The first table below looks at the demand for ERP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ERP over the 3 months to 20 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 Bedfordshire 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank 28 - 39
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ERP 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.064% - 1.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.333% - 1.435%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £550 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +28.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
150 200 209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 79.79% 70.42% 72.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 108 104
Average daily rate £350 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £494 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 9
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
ERP
East of England

ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire ERP Jobs Demand Trend

ERP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire ERP Daily Rate Trend

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire ERP Hourly Rate Trend

ERP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Luton - 1 £550 -
ERP
East of England

ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing ERP 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 ERP.

1 7 (70.00%) Oracle
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (30.00%) Hyperion
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (30.00%) Essbase
3 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (20.00%) EDI
4 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 2 (20.00%) Revenue Management
5 1 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (10.00%) Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Document Management
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (10.00%) ISEB

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) EDI
Business Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Essbase
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Programme Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Finance Systems Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Systems Manager
2 2 (20.00%) MIS Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Business Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Replication
2 1 (10.00%) Clustering
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Revenue Management
3 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
4 1 (10.00%) Document Management
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) MCSA
1 1 (10.00%) ISEB
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) Hyperion
3 1 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
Luton, South East
Requirements analysis to determine how these capabilities will be delivered (both systems and processes) Systems selection across property / facilities management, CRM, document management, ERP, data warehouse, integration and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £550.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
Requirements analysis to determine how these capabilities will be delivered (both systems and processes) - Systems selection across property / facilities management, CRM, document management, ERP, data warehouse, integration and...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £550.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013