The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Billing in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Billing over the 3 months to 20 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 terms in our General category for the South West 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Billing
Rank 110 130 100
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -30
Contract jobs citing Billing 7 10 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.341% 0.304% 0.690%
As % of the General category 0.962% 0.721% 1.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 5
Average daily rate £375 £445 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.73% +106.97%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £335
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +26.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £9.75 - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.00 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-35.29% -2.85%
All of the General Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
728 1387 1230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.43% 42.18% 44.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 933 679
Average daily rate £373 £378 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.25% -3.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £486 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 68 93
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -27.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.26 £17.30 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.40 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Billing
England

Billing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Billing across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

South West Billing Jobs Demand Trend

Billing
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Billing Daily Rate Trend

Billing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Billing Hourly Rate Trend

Billing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Billing within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Wiltshire +6 4 £375 +111.26%
Somerset - 1 - -
Billing
England

Billing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Billing 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 Billing.

1 15 (78.95%) SAP
2 9 (47.37%) Business Objects
2 9 (47.37%) Data Cleansing
3 8 (42.11%) Migration
3 8 (42.11%) Data Migration
3 8 (42.11%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (31.58%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (31.58%) Performance Management
5 5 (26.32%) SAP SD
6 3 (15.79%) SAP MM
6 3 (15.79%) ERP
6 3 (15.79%) Back Office
6 3 (15.79%) Logistics
6 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
7 2 (10.53%) Project Management
7 2 (10.53%) MPLS
8 1 (5.263%) OSPF
8 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
8 1 (5.263%) Internet
8 1 (5.263%) Juniper
8 1 (5.263%) LAN
8 1 (5.263%) VPN
8 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (5.263%) B2B
8 1 (5.263%) Cisco
8 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
8 1 (5.263%) MS Office
8 1 (5.263%) CRM
8 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery

Billing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) SAP SD
2 3 (15.79%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) MPLS
2 1 (5.263%) OSPF
2 1 (5.263%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (5.263%) LAN
2 1 (5.263%) VPN
2 1 (5.263%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) BusinessObjects
2 6 (31.58%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (15.79%) Back Office
2 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.263%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Consultant
2 7 (36.84%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Data Manager
3 3 (15.79%) SAP Business Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Migration Project Manager
3 3 (15.79%) SAP Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Data Migration Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Business Process Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Process Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.263%) SAP SD Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (5.263%) SAP MM Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Training Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Data Cleansing
2 8 (42.11%) Data Migration
2 8 (42.11%) Migration
3 6 (31.58%) Performance Management
4 3 (15.79%) Logistics
4 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) ERP
5 2 (10.53%) Project Management
6 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.263%) Change Management
6 1 (5.263%) Integration Acceptance Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (5.263%) B2B
6 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
6 1 (5.263%) CRM
6 1 (5.263%) Data Mapping
6 1 (5.263%) Data Entry
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) SAP
2 9 (47.37%) Business Objects
3 1 (5.263%) Cisco
3 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.263%) Juniper