The first table below looks at the demand for Logistics skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Logistics over the 3 months to 24 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 Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Logistics
Rank 25 24 34
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +10
Contract jobs citing Logistics 1 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.581% 1.504% 0.583%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.893% 3.053% 0.901%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £525 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.25% -
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 £37.80 £28.25 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+33.80% +145.65%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
112 131 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 65.12% 49.25% 64.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 55 52
Average daily rate £450 £375 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 58
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -15.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Logistics
England

Logistics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Logistics Hourly Rate Trend

Logistics
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Siemens
2 1 (25.00%) Sage
2 1 (25.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (25.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (25.00%) SAP BI
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (25.00%) Modbus

Logistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (25.00%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Siemens
2 1 (25.00%) Sage