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The table below looks at the demand for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ERP over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4135
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads717
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.018 %
As % of the category below3.043 %5.822 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£300£340
Average daily rate£300£345
% change on same period last year-13.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£414£416
% change on same period last year-0.49 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.79£25.48
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads230292
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.370 %0.314 %
Daily rates quoted7167
Average minimum daily rate£315£337
Average daily rate£327£355
% change on same period last year-7.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted2239
Average minimum hourly rate£22.00£26.99
Average hourly rate£24.10£28.80
% change on same period last year-16.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.19£30.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
ERP South EastERP
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ERP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ERP across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Kent ERP Demand Trend

ERP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ERP across the Kent region.

Kent ERP Daily Rate Trend

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ERP across the Kent region.

Kent ERP Hourly Rate Trend

ERP
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing ERP 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 ERP.

14 (44.44 %)Finance
23 (33.33 %)Manufacturing
32 (22.22 %)Oracle
32 (22.22 %)Crystal Reports
32 (22.22 %)SQL
41 (11.11 %)VB
41 (11.11 %)Java
41 (11.11 %)Degree
41 (11.11 %)FRx
41 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management
41 (11.11 %)SAP
41 (11.11 %)MS Excel
41 (11.11 %)Microsoft
41 (11.11 %)Epicor
41 (11.11 %)Sage
41 (11.11 %)Oracle EBS

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing ERP 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 ERP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (11.11 %)Oracle EBS
11 (11.11 %)FRx
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)Crystal Reports
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (44.44 %)Finance
23 (33.33 %)Manufacturing
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (33.33 %)Author
13 (33.33 %)Technical Author
22 (22.22 %)Developer
22 (22.22 %)Consultant
22 (22.22 %)Implementation Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Excel Developer
31 (11.11 %)Excel Specialist
31 (11.11 %)Report Writer
31 (11.11 %)IT Operations Manager
31 (11.11 %)Operations Manager
31 (11.11 %)Oracle Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (22.22 %)SQL
21 (11.11 %)VB
21 (11.11 %)Java
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)Degree
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (22.22 %)Oracle
21 (11.11 %)SAP
21 (11.11 %)Microsoft
21 (11.11 %)Epicor
21 (11.11 %)Sage