The first table below looks at the demand for Line 50 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Line 50 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 London 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
Sage Line 50
Rank - 408 -
Contract jobs citing Line 50 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.007% -
As % of the Business Applications category - 0.091% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £438 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 - -
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1736 2200 2719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 8.023% 8.169% 8.601%
Number of daily rates quoted 1031 1200 1638
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 22
Average hourly rate £32.58 £41.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.53% +22.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.40 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £52.50 £62.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Line 50
England

Line 50
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Line 50 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

London Line 50 Jobs Demand Trend

Line 50
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Line 50 across the London region.

London Line 50 Daily Rate Trend

Line 50
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Line 50 across the London region.

London Line 50 Hourly Rate Trend

Line 50
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Line 50 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 Line 50.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (100.00%) JD Edwards
1 2 (100.00%) Sage
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Financial Analysis

Line 50
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Line 50 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 Line 50. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Financials
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Support
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Financial Analysis
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) JD Edwards
1 2 (100.00%) Sage