The first table below looks at the demand for Logistics skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Logistics over the 3 months to 21 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 Manchester 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Logistics
Rank 70 74 67
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -7
Contract jobs citing Logistics 3 15 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.318% 1.154% 0.694%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.448% 1.814% 1.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
Average daily rate £712 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+78.00% -11.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £378 £425
% change year-on-year
+5.96% -11.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.40 £32.13 £12.52
% change year-on-year
+13.28% +156.62%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
670 827 656
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 70.97% 63.62% 65.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 418 299
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £230 £191
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 38 37
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £79.00 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Logistics
North West

Logistics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Logistics Hourly Rate Trend

Logistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 10 (71.43%) SAP
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
3 3 (21.43%) Retail
4 2 (14.29%) QA
4 2 (14.29%) Bourne shell
4 2 (14.29%) Bash shell
4 2 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Korn
4 2 (14.29%) Demand Management
4 2 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 2 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) XML
4 2 (14.29%) UNIX
4 2 (14.29%) CRM
4 2 (14.29%) C
4 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (14.29%) XML Schema
4 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) B2B
4 2 (14.29%) B2C
4 2 (14.29%) SAP BW
4 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
4 2 (14.29%) SAP BI
4 2 (14.29%) OLE
5 1 (7.143%) ISEB
5 1 (7.143%) Ariba

Logistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (14.29%) XML
1 2 (14.29%) XML Schema
1 2 (14.29%) OLE
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Lawson
1 1 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (7.143%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (7.143%) SAP SCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (14.29%) SAP BW
1 2 (14.29%) SAP BI
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
2 3 (21.43%) Retail
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) SAP Consultant
1 3 (21.43%) Consultant
1 3 (21.43%) SAP Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Technical Leader
2 2 (14.29%) SAP Logistics Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Project Coordinator
2 2 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.143%) Architect
3 1 (7.143%) SAP SD Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) SAP APO Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.143%) SAP BW Architect
3 1 (7.143%) SAP SCM Consultant
3 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Architect
3 1 (7.143%) Lead Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
1 2 (14.29%) Demand Management
1 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
1 2 (14.29%) Migration
1 2 (14.29%) CRM
1 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) B2B
1 2 (14.29%) B2C
2 1 (7.143%) ERP
2 1 (7.143%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (7.143%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Bourne shell
1 2 (14.29%) Bash shell
1 2 (14.29%) Korn
1 2 (14.29%) C
1 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) ISEB
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) SAP
2 1 (7.143%) Ariba
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle
2 1 (7.143%) RedPrairie
Manchester, North West
You will initially be tasked with analysing the business needs and working with the business analysts to produce both technical and functional specifications.
Mason Frank International
Rate: £375 - £425 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will initially be tasked with analysing the business needs and working with the business analysts to produce both technical and functional specifications... The initial terms on the...
Mason Frank International
Rate: £375 - £425 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013