The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manufacturing over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

Manufacturing
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank155164157
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Down-7
Matching permanent IT job ads196718721413
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.631 %1.527 %1.480 %
As % of the General category3.624 %3.156 %3.036 %
Number of salaries quoted144214871095
Average salary£47,500£45,000£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55 %-5.26 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,500£30,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£72,500£67,500
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88 %-5.55 %
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
542715931346540
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK45.01 %48.37 %48.74 %
Number of salaries quoted456244848337646
Average salary£50,000£52,500£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£85,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.65 %+2.50 %

Manufacturing
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Manufacturing Demand Trend

Manufacturing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the UK.

Manufacturing Salary Trend

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manufacturing over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Manufacturing Salary Histogram

Manufacturing
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+21771£47,500+5.55 %
LondonUp+4473£65,000+8.33 %
South EastDown-13337£42,500-5.55 %
West MidlandsUp+14186£45,000-
North WestUp+26179£50,000+11.11 %
East of EnglandDown-40176£41,500+3.75 %
YorkshireUp+21145£37,500+15.38 %
ManchesterUp+39118£55,000+22.22 %
East MidlandsDown-12101£46,250+15.62 %
South WestUp+1586£40,000+6.66 %
BerkshireDown-3679£52,500-0.94 %
BirminghamUp+2478£47,500+18.75 %
West YorkshireUp+675£36,750+13.07 %
ScotlandUp+2869£50,250+25.62 %
HampshireUp+169£47,500+11.76 %
HertfordshireDown-2559£37,500-2.59 %
CambridgeshireDown-4155£42,500-1.16 %
West SussexUp+3453£45,000+28.57 %
City of LondonUp+251£55,000-18.51 %
EssexUp+541£40,250+0.62 %
CambridgeDown-3041£42,500-12.82 %
OxfordshireUp+1435£32,500-
BuckinghamshireUp+1234£40,000-
MidlandsUp+933£47,500-13.63 %
BrentfordUp+733£70,000+34.61 %
GloucestershireUp+631£40,000-11.11 %
ReadingDown-2431£51,250-6.81 %
North YorkshireUp+2030£37,500-
BradfordNo change030£29,000-10.76 %
LeedsDown-630£41,250+37.50 %

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Manufacturing.

11435 (36.26 %)Finance
21086 (27.45 %)SAP
31039 (26.26 %)Retail
4682 (17.24 %)ERP
5678 (17.13 %)Degree
6641 (16.20 %)Microsoft
7639 (16.15 %)Oracle
8534 (13.50 %)Project Management
9521 (13.17 %)SQL
10518 (13.09 %)SQL Server
11469 (11.85 %)Six Sigma
12428 (10.82 %).NET
13409 (10.34 %)Banking
14376 (9.502 %)Telecoms
15366 (9.249 %)Business Intelligence
16364 (9.199 %)Software Engineering
17362 (9.148 %)Logistics
18360 (9.098 %)Service Delivery
19346 (8.744 %)Lean Manufacturing
20342 (8.643 %)Windows
21333 (8.415 %)CRM
22328 (8.289 %)CMMI
23326 (8.239 %)MS Excel
24270 (6.823 %)Java
25258 (6.520 %)C#
26247 (6.242 %)Pharmaceutical
27240 (6.065 %)Data Warehouse
28216 (5.459 %)Dynamics AX
29208 (5.257 %)MS Office
30204 (5.155 %)C

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Manufacturing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1428 (10.82 %).NET
2195 (4.928 %)ASP.NET
3132 (3.336 %)J2EE
4130 (3.285 %)HTML
5104 (2.628 %)Web Services
6101 (2.552 %)XML
796 (2.426 %)WebSphere
881 (2.047 %)CSS
975 (1.895 %)Middleware
1069 (1.744 %)jQuery
1164 (1.617 %)Ajax
1244 (1.112 %)SAP Basis
1343 (1.087 %)JSP
1441 (1.036 %)Struts
1539 (0.986 %)JDBC
1539 (0.986 %)EJB
1638 (0.960 %)Servlets
1638 (0.960 %).NET Framework
1638 (0.960 %)Data Analytics Architect
1737 (0.935 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1166 (4.195 %)SharePoint
276 (1.921 %)BizTalk Server
360 (1.516 %)MS Exchange
450 (1.264 %)NetWeaver
546 (1.162 %)SAS
641 (1.036 %)Lotus Notes
737 (0.935 %)IIS
835 (0.885 %)Apache
932 (0.809 %)SharePoint Server
1024 (0.607 %)ESB
1024 (0.607 %)Documentum
1123 (0.581 %)Exchange Server 2007
1222 (0.556 %)WebLogic
1320 (0.505 %)Exchange Server 2003
1419 (0.480 %)Exchange Server 2010
1516 (0.404 %)Amazon EC2
1615 (0.379 %)Adobe CQ
1714 (0.354 %)WebSphere Application Server
1813 (0.329 %)Oracle Workflow
1813 (0.329 %)Force.com
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1326 (8.239 %)MS Excel
2208 (5.257 %)MS Office
3102 (2.578 %)MS Visio
477 (1.946 %)MS Project
536 (0.910 %)Pro/ENGINEER
634 (0.859 %)MS PowerPoint
725 (0.632 %)CATIA
815 (0.379 %)AutoCAD
914 (0.354 %)MATLAB
914 (0.354 %)Photoshop
1010 (0.253 %)NASTRAN
119 (0.227 %)Windchill
128 (0.202 %)Adobe Illustrator
135 (0.126 %)Simulink
144 (0.101 %)FrameMaker
144 (0.101 %)InDesign
144 (0.101 %)RoboHelp
153 (0.076 %)Office 365
153 (0.076 %)Spreadsheet
162 (0.051 %)Solid Edge
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1216 (5.459 %)Dynamics AX
2195 (4.928 %)SAP FI
3193 (4.877 %)SAP FI/CO
3193 (4.877 %)SAP CO
487 (2.199 %)SAP MM
586 (2.173 %)Dynamics CRM
586 (2.173 %)Oracle EBS R12
683 (2.098 %)SAP APO
772 (1.820 %)Oracle EBS
870 (1.769 %)SAP PP
966 (1.668 %)Dynamics NAV
1053 (1.339 %)SAP FSCM
1151 (1.289 %)SAP SD
1151 (1.289 %)SAP R/3
1249 (1.238 %)Oracle Applications
1347 (1.188 %)SAP CRM
1443 (1.087 %)SAP SCM
1536 (0.910 %)SAP SRM
1536 (0.910 %)SAP PM
1536 (0.910 %)SAP WM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
188 (2.224 %)TCP/IP
286 (2.173 %)LAN
378 (1.971 %)WAN
472 (1.820 %)Internet
550 (1.264 %)DNS
648 (1.213 %)DHCP
743 (1.087 %)Firewall
840 (1.011 %)SAN
933 (0.834 %)VPN
1025 (0.632 %)Intranet
1124 (0.607 %)Wireless
1223 (0.581 %)Ethernet
1319 (0.480 %)Network Security
1418 (0.455 %)Wi-Fi
1517 (0.430 %)3G
1616 (0.404 %)SSL
1616 (0.404 %)LDAP
1714 (0.354 %)EIGRP
1714 (0.354 %)OSPF
1714 (0.354 %)BGP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1518 (13.09 %)SQL Server
2240 (6.065 %)Data Warehouse
3135 (3.412 %)SAP BW
4121 (3.058 %)ETL
599 (2.502 %)SQL Server 2008
698 (2.477 %)DB2
793 (2.350 %)DataStage
886 (2.173 %)Oracle 8/8i
978 (1.971 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1076 (1.921 %)RDBMS
1168 (1.718 %)SQL Server 2005
1263 (1.592 %)MySQL
1362 (1.567 %)Crystal Reports
1458 (1.466 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1555 (1.390 %)BusinessObjects
1654 (1.365 %)Oracle Reports
1746 (1.162 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1836 (0.910 %)MS Access
1934 (0.859 %)OLAP
2031 (0.783 %)QualityStage
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
179 (1.996 %)Visual Studio
236 (0.910 %)ERwin
335 (0.885 %)Subversion
422 (0.556 %)Team Foundation Server
515 (0.379 %)Oracle Forms
611 (0.278 %)JDeveloper
611 (0.278 %)MorphX
710 (0.253 %)Selenium
710 (0.253 %)LabVIEW
710 (0.253 %)LSMW
710 (0.253 %)LoadRunner
710 (0.253 %)Carbide.c++
710 (0.253 %)Rational DOORS
87 (0.177 %)Mercurial
87 (0.177 %)NetBeans IDE
87 (0.177 %)NUnit
87 (0.177 %)NetBeans
87 (0.177 %)Firebug
96 (0.152 %)Eclipse
96 (0.152 %)MSBuild
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11435 (36.26 %)Finance
21039 (26.26 %)Retail
3409 (10.34 %)Banking
4376 (9.502 %)Telecoms
5247 (6.242 %)Pharmaceutical
6188 (4.751 %)Electronics
7171 (4.321 %)Automotive
8152 (3.841 %)Aerospace
8152 (3.841 %)Publishing
9128 (3.235 %)Legal
10111 (2.805 %)Marketing
11110 (2.780 %)Advertising
1285 (2.148 %)General Ledger
1378 (1.971 %)German Language
1458 (1.466 %)French Language
1528 (0.708 %)Military
1624 (0.607 %)Local Government
1719 (0.480 %)Italian Language
1818 (0.455 %)Billing
1916 (0.404 %)Back Office
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1959 (24.24 %)Consultant
2489 (12.36 %)SAP Consultant
3484 (12.23 %)Analyst
4471 (11.90 %)Developer
5335 (8.466 %)Architect
6212 (5.358 %)Project Manager
7196 (4.953 %)Senior Consultant
8165 (4.170 %)Business Analyst
9134 (3.386 %)Functional Consultant
10126 (3.184 %)Software Engineer
11122 (3.083 %)Solutions Architect
12113 (2.856 %)Senior SAP Consultant
12113 (2.856 %)SAP Manager
13103 (2.603 %)Software Developer
14102 (2.578 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
1599 (2.502 %)Support Analyst
1690 (2.274 %)Systems Analyst
1788 (2.224 %)Oracle Consultant
1788 (2.224 %)Dynamics AX Consultant
1875 (1.895 %).NET Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1113 (2.856 %)Management Information System
2108 (2.729 %)FMCG
3107 (2.704 %)Computer Science
452 (1.314 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
551 (1.289 %)Client/Server
642 (1.061 %)Life Science
642 (1.061 %)SCADA
740 (1.011 %)Mathematics
839 (0.986 %)LIMS
937 (0.935 %)Data Protection Act
1036 (0.910 %)Firmware
1036 (0.910 %)Embedded Systems
1134 (0.859 %)Physics
1230 (0.758 %)Data Integration
1328 (0.708 %)iSeries
1417 (0.430 %)Mainframe
1516 (0.404 %)Data Conversion
1614 (0.354 %)Cloud Computing
1614 (0.354 %)Blackberry
1713 (0.329 %)Video Conferencing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1342 (8.643 %)Windows
2177 (4.473 %)Linux
3171 (4.321 %)UNIX
499 (2.502 %)Windows Server 2008
591 (2.300 %)Windows Server 2003
651 (1.289 %)Windows XP
745 (1.137 %)Solaris
745 (1.137 %)Windows 7
820 (0.505 %)Debian
917 (0.430 %)Windows Vista
1016 (0.404 %)CentOS
1016 (0.404 %)Ubuntu
1016 (0.404 %)VMS
1112 (0.303 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1112 (0.303 %)Android
1112 (0.303 %)Embedded Linux
129 (0.227 %)AIX
137 (0.177 %)Windows Mobile
137 (0.177 %)Windows 2000
146 (0.152 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1682 (17.24 %)ERP
2534 (13.50 %)Project Management
3469 (11.85 %)Six Sigma
4366 (9.249 %)Business Intelligence
5364 (9.199 %)Software Engineering
6362 (9.148 %)Logistics
7360 (9.098 %)Service Delivery
8346 (8.744 %)Lean Manufacturing
9333 (8.415 %)CRM
10328 (8.289 %)CMMI
11190 (4.802 %)Change Management
12156 (3.942 %)PRINCE2
13146 (3.690 %)Validation
14137 (3.462 %)Data Modelling
15136 (3.437 %)Continuous Improvement
16129 (3.260 %)CAD
16129 (3.260 %)Migration
16129 (3.260 %)Business Analysis
17128 (3.235 %)Stakeholder Management
18123 (3.108 %)ITIL
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1521 (13.17 %)SQL
2270 (6.823 %)Java
3258 (6.520 %)C#
4204 (5.155 %)C
5161 (4.069 %)C++
6133 (3.361 %)JavaScript
7110 (2.780 %)VB
7110 (2.780 %)ABAP
891 (2.300 %)VB.NET
985 (2.148 %)PL/SQL
1079 (1.996 %)X++
1162 (1.567 %)T-SQL
1251 (1.289 %)PHP
1345 (1.137 %)Perl
1436 (0.910 %)Python
1532 (0.809 %)Shell Script
1532 (0.809 %)PowerHouse
1629 (0.733 %)Embedded C
1725 (0.632 %)Bash shell
1824 (0.607 %)VBA
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1678 (17.13 %)Degree
2179 (4.524 %)Security Cleared
3131 (3.311 %)SAP Certification
475 (1.895 %)Microsoft Certification
569 (1.744 %)SC Cleared
667 (1.693 %)ACCA
764 (1.617 %)HND
858 (1.466 %)HNC
953 (1.339 %)Cisco Certification
1048 (1.213 %)CCNA
1138 (0.960 %)MCSE
1236 (0.910 %)PhD
1335 (0.885 %)CIMA
1431 (0.783 %)MCP
1529 (0.733 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1628 (0.708 %)CCNP
1727 (0.682 %)Six Sigma Green Belt
1825 (0.632 %)PMI Certification
1921 (0.531 %)PMP
1921 (0.531 %)Six Sigma Black Belt
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1122 (3.083 %)QA
281 (2.047 %)ISO 9001
367 (1.693 %)SLA
430 (0.758 %)ISO 9000
528 (0.708 %)21 CFR Part 11
627 (0.682 %)GAMP
627 (0.682 %)GxP
723 (0.581 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
816 (0.404 %)Data Quality
913 (0.329 %)ISO 14001
106 (0.152 %)TickIT
106 (0.152 %)DO-178B
115 (0.126 %)COBIT
115 (0.126 %)ISO 9002
115 (0.126 %)ISO/IEC 27001
122 (0.051 %)GMP
131 (0.025 %)WCAG
131 (0.025 %)EFQM
131 (0.025 %)HL7
131 (0.025 %)DICOM
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1120 (3.033 %)Active Directory
249 (1.238 %)VMware Infrastructure
313 (0.329 %)XenApp
49 (0.227 %)Hyper-V
58 (0.202 %)vSphere
66 (0.152 %)Oracle RAC
75 (0.126 %)Terminal Services
75 (0.126 %)NFS
84 (0.101 %)MetaFrame
84 (0.101 %)Veritas Volume Manager
84 (0.101 %)Veritas Cluster Server
93 (0.076 %)Tivoli Directory Server
93 (0.076 %)VMware ESXi
102 (0.051 %)OpenSSO
102 (0.051 %)ISA Server
102 (0.051 %)Oracle RMAN
102 (0.051 %)Xen
111 (0.025 %)VMware Server
111 (0.025 %)XenDesktop
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
114 (0.354 %)Norton AntiVirus
212 (0.303 %)HP Quality Center
311 (0.278 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
410 (0.253 %)Tivoli
57 (0.177 %)WSUS
66 (0.152 %)SCCM
66 (0.152 %)OpenView
66 (0.152 %)Backup Exec
74 (0.101 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
74 (0.101 %)Red Hat Satellite
83 (0.076 %)ARCserve
83 (0.076 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
92 (0.051 %)SCOM
92 (0.051 %)SCVMM
92 (0.051 %)Data Guard
92 (0.051 %)Sun Identity Manager
101 (0.025 %)Cisco UCCE
101 (0.025 %)vCenter
101 (0.025 %)Puppet
101 (0.025 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11086 (27.45 %)SAP
2641 (16.20 %)Microsoft
3639 (16.15 %)Oracle
4155 (3.917 %)Teradata
5133 (3.361 %)JD Edwards
6113 (2.856 %)IBM
7102 (2.578 %)Business Objects
881 (2.047 %)VMware
968 (1.718 %)Sage
1066 (1.668 %)Cisco
1156 (1.415 %)Citrix
1246 (1.162 %)HP
1344 (1.112 %)Cognos
1442 (1.061 %)Lotus
1539 (0.986 %)EMC
1638 (0.960 %)Informatica
1731 (0.783 %)PeopleSoft
1731 (0.783 %)SolidWorks
1828 (0.708 %)Salesforce.com
1925 (0.632 %)Adobe