The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manufacturing over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Merseyside 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manufacturing
Rank 19 28 29
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +1
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 6 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 3.141% 2.881% 1.460%
As % of the General category 12.50% 10.00% 3.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 0
Average daily rate £370 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.54% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £75.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +341.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.75 £29.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.72% -3.33%
All of the General Category
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
48 70 106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 25.13% 28.81% 38.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 37 55
Average daily rate £334 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £175 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £425 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 12
Average hourly rate £11.50 £18.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.11% +63.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Manufacturing Daily Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Manufacturing across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Merseyside Manufacturing Daily Rate Histogram

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside Manufacturing Hourly Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Liverpool +6 5 £435 +58.18%
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 5 (50.00%) SAP
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Baan
2 4 (40.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) ERP
2 4 (40.00%) Resource Management
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (20.00%) Process Management
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Electronics
4 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) DTV
4 2 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 2 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (20.00%) Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) DB2
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (20.00%) Windows

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 4 (40.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (10.00%) SAP APO
2 1 (10.00%) SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) DB2
2 2 (20.00%) Informix
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
3 2 (20.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Billing
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst Programmer
2 2 (20.00%) Programmer
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Change Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Data Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Data Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) DTV
3 1 (10.00%) Data Conversion
3 1 (10.00%) PMI
3 1 (10.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) AIX
1 2 (20.00%) HPUX
1 2 (20.00%) Solaris
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
1 4 (40.00%) ERP
1 4 (40.00%) Resource Management
2 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (20.00%) Process Management
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Validation
3 2 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Budget Control
4 1 (10.00%) Data Stewardship
4 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Matrix Management
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) ETL
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Java
2 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PgMP
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) ISA Server
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) SAP
2 4 (40.00%) Baan
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) JD Edwards
3 2 (20.00%) IBM
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Sun
3 2 (20.00%) Infor
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