The first table below looks at the demand for MFGPRO skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MFGPRO 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 of the Business Applications category 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
QAD MFG/PRO
Rank 515 556 -
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -
Contract jobs citing MFGPRO 3 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.007% 0.011% -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.086% 0.131% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £200 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £200 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £32.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.25 -
All Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3470 4579 5002
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.358% 8.575% 8.756%
Number of daily rates quoted 1851 2346 2592
Average daily rate £450 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £290 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 54 90
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £22.98
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +52.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.10 £15.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.20 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
MFGPRO
UK

MFGPRO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England MFGPRO Jobs Demand Trend

MFGPRO
Daily Rate Trend

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

England MFGPRO Daily Rate Trend

MFGPRO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England MFGPRO Hourly Rate Trend

MFGPRO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MFGPRO within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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 - 2 £350 -
West Midlands +8 1 - -
MFGPRO
UK

MFGPRO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (66.67%) QAD
2 6 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (41.67%) ITSM
3 5 (41.67%) Service Management
3 5 (41.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (41.67%) Time Management
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) E-Commerce
4 4 (33.33%) EDI
5 3 (25.00%) ERP
5 3 (25.00%) Six Sigma
6 2 (16.67%) Movex
6 2 (16.67%) Finance
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 2 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 2 (16.67%) MS Project
6 2 (16.67%) Lawson
6 2 (16.67%) Cognos
6 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
6 2 (16.67%) Infor
6 2 (16.67%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) QA
6 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Infor M3
7 1 (8.333%) Business Transformation
7 1 (8.333%) SyteLine
7 1 (8.333%) Business Development

MFGPRO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (33.33%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Movex
1 2 (16.67%) Lawson
1 2 (16.67%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Infor M3
2 1 (8.333%) SyteLine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) GIS
General
1 6 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Business Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Business Systems Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Movex Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) ERP Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Business Systems Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Systems Analyst Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Progress Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Progress Analyst Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Progress Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Systems Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) ERP Project Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) ITSM
1 5 (41.67%) Service Management
1 5 (41.67%) Time Management
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 3 (25.00%) ERP
3 3 (25.00%) Six Sigma
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Business Transformation
5 1 (8.333%) Business Development
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) QAD
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cognos
2 2 (16.67%) Infor
3 1 (8.333%) Progress