IFS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of IFS products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IFS over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IFS AB.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 656 793
Rank change year-on-year +110 +137 -148
Contract jobs citing IFS 48 60 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.10% 0.070%
As % of the Vendors category 0.26% 0.23% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 40 36
10th Percentile £356 £481 £381
25th Percentile £393 £563 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £666 £600
90th Percentile £685 £740 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £688 £500
% change year-on-year -30.91% +37.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.99 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.99 - -

All Vendors
UK

IFS is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,438 25,599 35,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.57% 42.88% 39.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,421 17,163 23,490
10th Percentile £263 £273 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £628 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,097 691 889
10th Percentile £12.08 £15.25 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.48 £19.03 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £43.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.71% +108.33% -6.67%
75th Percentile £56.49 £65.00 £46.16
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £38.50 £18.69
% change year-on-year -44.26% +105.96% +0.85%

IFS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IFS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IFS in the UK

IFS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IFS.

Daily rate trend for IFS in the UK

IFS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IFS over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IFS in the UK

IFS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IFS.

Hourly rate trend for IFS in the UK

IFS
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IFS within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +110 39 £600 - 49
UK excluding London +88 39 £475 -30.91% 40
Work from Home +117 20 £525 -10.64% 17
South East +32 19 - - 20
London +83 8 £650 +8.33% 13
Scotland +38 8 £375 -11.76% 4
East of England +14 8 £600 -14.29%
North of England +33 3 - - 6
North East - 3 - - 2
Midlands - 1 £500 - 6
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 4

IFS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (20.83%) SAS
2 4 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.42%) MS Visio
3 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.42%) iPaaS
2 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.08%) Azure
3 1 (2.08%) Boomi
3 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.08%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.17%) Power BI
3 1 (2.08%) Power Query
General
1 24 (50.00%) Finance
2 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
3 10 (20.83%) Manufacturing
4 7 (14.58%) Telecoms
5 6 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (35.42%) Developer
2 16 (33.33%) IFS Developer
3 13 (27.08%) Lead
4 10 (20.83%) Analyst
4 10 (20.83%) Consultant
4 10 (20.83%) IFS Consultant
5 7 (14.58%) ERP Analyst
6 6 (12.50%) Migration Manager
7 5 (10.42%) IFS Analyst
7 5 (10.42%) Lead Developer
7 5 (10.42%) Product Manager
7 5 (10.42%) Report Developer
8 4 (8.33%) Architect
8 4 (8.33%) Business Analyst
8 4 (8.33%) Data Analyst
8 4 (8.33%) Data Manager
8 4 (8.33%) ERP Manager
8 4 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
8 4 (8.33%) Technical Leader
8 4 (8.33%) Workstream Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.08%) FMCG
3 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Windows
1 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (68.75%) ERP
2 15 (31.25%) Analytics
3 14 (29.17%) Migration
4 13 (27.08%) User Experience
5 11 (22.92%) Data Security
6 10 (20.83%) Data Analytics
6 10 (20.83%) Matrix Organization
7 8 (16.67%) Project Management
8 7 (14.58%) Data Migration
8 7 (14.58%) Logistics
9 6 (12.50%) Contract Management
9 6 (12.50%) Development Roadmap
9 6 (12.50%) Roadmaps
10 5 (10.42%) Data Architecture
10 5 (10.42%) Data Governance
10 5 (10.42%) Data Integration
10 5 (10.42%) Order to Cash
10 5 (10.42%) Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (10.42%) Project Delivery
10 5 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Degree
2 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 4 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.17%) GDPR
3 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (29.17%) SAP
2 1 (2.08%) Ariba
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft