The first table below looks at the demand for Logistics skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Logistics 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Hertfordshire 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
Logistics
Rank 60 47 50
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +3
Contract jobs citing Logistics 3 24 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.471% 2.472% 1.586%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.656% 3.744% 2.541%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 10
Average daily rate £400 £350 £495
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -29.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £286 £348
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £530 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £425
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £28.25 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+33.80% +145.65%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
457 641 551
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.74% 66.01% 62.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 287 240
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 54 78
Average hourly rate £21.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.57% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.93 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Logistics
East of England

Logistics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Logistics across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hertfordshire Logistics Jobs Demand Trend

Logistics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Logistics Daily Rate Trend

Logistics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Logistics across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Logistics Daily Rate Histogram

Logistics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Logistics Hourly Rate Trend

Logistics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Logistics within the Hertfordshire 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
Watford +9 1 £550 +10.00%
Logistics
East of England

Logistics
Top 24 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (40.00%) Retail
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) ATM
3 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (20.00%) Siemens
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) SCADA
3 2 (20.00%) FMCG
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) SAP
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management

Logistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) ATM
1 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (40.00%) Retail
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Leader
3 1 (10.00%) ERP Manager
3 1 (10.00%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) SCADA
1 2 (20.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (10.00%) ERP
2 1 (10.00%) Change Management
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Siemens
2 1 (10.00%) SAP