The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manufacturing 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 terms in our General 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
Manufacturing
Rank 15 21 22
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +1
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 11 7 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 6.395% 2.632% 4.082%
As % of the General category 24.44% 9.091% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
Average daily rate £525 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 £410
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -8.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
Average hourly rate - £22.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £28.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+22.80% +23.91%
All of the General Category
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
45 77 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 26.16% 28.95% 33.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 31 20
Average daily rate £450 £400 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £250 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £650 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 23
Average hourly rate £32.00 £36.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.32% +58.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Manufacturing Hourly Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 15 (65.22%) SAP
2 10 (43.48%) ERP
3 9 (39.13%) Automotive
4 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (21.74%) Programme Management
6 4 (17.39%) SAP ERP
7 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (13.04%) Finance
7 3 (13.04%) Project Management
7 3 (13.04%) Change Management
7 3 (13.04%) Migration
8 2 (8.696%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (8.696%) EAM
8 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (8.696%) SAP GRC
9 1 (4.348%) Business Analytics
9 1 (4.348%) Analytics
9 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Management
9 1 (4.348%) Data Visualisation
9 1 (4.348%) Tableau
9 1 (4.348%) Data Architecture
9 1 (4.348%) Data Governance
9 1 (4.348%) SAP HANA
9 1 (4.348%) Visualisation
9 1 (4.348%) SAP BPC
9 1 (4.348%) Quantitative Analysis
9 1 (4.348%) QA
9 1 (4.348%) Spotfire
9 1 (4.348%) Enterprise Architecture
9 1 (4.348%) Microsoft

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) SAS
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) SAP ERP
2 2 (8.696%) SAP GRC
3 1 (4.348%) SAP BPC
3 1 (4.348%) Lawson
3 1 (4.348%) SAP CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SAP HANA
1 1 (4.348%) Spotfire
1 1 (4.348%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (4.348%) SAP BW
1 1 (4.348%) SAP BI
1 1 (4.348%) Data Mining
General
1 9 (39.13%) Automotive
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Consultant
2 6 (26.09%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (21.74%) Architect
3 5 (21.74%) Programme Manager
4 4 (17.39%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (17.39%) SAP Architect
4 4 (17.39%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 3 (13.04%) SAP Manager
5 3 (13.04%) Lead Architect
5 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
6 2 (8.696%) Senior Manager
6 2 (8.696%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (8.696%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 2 (8.696%) Transformation Programme Manager
7 1 (4.348%) Transformation Project Manager
7 1 (4.348%) CRM Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.348%) Supply Chain Manager
7 1 (4.348%) SAP GRC Consultant
7 1 (4.348%) CRM Architect
7 1 (4.348%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) ERP
2 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (21.74%) Programme Management
4 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (13.04%) Project Management
4 3 (13.04%) Change Management
4 3 (13.04%) Migration
5 2 (8.696%) EAM
5 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.348%) Business Analytics
6 1 (4.348%) Analytics
6 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (4.348%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (4.348%) Data Architecture
6 1 (4.348%) Data Governance
6 1 (4.348%) Quantitative Analysis
6 1 (4.348%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (4.348%) Configuration Management
6 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2
6 1 (4.348%) CRM
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) PMP
1 1 (4.348%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (4.348%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (65.22%) SAP
2 1 (4.348%) Tableau
2 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.348%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (4.348%) TIBCO
2 1 (4.348%) Business Objects