South West BPCS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for SSA BPCS skills within the South West 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 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SSA BPCS
Location South West	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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Business Applications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	218	240
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.343 %	0.257 %
Daily rates quoted	65	57
Average minimum daily rate	£390	£423
Average daily rate	£417	£451
% change on same period last year	-7.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£444	£480
UK excluding London average daily rate	£449	£433
% change on same period last year	+3.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	32
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.36	£25.68
Average hourly rate	£14.36	£26.46
% change on same period last year	-45.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.36	£27.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.61	£27.85
% change on same period last year	+6.31 %
BPCS 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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

BPCS
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 3 (100.00 %) RPG 1 3 (100.00 %) ERP

BPCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Job Titles 1 3 (100.00 %) Programmer 2 2 (66.67 %) RPG Programmer 3 1 (33.33 %) Analyst 3 1 (33.33 %) Analyst Programmer	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (100.00 %) ERP
Programming Languages 1 3 (100.00 %) RPG