East Midlands ERP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) skills within the East Midlands 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Location Aberdeen Andover Argyll and Bute Aylesbury Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Darlington Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Dumbarton Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Helensburgh Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Ipswich Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lichfield Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newport North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Renfrew Renfrewshire Rochester Royston Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Teddington Thames Valley Twickenham UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Bromwich West Dunbartonshire West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wimbledon Woking Wolverhampton Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	59	68
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	34	20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.045 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	3.484 %	2.073 %
Daily rates quoted	10	5
Average minimum daily rate	£465	£300
Average daily rate	£520	£338
% change on same period last year	+54.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£575	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£414	£417
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.54	£23.27
% change on same period last year	+31.23 %
Processes & Methodologies East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	976	965
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.288 %	0.961 %
Daily rates quoted	354	231
Average minimum daily rate	£383	£364
Average daily rate	£407	£385
% change on same period last year	+5.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£430	£406
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	59	103
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.07	£25.43
Average hourly rate	£30.74	£26.93
% change on same period last year	+14.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.41	£28.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.30	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
ERP England

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 East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ERP across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 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 East Midlands region.

ERP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
Northamptonshire	-3	8	£375	-
Nottinghamshire	-4	8	£900	-
Lincolnshire	-	6	£675	-
Leicestershire	+5	5	£375	+11.11 %
Derbyshire	-	1	-	-

ERP England

ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 28 (44.44 %) Finance 2 18 (28.57 %) Oracle 3 9 (14.29 %) Business Intelligence 4 8 (12.70 %) Oracle ERP 5 7 (11.11 %) Dynamics AX 5 7 (11.11 %) CRM 5 7 (11.11 %) SAP 6 6 (9.524 %) Axapta 6 6 (9.524 %) Datawarehouse 6 6 (9.524 %) X++ 6 6 (9.524 %) Data Management 6 6 (9.524 %) Management Information System 6 6 (9.524 %) PLM 7 5 (7.937 %) MS Visio 7 5 (7.937 %) SLA

7 5 (7.937 %) Test Scripting 8 4 (6.349 %) Windows 8 4 (6.349 %) Manufacturing 8 4 (6.349 %) SAP ERP 8 4 (6.349 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 3 (4.762 %) Oracle Payroll 9 3 (4.762 %) SQL 9 3 (4.762 %) IBM 9 3 (4.762 %) Microsoft 9 3 (4.762 %) Active Directory 9 3 (4.762 %) Six Sigma 9 3 (4.762 %) Integration Testing 10 2 (3.175 %) Test Management 10 2 (3.175 %) Windows 2000 Server 10 2 (3.175 %) ProC

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 1 (1.587 %) WebSphere 1 1 (1.587 %) SAP Basis 1 1 (1.587 %) SAP XI 1 1 (1.587 %) XSL 1 1 (1.587 %) HTML 1 1 (1.587 %) .NET 1 1 (1.587 %) J2EE 1 1 (1.587 %) SAP PI	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.587 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 1 (1.587 %) MS Exchange 1 1 (1.587 %) NetWeaver
Applications 1 5 (7.937 %) MS Visio 2 1 (1.587 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.587 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 8 (12.70 %) Oracle ERP 2 7 (11.11 %) Dynamics AX 3 6 (9.524 %) Axapta 4 4 (6.349 %) SAP ERP 5 3 (4.762 %) Oracle Payroll 6 2 (3.175 %) MFGPRO 6 2 (3.175 %) Oracle HRMS 7 1 (1.587 %) Sage 1000 7 1 (1.587 %) JDE EnterpriseOne 7 1 (1.587 %) SageCRM MME 7 1 (1.587 %) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking 1 2 (3.175 %) WAN 2 1 (1.587 %) Firewall 2 1 (1.587 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (1.587 %) LAN 2 1 (1.587 %) Intranet 2 1 (1.587 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (9.524 %) Datawarehouse 2 2 (3.175 %) Crystal Reports 3 1 (1.587 %) BusinessObjects 3 1 (1.587 %) BusinessObjects XI 3 1 (1.587 %) Data Cleansing
Development Applications 1 2 (3.175 %) ProC	General 1 28 (44.44 %) Finance 2 4 (6.349 %) Manufacturing 3 2 (3.175 %) Back Office 3 2 (3.175 %) Retail 4 1 (1.587 %) Pensions 4 1 (1.587 %) Education 4 1 (1.587 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 16 (25.40 %) Consultant 2 7 (11.11 %) Analyst 3 6 (9.524 %) Programme Manager 3 6 (9.524 %) Axapta Consultant 4 5 (7.937 %) Trainer 4 5 (7.937 %) Developer 4 5 (7.937 %) Test Manager 5 4 (6.349 %) Project Manager 5 4 (6.349 %) Technical Author 5 4 (6.349 %) Business Analyst 5 4 (6.349 %) Author 5 4 (6.349 %) Functional Consultant 6 3 (4.762 %) Payroll Consultant 6 3 (4.762 %) SAP Team Leader 6 3 (4.762 %) Team Leader 6 3 (4.762 %) Support Team Leader 6 3 (4.762 %) Support Analyst 7 2 (3.175 %) Oracle Consultant 7 2 (3.175 %) Systems Analyst 7 2 (3.175 %) IT Manager	Miscellaneous 1 6 (9.524 %) Management Information System 2 2 (3.175 %) AS400 3 1 (1.587 %) EPoS
Operating Systems 1 4 (6.349 %) Windows 2 2 (3.175 %) Windows 2000 Server 2 2 (3.175 %) Windows Server 2003 2 2 (3.175 %) Windows XP 2 2 (3.175 %) UNIX 3 1 (1.587 %) Solaris 3 1 (1.587 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (1.587 %) Mac OS X	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (14.29 %) Business Intelligence 2 7 (11.11 %) CRM 3 6 (9.524 %) Data Management 3 6 (9.524 %) PLM 4 5 (7.937 %) Test Scripting 5 4 (6.349 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 3 (4.762 %) Six Sigma 6 3 (4.762 %) Integration Testing 7 2 (3.175 %) Test Management 7 2 (3.175 %) E-Commerce 7 2 (3.175 %) ITIL 7 2 (3.175 %) PRINCE2 7 2 (3.175 %) Balanced Scorecard 7 2 (3.175 %) Information Security 7 2 (3.175 %) Performance Testing 7 2 (3.175 %) Problem Management 8 1 (1.587 %) Matrix Management 8 1 (1.587 %) Security Testing 8 1 (1.587 %) Knowledge Management 8 1 (1.587 %) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages 1 6 (9.524 %) X++ 2 3 (4.762 %) SQL 3 2 (3.175 %) Java	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (7.937 %) SLA 2 2 (3.175 %) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software 1 3 (4.762 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.587 %) VMware Server 2 1 (1.587 %) MetaFrame	Systems Management 1 1 (1.587 %) Tivoli 1 1 (1.587 %) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors 1 18 (28.57 %) Oracle 2 7 (11.11 %) SAP 3 3 (4.762 %) IBM 3 3 (4.762 %) Microsoft 4 2 (3.175 %) JD Edwards 4 2 (3.175 %) Sage 5 1 (1.587 %) VMware 5 1 (1.587 %) Business Objects 5 1 (1.587 %) Citrix