The first table below looks at the demand for CRM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CRM over the 3 months to 23 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 Sussex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Rank 2 8 8
Rank change year-on-year
+6 0
Contract jobs citing CRM 4 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sussex 23.53% 8.108% 2.941%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 26.67% 12.00% 4.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
Average daily rate £475 £500 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £413 £400
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £16.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -12.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
15 25 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sussex 88.24% 67.57% 64.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 13
Average daily rate £450 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £300 £383
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £33.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
CRM
South East

CRM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex CRM Daily Rate Trend

CRM
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sussex 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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
1 2 (50.00%) EDRMS
1 2 (50.00%) SAP CRM
1 2 (50.00%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Billing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) CA
2 1 (25.00%) LoadRunner

CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sussex 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 Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP CRM
1 2 (50.00%) SAP IS-U
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) CA