The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Infor 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 Infor 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 Infor Global Solutions.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infor
Rank 500 535 564
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +29
Contract jobs citing Infor 13 24 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.031% 0.045% 0.012%
As % of the Vendors category 0.067% 0.097% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 2
Average daily rate £390 £375 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £279 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £429 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £358 -
% change year-on-year
+11.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £15.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £15.50 -
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%
Infor
UK

Infor
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Infor Jobs Demand Trend

Infor
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Infor Daily Rate Trend

Infor
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Infor Daily Rate Histogram

Infor
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Infor Hourly Rate Trend

Infor
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infor 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
London +36 5 £350 -6.66%
South East +13 4 £380 -5.00%
North West +6 1 £500 +20.48%
West Midlands - 1 - -
Infor
UK

Infor
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (80.00%) ERP
2 7 (35.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (35.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (30.00%) Resource Management
3 6 (30.00%) SAP
3 6 (30.00%) Oracle
3 6 (30.00%) JD Edwards
3 6 (30.00%) Migration
4 5 (25.00%) Finance
4 5 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 5 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (20.00%) Java
5 4 (20.00%) .NET
5 4 (20.00%) PeopleSoft
5 4 (20.00%) Agresso
5 4 (20.00%) Baan
5 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (20.00%) Degree
5 4 (20.00%) Infor M3
6 3 (15.00%) Integration Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
6 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (15.00%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (15.00%) Movex
6 3 (15.00%) Systems Analysis
6 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (15.00%) Cognos

Infor
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (20.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (35.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Project
2 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Agresso
1 4 (20.00%) Infor M3
2 3 (15.00%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (15.00%) Movex
2 3 (15.00%) Lawson
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle 11i
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (10.00%) MFGPRO
3 2 (10.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.000%) SyteLine
4 1 (5.000%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (5.000%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (5.000%) CODA-Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (10.00%) OLAP
3 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle OLAP
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 5 (25.00%) Finance
1 5 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Analyst
1 6 (30.00%) Consultant
2 4 (20.00%) Test Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst Programmer
3 3 (15.00%) Programmer
3 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Tester
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Tester
4 2 (10.00%) Business Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Movex Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Testing Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Wintel Support Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Finance Systems Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Business Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Wintel Support
5 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.000%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) ERP
2 7 (35.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (30.00%) Resource Management
3 6 (30.00%) Migration
4 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) Integration Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
6 3 (15.00%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
7 2 (10.00%) Project Management
7 2 (10.00%) Unit Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
8 1 (5.000%) Financial Analysis
8 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (5.000%) Change Control
8 1 (5.000%) Test Management
8 1 (5.000%) Process Management
8 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (5.000%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Java
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.000%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.000%) MCSA
2 1 (5.000%) ISEB
2 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) SAP
1 6 (30.00%) Oracle
1 6 (30.00%) JD Edwards
2 4 (20.00%) PeopleSoft
2 4 (20.00%) Baan
3 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) Cognos
3 3 (15.00%) Sage
4 2 (10.00%) Sun
4 2 (10.00%) ION Trading
4 2 (10.00%) QAD
5 1 (5.000%) VMware
5 1 (5.000%) Citrix
5 1 (5.000%) Epicor
5 1 (5.000%) CODA
5 1 (5.000%) Salesforce.com