The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Epicor products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Epicor over the 3 months to 24 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 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 the Epicor Software Corporation.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Epicor
Rank 491 543 559
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +16
Contract jobs citing Epicor 22 16 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.053% 0.030% 0.021%
As % of the Vendors category 0.113% 0.065% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 5
Average daily rate £338 £300 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £388 £343
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £250
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19388 24654 25908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.63% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10664 13039 13321
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1105 1232 1516
Average hourly rate £19.63 £19.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Epicor
UK

Epicor
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Epicor Jobs Demand Trend

Epicor
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Epicor Daily Rate Trend

Epicor
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Epicor across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Epicor Daily Rate Histogram

Epicor
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Epicor Hourly Rate Trend

Epicor
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Epicor within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
South West +34 7 £325 -
West Midlands - 7 £350 -
London +42 5 £350 -6.66%
East of England +15 1 £320 +28.00%
South East +14 1 £575 +43.75%
North West +11 1 - -
Epicor
UK

Epicor
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Epicor 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 Epicor.

1 23 (60.53%) ERP
2 18 (47.37%) Finance
3 13 (34.21%) SQL
4 9 (23.68%) SAP
5 7 (18.42%) VBA
6 6 (15.79%) Project Management
7 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
7 5 (13.16%) Oracle
7 5 (13.16%) SQL Server
7 5 (13.16%) Retail
7 5 (13.16%) General Ledger
8 4 (10.53%) Business Analysis
8 4 (10.53%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (10.53%) Service Delivery
8 4 (10.53%) Manufacturing
8 4 (10.53%) ITIL
8 4 (10.53%) JD Edwards
8 4 (10.53%) WAN
8 4 (10.53%) SLA
9 3 (7.895%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (7.895%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (7.895%) EPoS
9 3 (7.895%) PRINCE2
9 3 (7.895%) Business Objects
9 3 (7.895%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (7.895%) FRx
9 3 (7.895%) SC Cleared
9 3 (7.895%) Security Cleared
9 3 (7.895%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (5.263%) Analytics

Epicor
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Epicor 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 Epicor. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.632%) Middleware
1 1 (2.632%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.263%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.632%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (5.263%) Windchill
1 2 (5.263%) MS Office
2 1 (2.632%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.632%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (7.895%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (7.895%) FRx
3 1 (2.632%) Agresso
3 1 (2.632%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.632%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) WAN
2 2 (5.263%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.895%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (5.263%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.632%) MySQL
4 1 (2.632%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.632%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 18 (47.37%) Finance
2 5 (13.16%) Retail
2 5 (13.16%) General Ledger
3 4 (10.53%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.263%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.632%) Legal
5 1 (2.632%) Back Office
5 1 (2.632%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.632%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (42.11%) Analyst
2 8 (21.05%) Support Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Business Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Consultant
5 3 (7.895%) Project Manager
5 3 (7.895%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (7.895%) IT Support
6 2 (5.263%) Systems Integration Architect
6 2 (5.263%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (5.263%) ICT Manager
6 2 (5.263%) Information Systems Manager
6 2 (5.263%) Information Manager
6 2 (5.263%) Financial Business Analyst
6 2 (5.263%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.263%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.263%) Systems Manager
6 2 (5.263%) Systems Architect
6 2 (5.263%) Architect
6 2 (5.263%) Integration Architect
7 1 (2.632%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.895%) EPoS
2 2 (5.263%) CESG
2 2 (5.263%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.632%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) ERP
2 6 (15.79%) Project Management
3 4 (10.53%) Business Analysis
3 4 (10.53%) Service Delivery
3 4 (10.53%) ITIL
4 3 (7.895%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (7.895%) PRINCE2
5 2 (5.263%) Analytics
5 2 (5.263%) Asset Management
5 2 (5.263%) Document Management
5 2 (5.263%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (5.263%) Investment Management
5 2 (5.263%) Resource Management
5 2 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (5.263%) Workflow
5 2 (5.263%) Practice Management
5 2 (5.263%) PDM
6 1 (2.632%) B2B
6 1 (2.632%) B2C
6 1 (2.632%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 13 (34.21%) SQL
2 7 (18.42%) VBA
3 1 (2.632%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (7.895%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (7.895%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.895%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) SLA
2 1 (2.632%) GMP
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) SAP
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) Oracle
3 4 (10.53%) JD Edwards
4 3 (7.895%) Business Objects
5 2 (5.263%) Riverbed
5 2 (5.263%) Sage
5 2 (5.263%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (2.632%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (2.632%) Baan
6 1 (2.632%) Sybase
6 1 (2.632%) NetSuite
6 1 (2.632%) Infor
6 1 (2.632%) Northgate