The first table below looks at the demand for ERP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ERP 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Reading 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
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank 54 70 51
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -19
Contract jobs citing ERP 11 9 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.311% 0.807% 2.908%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.964% 1.277% 4.366%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 24
Average daily rate £390 £400 £368
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% +8.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £377 £362 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £455 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £404 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +18.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
560 705 710
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.75% 63.23% 66.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 268 317
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 19
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
ERP
Berkshire

ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading ERP Hourly Rate Trend

ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 11 (44.00%) SAP
2 9 (36.00%) Oracle
3 7 (28.00%) Telecoms
4 5 (20.00%) Finance
4 5 (20.00%) SAP ERP
5 4 (16.00%) Data Management
5 4 (16.00%) Project Management
5 4 (16.00%) MS Project
6 3 (12.00%) Siebel
6 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
6 3 (12.00%) HP
6 3 (12.00%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (12.00%) Migration
6 3 (12.00%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (12.00%) Change Management
6 3 (12.00%) Resource Management
6 3 (12.00%) BSS
6 3 (12.00%) SAP HCM
6 3 (12.00%) Performance Testing
6 3 (12.00%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (8.000%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (8.000%) MS PowerPoint
7 2 (8.000%) Project Planning
7 2 (8.000%) Change Control
7 2 (8.000%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (8.000%) Infor
7 2 (8.000%) Back Office
7 2 (8.000%) CIMA
7 2 (8.000%) Oracle Payroll
7 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 1 (4.000%) .NET
1 1 (4.000%) J2EE
1 1 (4.000%) SAP XI
1 1 (4.000%) BAPI
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.000%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MS Project
2 2 (8.000%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.000%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (20.00%) SAP ERP
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (12.00%) SAP HCM
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (8.000%) Oracle Retail
3 2 (8.000%) Oracle Payroll
3 2 (8.000%) Oracle HRMS
3 2 (8.000%) Agresso
4 1 (4.000%) SAP CRM
4 1 (4.000%) CA Clarity
4 1 (4.000%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (4.000%) SyteLine
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.000%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.000%) SAP Data Services
General
1 7 (28.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.000%) Back Office
3 2 (8.000%) Retail
4 1 (4.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Consultant
2 4 (16.00%) Oracle Consultant
3 3 (12.00%) Tester
3 3 (12.00%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) Payroll Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) SAP Manager
4 2 (8.000%) DBA
4 2 (8.000%) Administrator
4 2 (8.000%) Performance Tester
4 2 (8.000%) Senior Tester
4 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) Analyst
4 2 (8.000%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Architect
5 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) FMCG
1 1 (4.000%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.00%) Data Management
1 4 (16.00%) Project Management
2 3 (12.00%) Migration
2 3 (12.00%) Change Management
2 3 (12.00%) Resource Management
2 3 (12.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (8.000%) SAP Implementation
3 2 (8.000%) Project Planning
3 2 (8.000%) Change Control
3 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.000%) PRINCE
4 1 (4.000%) CRM
4 1 (4.000%) Business Analysis
4 1 (4.000%) Workflow
4 1 (4.000%) Test Strategy
4 1 (4.000%) Use Case
4 1 (4.000%) Release Management
4 1 (4.000%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (4.000%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.000%) PL/SQL
1 2 (8.000%) SQL
1 2 (8.000%) VB
1 2 (8.000%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) CIMA
2 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) SAP
2 9 (36.00%) Oracle
3 3 (12.00%) Siebel
3 3 (12.00%) HP
4 2 (8.000%) Infor
5 1 (4.000%) IBM
5 1 (4.000%) Ariba
5 1 (4.000%) Pegasus