.326%) 3G
1 1 (2.326%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.326%) ClearCase
1 1 (2.326%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.326%) ClearQuest
1 1 (2.326%) Bugzilla
1 1 (2.326%) Xcode
1 1 (2.326%) LSMW
General
1 9 (20.93%) Retail
2 5 (11.63%) Banking
2 5 (11.63%) Telecoms
2 5 (11.63%) Finance
2 5 (11.63%) Manufacturing
2 5 (11.63%) Advertising
3 4 (9.302%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (4.651%) Music
4 2 (4.651%) Marketing
4 2 (4.651%) German Language
5 1 (2.326%) Avionics
5 1 (2.326%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.326%) Games
5 1 (2.326%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 16 (37.21%) Developer
2 9 (20.93%) Front-End Developer
3 6 (13.95%) Project Manager
4 4 (9.302%) UI Developer
4 4 (9.302%) Designer
4 4 (9.302%) UI Programmer
5 3 (6.977%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (6.977%) SAP PP Consultant
5 3 (6.977%) Consultant
6 2 (4.651%) Information Architect
6 2 (4.651%) Functional Consultant
6 2 (4.651%) Architect
6 2 (4.651%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 2 (4.651%) Web Designer
6 2 (4.651%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (4.651%) User Experience Architect
7 1 (2.326%) Product Development Engineer
7 1 (2.326%) PHP MySQL Developer
7 1 (2.326%) iOS Developer
7 1 (2.326%) Senior iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) iPad
2 3 (6.977%) Social Media
2 3 (6.977%) Animation
2 3 (6.977%) FMCG
3 2 (4.651%) Photography
3 2 (4.651%) PMI
3 2 (4.651%) Telematics
3 2 (4.651%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.326%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.326%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.326%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (2.326%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.326%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.326%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.326%) Mechatronics
4 1 (2.326%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.651%) Android
1 2 (4.651%) Windows
2 1 (2.326%) Linux
2 1 (2.326%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.326%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.326%) Windows Phone 7
2 1 (2.326%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.326%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (9.302%) OO
2 3 (6.977%) Project Management
3 2 (4.651%) PRINCE2
4 1 (2.326%) UML
4 1 (2.326%) CRM
4 1 (2.326%) E-Commerce
4 1 (2.326%) ERP
4 1 (2.326%) Change Management
4 1 (2.326%) Risk Management
4 1 (2.326%) Workflow
4 1 (2.326%) Validation
4 1 (2.326%) Migration
4 1 (2.326%) Web Design
4 1 (2.326%) Programme Management
4 1 (2.326%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (2.326%) Logistics
4 1 (2.326%) Software Engineering
4 1 (2.326%) Software Testing
4 1 (2.326%) Project Planning
4 1 (2.326%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.58%) JavaScript
2 5 (11.63%) PHP
3 3 (6.977%) C
4 2 (4.651%) C++
5 1 (2.326%) Java
5 1 (2.326%) ABAP
5 1 (2.326%) Embedded C
5 1 (2.326%) Embedded C++
5 1 (2.326%) Objective-C
5 1 (2.326%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (4.651%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.326%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (2.326%) Cygwin
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) SAP
2 5 (11.63%) Adobe
3 1 (2.326%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.326%) Google
3 1 (2.326%) Microsoft
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