The first table below looks at the demand for CRM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CRM 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 Slough 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
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Rank 35 26 31
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +5
Contract jobs citing CRM 4 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 1.600% 1.463% 3.583%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.721% 2.632% 5.340%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 6
Average daily rate £550 £375 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+46.66% +30.43%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £405 £400
% change year-on-year
-1.23% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £16.50 £18.38
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -10.20%
All Processes & Methodologies
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
147 114 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 58.80% 55.61% 67.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 67 111
Average daily rate £373 £425 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.35% +37.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £290 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 14
Average hourly rate £22.50 £14.40 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.25% -64.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
CRM
Berkshire

CRM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough CRM Jobs Demand Trend

CRM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Slough CRM Daily Rate Trend

CRM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Slough CRM Hourly Rate Trend

CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing CRM 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 CRM.

1 6 (54.55%) Project Management
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Java
2 5 (45.45%) Oracle
2 5 (45.45%) Siebel
2 5 (45.45%) PRINCE2
2 5 (45.45%) Matrix Management
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 4 (36.36%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (36.36%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 4 (36.36%) MS Project
3 4 (36.36%) SAP
4 3 (27.27%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
5 2 (18.18%) SQL
5 2 (18.18%) Mason
5 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Degree
6 1 (9.091%) Data Mapping
6 1 (9.091%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (9.091%) Change Management
6 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
6 1 (9.091%) Workflow
6 1 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (9.091%) Marketing
6 1 (9.091%) XPath
6 1 (9.091%) FMCG
6 1 (9.091%) SaaS

CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region citing CRM 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 CRM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) Mason
2 1 (9.091%) HTML
2 1 (9.091%) CSS
2 1 (9.091%) XML
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Project
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
1 4 (36.36%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle CRM
1 1 (9.091%) SAP CRM
1 1 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (9.091%) SAP BPC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) MS Access
1 1 (9.091%) SAP BW
1 1 (9.091%) BusinessObjects XI
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.091%) Marketing
3 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) SAP BW Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Siebel Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Functional Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Salesforce.com Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) SAP Functional Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) CRM Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) FMCG
1 1 (9.091%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) PRINCE2
2 5 (45.45%) Matrix Management
3 4 (36.36%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
5 1 (9.091%) Data Mapping
5 1 (9.091%) ERP
5 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
5 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.091%) Change Management
5 1 (9.091%) Workflow
5 1 (9.091%) Migration
5 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.091%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 1 (9.091%) ABAP
3 1 (9.091%) XPath
3 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle
1 5 (45.45%) Siebel
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) SAP
3 3 (27.27%) Salesforce.com