The first table below looks at the demand for Agresso skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Agresso 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 for the West Midlands region.

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
Unit4 Agresso
Rank 87 101 82
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -19
Contract jobs citing Agresso 8 2 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.485% 0.090% 0.633%
As % of the Business Applications category 4.520% 0.939% 6.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
Average daily rate £400 £338 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% +19.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £23.34 £21.00
% change year-on-year
- +11.14%
All Business Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
177 213 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.72% 9.547% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 91 103
Average daily rate £450 £410 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.75% +2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £509 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 8
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+89.00% -28.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
Agresso
England

Agresso
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Agresso across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

West Midlands Agresso Jobs Demand Trend

Agresso
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Agresso across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Agresso Daily Rate Trend

Agresso
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Agresso across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Agresso Hourly Rate Trend

Agresso
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agresso within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Birmingham +15 6 - -
Worcestershire - 1 £400 -
Agresso
England

Agresso
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Agresso 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 Agresso.

1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) JD Edwards
3 5 (50.00%) Data Management
3 5 (50.00%) Analytics
4 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
4 4 (40.00%) Cognos Controller
4 4 (40.00%) IBM
4 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (40.00%) Cognos
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle
6 2 (20.00%) ERP
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 2 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (20.00%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (20.00%) ACCA
6 2 (20.00%) CIMA
7 1 (10.00%) Change Management
7 1 (10.00%) Logistics
7 1 (10.00%) Local Government
7 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
7 1 (10.00%) Marketing
7 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
7 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
7 1 (10.00%) BPR
7 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2

Agresso
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Agresso 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 Agresso. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Cognos Controller
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (20.00%) Dynamics GP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Local Government
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Systems Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Financial Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Report Writer
3 1 (10.00%) JDE Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Data Management
1 5 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (10.00%) BPR
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ACCA
1 2 (20.00%) CIMA
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) JD Edwards
2 4 (40.00%) Cognos
2 4 (40.00%) IBM
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle