The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manufacturing over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Wales 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manufacturing
Rank 41 36 44
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +8
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 3 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.826% 2.030% 1.193%
As % of the General category 2.326% 4.469% 2.809%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
Average daily rate £159 £363 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-56.20% -9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £116 £171 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £470 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +28.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.75 £29.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.72% -3.33%
All of the General Category
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
129 179 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 35.54% 45.43% 42.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 132 111
Average daily rate £375 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £275 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
Average hourly rate £10.50 £21.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +68.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Manufacturing
Wales

Manufacturing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Vacancies
Caerphilly - - - -
Cardiff - - - -
Manufacturing
Wales

Manufacturing
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

1 2 (28.57%) SAP
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) CCNA
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
2 1 (14.29%) iSeries
2 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
2 1 (14.29%) JDA
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MM
2 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
2 1 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) RPG

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Help Desk Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Programmer
3 1 (14.29%) SAP MM Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) iSeries
1 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
1 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
1 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) RPG
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CCNA
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) JDA