The first table below looks at the demand for Movex skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Movex 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lawson Software Movex
Rank 539 556 578
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +22
Contract jobs citing Movex 2 9 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.015% 0.013%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.050% 0.172% 0.137%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £350 - £280
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £280
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £23.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £23.25
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3984 5236 5828
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.598% 8.970% 9.390%
Number of daily rates quoted 1980 2543 2852
Average daily rate £445 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £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 79 60 104
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%

Movex
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Movex Jobs Demand Trend

Movex
Daily Rate Trend

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

Movex Daily Rate Trend

Movex
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Movex Hourly Rate Trend

Movex
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Movex 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 +38 2 £350 -
London +33 2 £350 -

Movex
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) ERP
2 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) Lawson
3 3 (50.00%) Cognos
3 3 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Infor
4 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Infor M3
4 2 (33.33%) QA
4 2 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) MS Project
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) QAD
4 2 (33.33%) MFGPRO
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) CODA-Financials
5 1 (16.67%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (16.67%) SAP
5 1 (16.67%) ETL
5 1 (16.67%) ISEB
5 1 (16.67%) CODA
5 1 (16.67%) JD Edwards
5 1 (16.67%) Agresso
5 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse

Movex
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Lawson
1 3 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Infor M3
2 2 (33.33%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (33.33%) MFGPRO
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (16.67%) CODA-Financials
3 1 (16.67%) Agresso
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics GP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (16.67%) DTS
1 1 (16.67%) DB2
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (16.67%) QlikView
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) German Language
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Movex Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Finance Systems Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SQL DBA
2 1 (16.67%) Movex Developer
2 1 (16.67%) DBA
2 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Testing Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ERP
2 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) ETL
5 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cognos
1 3 (50.00%) Infor
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) QAD
3 1 (16.67%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) CODA
3 1 (16.67%) JD Edwards
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle