The first table below looks at the demand for ERP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ERP over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Chester 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank 25 17 19
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +2
Contract jobs citing ERP 1 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 0.741% 4.425% 1.389%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.943% 6.098% 1.961%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £431 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £425 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.17% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £17.75 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+112.95% -33.01%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
106 82 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 78.52% 72.57% 70.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 28
Average daily rate £388 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £300 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 £14.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+203.57% -70.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
ERP
Cheshire

ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester ERP Hourly Rate Trend

ERP
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) SAP ERP

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP ERP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP