The first table below looks at the demand for ERP 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 ERP over the 3 months to 21 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank 47 64 61
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -3
Contract jobs citing ERP 56 46 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 3.331% 2.047% 1.773%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.956% 3.260% 2.809%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 8 5
Average daily rate £403 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.62% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £235 £416
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £465 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 4
Average hourly rate £37.80 £38.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.52% +52.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +28.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1130 1411 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.22% 62.79% 63.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 665 544
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 72 67
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -15.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
ERP
England

ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ERP across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands ERP Jobs Demand Trend

ERP
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands ERP Daily Rate Trend

ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ERP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands ERP Daily Rate Histogram

ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands ERP Hourly Rate Trend

ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ERP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands ERP Hourly Rate Histogram

ERP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ERP within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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 +18 20 £405 -7.42%
Coventry +10 11 £550 -
Worcestershire -7 4 £288 -
Solihull - 4 £160 -
Warwickshire - 3 £375 -
Wolverhampton +1 2 £310 -
Staffordshire -8 2 £270 -
ERP
England

ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing ERP 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 ERP.

1 39 (44.32%) SAP
2 31 (35.23%) Finance
3 25 (28.41%) Microsoft
4 22 (25.00%) Project Management
5 21 (23.86%) CRM
6 20 (22.73%) Manufacturing
6 20 (22.73%) Dynamics AX
7 15 (17.05%) JD Edwards
8 14 (15.91%) Automotive
9 13 (14.77%) Oracle
9 13 (14.77%) Dynamics CRM
10 11 (12.50%) MS Excel
11 10 (11.36%) Logistics
11 10 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (11.36%) PRINCE2
11 10 (11.36%) Change Management
12 9 (10.23%) ABAP
13 8 (9.091%) SQL
13 8 (9.091%) PLM
14 7 (7.955%) Windchill
14 7 (7.955%) Teamcenter
14 7 (7.955%) ENOVIA
14 7 (7.955%) Business Objects
14 7 (7.955%) Data Modelling
14 7 (7.955%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 6 (6.818%) Management Information System
15 6 (6.818%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (6.818%) Epicor
15 6 (6.818%) NetWeaver
15 6 (6.818%) LAN

ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing ERP 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 ERP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.409%) EDI
1 3 (3.409%) .NET
2 2 (2.273%) SAP Basis
2 2 (2.273%) COM
3 1 (1.136%) WAP
3 1 (1.136%) HTML
3 1 (1.136%) CSS
3 1 (1.136%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.136%) Middleware
3 1 (1.136%) SAP Smart Forms
Application Platforms
1 6 (6.818%) NetWeaver
2 3 (3.409%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.136%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.136%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.136%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.136%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 11 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 7 (7.955%) Windchill
3 4 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (4.545%) MS Project
3 4 (4.545%) MS Visio
4 3 (3.409%) MS Office
5 1 (1.136%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 20 (22.73%) Dynamics AX
2 13 (14.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (7.955%) Teamcenter
3 7 (7.955%) ENOVIA
4 5 (5.682%) SAP CRM
4 5 (5.682%) SAP FI
4 5 (5.682%) SAP ERP
4 5 (5.682%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (5.682%) SAP CO
5 4 (4.545%) SAP MM
5 4 (4.545%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (4.545%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (3.409%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (3.409%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (2.273%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (2.273%) Hyperion Planning
7 2 (2.273%) SAP PP
7 2 (2.273%) SAP APO
7 2 (2.273%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (2.273%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.818%) LAN
1 6 (6.818%) WAN
2 1 (1.136%) VoIP
2 1 (1.136%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.136%) HTTP
2 1 (1.136%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.136%) Wireless
2 1 (1.136%) Firewall
2 1 (1.136%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.818%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (3.409%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.273%) Essbase
3 2 (2.273%) SAP BI
3 2 (2.273%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.273%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.136%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (1.136%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.136%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.136%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.136%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.136%) Git (software)
1 1 (1.136%) Subversion
General
1 31 (35.23%) Finance
2 20 (22.73%) Manufacturing
3 14 (15.91%) Automotive
4 3 (3.409%) Advertising
4 3 (3.409%) General Ledger
5 2 (2.273%) Retail
5 2 (2.273%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (2.273%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.136%) Back Office
6 1 (1.136%) Electronics
6 1 (1.136%) Legal
6 1 (1.136%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (25.00%) Analyst
2 16 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 15 (17.05%) Consultant
4 12 (13.64%) Business Analyst
5 11 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
6 7 (7.955%) ERP Project Manager
6 7 (7.955%) ERP Manager
6 7 (7.955%) Applications Engineer
6 7 (7.955%) Architect
7 5 (5.682%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (5.682%) Developer
8 4 (4.545%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 4 (4.545%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.409%) Trainer
9 3 (3.409%) Systems Analyst
9 3 (3.409%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.409%) Financial Analyst
10 2 (2.273%) Technical Leader
10 2 (2.273%) Essbase Developer
10 2 (2.273%) SAP BW Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.818%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.409%) NHS
3 1 (1.136%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.136%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.136%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.136%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.136%) SaaS
3 1 (1.136%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.136%) IVR
3 1 (1.136%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.136%) Windows
1 1 (1.136%) AIX
1 1 (1.136%) Linux
1 1 (1.136%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (1.136%) Android
1 1 (1.136%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (1.136%) Windows 7
1 1 (1.136%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.00%) Project Management
2 21 (23.86%) CRM
3 10 (11.36%) Logistics
3 10 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (11.36%) PRINCE2
3 10 (11.36%) Change Management
4 8 (9.091%) PLM
5 7 (7.955%) Data Modelling
6 5 (5.682%) ITIL
6 5 (5.682%) Migration
6 5 (5.682%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (5.682%) SAP Implementation
6 5 (5.682%) Unit Testing
7 4 (4.545%) Programme Management
7 4 (4.545%) Business Analysis
7 4 (4.545%) Integration Testing
8 3 (3.409%) Resource Management
8 3 (3.409%) Business Transformation
9 2 (2.273%) Change Control
9 2 (2.273%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.23%) ABAP
2 8 (9.091%) SQL
3 2 (2.273%) VB
3 2 (2.273%) Java
4 1 (1.136%) SAPscript
4 1 (1.136%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.136%) C#
4 1 (1.136%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.136%) VBA
4 1 (1.136%) VB6
4 1 (1.136%) X++
Qualifications
1 7 (7.955%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (4.545%) MBA
3 2 (2.273%) ACCA
3 2 (2.273%) CIMA
4 1 (1.136%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.136%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.136%) SLA
1 1 (1.136%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.273%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.136%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.136%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 39 (44.32%) SAP
2 25 (28.41%) Microsoft
3 15 (17.05%) JD Edwards
4 13 (14.77%) Oracle
5 7 (7.955%) Business Objects
6 6 (6.818%) Epicor
6 6 (6.818%) Sybase
7 3 (3.409%) Sage
8 2 (2.273%) Hyperion
8 2 (2.273%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (1.136%) Adobe
9 1 (1.136%) Nortel
9 1 (1.136%) Avaya
9 1 (1.136%) CA
9 1 (1.136%) Pegasus
9 1 (1.136%) Apple
9 1 (1.136%) IBM
9 1 (1.136%) QAD
9 1 (1.136%) VMware
9 1 (1.136%) Symantec
West Midlands
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