The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in IT contracts advertised for the Woking region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Automotive 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 Woking 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
Automotive
Rank 15 11 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing Automotive 1 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 2.174% 12.31% -
As % of the General category 6.250% 28.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £425 £320 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.81% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £350 £345
% change year-on-year
+5.71% +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
All of the General Category
Woking
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
16 28 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 34.78% 43.08% 46.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 19
Average daily rate £375 £343 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.48% +14.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £277 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £510 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £6.50 £35.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-81.81% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Automotive
Surrey

Automotive
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Woking 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 Woking region.

Woking Automotive Daily Rate Trend

Automotive
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Woking Automotive Hourly Rate Trend

Automotive
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (60.00%) CRM
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) ABAP
2 3 (60.00%) Business Objects
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) EAI
2 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) SAP Basis
2 3 (60.00%) QA
2 3 (60.00%) SAP Implementation
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
2 3 (60.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (20.00%) ISEB
4 1 (20.00%) CCA
4 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
4 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
4 1 (20.00%) SAP SD
4 1 (20.00%) BPR
4 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (20.00%) Data Mapping
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Stress Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting

Automotive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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 3 (60.00%) SAP Basis
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) CRM
1 3 (60.00%) EAI
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Workflow
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Implementation
1 3 (60.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Stress Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) CCA
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (60.00%) Business Objects