The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Baan products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Baan 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 Vendors currently tracked.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Baan.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Baan
Rank 524 564 576
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +12
Contract jobs citing Baan 17 1 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.037% 0.002% 0.016%
As % of the Vendors category 0.078% 0.004% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
Average daily rate £538 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £575 - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £12.50 - £10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 - £10.00
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21806 27110 28885
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.06% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11630 13854 14453
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1173 1314 1625
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.56 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.87% -2.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%

Baan
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Baan within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Baan Jobs Demand Trend

Baan
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Baan within the UK.

Baan Daily Rate Trend

Baan
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Baan within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Baan Daily Rate Histogram

Baan
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Baan within the UK.

Baan Hourly Rate Trend

Baan
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Baan within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +60 17 £538 -
East Midlands - 6 - -
North West - 5 £500 -
South East - 3 £575 -
Merseyside - 3 £500 -
Liverpool - 3 £500 -
Leatherhead - 2 - -
Manchester - 2 - -
Surrey - 2 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £575 -
London - 1 £200 -

Baan
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Baan 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 Baan.

1 14 (73.68%) ERP
2 8 (42.11%) Manufacturing
3 7 (36.84%) Business Analysis
3 7 (36.84%) Dynamics AX
3 7 (36.84%) Degree
4 6 (31.58%) Resource Management
4 6 (31.58%) Computer Science
4 6 (31.58%) Finance
4 6 (31.58%) JD Edwards
4 6 (31.58%) Java
4 6 (31.58%) .NET
4 6 (31.58%) MS Office
4 6 (31.58%) SAP
5 5 (26.32%) Oracle
5 5 (26.32%) Project Management
5 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
5 5 (26.32%) MS Visio
5 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
6 4 (21.05%) SQL
6 4 (21.05%) Windows
6 4 (21.05%) Infor
7 3 (15.79%) Sage
7 3 (15.79%) Process Management
7 3 (15.79%) Systems Analysis
7 3 (15.79%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
8 2 (10.53%) MS Access
8 2 (10.53%) IBM
8 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
8 2 (10.53%) Sun

Baan
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Baan 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 Baan. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (31.58%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.53%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) MS Office
2 5 (26.32%) MS Visio
3 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
4 1 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (10.53%) Line 50
3 1 (5.263%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (5.263%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (5.263%) Agresso
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) MS Access
1 2 (10.53%) Informix
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
1 2 (10.53%) DB2
1 2 (10.53%) BusinessObjects XI
1 2 (10.53%) SAP Data Services
General
1 8 (42.11%) Manufacturing
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Author
2 4 (21.05%) Technical Author
3 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst Programmer
3 3 (15.79%) Programmer
4 2 (10.53%) Report Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Wintel Support
4 2 (10.53%) Business Objects Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Support Specialist
4 2 (10.53%) Business Developer
4 2 (10.53%) SharePoint Specialist
4 2 (10.53%) Wintel Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Business Change Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) PMO Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Junior Implementation Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) ERP Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Computer Science
2 2 (10.53%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) AIX
2 2 (10.53%) HPUX
2 2 (10.53%) Solaris
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) ERP
2 7 (36.84%) Business Analysis
3 6 (31.58%) Resource Management
4 5 (26.32%) Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) Process Management
5 3 (15.79%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (15.79%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
6 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.263%) Business Transformation
7 1 (5.263%) Data Migration
7 1 (5.263%) Migration
7 1 (5.263%) Change Management
7 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) Java
2 4 (21.05%) SQL
3 2 (10.53%) T-SQL
3 2 (10.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) GMP
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) JD Edwards
1 6 (31.58%) SAP
2 5 (26.32%) Oracle
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
3 4 (21.05%) Infor
4 3 (15.79%) Sage
5 2 (10.53%) IBM
5 2 (10.53%) Sun
5 2 (10.53%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (10.53%) Business Objects
5 2 (10.53%) RedPrairie
6 1 (5.263%) NetSuite
6 1 (5.263%) Epicor