The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of QAD products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QAD over the 3 months to 23 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 East of England 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 QAD, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
QAD
Rank - 132 -
Contract jobs citing QAD 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.068% -
As % of the Vendors category - 0.154% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £490 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £34.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £34.00 -
All Vendors
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
945 1299 1261
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 44.58% 44.03% 47.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 569 494
Average daily rate £338 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £181 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 124 183
Average hourly rate £21.75 £27.00 £25.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.44% +7.19%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
QAD
England

QAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England QAD Jobs Demand Trend

QAD
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing QAD across the East of England region.

East of England QAD Daily Rate Trend

QAD
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing QAD across the East of England region.

East of England QAD Hourly Rate Trend

QAD
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing QAD 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 QAD.

1 5 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) MFGPRO
1 5 (100.00%) Time Management
2 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (80.00%) EDI
3 3 (60.00%) Six Sigma
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) GIS
4 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Business Development

QAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing QAD 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 QAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (80.00%) EDI
Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) MFGPRO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) GIS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Business Systems Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Progress Analyst Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Progress Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Programmer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Time Management
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (60.00%) Six Sigma
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Business Development
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley