The first table below looks at the demand for Finite Element Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Finite Element Analysis 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 North West 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
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Rank 115 134 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Contract jobs citing Finite Element Analysis 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.169% 0.032% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.240% 0.051% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £295 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £31.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +8.77%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1669 1945 1965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.69% 61.67% 65.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 1005 1027
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 84 96
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £21.12
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -5.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £13.35 £12.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.50 £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Finite Element Analysis
England

Finite Element Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Finite Element Analysis across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Finite Element Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Finite Element Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Finite Element Analysis across the North West region.

North West Finite Element Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Finite Element Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Finite Element Analysis across the North West region.

North West Finite Element Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Finite Element Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finite Element Analysis within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Manchester - 4 £295 -
Finite Element Analysis
England

Finite Element Analysis
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Finite Element Analysis 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 Finite Element Analysis.

1 4 (100.00%) Intranet
1 4 (100.00%) Internet
1 4 (100.00%) Extranet
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
1 4 (100.00%) RFID
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) SOAP

Finite Element Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Finite Element Analysis 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 Finite Element Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) SOAP
Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Intranet
1 4 (100.00%) Internet
1 4 (100.00%) Extranet
1 4 (100.00%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leader
2 3 (75.00%) Lead Architect
2 3 (75.00%) Architect
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria
Perform assessments of support structures, structural seats/foundations, fasteners and welds using a mixture of finite element analysis, in-house software, classical stress calculation techniques and application of...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £40 - £50 per hour + £NEG / V.GOOD
Posted: 17 May 2013