The first table below looks at the demand for Lawson skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lawson over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Business Applications 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infor Lawson Enterprise Financial Management
Rank 539 566 597
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +31
Contract jobs citing Lawson 2 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.007% 0.006%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.049% 0.078% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £375 £300
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
4087 5106 5825
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.494% 8.798% 9.358%
Number of daily rates quoted 2036 2417 2878
Average daily rate £448 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.55% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £290 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £408
% change year-on-year
- +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 54 106
Average hourly rate £33.00 £32.25 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.32% +7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £63.00 £56.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+44.00% -13.79%

Lawson
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lawson Jobs Demand Trend

Lawson
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lawson Daily Rate Trend

Lawson
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lawson Hourly Rate Trend

Lawson
Top 21 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lawson within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +12 2 - - 2
City of London - 2 - -
London - 2 - -
Luton - - - -
Maidenhead - - - -
Manchester - - - -
Nottingham - - - -
Peterborough - - - -
Bedfordshire - - - -
Berkshire - - - - 1
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
Derbyshire - - - -
Nottinghamshire - - - -
Yorkshire - - - - 1
East Midlands - - - -
Merseyside - - - -
North West - - - -
South East - - - - 1
East of England - - - -
Liverpool - - - -

Lawson
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Lawson 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 Lawson.

1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Oracle
2 6 (42.86%) ERP
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Infor M3
3 5 (35.71%) Test Scripting
3 5 (35.71%) Manufacturing
4 4 (28.57%) Retail
4 4 (28.57%) Kronos
4 4 (28.57%) Software Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Time Management
4 4 (28.57%) Analytics
4 4 (28.57%) Fiserv
4 4 (28.57%) Degree
4 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
4 4 (28.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (28.57%) SQL
4 4 (28.57%) Web Services
4 4 (28.57%) ITIL
4 4 (28.57%) EPoS
4 4 (28.57%) Mobile Commerce
4 4 (28.57%) ATG
5 3 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Infor
5 3 (21.43%) Migration
5 3 (21.43%) Movex
6 2 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (14.29%) Logistics
6 2 (14.29%) Unit Testing

Lawson
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Lawson 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 Lawson. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (28.57%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Infor M3
2 3 (21.43%) Movex
3 2 (14.29%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 2 (14.29%) MFGPRO
4 1 (7.143%) Agresso
4 1 (7.143%) CODA-Financials
4 1 (7.143%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (7.143%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (7.143%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (7.143%) SAP SCM
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Manufacturing
3 4 (28.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Consultant
2 5 (35.71%) Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Support Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Help Desk Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Applications Support
4 2 (14.29%) Movex Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Finance Systems Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Systems Manager
5 1 (7.143%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) SAP APO Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Support Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) SAP SCM Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Testing Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) ERP
2 5 (35.71%) Test Scripting
3 4 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Time Management
3 4 (28.57%) Analytics
3 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) Mobile Commerce
4 3 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Logistics
5 2 (14.29%) Unit Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (7.143%) CRM
6 1 (7.143%) PDM
6 1 (7.143%) Supply Chain Management
6 1 (7.143%) Network Planning
6 1 (7.143%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Oracle
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Kronos
2 4 (28.57%) Fiserv
2 4 (28.57%) ATG
3 3 (21.43%) Infor
4 2 (14.29%) QAD
4 2 (14.29%) Cognos
4 2 (14.29%) SAP
5 1 (7.143%) Ariba
5 1 (7.143%) CODA
5 1 (7.143%) JD Edwards
5 1 (7.143%) PeopleSoft
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