The first table below looks at the demand for ERP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham 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 27 48 42
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -6
Contract jobs citing ERP 20 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 4.484% 1.127% 0.408%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.645% 1.837% 0.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
Average daily rate £405 £438 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.42% -
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
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
301 381 280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 67.49% 61.35% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 209 174
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £228 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £525 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 20 10
Average hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+116.66% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £119.80 £34.40 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
ERP
West Midlands

ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham ERP Daily Rate Trend

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ERP across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Birmingham ERP Daily Rate Histogram

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham ERP Hourly Rate Trend

ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 21 (60.00%) Finance
2 14 (40.00%) CRM
3 11 (31.43%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (25.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (25.71%) SAP
4 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
5 8 (22.86%) ABAP
6 6 (17.14%) PRINCE2
6 6 (17.14%) Business Objects
7 5 (14.29%) Oracle
7 5 (14.29%) Sybase
7 5 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (14.29%) Epicor
7 5 (14.29%) JD Edwards
7 5 (14.29%) NetWeaver
8 4 (11.43%) Project Management
8 4 (11.43%) SAP CRM
8 4 (11.43%) SAP ERP
9 3 (8.571%) Migration
9 3 (8.571%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (8.571%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (8.571%) SQL
9 3 (8.571%) MS Excel
10 2 (5.714%) EDI
10 2 (5.714%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (5.714%) Agresso
10 2 (5.714%) SAP BW
10 2 (5.714%) SAP APO
10 2 (5.714%) SAP PP
10 2 (5.714%) SAP BI

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 (5.714%) EDI
2 1 (2.857%) WAP
2 1 (2.857%) SAP Smart Forms
2 1 (2.857%) SAP Basis
2 1 (2.857%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (14.29%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (8.571%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Dynamics AX
2 9 (25.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (11.43%) SAP ERP
3 4 (11.43%) SAP CRM
4 2 (5.714%) SAP PP
4 2 (5.714%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (5.714%) Agresso
4 2 (5.714%) SAP APO
4 2 (5.714%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (5.714%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (2.857%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (2.857%) SAP FI
5 1 (2.857%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (2.857%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (2.857%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (2.857%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) Bluetooth
1 1 (2.857%) VoIP
1 1 (2.857%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (5.714%) SAP BW
2 2 (5.714%) SAP BI
3 1 (2.857%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.857%) Data Warehouse
General
1 21 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (5.714%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.857%) Advertising
3 1 (2.857%) Retail
3 1 (2.857%) General Ledger
3 1 (2.857%) Marketing
3 1 (2.857%) Automotive
3 1 (2.857%) Legal
3 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Project Manager
2 7 (20.00%) Analyst
2 7 (20.00%) Consultant
3 6 (17.14%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (14.29%) Architect
5 4 (11.43%) Business Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) ERP Project Manager
5 4 (11.43%) ERP Manager
6 3 (8.571%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (8.571%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (8.571%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.714%) SAP BW Consultant
7 2 (5.714%) Test Manager
7 2 (5.714%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 2 (5.714%) Technical Leader
7 2 (5.714%) SAP BI Consultant
7 2 (5.714%) Test Leader
8 1 (2.857%) Oracle Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.857%) Business Solution Architect
8 1 (2.857%) Oracle Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.857%) Client/Server
1 1 (2.857%) Blackberry
1 1 (2.857%) Mainframe
1 1 (2.857%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.857%) Android
1 1 (2.857%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) CRM
2 6 (17.14%) PRINCE2
3 4 (11.43%) Project Management
4 3 (8.571%) Migration
4 3 (8.571%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.714%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (5.714%) Business Analysis
5 2 (5.714%) Manual Testing
6 1 (2.857%) Data Migration
6 1 (2.857%) Data Mapping
6 1 (2.857%) SAP Security
6 1 (2.857%) Business Transformation
6 1 (2.857%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (2.857%) Resource Management
6 1 (2.857%) Test Scripting
6 1 (2.857%) B2B
6 1 (2.857%) B2C
6 1 (2.857%) PRINCE
6 1 (2.857%) Mobile Commerce
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.86%) ABAP
2 3 (8.571%) SQL
3 1 (2.857%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 3 (8.571%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (5.714%) ACCA
2 2 (5.714%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) SAP
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.14%) Business Objects
3 5 (14.29%) Epicor
3 5 (14.29%) Oracle
3 5 (14.29%) Sybase
3 5 (14.29%) JD Edwards
4 1 (2.857%) Northgate
4 1 (2.857%) Apple