Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) skills within the Staffordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ERP over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3419
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.943 %5.063 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£388
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£421£422
% change on same period last year-0.14 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.43£21.20
% change on same period last year+53.01 %
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Matching contract IT job ads10679
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.151 %0.082 %
Daily rates quoted4231
Average minimum daily rate£294£341
Average daily rate£330£363
% change on same period last year-8.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted1212
Average minimum hourly rate£18.96£16.95
Average hourly rate£21.13£18.48
% change on same period last year+14.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.29£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
ERP West MidlandsERP
West Midlands

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.

ERP
Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire ERP Demand Trend

ERP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ERP across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire ERP Daily Rate Trend

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ERP across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire ERP Hourly Rate Trend

ERP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 15 October 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.

LocationRank 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
LichfieldNew entry-1--
ERP West MidlandsERP
West Midlands

ERP
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing ERP 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 ERP.

12 (40.00 %)SQL
12 (40.00 %)Crystal Reports
12 (40.00 %)SAP
12 (40.00 %)JD Edwards
21 (20.00 %)Lawson
21 (20.00 %)Project Management
21 (20.00 %)PHP
21 (20.00 %)PHP5
21 (20.00 %)PHP4
21 (20.00 %)Load Testing
21 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
21 (20.00 %)ASP
21 (20.00 %)CSS
21 (20.00 %)Windows
21 (20.00 %)Linux
21 (20.00 %)Apache
21 (20.00 %)MS Excel
21 (20.00 %)CRM
21 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (20.00 %)B2B
21 (20.00 %)B2C
21 (20.00 %)Great Plains
21 (20.00 %)Baan
21 (20.00 %)PeopleSoft
21 (20.00 %)MySQL
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server
21 (20.00 %)Movex
21 (20.00 %)Web Design

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing ERP 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 ERP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)ASP
11 (20.00 %)CSS
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)Apache
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (20.00 %)Great Plains
11 (20.00 %)Movex
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)Crystal Reports
21 (20.00 %)MySQL
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Support Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Applications Support
22 (40.00 %)Applications Support Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Crystal Reports Developer
22 (40.00 %)Report Developer
31 (20.00 %)SAP Analyst
31 (20.00 %)PHP Developer
31 (20.00 %)SAP Support
31 (20.00 %)SAP Support Analyst
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)Linux
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)CRM
11 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (20.00 %)B2B
11 (20.00 %)B2C
11 (20.00 %)Project Management
11 (20.00 %)Web Design
11 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
11 (20.00 %)Load Testing
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)PHP5
21 (20.00 %)PHP4
21 (20.00 %)PHP
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)SAP
12 (40.00 %)JD Edwards
21 (20.00 %)Lawson
21 (20.00 %)Baan
21 (20.00 %)PeopleSoft