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This section looks at the demand for SSA BPCS skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BPCS over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSSA BPCS
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank253295
Rank change on same period last yearUp+42
Matching contract IT job ads36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.336 %0.591 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£388-
Average daily rate£388-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£388-
UK excluding London average daily rate£388-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
South East
Matching contract IT job ads8921016
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.177 %1.012 %
Daily rates quoted189269
Average minimum daily rate£404£405
Average daily rate£435£429
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£465£453
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£421
% change on same period last year+5.05 %
Hourly rates quoted3020
Average minimum hourly rate£30.35£21.39
Average hourly rate£32.44£23.70
% change on same period last year+36.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.54£26.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.59£24.63
% change on same period last year+12.02 %
BPCS EnglandBPCS
England

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.

BPCS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BPCS across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

South East BPCS Demand Trend

BPCS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East BPCS Daily Rate Trend

BPCS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East BPCS Hourly Rate Trend

BPCS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BPCS within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireUp+393£388-
BPCS EnglandBPCS
England

BPCS
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing BPCS 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 BPCS.

12 (50.00 %)MS Excel
12 (50.00 %)Cognos
12 (50.00 %)Datawarehouse
12 (50.00 %)ERP
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)OLE
21 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
21 (25.00 %)Dynamics AX
21 (25.00 %)Spreadsheet
21 (25.00 %)Cognos Powerplay
21 (25.00 %)Cognos Impromptu
21 (25.00 %)MS Access
21 (25.00 %)CRM
21 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)VB
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server
21 (25.00 %)ODBC

BPCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing BPCS 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 BPCS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)OLE
11 (25.00 %)ODBC
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)MS Excel
21 (25.00 %)Spreadsheet
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (25.00 %)Dynamics AX
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)Datawarehouse
21 (25.00 %)Cognos Powerplay
21 (25.00 %)Cognos Impromptu
21 (25.00 %)MS Access
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Business Analyst
12 (50.00 %)Developer
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Consultant
21 (25.00 %)Business Consultant
21 (25.00 %)Access Developer
21 (25.00 %)Developer Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Cognos Developer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)ERP
21 (25.00 %)Business Intelligence
21 (25.00 %)CRM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)SQL
11 (25.00 %)VB
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Cognos
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft