The first table below looks at the demand for E-Procurement skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited E-Procurement 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.

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
Electronic Procurement (eProcurement)
Rank 501 541 557
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +16
Contract jobs citing E-Procurement 39 40 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.083% 0.068% 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.117% 0.101% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 11
Average daily rate £375 £450 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +45.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £390 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £560 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £331 £438 £288
% change year-on-year
-24.28% +52.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £101.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.38 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33459 39616 40749
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 19984 22785 23155
Average daily rate £413 £401 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 998 1285 1448
Average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%

E-Procurement
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing E-Procurement within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

E-Procurement Jobs Demand Trend

E-Procurement
Daily Rate Trend

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

E-Procurement Daily Rate Trend

E-Procurement
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Procurement within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

E-Procurement Daily Rate Histogram

E-Procurement
Hourly Rate Trend

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

E-Procurement Hourly Rate Trend

E-Procurement
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Procurement within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

E-Procurement Hourly Rate Histogram

E-Procurement
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Procurement within the UK 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
England +39 34 £344 -23.61%
London +5 21 £396 -12.00%
South East +32 9 £288 -45.23%
City of London +11 5 £313 -30.55%
Milton Keynes - 5 £288 -
Buckinghamshire - 5 £288 -
Scotland - 4 £450 -
Aberdeen - 3 £450 -
South West +26 2 £458 -
Feltham - 2 £448 -
Surrey +17 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
Reading - 1 - -
Middlesex - 1 £375 -
Kent - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 £415 -

E-Procurement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing E-Procurement 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 E-Procurement.

1 17 (29.31%) SAP
1 17 (29.31%) ERP
2 15 (25.86%) MS Excel
3 13 (22.41%) Oracle
3 13 (22.41%) Logistics
4 12 (20.69%) Microsoft
5 10 (17.24%) Oracle Reports
5 10 (17.24%) Finance
5 10 (17.24%) Oracle ERP
6 9 (15.52%) Billing
7 8 (13.79%) Supply Chain Management
7 8 (13.79%) SAP SCM
7 8 (13.79%) Performance Management
7 8 (13.79%) Oracle iProcurement
8 7 (12.07%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (12.07%) SAP MM
9 6 (10.34%) Ariba
9 6 (10.34%) MS Visio
10 5 (8.621%) Java
10 5 (8.621%) Project Management
10 5 (8.621%) SAP EP
10 5 (8.621%) Analytics
10 5 (8.621%) Retail
10 5 (8.621%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 5 (8.621%) SAP ALE
10 5 (8.621%) Degree
11 4 (6.897%) MS PowerPoint
11 4 (6.897%) Business Analysis
11 4 (6.897%) General Ledger
11 4 (6.897%) Korean Language

E-Procurement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing E-Procurement 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 E-Procurement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (8.621%) SAP ALE
2 1 (1.724%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.621%) SAP EP
2 2 (3.448%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (25.86%) MS Excel
2 6 (10.34%) MS Visio
3 4 (6.897%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (3.448%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 10 (17.24%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (13.79%) SAP SCM
2 8 (13.79%) Oracle iProcurement
3 7 (12.07%) SAP MM
4 5 (8.621%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (6.897%) Agresso
6 2 (3.448%) SAP CO
7 1 (1.724%) SAP SD
7 1 (1.724%) SAP SRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.724%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.24%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.448%) MS Access
2 2 (3.448%) Data Mining
General
1 10 (17.24%) Finance
2 9 (15.52%) Billing
3 5 (8.621%) Retail
4 4 (6.897%) General Ledger
4 4 (6.897%) Korean Language
5 3 (5.172%) Back Office
6 2 (3.448%) Law
7 1 (1.724%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.724%) Automotive
7 1 (1.724%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.724%) Banking
7 1 (1.724%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (22.41%) Consultant
2 9 (15.52%) Analyst
3 8 (13.79%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (8.621%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.621%) Administrator
5 4 (6.897%) Procurement Administrator
5 4 (6.897%) Junior
6 3 (5.172%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.172%) Implementation Consultant
6 3 (5.172%) Junior Consultant
6 3 (5.172%) SAP EP Consultant
6 3 (5.172%) SAP SCM Consultant
6 3 (5.172%) Junior SAP Consultant
6 3 (5.172%) Buyer
7 2 (3.448%) Enterprise Consultant
7 2 (3.448%) Procurement Analyst
7 2 (3.448%) SAP Portals Consultant
7 2 (3.448%) Systems Administrator
8 1 (1.724%) Systems Analyst
8 1 (1.724%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.448%) SWIFT
1 2 (3.448%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.724%) NHS
2 1 (1.724%) E-Learning
2 1 (1.724%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.724%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.31%) ERP
2 13 (22.41%) Logistics
3 8 (13.79%) Supply Chain Management
3 8 (13.79%) Performance Management
4 7 (12.07%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (8.621%) Project Management
5 5 (8.621%) Analytics
6 4 (6.897%) Business Analysis
6 4 (6.897%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (5.172%) Service Delivery
7 3 (5.172%) Workflow
8 2 (3.448%) Data Migration
8 2 (3.448%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (3.448%) Migration
8 2 (3.448%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (1.724%) PRINCE2
9 1 (1.724%) BPR
9 1 (1.724%) Risk Management
9 1 (1.724%) Data Analysis
9 1 (1.724%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.621%) Java
2 1 (1.724%) VB
2 1 (1.724%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (8.621%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.724%) SLA
Vendors
1 17 (29.31%) SAP
2 13 (22.41%) Oracle
3 12 (20.69%) Microsoft
4 6 (10.34%) Ariba
5 1 (1.724%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (1.724%) IBM
5 1 (1.724%) Remedy
5 1 (1.724%) HP
5 1 (1.724%) Citrix
5 1 (1.724%) VMware
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Location: Milton Keynes Duration: 6 months Key Skills: CIPS, Commercial Manager, Procurement, Line Management We have an urgent requirement for a Head of Commercial within an NHS client...
LA International
Posted: 20 May 2013