The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA 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 SCADA over the 3 months to 22 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 Miscellaneous 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Rank 95 94 93
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Contract jobs citing SCADA 4 16 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.239% 0.700% 0.325%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.379% 4.255% 2.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £138 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £225 £325
% change year-on-year
+108.88% -30.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
Average hourly rate - £29.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +28.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+24.13% +16.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
290 376 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.29% 16.46% 16.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 169 118
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 34 40
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.63 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.85 £11.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.80 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
SCADA
England

SCADA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SCADA Jobs Demand Trend

SCADA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SCADA across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands SCADA Daily Rate Trend

SCADA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SCADA Hourly Rate Trend

SCADA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Staffordshire +16 1 - -
SCADA
England

SCADA
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SCADA 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 SCADA.

1 6 (54.55%) Siemens
2 3 (27.27%) VB
2 3 (27.27%) C++
2 3 (27.27%) Allen-Bradley
3 2 (18.18%) WinCC
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) .NET
4 1 (9.091%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Yourdon
4 1 (9.091%) Electronics
4 1 (9.091%) Aerospace
4 1 (9.091%) Automotive
4 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
4 1 (9.091%) System Testing
4 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
4 1 (9.091%) Software Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
4 1 (9.091%) Change Control
4 1 (9.091%) Modbus
4 1 (9.091%) VB.NET
4 1 (9.091%) HND
4 1 (9.091%) UML
4 1 (9.091%) RAD
4 1 (9.091%) SSADM
4 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.091%) C
4 1 (9.091%) C#

SCADA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SCADA 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 SCADA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Modbus
General
1 1 (9.091%) Electronics
1 1 (9.091%) Aerospace
1 1 (9.091%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Design Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Architect
3 1 (9.091%) PLC Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) PLC Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (9.091%) Yourdon
1 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
1 1 (9.091%) System Testing
1 1 (9.091%) Software Architecture
1 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
1 1 (9.091%) Change Control
1 1 (9.091%) UML
1 1 (9.091%) RAD
1 1 (9.091%) SSADM
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) VB
1 3 (27.27%) C++
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 1 (9.091%) VB.NET
3 1 (9.091%) C
3 1 (9.091%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) HND
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Siemens
2 3 (27.27%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
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