The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manufacturing over the 3 months to 23 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 Reading 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manufacturing
Rank 63 74 75
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +1
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 2 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.238% 0.448% 0.657%
As % of the General category 0.633% 1.136% 2.602%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
Average daily rate £295 £325 £435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.23% -25.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £358 £408
% change year-on-year
+18.88% -12.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £28.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+26.31% +23.91%
All of the General Category
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
316 440 269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 37.66% 39.46% 25.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 128 108
Average daily rate £330 £311 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.10% -11.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £219 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £441 £516 £517
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 12
Average hourly rate £15.00 £11.38 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.86% +3.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Manufacturing
Berkshire

Manufacturing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Manufacturing Daily Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Manufacturing Hourly Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 6 (60.00%) SAP
1 6 (60.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 6 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 6 (60.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Documentum
2 3 (30.00%) SAP Portal
2 3 (30.00%) EMC
3 2 (20.00%) SAP CS
3 2 (20.00%) SAP PM
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
4 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Logistics
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Infor
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Advertising
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) SAP CRM
4 1 (10.00%) Cadence
4 1 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (10.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (10.00%) SyteLine
4 1 (10.00%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 3 (30.00%) Documentum
1 3 (30.00%) SAP Portal
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 6 (60.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (20.00%) SAP CS
2 2 (20.00%) SAP PM
3 1 (10.00%) SAP CRM
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (10.00%) SyteLine
General
1 1 (10.00%) Retail
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Advertising
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Documentum Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) SAP PM Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Marketing Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 6 (60.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) SAP
2 3 (30.00%) EMC
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Infor
3 1 (10.00%) Cadence