The first table below looks at the demand for Line 500 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Line 500 over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage Line 500
Rank - 574 577
Contract jobs citing Line 500 0 4 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - 0.007% 0.018%
As % of the Business Applications category - 0.077% 0.192%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 4
Average daily rate - £375 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £375 £345
% change year-on-year
- +8.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £24.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -19.59%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £24.88
% change year-on-year
- -19.59%
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3983 5191 5719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.584% 8.907% 9.330%
Number of daily rates quoted 1982 2535 2796
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 61 104
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.15 £14.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.60 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%

Line 500
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Line 500 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Line 500 Jobs Demand Trend

Line 500
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Line 500 within the UK.

Line 500 Daily Rate Trend

Line 500
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Line 500 within the UK.

Line 500 Hourly Rate Trend

Line 500
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Line 500 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 Line 500.

1 5 (100.00%) Sage
2 4 (80.00%) ERP
2 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (60.00%) VMware
3 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Vista
3 3 (60.00%) Time Management
3 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (60.00%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (60.00%) MS Office
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) MCP
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) EDI
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services

Line 500
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Line 500 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 Line 500. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (60.00%) Crystal Reports
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (20.00%) Process Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) EDI Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Sage Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Sage Line 500 Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) EDI Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Vista
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ERP
2 3 (60.00%) Time Management
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCP
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Sage
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft