The first table below looks at the demand for ERP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ERP over the 3 months to 17 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 Preston 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank - 23 -
Contract jobs citing ERP 0 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston - 2.841% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 5.376% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £419 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +28.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Preston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29 93 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 59.18% 52.84% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 77 1
Average daily rate £300 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 £14.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+96.42% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
ERP
Lancashire

ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston ERP Daily Rate Trend

ERP
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) Workflow
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (40.00%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Forms

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Payroll
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Engineering Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Functional Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Workflow
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle