Scotland ERP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ERP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Location Aberdeen Andover Argyll and Bute Aylesbury Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Helensburgh Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newport North East North Wales North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Rochdale Rochester Royston Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stourbridge Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Teddington Thames Valley Twickenham UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Whyteleafe Wiltshire Wimbledon Woking Wolverhampton Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	69	77
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	31	51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.052 %
As % of the category below	2.811 %	3.188 %
Daily rates quoted	4	8
Average minimum daily rate	£313	£306
Average daily rate	£331	£331
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£401	£442
% change on same period last year	-9.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.67	£13.33
Average hourly rate	£22.25	£13.60
% change on same period last year	+63.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.83	£13.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.65	£24.21
% change on same period last year	+18.35 %
Processes & Methodologies Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1103	1600
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.470 %	1.619 %
Daily rates quoted	285	344
Average minimum daily rate	£297	£324
Average daily rate	£319	£339
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£341	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	52	69
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.71	£24.82
Average hourly rate	£22.79	£26.42
% change on same period last year	-13.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.87	£28.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
ERP UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ERP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ERP across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ERP across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ERP across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Aberdeen	+7	9	-	-
Glasgow	+1	7	£275	-1.78 %
Edinburgh	-2	4	£500	+11.11 %
Argyll and Bute	-	3	-	-
Fife	-	1	-	-
South Lanarkshire	-1	1	-	-

ERP UK

ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 25 (37.88 %) Oracle 2 16 (24.24 %) Finance 3 9 (13.64 %) CRM 3 9 (13.64 %) Construction 3 9 (13.64 %) Health 4 8 (12.12 %) Oracle Applications 4 8 (12.12 %) SQL Server 5 7 (10.61 %) SAP 5 7 (10.61 %) SQL 5 7 (10.61 %) PRINCE2 5 7 (10.61 %) Movex 6 5 (7.576 %) Active Directory 6 5 (7.576 %) Migration 7 4 (6.061 %) Stakeholder Management 7 4 (6.061 %) Business Analysis

7 4 (6.061 %) SQL Server 2005 7 4 (6.061 %) Citrix 7 4 (6.061 %) Microsoft 8 3 (4.545 %) Navision 8 3 (4.545 %) Project Management 8 3 (4.545 %) MAPICS 8 3 (4.545 %) ITIL 8 3 (4.545 %) Windows 8 3 (4.545 %) VoIP 8 3 (4.545 %) VB 8 3 (4.545 %) .NET 8 3 (4.545 %) MS Office 8 3 (4.545 %) Data Migration 8 3 (4.545 %) Oracle ERP 9 2 (3.030 %) Oracle HRMS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 3 (4.545 %) .NET 2 1 (1.515 %) WebServices 2 1 (1.515 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.515 %) SharePoint 1 1 (1.515 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 3 (4.545 %) MS Office 2 1 (1.515 %) MS Visio 2 1 (1.515 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 8 (12.12 %) Oracle Applications 2 7 (10.61 %) Movex 3 3 (4.545 %) Oracle ERP 3 3 (4.545 %) Navision 4 2 (3.030 %) Oracle Financials 4 2 (3.030 %) Oracle HRMS 5 1 (1.515 %) Oracle 11i 5 1 (1.515 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 3 (4.545 %) VoIP 2 1 (1.515 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (12.12 %) SQL Server 2 4 (6.061 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (3.030 %) Crystal Reports 4 1 (1.515 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (1.515 %) SQL Server 7 4 1 (1.515 %) UniData 4 1 (1.515 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 1 (1.515 %) MySQL
General 1 16 (24.24 %) Finance 2 9 (13.64 %) Construction 2 9 (13.64 %) Health 3 1 (1.515 %) Manufacturing 3 1 (1.515 %) Retail 3 1 (1.515 %) Pensions 3 1 (1.515 %) Auditing 3 1 (1.515 %) Electronics	Job Titles 1 18 (27.27 %) Analyst 2 11 (16.67 %) Business Analyst 3 8 (12.12 %) Developer 4 6 (9.091 %) Project Manager 5 4 (6.061 %) Consultant 5 4 (6.061 %) Support Analyst 6 3 (4.545 %) Administrator 6 3 (4.545 %) Navision Developer 7 2 (3.030 %) Support Technician 7 2 (3.030 %) 2nd Line Support 7 2 (3.030 %) Test Coordinator 7 2 (3.030 %) Applications Support 7 2 (3.030 %) Test Analyst 7 2 (3.030 %) Trainer 7 2 (3.030 %) Coordinator 7 2 (3.030 %) VB6 Developer 7 2 (3.030 %) Oracle Consultant 7 2 (3.030 %) VB Developer 8 1 (1.515 %) UNIX Administrator 8 1 (1.515 %) Implementation Manager
Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.515 %) AS400 1 1 (1.515 %) Statistics 1 1 (1.515 %) Mandarin Language 1 1 (1.515 %) French Language 1 1 (1.515 %) German Language 1 1 (1.515 %) Portuguese Language 1 1 (1.515 %) Spanish Language	Operating Systems 1 3 (4.545 %) Windows 2 2 (3.030 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (1.515 %) Windows XP 3 1 (1.515 %) Linux 3 1 (1.515 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (13.64 %) CRM 2 7 (10.61 %) PRINCE2 3 5 (7.576 %) Migration 4 4 (6.061 %) Stakeholder Management 4 4 (6.061 %) Business Analysis 5 3 (4.545 %) ITIL 5 3 (4.545 %) Data Migration 5 3 (4.545 %) Project Management 6 2 (3.030 %) Service Management 6 2 (3.030 %) Change Management 6 2 (3.030 %) Resource Management 6 2 (3.030 %) Problem Management 6 2 (3.030 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 2 (3.030 %) Time Management 7 1 (1.515 %) Programme Management 7 1 (1.515 %) Supply Chain Management 7 1 (1.515 %) Disaster Recovery 7 1 (1.515 %) Risk Management 7 1 (1.515 %) UML 7 1 (1.515 %) Business Intelligence	Programming Languages 1 7 (10.61 %) SQL 2 3 (4.545 %) VB 3 2 (3.030 %) VB6 3 2 (3.030 %) C# 4 1 (1.515 %) C++ 4 1 (1.515 %) PHP 4 1 (1.515 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (1.515 %) C 4 1 (1.515 %) UniBasic
Qualifications 1 1 (1.515 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 1 (1.515 %) ACCA 1 1 (1.515 %) CIMA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.515 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 1 (1.515 %) GAAP
System Software 1 5 (7.576 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 1 (1.515 %) Tivoli 1 1 (1.515 %) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors 1 25 (37.88 %) Oracle 2 7 (10.61 %) SAP 3 4 (6.061 %) Microsoft 3 4 (6.061 %) Citrix 4 3 (4.545 %) MAPICS 5 1 (1.515 %) Lawson 5 1 (1.515 %) Sage 5 1 (1.515 %) StreamServe 5 1 (1.515 %) Infor 5 1 (1.515 %) Geac 5 1 (1.515 %) HP 5 1 (1.515 %) Cisco 5 1 (1.515 %) PeopleSoft