The first table below looks at the demand for ERP skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ERP over the 3 months to 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank 88 80 61
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -19
Contract jobs citing ERP 30 52 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.287% 1.671% 2.361%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.813% 2.708% 3.644%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 44
Average daily rate £425 £401 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.91% -2.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £404 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £47.50 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +18.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1655 1920 1976
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 71.00% 61.72% 64.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 983 1018
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 81 96
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.00 £20.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -11.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.30 £12.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.00 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
ERP
England

ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West ERP Daily Rate Trend

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ERP across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West ERP Daily Rate Histogram

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester +4 12 £425 -10.52%
Cheshire -8 10 - -
Merseyside - 3 £500 -
Lancashire -5 1 - -
ERP
England

ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 24 (34.78%) SAP
2 18 (26.09%) Oracle
3 17 (24.64%) Manufacturing
4 16 (23.19%) Finance
5 13 (18.84%) Microsoft
6 12 (17.39%) SharePoint
7 11 (15.94%) Telecoms
7 11 (15.94%) Business Analysis
8 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2
8 10 (14.49%) SaaS
9 9 (13.04%) Dynamics AX
9 9 (13.04%) Project Management
10 7 (10.14%) SQL
10 7 (10.14%) .NET
11 6 (8.696%) Workflow
11 6 (8.696%) Oracle Workflow
11 6 (8.696%) Information Security
11 6 (8.696%) MS Project
11 6 (8.696%) MS Office
11 6 (8.696%) Resource Management
12 5 (7.246%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (7.246%) Oracle EBS R12
12 5 (7.246%) Planview
12 5 (7.246%) Degree
12 5 (7.246%) ArcSight
12 5 (7.246%) Java
12 5 (7.246%) Linux
12 5 (7.246%) CRM
12 5 (7.246%) JD Edwards
12 5 (7.246%) Migration

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 7 (10.14%) .NET
2 2 (2.899%) Middleware
2 2 (2.899%) ASP
2 2 (2.899%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.449%) jQuery
3 1 (1.449%) MDX
3 1 (1.449%) COM
3 1 (1.449%) CSS
3 1 (1.449%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.449%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 12 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 6 (8.696%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.449%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.449%) IIS
3 1 (1.449%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 6 (8.696%) MS Project
1 6 (8.696%) MS Office
2 4 (5.797%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (13.04%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (7.246%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (5.797%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (5.797%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (4.348%) SAP ERP
4 3 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (4.348%) SAP SD
4 3 (4.348%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.449%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.449%) BPCS
5 1 (1.449%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (1.449%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.449%) SAP R/3
5 1 (1.449%) SAP FI
5 1 (1.449%) SAP APO
5 1 (1.449%) SAP CO
5 1 (1.449%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.449%) SAP QM
5 1 (1.449%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.449%) SAP Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.899%) LAN
1 2 (2.899%) WAN
2 1 (1.449%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.797%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.348%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (4.348%) DB2
3 2 (2.899%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.899%) Informix
3 2 (2.899%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.449%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.449%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.449%) Oracle Forms
General
1 17 (24.64%) Manufacturing
2 16 (23.19%) Finance
3 11 (15.94%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.899%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.899%) Banking
5 1 (1.449%) French Language
5 1 (1.449%) Local Government
5 1 (1.449%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 16 (23.19%) Project Manager
2 12 (17.39%) Consultant
3 10 (14.49%) Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) SAP Manager
5 7 (10.14%) Business Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) SAP Consultant
6 6 (8.696%) SAP Project Manager
6 6 (8.696%) PMO Manager
7 4 (5.797%) Developer
8 3 (4.348%) Architect
8 3 (4.348%) Programme Director
8 3 (4.348%) SAP SD Consultant
9 2 (2.899%) .NET Developer
9 2 (2.899%) SAP HR Consultant
9 2 (2.899%) Functional Consultant
9 2 (2.899%) Analyst Programmer
9 2 (2.899%) Programmer
9 2 (2.899%) Support Consultant
9 2 (2.899%) Oracle Consultant
9 2 (2.899%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) SaaS
2 4 (5.797%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.449%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.246%) Linux
2 3 (4.348%) Windows
2 3 (4.348%) AIX
3 2 (2.899%) HPUX
3 2 (2.899%) Solaris
4 1 (1.449%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.94%) Business Analysis
2 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2
3 9 (13.04%) Project Management
4 6 (8.696%) Workflow
4 6 (8.696%) Information Security
4 6 (8.696%) Resource Management
5 5 (7.246%) CRM
5 5 (7.246%) Migration
6 4 (5.797%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (5.797%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (5.797%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (5.797%) Business Transformation
6 4 (5.797%) Data Migration
7 3 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (4.348%) Project Planning
7 3 (4.348%) Critical Path Analysis
7 3 (4.348%) ITIL
8 2 (2.899%) Programme Management
8 2 (2.899%) Process Management
8 2 (2.899%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.14%) SQL
2 5 (7.246%) Java
3 3 (4.348%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.899%) C#
5 1 (1.449%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.449%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.449%) ABAP
5 1 (1.449%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (7.246%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 5 (7.246%) Degree
2 2 (2.899%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (2.899%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (2.899%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.899%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.449%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.449%) CISSP
3 1 (1.449%) ACCA
3 1 (1.449%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.449%) QA
Vendors
1 24 (34.78%) SAP
2 18 (26.09%) Oracle
3 13 (18.84%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.246%) Planview
4 5 (7.246%) ArcSight
4 5 (7.246%) JD Edwards
5 4 (5.797%) Baan
6 3 (4.348%) IBM
6 3 (4.348%) Epicor
7 2 (2.899%) Sun
7 2 (2.899%) Sage
7 2 (2.899%) Siebel
7 2 (2.899%) Infor
8 1 (1.449%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.449%) Hyperion
North West England
E-max / ERP / MRP / Data Collection I am currently working with a North West based client who are looking for a contractor to work with them to implement...
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £300 per day + DOE
Posted: 15 May 2013
North West England
This is a great opportunity for a candidate to work with the latest database and ERP technologies, and will involve work with Oracle 11g and the Oracle E-...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
North West England
You will have previous Project Management experience, ideally within the financial services industry, Prince 2 certification and excellent communication/stakeholder management/engagement skills... Demonstrable experience with MS Project...
Hudson
Rate: £400 - £450 per day + dep on experience
Posted: 1 May 2013
North West England
I am currently looking for a PMO Manager on an initial 6 month contract.
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
Blackburn, North West
E-max / ERP / MRP / I am currently working with a North West based client who are looking for a contractor to work with them to implement certain project...
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Rate: £250 - £300 per day + Negotiable
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