The first table below looks at the demand for CRM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CRM 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 Buckinghamshire 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
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Rank 54 40 58
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +18
Contract jobs citing CRM 14 36 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.752% 3.568% 1.898%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.509% 5.341% 3.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 6
Average daily rate £488 £325 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -9.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £278 £294
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £350 £441
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £405 £400
% change year-on-year
-1.23% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Average hourly rate - £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £16.50 £18.38
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -10.20%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
558 674 646
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 69.84% 66.80% 61.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 318 268
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £200 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 32 49
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £12.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
CRM
South East

CRM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire CRM Jobs Demand Trend

CRM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire CRM Daily Rate Trend

CRM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Buckinghamshire CRM Daily Rate Histogram

CRM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire CRM Hourly Rate Trend

CRM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CRM within the Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes -4 10 £488 +50.00%
CRM
South East

CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (33.33%) ITIL
2 9 (27.27%) SQL
2 9 (27.27%) Finance
3 8 (24.24%) SAP
4 7 (21.21%) XML
5 6 (18.18%) NetWeaver
5 6 (18.18%) Windows
6 5 (15.15%) SharePoint
6 5 (15.15%) Web Services
6 5 (15.15%) WSDL
6 5 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
6 5 (15.15%) VMware
6 5 (15.15%) ESB
6 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (12.12%) SAP PI
7 4 (12.12%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (12.12%) Hyper-V
7 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
7 4 (12.12%) Lync
7 4 (12.12%) Data Quality
7 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
7 4 (12.12%) WebSphere
7 4 (12.12%) BPEL4WS
7 4 (12.12%) Service Management
7 4 (12.12%) Scrum
7 4 (12.12%) SAP XI
7 4 (12.12%) Backup Exec
7 4 (12.12%) IBM
7 4 (12.12%) Citrix

CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (21.21%) XML
2 5 (15.15%) WSDL
2 5 (15.15%) Web Services
3 4 (12.12%) SAP PI
3 4 (12.12%) WebSphere
3 4 (12.12%) Middleware
3 4 (12.12%) SAP XI
3 4 (12.12%) BPEL4WS
4 3 (9.091%) XML Schema
4 3 (9.091%) SOAP
5 2 (6.061%) JDBC
5 2 (6.061%) .NET
5 2 (6.061%) XSLT
5 2 (6.061%) JMS
5 2 (6.061%) SAP ALE
5 2 (6.061%) BAPI
6 1 (3.030%) .NET Framework
6 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET
6 1 (3.030%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (18.18%) NetWeaver
2 5 (15.15%) SharePoint
2 5 (15.15%) ESB
3 4 (12.12%) Lync
3 4 (12.12%) MS Exchange
4 2 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (3.030%) Drupal
5 1 (3.030%) Moodle
5 1 (3.030%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (3.030%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (9.091%) MS Office
2 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (9.091%) SAP CRM
1 3 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (6.061%) SAP BPC
3 1 (3.030%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.091%) HTTP
2 1 (3.030%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (9.091%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 2 (6.061%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (6.061%) SAP HANA
2 2 (6.061%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (6.061%) SAP BW
2 2 (6.061%) SAP BI
3 1 (3.030%) BODI
3 1 (3.030%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Eclipse
General
1 9 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (9.091%) Marketing
3 2 (6.061%) Automotive
4 1 (3.030%) Publishing
4 1 (3.030%) Retail
4 1 (3.030%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 12 (36.36%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Consultant
2 7 (21.21%) Support Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (15.15%) Administrator
5 4 (12.12%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Architect
5 4 (12.12%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (9.091%) Business Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Support Engineer
6 3 (9.091%) Applications Support
6 3 (9.091%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Systems Support
6 3 (9.091%) Data Architect
6 3 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (9.091%) SAP PI Consultant
6 3 (9.091%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Systems Support Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Applications Support Engineer
6 3 (9.091%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (9.091%) Social Network
2 3 (9.091%) EPoS
3 2 (6.061%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.061%) Replication
4 1 (3.030%) IVR
4 1 (3.030%) Statistics
4 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.030%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (12.12%) UNIX
3 4 (12.12%) Linux
4 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (3.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) ITIL
2 5 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (12.12%) Service Management
3 4 (12.12%) UML
3 4 (12.12%) ERP
3 4 (12.12%) Data Modelling
3 4 (12.12%) Scrum
4 3 (9.091%) Business Development
4 3 (9.091%) Business Analysis
5 2 (6.061%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.061%) Data Architecture
5 2 (6.061%) ITIL V3
5 2 (6.061%) Data Management
5 2 (6.061%) BPEL
5 2 (6.061%) Logistics
5 2 (6.061%) Change Management
5 2 (6.061%) Risk Management
5 2 (6.061%) ETL
6 1 (3.030%) Quality Management
6 1 (3.030%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (27.27%) SQL
2 4 (12.12%) ABAP
2 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
2 4 (12.12%) Java
3 1 (3.030%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) MCP
1 4 (12.12%) MCSE
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.091%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.061%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.061%) SAP Certification
4 1 (3.030%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (3.030%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.030%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.061%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Backup Exec
2 1 (3.030%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) SAP
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) VMware
3 4 (12.12%) Citrix
3 4 (12.12%) IBM
4 3 (9.091%) Business Objects
4 3 (9.091%) Oracle
4 3 (9.091%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (6.061%) Sybase
6 1 (3.030%) Siebel
6 1 (3.030%) HP
6 1 (3.030%) Red Hat