The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Manufacturing over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manufacturing
Rank 35 44 50
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +6
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 8 10 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.980% 1.802% 1.389%
As % of the General category 6.015% 4.695% 4.306%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
Average daily rate £159 £325 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-51.15% -27.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £420
% change year-on-year
+21.42% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £14.50 £10.28
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +41.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.75 £27.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year
+36.11% +10.20%
All of the General Category
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
133 213 209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 32.92% 38.38% 32.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 142 120
Average daily rate £390 £380 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.63% +4.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £280 £269
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £480 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 £14.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.03% +16.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Wales region.

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 Wales region.

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales -2 5 £159 -51.15%
West Wales - 1 - -
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 5 (33.33%) SAP
2 3 (20.00%) SAP PP
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (13.33%) Windows
3 2 (13.33%) Windows CE
3 2 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (13.33%) C
3 2 (13.33%) C++
3 2 (13.33%) LAN
3 2 (13.33%) WAN
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded C
3 2 (13.33%) CCNA
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) Use Case
4 1 (6.667%) Unit Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Integration Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
4 1 (6.667%) iSeries
4 1 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (6.667%) Test Strategy
4 1 (6.667%) Business Transformation
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (6.667%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (6.667%) Mainframe
4 1 (6.667%) JDA
4 1 (6.667%) RPG
4 1 (6.667%) SQL

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 (6.667%) XML
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) SAP PP
2 1 (6.667%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (6.667%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) LAN
1 2 (13.33%) WAN
2 1 (6.667%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) MS Access
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (6.667%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Consultant
1 4 (26.67%) Network Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) SAP PP Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) SAP QM Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Programmer
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Help Desk Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Systems Programmer
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) SAP Manager
4 1 (6.667%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Test Programme Manager
4 1 (6.667%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Team Leader
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Report Analyst
4 1 (6.667%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) SAP MM Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Mainframe
1 1 (6.667%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (13.33%) Use Case
2 1 (6.667%) Unit Testing
2 1 (6.667%) Integration Testing
2 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
2 1 (6.667%) Test Strategy
2 1 (6.667%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C++
1 2 (13.33%) C
1 2 (13.33%) Embedded C
2 1 (6.667%) C#
2 1 (6.667%) RPG
2 1 (6.667%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) CCNA
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.667%) JDA