Automotive Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automotive 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 terms in our General category for the West Midlands 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
Automotive
Rank 25 31 40
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +9
Contract jobs citing Automotive 96 90 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 5.711% 4.005% 3.170%
As % of the General category 18.50% 12.13% 9.410%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 17 5
Average daily rate £500 £350 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% +50.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £345 £345
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 12
Average hourly rate £37.80 £30.00 £30.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -0.82%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+13.84% +8.33%
All of the General Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 519 742 627
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.87% 33.02% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 310 267
Average daily rate £355 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.80% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £248 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £485 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 47 30
Average hourly rate £37.80 £24.00 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.50% -21.31%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Automotive
England

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Coventry +4 50 £550 +28.20%
Warwickshire -9 8 - -
Worcestershire -8 3 £263 -43.24%
Birmingham +2 2 £325 -13.33%
Solihull -3 1 - -
Walsall - 1 £350 -
Automotive
England

Automotive
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 75 (46.88%) SAP
2 69 (43.13%) Manufacturing
3 29 (18.13%) Project Management
4 27 (16.88%) Validation
4 27 (16.88%) Logistics
5 23 (14.38%) PLM
6 20 (12.50%) Finance
7 19 (11.88%) Change Management
8 16 (10.00%) SAP Implementation
9 14 (8.750%) C
9 14 (8.750%) ERP
10 13 (8.125%) ENOVIA
11 12 (7.500%) Marketing
11 12 (7.500%) Integration Testing
11 12 (7.500%) Use Case
12 11 (6.875%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (6.875%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (6.250%) Data Modelling
13 10 (6.250%) C++
14 9 (5.625%) CRM
14 9 (5.625%) EMC
14 9 (5.625%) SAP FI
14 9 (5.625%) Aerospace
14 9 (5.625%) SAP CO
14 9 (5.625%) SAP FI/CO
15 8 (5.000%) Migration
15 8 (5.000%) Teamcenter
15 8 (5.000%) Business Analysis
15 8 (5.000%) Electronics
16 7 (4.375%) Business Transformation

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 5 (3.125%) EDI
1 5 (3.125%) XML
2 4 (2.500%) .NET
3 3 (1.875%) EDIFACT
3 3 (1.875%) Ajax
3 3 (1.875%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.875%) WebSphere
3 3 (1.875%) jQuery
4 2 (1.250%) DOM
4 2 (1.250%) ASP
4 2 (1.250%) DHTML
4 2 (1.250%) HTML
4 2 (1.250%) ActiveX
4 2 (1.250%) CGI
4 2 (1.250%) Middleware
4 2 (1.250%) WebKit
4 2 (1.250%) iOS SDK
4 2 (1.250%) HTML5
4 2 (1.250%) OpenID
5 1 (0.625%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.250%) CMS
1 2 (1.250%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (0.625%) WinCC
2 1 (0.625%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.625%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (0.625%) ESB
Applications
1 7 (4.375%) Windchill
2 6 (3.750%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.125%) MS Office
4 4 (2.500%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (1.875%) MS Excel
6 2 (1.250%) CATIA
7 1 (0.625%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 13 (8.125%) ENOVIA
2 9 (5.625%) SAP FI
2 9 (5.625%) SAP CO
2 9 (5.625%) SAP FI/CO
3 8 (5.000%) Teamcenter
4 5 (3.125%) SAP EWM
4 5 (3.125%) SAP MM
5 4 (2.500%) SAP CRM
6 3 (1.875%) SAP PP
6 3 (1.875%) SAP SD
7 2 (1.250%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (1.250%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.625%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.625%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.625%) SAP R/3
8 1 (0.625%) SAP APO
8 1 (0.625%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.625%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.375%) Internet
2 2 (1.250%) FTP
2 2 (1.250%) HTTP
2 2 (1.250%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.625%) DNS
3 1 (0.625%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.625%) IPv4
3 1 (0.625%) IPv6
3 1 (0.625%) DHCP
3 1 (0.625%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.625%) GPRS
3 1 (0.625%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.125%) SAP Data Services
2 3 (1.875%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (1.875%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.250%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.250%) DataStage
3 2 (1.250%) SAP BI
4 1 (0.625%) Xcelsius
4 1 (0.625%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.625%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (0.625%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (0.625%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.875%) Subversion
2 2 (1.250%) LSMW
2 2 (1.250%) Selenium
2 2 (1.250%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.625%) RequisitePro
3 1 (0.625%) JIRA
General
1 69 (43.13%) Manufacturing
2 20 (12.50%) Finance
3 12 (7.500%) Marketing
4 9 (5.625%) Aerospace
5 8 (5.000%) Electronics
6 2 (1.250%) Retail
6 2 (1.250%) Billing
6 2 (1.250%) German Language
6 2 (1.250%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.250%) Legal
7 1 (0.625%) Advertising
7 1 (0.625%) Publishing
7 1 (0.625%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.625%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 32 (20.00%) Consultant
2 26 (16.25%) SAP Consultant
3 22 (13.75%) Analyst
4 21 (13.13%) Architect
5 15 (9.375%) SAP Architect
6 14 (8.750%) Project Manager
6 14 (8.750%) Business Analyst
7 10 (6.250%) Software Engineer
8 8 (5.000%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (5.000%) Test Manager
8 8 (5.000%) Applications Engineer
9 7 (4.375%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.375%) SAP Manager
10 6 (3.750%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (3.750%) EMC Engineer
10 6 (3.750%) Developer
11 5 (3.125%) SAP Analyst
11 5 (3.125%) Tester
11 5 (3.125%) Test Engineer
12 4 (2.500%) SAP EWM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.750%) Management Information System
1 6 (3.750%) Mobile App
1 6 (3.750%) Telematics
2 4 (2.500%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (1.875%) iPhone
3 3 (1.875%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.250%) FMCG
4 2 (1.250%) Physics
4 2 (1.250%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.250%) Smartphone
4 2 (1.250%) CAN bus
5 1 (0.625%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.625%) Semantic Web
5 1 (0.625%) W3C
5 1 (0.625%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.625%) SCADA
5 1 (0.625%) Data Conversion
5 1 (0.625%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.125%) Windows
2 4 (2.500%) Windows XP
2 4 (2.500%) Android
3 3 (1.875%) Windows 7
3 3 (1.875%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.625%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.625%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.625%) VMS
4 1 (0.625%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (18.13%) Project Management
2 27 (16.88%) Validation
2 27 (16.88%) Logistics
3 23 (14.38%) PLM
4 19 (11.88%) Change Management
5 16 (10.00%) SAP Implementation
6 14 (8.750%) ERP
7 12 (7.500%) Integration Testing
7 12 (7.500%) Use Case
8 11 (6.875%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (6.875%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (6.250%) Data Modelling
10 9 (5.625%) CRM
11 8 (5.000%) Migration
11 8 (5.000%) Business Analysis
12 7 (4.375%) Business Transformation
12 7 (4.375%) User Acceptance Testing
12 7 (4.375%) Unit Testing
13 6 (3.750%) Test Scripting
13 6 (3.750%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.750%) C
2 10 (6.250%) C++
3 5 (3.125%) SQL
4 4 (2.500%) C#
4 4 (2.500%) Embedded C
5 3 (1.875%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.875%) VB
6 2 (1.250%) RPG
6 2 (1.250%) VBScript
6 2 (1.250%) Embedded C++
6 2 (1.250%) MATLAB
6 2 (1.250%) RPG IV
7 1 (0.625%) Java
7 1 (0.625%) PHP
7 1 (0.625%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (4.375%) Degree
2 4 (2.500%) HND
2 4 (2.500%) MBA
3 3 (1.875%) HNC
4 1 (0.625%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (0.625%) ISEB
4 1 (0.625%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.625%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.875%) TickIT
1 3 (1.875%) ISO 9001
1 3 (1.875%) QA
2 1 (0.625%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (1.875%) VMware ESX
1 3 (1.875%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.625%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 75 (46.88%) SAP
2 9 (5.625%) EMC
3 7 (4.375%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.125%) IBM
5 4 (2.500%) Business Objects
5 4 (2.500%) VMware
6 3 (1.875%) Sitecore
6 3 (1.875%) Oracle
6 3 (1.875%) Fujitsu
6 3 (1.875%) Teradata
7 2 (1.250%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.250%) MKS
8 1 (0.625%) Panasonic
8 1 (0.625%) Renesas
8 1 (0.625%) NEC
8 1 (0.625%) HP
8 1 (0.625%) Citrix
8 1 (0.625%) Siemens
8 1 (0.625%) Lotus
8 1 (0.625%) Green Hills
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