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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Manufacturing' in contract IT jobs within the North Wales region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Manufacturing over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkManufacturing
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank87
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads33
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.003 %
As % of the category below25.00 %27.27 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£500£417
Average daily rate£550£487
% change on same period last year+12.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£600£558
UK excluding London average daily rate£410£406
% change on same period last year+0.89 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£19.00-
Average hourly rate£19.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£19.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.09£23.93
% change on same period last year+17.39 %
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
North Wales
Matching contract IT job ads1211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted48
Average minimum daily rate£326£347
Average daily rate£363£403
% change on same period last year-9.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£459
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£378
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£28.43-
Average hourly rate£30.57-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£32.71-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£26.62
% change on same period last year+2.74 %
Manufacturing WalesManufacturing
Wales

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Manufacturing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Manufacturing across the North Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

North Wales Manufacturing Demand Trend

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Manufacturing across the North Wales region.

North Wales Manufacturing Daily Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North Wales 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 North Wales region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DenbighshireNew entry-1£550-
FlintshireNew entry-1£550-
WrexhamNew entry-1--
Manufacturing WalesManufacturing
Wales

Manufacturing
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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.

12 (33.33 %)ERP
21 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (16.67 %)HNC
21 (16.67 %)Windows
21 (16.67 %)Service Delivery
21 (16.67 %)Firewall
21 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (16.67 %)Marketing
21 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
21 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
21 (16.67 %)VPN
21 (16.67 %)Active Directory
21 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (16.67 %)Project Management
21 (16.67 %)Sarbanes-Oxley

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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.

North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
11 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
11 (16.67 %)VPN
11 (16.67 %)Firewall
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Marketing
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Consultant
12 (33.33 %)Buyer
12 (33.33 %)IT Buyer
21 (16.67 %)Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Systems Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Service Analyst
21 (16.67 %)ERP Consultant
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)Windows
11 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (16.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)ERP
21 (16.67 %)Project Management
21 (16.67 %)Service Delivery
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)HNC
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (16.67 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (16.67 %)Active Directory