The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Ariba products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ariba over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors for the Cheshire 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Ariba, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ariba
Rank 57 51 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Contract jobs citing Ariba 6 15 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.816% 1.863% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.630% 3.297% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
Average daily rate £450 £390 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £475 £450
% change year-on-year
-15.78% +5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
368 455 480
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 50.07% 56.52% 49.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 223 254
Average daily rate £370 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.22% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £285 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 11 12
Average hourly rate £37.50 £15.75 £12.46
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.09% +26.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.78 £14.00 £8.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £30.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Ariba
North West

Ariba
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Ariba across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cheshire Ariba Jobs Demand Trend

Ariba
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Ariba Daily Rate Trend

Ariba
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ariba across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Ariba Daily Rate Histogram

Ariba
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Ariba Hourly Rate Trend

Ariba
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ariba within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Chester - 3 £113 -
Ariba
North West

Ariba
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Ariba 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 Ariba.

1 6 (50.00%) SAP
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (25.00%) ETL
3 3 (25.00%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) Content Management
3 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (16.67%) French Language
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.333%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (8.333%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.333%) Resource Management

Ariba
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Ariba 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 Ariba. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) French Language
3 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.333%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Data Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Procurement Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Content Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Migration
1 3 (25.00%) ETL
1 3 (25.00%) Project Management
1 3 (25.00%) Content Management
1 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
3 1 (8.333%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) SAP