The first table below looks at the demand for CRM skills 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 CRM over the 3 months to 21 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Rank 83 82 67
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -15
Contract jobs citing CRM 34 61 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.631% 1.868% 2.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.462% 2.750% 3.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 39 25
Average daily rate £401 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.76% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £350 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £413 £400
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £19.95 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.20% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £16.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -10.81%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1381 2218 1782
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.27% 67.93% 64.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 861 1375 919
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 110 126
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.30 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
CRM
England

CRM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West CRM Jobs Demand Trend

CRM
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West CRM Daily Rate Trend

CRM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CRM across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West CRM Daily Rate Histogram

CRM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West CRM Hourly Rate Trend

CRM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CRM within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 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 -3 19 £413 -8.33%
Bristol +6 5 £325 -20.00%
Gloucestershire +34 4 £303 -21.93%
Somerset +2 1 £423 +5.62%
Dorset +1 1 £500 +33.33%
CRM
England

CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing CRM 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 CRM.

1 31 (45.59%) Finance
2 20 (29.41%) SQL
2 20 (29.41%) Oracle
3 18 (26.47%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 16 (23.53%) Oracle EBS
6 15 (22.06%) Microsoft
7 14 (20.59%) Workflow
7 14 (20.59%) Oracle BI EE
8 12 (17.65%) .NET
8 12 (17.65%) Oracle EBS R12
9 11 (16.18%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (14.71%) SharePoint
10 10 (14.71%) User Acceptance Testing
11 9 (13.24%) Oracle CRM
11 9 (13.24%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (13.24%) ISEB
11 9 (13.24%) C#
11 9 (13.24%) PL/SQL
12 8 (11.76%) ASP.NET
12 8 (11.76%) ITIL
12 8 (11.76%) Business Objects
12 8 (11.76%) SAS
12 8 (11.76%) SOA
12 8 (11.76%) Oracle Workflow
12 8 (11.76%) Middleware
12 8 (11.76%) Change Management
12 8 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
13 7 (10.29%) Oracle Forms
13 7 (10.29%) PRINCE2

CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing CRM 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 CRM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (17.65%) .NET
2 8 (11.76%) ASP.NET
2 8 (11.76%) Middleware
2 8 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (8.824%) XML
4 5 (7.353%) WCF
5 4 (5.882%) J2EE
5 4 (5.882%) XSLT
5 4 (5.882%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (5.882%) WebCenter
5 4 (5.882%) jQuery
6 3 (4.412%) HTML
7 2 (2.941%) CSS
7 2 (2.941%) WPF
8 1 (1.471%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (1.471%) Ajax
8 1 (1.471%) .NET Framework
8 1 (1.471%) Mason
8 1 (1.471%) SOAP
8 1 (1.471%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 10 (14.71%) SharePoint
2 8 (11.76%) SAS
2 8 (11.76%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (5.882%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (5.882%) ESB
4 3 (4.412%) MS Exchange
5 1 (1.471%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.471%) IIS
5 1 (1.471%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (4.412%) MS Office
2 1 (1.471%) MS Project
2 1 (1.471%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (23.53%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (17.65%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (13.24%) Oracle CRM
5 4 (5.882%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (4.412%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (1.471%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (1.471%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (1.471%) SAP HR
7 1 (1.471%) Agresso
7 1 (1.471%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (1.471%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.471%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.59%) Oracle BI EE
2 11 (16.18%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (13.24%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (8.824%) SQL Server
5 3 (4.412%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.941%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (2.941%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (1.471%) MySQL
7 1 (1.471%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.471%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (1.471%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.471%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (5.882%) JDeveloper
3 3 (4.412%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.941%) Subversion
5 1 (1.471%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.471%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 31 (45.59%) Finance
2 4 (5.882%) Banking
2 4 (5.882%) Retail
3 3 (4.412%) Retail Banking
3 3 (4.412%) Marketing
4 2 (2.941%) Advertising
5 1 (1.471%) Back Office
5 1 (1.471%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.471%) Billing
Job Titles
1 22 (32.35%) Developer
2 20 (29.41%) Analyst
3 14 (20.59%) Consultant
4 13 (19.12%) Business Analyst
5 10 (14.71%) CRM Consultant
6 9 (13.24%) Oracle Consultant
7 7 (10.29%) CRM Developer
7 7 (10.29%) Oracle CRM Consultant
8 6 (8.824%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 6 (8.824%) .NET Developer
8 6 (8.824%) Functional Consultant
9 5 (7.353%) Dynamics CRM Developer
9 5 (7.353%) OBIEE Developer
9 5 (7.353%) Oracle CRM Functional Consultant
10 4 (5.882%) Oracle Developer
10 4 (5.882%) ASP.NET Developer
10 4 (5.882%) Project Manager
10 4 (5.882%) CRM Analyst
11 3 (4.412%) CRM Business Analyst
11 3 (4.412%) Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.941%) NHS
1 2 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.471%) SWIFT
2 1 (1.471%) Reference Data
2 1 (1.471%) PACS
2 1 (1.471%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.824%) Windows
2 4 (5.882%) Linux
3 2 (2.941%) Windows XP
3 2 (2.941%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.471%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.471%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.47%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (20.59%) Workflow
3 10 (14.71%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (11.76%) ITIL
4 8 (11.76%) SOA
4 8 (11.76%) Change Management
5 7 (10.29%) PRINCE2
6 6 (8.824%) ERP
6 6 (8.824%) ETL
6 6 (8.824%) MVC
6 6 (8.824%) Business Analysis
7 5 (7.353%) Content Management
7 5 (7.353%) Data Governance
7 5 (7.353%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.882%) E-business
8 4 (5.882%) Test Scripting
8 4 (5.882%) BPEL
9 3 (4.412%) Requirements Analysis
9 3 (4.412%) Performance Management
9 3 (4.412%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (29.41%) SQL
2 9 (13.24%) C#
2 9 (13.24%) PL/SQL
3 4 (5.882%) XQuery
3 4 (5.882%) Java
3 4 (5.882%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.941%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.471%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (13.24%) ISEB
2 4 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (5.882%) Degree
3 3 (4.412%) MCAD
3 3 (4.412%) MCSD
3 3 (4.412%) OCP
3 3 (4.412%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (2.941%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.941%) MCP
4 2 (2.941%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.471%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.471%) MCTS
5 1 (1.471%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.471%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.471%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.941%) SLA
1 2 (2.941%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.412%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (29.41%) Oracle
2 15 (22.06%) Microsoft
3 8 (11.76%) Business Objects
4 6 (8.824%) Informatica
5 5 (7.353%) Siebel
6 3 (4.412%) Stellent
6 3 (4.412%) Hyperion
7 2 (2.941%) SAP
7 2 (2.941%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (1.471%) Talend
8 1 (1.471%) Lagan
8 1 (1.471%) VMware
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