The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automotive 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 South East 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
Automotive
Rank 184 199 203
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +4
Contract jobs citing Automotive 40 40 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.513% 0.394% 0.482%
As % of the General category 1.457% 1.031% 1.284%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 14 18
Average daily rate £350 £296 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.14% -15.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 8
Average hourly rate £42.50 £31.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.92% +5.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.65 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+15.84% +8.33%
All of the General Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2746 3878 3895
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 35.23% 38.22% 37.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1251 1713 1689
Average daily rate £375 £375 £369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 194 253
Average hourly rate £21.88 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.08% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.10 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Automotive
England

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Automotive Jobs Demand Trend

Automotive
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Automotive across the South East region.

South East Automotive Daily Rate Trend

Automotive
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automotive across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Automotive Daily Rate Histogram

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Automotive Hourly Rate Trend

Automotive
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Automotive across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Automotive Hourly Rate Histogram

Automotive
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire +25 17 £288 -23.58%
Surrey +12 9 £380 +18.75%
Buckinghamshire +4 8 £325 +62.50%
Oxfordshire +7 2 - -
West Sussex - 2 - -
Kent - 1 - -
Automotive
England

Automotive
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Automotive 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 Automotive.

1 25 (37.31%) Finance
2 15 (22.39%) Business Analysis
3 10 (14.93%) Project Management
3 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (13.43%) Migration
4 9 (13.43%) CRM
4 9 (13.43%) Microsoft
5 8 (11.94%) SAP
5 8 (11.94%) Retail
5 8 (11.94%) Data Migration
6 7 (10.45%) QA
6 7 (10.45%) MS Office
6 7 (10.45%) JavaScript
6 7 (10.45%) .NET
6 7 (10.45%) Salesforce.com
7 6 (8.955%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (8.955%) MS Visio
7 6 (8.955%) Degree
7 6 (8.955%) jQuery
8 5 (7.463%) Release Management
8 5 (7.463%) Waterfall
8 5 (7.463%) E-Commerce
8 5 (7.463%) ISEB
8 5 (7.463%) C#
8 5 (7.463%) HTML
8 5 (7.463%) Java
8 5 (7.463%) CSS
8 5 (7.463%) XML
8 5 (7.463%) Windows
8 5 (7.463%) Manufacturing

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Automotive 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 Automotive. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (10.45%) .NET
2 6 (8.955%) jQuery
3 5 (7.463%) HTML
3 5 (7.463%) CSS
3 5 (7.463%) XML
4 4 (5.970%) XSLT
5 3 (4.478%) CSS3
5 3 (4.478%) XHTML
5 3 (4.478%) SAP Basis
6 2 (2.985%) Backbone.js
7 1 (1.493%) WPF
7 1 (1.493%) LINQ
7 1 (1.493%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (1.493%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 1 (1.493%) EDI
7 1 (1.493%) ASP.NET
7 1 (1.493%) Web Services
7 1 (1.493%) SGML
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.985%) CMS
2 1 (1.493%) SAS
2 1 (1.493%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.493%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 7 (10.45%) MS Office
2 6 (8.955%) MS Visio
3 3 (4.478%) Photoshop
4 2 (2.985%) MS Excel
4 2 (2.985%) MS Project
5 1 (1.493%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.493%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.493%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.493%) Hyperion Planning
1 1 (1.493%) SAP SD
1 1 (1.493%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.478%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.985%) Bluetooth
2 2 (2.985%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.985%) ZigBee
3 1 (1.493%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.478%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (4.478%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.985%) MySQL
2 2 (2.985%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.493%) Data Mart
3 1 (1.493%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.493%) DataStage
3 1 (1.493%) SAP BI
3 1 (1.493%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (4.478%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.985%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (2.985%) Talend Open Studio
2 2 (2.985%) SpecFlow
2 2 (2.985%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (2.985%) Fiddler
2 2 (2.985%) Selenium
3 1 (1.493%) LoadRunner
General
1 25 (37.31%) Finance
2 8 (11.94%) Retail
3 5 (7.463%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.478%) Marketing
5 2 (2.985%) Banking
6 1 (1.493%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.493%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (40.30%) Analyst
2 23 (34.33%) Business Analyst
3 14 (20.90%) Project Manager
4 10 (14.93%) Developer
5 5 (7.463%) Front-End Developer
5 5 (7.463%) Salesforce.com Project Manager
5 5 (7.463%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 5 (7.463%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (7.463%) Technical Manager
5 5 (7.463%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (7.463%) Technical Project Manager
5 5 (7.463%) Delivery Project Manager
6 4 (5.970%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) SAP Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 3 (4.478%) SAP Business Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Development Manager
7 3 (4.478%) Test Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Software Engineer
8 2 (2.985%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.985%) Device Driver
1 2 (2.985%) EPoS
1 2 (2.985%) Firmware
1 2 (2.985%) Digital Media
1 2 (2.985%) Open Source
2 1 (1.493%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.493%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.493%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.493%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.463%) Windows
2 3 (4.478%) Windows 7
3 2 (2.985%) VxWorks
3 2 (2.985%) Linux
4 1 (1.493%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.39%) Business Analysis
2 10 (14.93%) Project Management
2 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (13.43%) Migration
3 9 (13.43%) CRM
4 8 (11.94%) Data Migration
5 6 (8.955%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (7.463%) Release Management
6 5 (7.463%) Waterfall
6 5 (7.463%) E-Commerce
6 5 (7.463%) BPR
7 4 (5.970%) Change Management
7 4 (5.970%) Scrum
7 4 (5.970%) ETL
7 4 (5.970%) Time Management
7 4 (5.970%) SAP Implementation
7 4 (5.970%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (4.478%) Automated Testing
8 3 (4.478%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (4.478%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.45%) JavaScript
2 5 (7.463%) C#
2 5 (7.463%) Java
3 4 (5.970%) PHP
3 4 (5.970%) C
4 3 (4.478%) ABAP
4 3 (4.478%) C++
5 2 (2.985%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.493%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.493%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.493%) SQL
6 1 (1.493%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (8.955%) Degree
2 5 (7.463%) ISEB
3 1 (1.493%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.493%) CCA
3 1 (1.493%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (1.493%) CIPFA
3 1 (1.493%) CIMA
3 1 (1.493%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.45%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.493%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.493%) SCCM
1 1 (1.493%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.94%) SAP
3 7 (10.45%) Salesforce.com
4 3 (4.478%) Business Objects
5 2 (2.985%) Oracle
5 2 (2.985%) Talend
6 1 (1.493%) Lotus
6 1 (1.493%) CA
6 1 (1.493%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.493%) Cognos
6 1 (1.493%) Ab Initio
Oxfordshire, South East
DC Motor Specialist in Hybrid Vehicles - Oxfordshire - £40-£42.50/hour - 12 month contract DC Motor specialist required to work within the expanding Hybrid Vehicle R&D sector...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £40 - £42.50 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Digital Media Agency based just outside of Reading seek PHP Developer with a focus on back end technologies less front end JavaScript, HTML and CSS stuff... PHP, MySQL,...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
Our client is a leading automotive company who produces some of the most cutting edge technologies found in the motor racing industry AND avionics sector. Other skills include...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: From £35 to £38 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Key Tags - Business Analysis - Analyst - Digital - Website - Web Based Roc Search are urgently looking for a Digital Web Business Analyst to work on a number of high profile...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
Buckinghamshire
Required skills and experience: - Experience in gathering business requirements, process mapping and GAP analysis - Understanding of the automotive industry and financial services... - Experience interviewing and documenting business requirements...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £325.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Surrey
Leading Electronics manufacturer based in Surrey is urgently seeking an Embedded C Software Engineer for a 3-6 month contract initially... MISRA C, Matlab, Simulink, Embedded, CAN, RS232.....
Roc Search
Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Essential Skills in the following: * High PLC Programming (Ladder logic, Structured Text, Function Blocks) * Allen Bradley (Control Logix, Rockwell) * Embedded software Experience * Visual Basic/C The role is...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £20 - £50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Berkshire
As part of a growing Transition, Service Delivery and Business Change team, you will play a key role in the transition and interface between departments and project handovers.....
Venn Group
Posted: 20 May 2013