South East E-Procurement Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Procurement (eProcurement) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited E-Procurement over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Electronic Procurement (eProcurement)
Location Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Hampshire Hertfordshire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Scotland South East South West Staines Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK West Midlands	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	199	298
Rank change on same period last year	+99
Matching contract IT job ads	54	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.073 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.758 %	0.023 %
Daily rates quoted	6	0
Average minimum daily rate	£358	-
Average daily rate	£396	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£433	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£405	£459
% change on same period last year	-11.61 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.25	-
Average hourly rate	£18.25	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.25	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.38	£13.50
% change on same period last year	+50.92 %
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching contract IT job ads	7123	8841
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.629 %	8.718 %
Daily rates quoted	2053	2588
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£359
Average daily rate	£372	£379
% change on same period last year	-1.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£375
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	646	837
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.29	£30.03
Average hourly rate	£30.99	£31.91
% change on same period last year	-2.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.68	£33.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.41	£30.41
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
E-Procurement 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.

E-Procurement
Demand Trend

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

E-Procurement
Daily Rate Trend

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

E-Procurement
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Procurement across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Procurement within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
Surrey	-	41	£435	-
Middlesex	-	7	-	-
Oxfordshire	-	3	-	-
Hampshire	-	1	-	-
Buckinghamshire	-	1	£200	-
Thames Valley	-	1	-	-

E-Procurement England

E-Procurement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing E-Procurement 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 E-Procurement.

1 28 (37.84 %) MS Office 2 27 (36.49 %) PRINCE2 3 25 (33.78 %) MS PowerPoint 4 24 (32.43 %) PMP 4 24 (32.43 %) PMI Certification 5 19 (25.68 %) MS Project 6 18 (24.32 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 7 12 (16.22 %) Legal 7 12 (16.22 %) MS Excel 8 11 (14.86 %) Stakeholder Management 8 11 (14.86 %) Business Analysis 9 10 (13.51 %) Risk Assessment 10 8 (10.81 %) Microsoft 10 8 (10.81 %) Degree 11 7 (9.459 %) Finance

11 7 (9.459 %) Risk Management 12 6 (8.108 %) SAP 13 5 (6.757 %) Oracle 13 5 (6.757 %) PRINCE2 Certification 13 5 (6.757 %) Telecoms 13 5 (6.757 %) Change Management 14 4 (5.405 %) Health 14 4 (5.405 %) SLA 14 4 (5.405 %) SQL 14 4 (5.405 %) E-Commerce 15 3 (4.054 %) Intel 15 3 (4.054 %) Agresso 15 3 (4.054 %) Government 15 3 (4.054 %) Workflow 15 3 (4.054 %) Project Management

E-Procurement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing E-Procurement 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 E-Procurement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.351 %) HTML 1 1 (1.351 %) .NET 1 1 (1.351 %) ASP.NET 1 1 (1.351 %) CSS	Applications 1 28 (37.84 %) MS Office 2 25 (33.78 %) MS PowerPoint 3 19 (25.68 %) MS Project 4 12 (16.22 %) MS Excel
Business Applications 1 1 (1.351 %) SAP R/3	Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.351 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.351 %) SQL Server 1 1 (1.351 %) SQL Server 2000 1 1 (1.351 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 1 (1.351 %) Visual Studio
General 1 12 (16.22 %) Legal 2 7 (9.459 %) Finance 3 5 (6.757 %) Telecoms 4 4 (5.405 %) Health 5 3 (4.054 %) Government 5 3 (4.054 %) General Ledger 5 3 (4.054 %) Local Government	Job Titles 1 33 (44.59 %) Project Manager 2 20 (27.03 %) Procurement Specialist 3 17 (22.97 %) Deployment Manager 3 17 (22.97 %) Deployment Project Manager 4 14 (18.92 %) Procurement Manager 5 6 (8.108 %) Analyst 6 5 (6.757 %) Procurement Project Manager 7 4 (5.405 %) Report Analyst 8 3 (4.054 %) Administrator 8 3 (4.054 %) Trainer 8 3 (4.054 %) Systems Administrator 9 2 (2.703 %) MI Analyst 10 1 (1.351 %) Senior Analyst 10 1 (1.351 %) IT Manager 10 1 (1.351 %) Senior Manager 10 1 (1.351 %) Support Engineer 10 1 (1.351 %) Applications Support 10 1 (1.351 %) Senior Business Analyst 10 1 (1.351 %) Business Analyst 10 1 (1.351 %) Developer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.351 %) NHS 1 1 (1.351 %) Management Information System	Operating Systems 1 1 (1.351 %) Windows 1 1 (1.351 %) Windows Server 2003 1 1 (1.351 %) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies 1 27 (36.49 %) PRINCE2 2 11 (14.86 %) Stakeholder Management 2 11 (14.86 %) Business Analysis 3 10 (13.51 %) Risk Assessment 4 7 (9.459 %) Risk Management 5 5 (6.757 %) Change Management 6 4 (5.405 %) E-Commerce 7 3 (4.054 %) Project Management 7 3 (4.054 %) Workflow 7 3 (4.054 %) Logistics 8 2 (2.703 %) Benchmarking 9 1 (1.351 %) UML 9 1 (1.351 %) ERP 9 1 (1.351 %) Business Intelligence 9 1 (1.351 %) B2B 9 1 (1.351 %) Supply Chain Management 9 1 (1.351 %) Asset Management 9 1 (1.351 %) Data Management 9 1 (1.351 %) Content Management 9 1 (1.351 %) Document Management	Programming Languages 1 4 (5.405 %) SQL 2 1 (1.351 %) Transact-SQL 2 1 (1.351 %) VB.NET 2 1 (1.351 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 24 (32.43 %) PMP 1 24 (32.43 %) PMI Certification 2 18 (24.32 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 8 (10.81 %) Degree 4 5 (6.757 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (1.351 %) Microsoft Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (5.405 %) SLA
Vendors 1 8 (10.81 %) Microsoft 2 6 (8.108 %) SAP 3 5 (6.757 %) Oracle 4 3 (4.054 %) Intel 4 3 (4.054 %) Agresso