The first table below looks at the demand for ERP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ERP over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Manchester 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank 53 70 37
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -33
Contract jobs citing ERP 16 13 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 1.641% 1.054% 3.220%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.381% 1.669% 5.105%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 26
Average daily rate £425 £413 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £295 £206
10% offered a daily rate of more than £441 £519 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £425 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.17% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £28.64 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +63.65%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £17.75 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+112.95% -33.01%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
672 779 666
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 68.92% 63.18% 63.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 388 312
Average daily rate £338 £315 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £233 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 34 34
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £12.01 £11.06
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £35.00 £30.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
ERP
North West

ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester ERP Jobs Demand Trend

ERP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester ERP Daily Rate Trend

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester ERP Hourly Rate Trend

ERP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bolton - - - - 1
Bury - - - -
Cheadle - - - -
Sale - - - -
Salford - - - -
Stockport - - - -
ERP
North West

ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 12 (42.86%) SAP
2 8 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
5 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
5 5 (17.86%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (17.86%) MS Project
5 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (17.86%) Planview
6 4 (14.29%) Project Management
6 4 (14.29%) MS Office
6 4 (14.29%) Finance
6 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.71%) Project Planning
7 3 (10.71%) Critical Path Analysis
7 3 (10.71%) Oracle
7 3 (10.71%) MS Excel
7 3 (10.71%) SAP SD
8 2 (7.143%) .NET
8 2 (7.143%) CRM
8 2 (7.143%) Financial Institution
8 2 (7.143%) Banking
8 2 (7.143%) Manufacturing
8 2 (7.143%) Migration
8 2 (7.143%) SAP ERP
8 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (7.143%) Business Transformation
8 2 (7.143%) Data Migration
8 2 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (3.571%) SaaS

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development
1 2 (7.143%) .NET
2 1 (3.571%) CSS
2 1 (3.571%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 8 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.571%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.571%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) MS Project
2 4 (14.29%) MS Office
3 3 (10.71%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (10.71%) SAP SD
3 2 (7.143%) SAP ERP
3 2 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (3.571%) BPCS
4 1 (3.571%) SAP BPC
4 1 (3.571%) SAP APO
4 1 (3.571%) SAP R/3
4 1 (3.571%) SAP FI
4 1 (3.571%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (3.571%) SAP CO
4 1 (3.571%) SAP PM
4 1 (3.571%) SAP QM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (7.143%) Manufacturing
3 2 (7.143%) Banking
3 2 (7.143%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.571%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Consultant
1 6 (21.43%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (17.86%) Project Manager
2 5 (17.86%) PMO Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) SAP SD Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) SAP Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Programme Director
5 2 (7.143%) Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Procurement Manager
6 1 (3.571%) SAP HR Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Trainer
6 1 (3.571%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Management Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) ABAP Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.571%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.571%) SAP APO Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) SAP QM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.571%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
2 4 (14.29%) Project Management
2 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (10.71%) Critical Path Analysis
3 3 (10.71%) Project Planning
4 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.143%) Data Migration
4 2 (7.143%) Migration
4 2 (7.143%) CRM
4 2 (7.143%) Business Transformation
5 1 (3.571%) Data Stewardship
5 1 (3.571%) OOD
5 1 (3.571%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.571%) OO
5 1 (3.571%) ITIL
5 1 (3.571%) Quality Management
5 1 (3.571%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (3.571%) SIEM
5 1 (3.571%) Performance Management
5 1 (3.571%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.571%) C#
1 1 (3.571%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.571%) SQL
1 1 (3.571%) ABAP
1 1 (3.571%) X++
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (3.571%) CISSP
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) SAP
2 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (17.86%) Planview
4 3 (10.71%) Oracle
5 1 (3.571%) Epicor
5 1 (3.571%) Siebel
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