The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing 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 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manufacturing
Rank 28 46 52
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +6
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 77 63 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.500% 2.819% 2.484%
As % of the General category 14.34% 8.389% 7.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 23 12
Average daily rate £388 £425 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% +9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £302 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £523
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 5
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.25 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+49.70% -29.86%
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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
537 751 666
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 31.39% 33.60% 34.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 340 291
Average daily rate £375 £375 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 38 32
Average hourly rate £31.75 £29.50 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.62% -3.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.74 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.40 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Manufacturing Daily Rate Trend

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Manufacturing across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

West Midlands Manufacturing Daily Rate Histogram

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Coventry +17 30 £465 +8.39%
Warwickshire -3 9 £330 -12.05% 7
Birmingham 0 8 £463 +15.62% 8
Solihull +3 5 - -
Staffordshire +10 1 £115 - 1
Wolverhampton -6 1 - -
Worcestershire -7 1 £168 -16.25% 9
Shropshire - - - - 3
West Bromwich - - - -
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 93 (59.24%) SAP
2 71 (45.22%) Automotive
3 45 (28.66%) Project Management
4 38 (24.20%) Finance
5 36 (22.93%) PLM
6 30 (19.11%) ENOVIA
7 27 (17.20%) Validation
7 27 (17.20%) ERP
8 25 (15.92%) Logistics
9 19 (12.10%) Change Management
10 17 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (10.83%) Marketing
11 16 (10.19%) Microsoft
11 16 (10.19%) Time Management
12 15 (9.554%) Rational DOORS
12 15 (9.554%) ClearCase
12 15 (9.554%) ClearQuest
12 15 (9.554%) Requirements Management
13 12 (7.643%) Data Modelling
13 12 (7.643%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (6.369%) LAN
14 10 (6.369%) ITIL
14 10 (6.369%) SAP Implementation
15 9 (5.732%) User Acceptance Testing
15 9 (5.732%) Windows
15 9 (5.732%) Oracle
16 8 (5.096%) Integration Testing
16 8 (5.096%) Business Transformation
17 7 (4.459%) Visualisation
17 7 (4.459%) Programme Management

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (2.548%) WebSphere
1 4 (2.548%) .NET
2 3 (1.911%) XML
3 2 (1.274%) Ajax
3 2 (1.274%) Middleware
3 2 (1.274%) XML Schema
3 2 (1.274%) EDI
3 2 (1.274%) Web Services
3 2 (1.274%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.637%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.637%) J2EE
4 1 (0.637%) HTML
4 1 (0.637%) COM
4 1 (0.637%) CSS
4 1 (0.637%) JSP
4 1 (0.637%) EDIFACT
4 1 (0.637%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (0.637%) WCF
4 1 (0.637%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.637%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.911%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (1.274%) SAS
2 2 (1.274%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.637%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.637%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.637%) Apache
3 1 (0.637%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.637%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.637%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.637%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.637%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (0.637%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (4.459%) Windchill
2 4 (2.548%) MS Project
2 4 (2.548%) MS Office
3 3 (1.911%) CATIA
4 2 (1.274%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.274%) MS Excel
5 1 (0.637%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 30 (19.11%) ENOVIA
2 7 (4.459%) Teamcenter
3 5 (3.185%) SAP FI
3 5 (3.185%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (3.185%) SAP CO
4 4 (2.548%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (2.548%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (2.548%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.274%) SAP CRM
5 2 (1.274%) SAP MM
5 2 (1.274%) SAP SD
5 2 (1.274%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.637%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.637%) CA Clarity
6 1 (0.637%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.637%) SAP PP-PI
6 1 (0.637%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.637%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.637%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.637%) SAP QM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.369%) LAN
2 7 (4.459%) WAN
3 6 (3.822%) Firewall
4 5 (3.185%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.548%) SAN
5 4 (2.548%) NAS
6 3 (1.911%) HTTP
7 1 (0.637%) WLAN
7 1 (0.637%) SSL
7 1 (0.637%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.822%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (3.185%) SAP BI
3 4 (2.548%) SAP BW
3 4 (2.548%) MySQL
4 3 (1.911%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.911%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.911%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 2 (1.274%) Spotfire
5 2 (1.274%) Xcelsius
5 2 (1.274%) BusinessObjects XI
5 2 (1.274%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.274%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.637%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.637%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.637%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 15 (9.554%) Rational DOORS
1 15 (9.554%) ClearCase
1 15 (9.554%) ClearQuest
2 1 (0.637%) Git (software)
2 1 (0.637%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.637%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.637%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.637%) LSMW
2 1 (0.637%) Subversion
General
1 71 (45.22%) Automotive
2 38 (24.20%) Finance
3 17 (10.83%) Marketing
4 7 (4.459%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.185%) Electronics
6 3 (1.911%) Retail
7 1 (0.637%) Back Office
7 1 (0.637%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.637%) German Language
7 1 (0.637%) General Ledger
7 1 (0.637%) Billing
Job Titles
1 27 (17.20%) Analyst
2 23 (14.65%) Applications Engineer
3 19 (12.10%) Consultant
4 17 (10.83%) SAP Consultant
5 14 (8.917%) Requirements Engineer
6 13 (8.280%) Architect
6 13 (8.280%) Project Manager
6 13 (8.280%) Business Analyst
7 9 (5.732%) SAP Architect
8 7 (4.459%) SAP Manager
8 7 (4.459%) Developer
9 6 (3.822%) SAP Analyst
10 5 (3.185%) Test Manager
10 5 (3.185%) Administrator
11 4 (2.548%) SAP Solutions Architect
11 4 (2.548%) Integration Analyst
11 4 (2.548%) Systems Support
11 4 (2.548%) Systems Administrator
11 4 (2.548%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (2.548%) NHS Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.459%) Visualisation
2 5 (3.185%) NHS
3 4 (2.548%) DTV
4 3 (1.911%) SaaS
5 2 (1.274%) Robotics
5 2 (1.274%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.274%) N-Tier
5 2 (1.274%) Data Conversion
6 1 (0.637%) FMCG
6 1 (0.637%) PMI
6 1 (0.637%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.637%) SCADA
6 1 (0.637%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.637%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 1 (0.637%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.732%) Windows
2 5 (3.185%) Linux
3 4 (2.548%) UNIX
3 4 (2.548%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.274%) Windows XP
5 1 (0.637%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.637%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.637%) AIX
5 1 (0.637%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (28.66%) Project Management
2 36 (22.93%) PLM
3 27 (17.20%) Validation
3 27 (17.20%) ERP
4 25 (15.92%) Logistics
5 19 (12.10%) Change Management
6 17 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (10.19%) Time Management
8 15 (9.554%) Requirements Management
9 12 (7.643%) Data Modelling
9 12 (7.643%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (6.369%) ITIL
10 10 (6.369%) SAP Implementation
11 9 (5.732%) User Acceptance Testing
12 8 (5.096%) Integration Testing
12 8 (5.096%) Business Transformation
13 7 (4.459%) Programme Management
14 6 (3.822%) Service Management
14 6 (3.822%) Migration
15 5 (3.185%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.185%) SQL
2 3 (1.911%) C#
2 3 (1.911%) Java
2 3 (1.911%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.274%) VB
3 2 (1.274%) C
4 1 (0.637%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.637%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.637%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.637%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.637%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (3.185%) Degree
2 3 (1.911%) PMP
2 3 (1.911%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.637%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.637%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.637%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.637%) MCSE
3 1 (0.637%) ISEB
3 1 (0.637%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.637%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (0.637%) CIMA
3 1 (0.637%) ACCA
3 1 (0.637%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.637%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (2.548%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.274%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.637%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 93 (59.24%) SAP
2 16 (10.19%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.732%) Oracle
4 6 (3.822%) Business Objects
5 4 (2.548%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.548%) Cisco
6 3 (1.911%) IBM
6 3 (1.911%) JD Edwards
6 3 (1.911%) Teradata
7 2 (1.274%) VMware
7 2 (1.274%) TIBCO
7 2 (1.274%) MicroStrategy
7 2 (1.274%) Tableau
8 1 (0.637%) Vignette
8 1 (0.637%) HP
8 1 (0.637%) Nortel
8 1 (0.637%) Avaya
8 1 (0.637%) Symantec
8 1 (0.637%) Primavera
8 1 (0.637%) Sage
Birmingham, West Midlands
Austin Fraser have been retained by a leading consultancy to source and secure a talented PP-PI consultant.We require a SAP PP-PI Functional Consultant. QM or...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
West Midlands
Rates to £450 per day.SAP Communications Manager / SAP Change and Communications Manager required. My client, a Global Manufacturing Company is looking for an SAP Communications Manager / SAP...
Williams McKinley Ltd
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Kidderminster, West Midlands
Key Skills and Experience: Educated to degree level in an electronic engineering. Proficient in designing embedded firmware applications, to a timescale. Fully conversant writing in embedded C and...
Computer Futures
Posted: 7 June 2013
West Midlands
I have an urgent requirement from an Engineering company for a Quality Manager with the following key skills: CDM Qualified RAM's experience FRACAS ( demonstration report of safety...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £25 - £32 per hour
Posted: 31 May 2013
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