Berkshire ERP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ERP over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Location Aberdeen Aldershot Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Channel Islands Cheadle Cheshire Chester Chichester City of London Croydon Cumbria Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire East Anglia East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Flint Flintshire Glasgow Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Huntingdon Isle of Wight Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newport North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Redhill Renfrew Renfrewshire Rhyl Royston Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph Staines Stevenage Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Thames Valley Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Wolverhampton Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	75	115
Rank change on same period last year	+40
Matching contract IT job ads	41	30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.065 %	0.032 %
As % of the category below	2.502 %	1.365 %
Daily rates quoted	17	6
Average minimum daily rate	£403	£489
Average daily rate	£416	£530
% change on same period last year	-21.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£429	£572
UK excluding London average daily rate	£413	£413
% change on same period last year	-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£60.00	-
Average hourly rate	£60.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£60.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.79	£24.93
% change on same period last year	+3.44 %
Processes & Methodologies Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1639	2198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.599 %	2.340 %
Daily rates quoted	489	764
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£349
Average daily rate	£389	£371
% change on same period last year	+4.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£413	£392
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£371
% change on same period last year	+2.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	87	184
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.45	£32.41
Average hourly rate	£24.16	£34.10
% change on same period last year	-29.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.87	£35.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.11	£29.69
% change on same period last year	-5.31 %
ERP South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ERP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ERP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

ERP
Daily Rate Trend

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

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ERP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+30	18	£395	-
Slough	+6	3	£375	-
Windsor	-	3	-	-
Maidenhead	-	1	-	-
Newbury	+1	1	-	-

ERP South East

ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 38 (43.68 %) SAP 2 34 (39.08 %) Oracle 3 26 (29.89 %) Finance 4 10 (11.49 %) Oracle ERP 4 10 (11.49 %) FMCG 5 9 (10.34 %) Oracle EBS 5 9 (10.34 %) Project Management 6 8 (9.195 %) SAP BW 6 8 (9.195 %) SQL 6 8 (9.195 %) MS Project 7 7 (8.046 %) PRINCE2 7 7 (8.046 %) SAP HR 7 7 (8.046 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 7 (8.046 %) Integration Testing 8 6 (6.897 %) Security Cleared

8 6 (6.897 %) Microsoft 8 6 (6.897 %) Government 9 5 (5.747 %) Telecoms 9 5 (5.747 %) MS Visio 9 5 (5.747 %) MS Office 9 5 (5.747 %) CA 9 5 (5.747 %) IT Governance 10 4 (4.598 %) SC Cleared 10 4 (4.598 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 10 4 (4.598 %) VB 10 4 (4.598 %) Business Intelligence 10 4 (4.598 %) Manufacturing 10 4 (4.598 %) Migration 10 4 (4.598 %) Workflow 11 3 (3.448 %) Logistics

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 (2.299 %) .NET 2 1 (1.149 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 2 (2.299 %) SharePoint 1 2 (2.299 %) BizTalk Server 1 2 (2.299 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 1 (1.149 %) LiveLink 2 1 (1.149 %) Oracle Workflow
Applications 1 8 (9.195 %) MS Project 2 5 (5.747 %) MS Office 2 5 (5.747 %) MS Visio 3 3 (3.448 %) MS Excel 4 1 (1.149 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 10 (11.49 %) Oracle ERP 2 9 (10.34 %) Oracle EBS 3 7 (8.046 %) SAP HR 4 3 (3.448 %) Dynamics AX 4 3 (3.448 %) SAP ERP 5 2 (2.299 %) Dynamics GP 5 2 (2.299 %) Microsoft CRM 5 2 (2.299 %) Great Plains 5 2 (2.299 %) Axapta 5 2 (2.299 %) SAP GRC 5 2 (2.299 %) Dynamics CRM 6 1 (1.149 %) Oracle EBS R12 6 1 (1.149 %) BPCS 6 1 (1.149 %) Oracle 11i 6 1 (1.149 %) SAP FI 6 1 (1.149 %) Oracle HRMS 6 1 (1.149 %) SAP FI-CA 6 1 (1.149 %) Oracle Applications 6 1 (1.149 %) SAP FI/CO 6 1 (1.149 %) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.299 %) Intranet 1 2 (2.299 %) Internet 1 2 (2.299 %) 3G	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (9.195 %) SAP BW 2 3 (3.448 %) BusinessObjects 3 2 (2.299 %) BusinessObjects XI 3 2 (2.299 %) SQL Server 3 2 (2.299 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (1.149 %) MS Access 4 1 (1.149 %) Crystal Reports 4 1 (1.149 %) Oracle Reports 4 1 (1.149 %) SAP BI
Development Applications 1 1 (1.149 %) VSS/SourceSafe 1 1 (1.149 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 26 (29.89 %) Finance 2 10 (11.49 %) FMCG 3 6 (6.897 %) Government 4 5 (5.747 %) Telecoms 5 4 (4.598 %) Manufacturing 6 3 (3.448 %) General Ledger 7 2 (2.299 %) Marketing 7 2 (2.299 %) Billing 7 2 (2.299 %) Construction 8 1 (1.149 %) Education 8 1 (1.149 %) Retail 8 1 (1.149 %) Pharmaceutical 8 1 (1.149 %) Chemicals
Job Titles 1 29 (33.33 %) Consultant 2 19 (21.84 %) Analyst 3 10 (11.49 %) Project Manager 3 10 (11.49 %) SAP Consultant 3 10 (11.49 %) Oracle Consultant 4 9 (10.34 %) Business Analyst 4 9 (10.34 %) Functional Consultant 5 8 (9.195 %) Process Analyst 6 7 (8.046 %) Architect 6 7 (8.046 %) Developer 6 7 (8.046 %) Business Process Analyst 7 6 (6.897 %) Oracle Functional Consultant 7 6 (6.897 %) Enterprise Architect 7 6 (6.897 %) SAP Analyst 7 6 (6.897 %) Oracle Architect 8 4 (4.598 %) Oracle Development Manager 8 4 (4.598 %) Development Manager 9 3 (3.448 %) SAP HR Consultant 9 3 (3.448 %) Security Analyst 9 3 (3.448 %) SAP BW Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.299 %) German Language 2 1 (1.149 %) Italian Language 2 1 (1.149 %) SCADA 2 1 (1.149 %) Robotics 2 1 (1.149 %) Dutch Language 2 1 (1.149 %) French Language
Operating Systems 1 1 (1.149 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (10.34 %) Project Management 2 7 (8.046 %) PRINCE2 2 7 (8.046 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 7 (8.046 %) Integration Testing 3 6 (6.897 %) Security Cleared 4 5 (5.747 %) IT Governance 5 4 (4.598 %) Workflow 5 4 (4.598 %) Migration 5 4 (4.598 %) Business Intelligence 5 4 (4.598 %) SC Cleared 6 3 (3.448 %) Data Migration 6 3 (3.448 %) CRM 6 3 (3.448 %) Logistics 7 2 (2.299 %) Systems Analysis 7 2 (2.299 %) Project Planning 7 2 (2.299 %) SAP Implementation 7 2 (2.299 %) Content Management 7 2 (2.299 %) ITIL 7 2 (2.299 %) CAD 8 1 (1.149 %) E-Procurement
Programming Languages 1 8 (9.195 %) SQL 2 4 (4.598 %) VB 3 3 (3.448 %) PL/SQL 4 2 (2.299 %) X++ 4 2 (2.299 %) C# 5 1 (1.149 %) Java 5 1 (1.149 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 2 (2.299 %) Degree 2 1 (1.149 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 1 (1.149 %) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (4.598 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	Vendors 1 38 (43.68 %) SAP 2 34 (39.08 %) Oracle 3 6 (6.897 %) Microsoft 4 5 (5.747 %) CA 5 3 (3.448 %) Business Objects 6 2 (2.299 %) Baan 6 2 (2.299 %) JD Edwards 7 1 (1.149 %) Open Text 7 1 (1.149 %) UGS 7 1 (1.149 %) PeopleSoft 7 1 (1.149 %) Trillium 7 1 (1.149 %) IBM 7 1 (1.149 %) JDA 7 1 (1.149 %) Siemens