The first table below looks at the demand for Lawson skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lawson over the 3 months to 22 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 Business Applications category for the South East 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infor Lawson Enterprise Financial Management
Rank - 239 241
Contract jobs citing Lawson 0 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - 0.068% 0.010%
As % of the Business Applications category - 0.760% 0.112%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 1
Average daily rate - £500 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £500 £300
% change year-on-year
- +66.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
620 921 895
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 7.826% 8.904% 8.720%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 479 371
Average daily rate £435 £445 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.24% +11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £549
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £433 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.73% +2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 14
Average hourly rate £23.00 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.39% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £8.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £53.00 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Lawson
England

Lawson
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Lawson across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

South East Lawson Jobs Demand Trend

Lawson
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Lawson Daily Rate Trend

Lawson
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Lawson 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 Lawson.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) CODA
1 1 (100.00%) JD Edwards
1 1 (100.00%) Agresso
1 1 (100.00%) CODA-Financials
1 1 (100.00%) Movex
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Infor

Lawson
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Lawson 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 Lawson. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Agresso
1 1 (100.00%) CODA-Financials
1 1 (100.00%) Movex
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics GP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Finance Systems Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Testing Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) CODA
1 1 (100.00%) JD Edwards
1 1 (100.00%) Infor