The first table below looks at the demand for Logistics skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Logistics over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Aberdeen 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Logistics
Rank 20 25 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing Logistics 5 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 3.571% 1.026% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.208% 1.515% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £425
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £28.25 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+33.80% +145.65%
All Processes & Methodologies
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
96 132 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 68.57% 67.69% 71.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 63 54
Average daily rate £397 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.28% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 10
Average hourly rate £26.25 £14.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -53.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.15 £14.00 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £64.50 £35.20 £40.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Logistics
Scotland

Logistics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Logistics across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Aberdeen Logistics Jobs Demand Trend

Logistics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Logistics Daily Rate Trend

Logistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Logistics 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 Logistics.

1 10 (90.91%) SAP
2 7 (63.64%) SAP MM
2 7 (63.64%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 6 (54.55%) SAP SCM
4 5 (45.45%) E-Procurement
5 4 (36.36%) Billing
6 3 (27.27%) SAP CO
6 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Supply Chain Management
7 2 (18.18%) Back Office
7 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
8 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
8 1 (9.091%) ERP
8 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
8 1 (9.091%) Documentum
8 1 (9.091%) Windows
8 1 (9.091%) Oracle
8 1 (9.091%) MS Project
8 1 (9.091%) MS Office
8 1 (9.091%) JD Edwards
8 1 (9.091%) Project Management
8 1 (9.091%) Maximo
8 1 (9.091%) SAP PM
8 1 (9.091%) Document Management
8 1 (9.091%) Data Entry
8 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (9.091%) Degree
8 1 (9.091%) JDE EnterpriseOne

Logistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Logistics 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 Logistics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
1 1 (9.091%) Documentum
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.091%) MS Project
2 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (63.64%) SAP MM
1 7 (63.64%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 6 (54.55%) SAP SCM
3 3 (27.27%) SAP CO
4 1 (9.091%) Maximo
4 1 (9.091%) SAP PM
4 1 (9.091%) JDE EnterpriseOne
General
1 4 (36.36%) Billing
2 2 (18.18%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Consultant
2 5 (45.45%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) SAP SCM Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) SAP SD Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) SAP MM Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Coordinator
5 1 (9.091%) Trainer
5 1 (9.091%) IT Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Training Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) E-Procurement
2 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (9.091%) ERP
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
3 1 (9.091%) Document Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Entry
3 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle
3 1 (9.091%) JD Edwards