The first table below looks at the demand for BPCS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BPCS 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 Business Applications category.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SSA BPCS
Rank 836 882 864
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -18
Permanent jobs citing BPCS 24 5 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.022% 0.004% 0.006%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.288% 0.052% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 24 5 6
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
10% offered a salary of more than £44,750 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Business Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
8338 9544 9976
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 7.676% 7.876% 8.175%
Number of salaries quoted 6506 7917 8158
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -

BPCS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

BPCS Jobs Demand Trend

BPCS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BPCS within the UK.

BPCS Salary Trend

BPCS
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPCS within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +27 23 £42,500 -5.55%
South East +15 21 £42,500 +6.25%
Oxfordshire -5 20 £42,500 +6.25%
Kidlington +1 8 £41,250 +3.12%
Oxford - 8 £41,250 -
Farnborough - 1 £47,500 -
East of England - 1 £45,000 -
London - 1 £52,500 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £45,000 -
Hampshire - 1 £47,500 -
St Albans - 1 £45,000 -

BPCS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing BPCS 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 IT job ads sampled that cited BPCS.

1 43 (87.76%) ERP
2 25 (51.02%) JD Edwards
3 22 (44.90%) iSeries
4 20 (40.82%) Finance
5 19 (38.78%) Project Management
5 19 (38.78%) Cognos
6 18 (36.73%) Degree
7 15 (30.61%) Windows
7 15 (30.61%) User Acceptance Testing
7 15 (30.61%) Volume Testing
7 15 (30.61%) Windows Server 2008
8 14 (28.57%) C
8 14 (28.57%) IBM
9 13 (26.53%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (26.53%) AS400
10 12 (24.49%) Movex
10 12 (24.49%) SQL
10 12 (24.49%) ITIL
11 10 (20.41%) Business Analysis
12 9 (18.37%) Windows 7
12 9 (18.37%) RPG
12 9 (18.37%) SLA
12 9 (18.37%) Windows XP
12 9 (18.37%) Windows Server 2003
13 8 (16.33%) Hyperion
14 7 (14.29%) E-Commerce
14 7 (14.29%) SQL Server
14 7 (14.29%) CRM
14 7 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (14.29%) Data Analysis

BPCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing BPCS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited BPCS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.082%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.20%) Lotus Domino
2 4 (8.163%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (8.163%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (24.49%) Movex
2 6 (12.24%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (10.20%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 5 (10.20%) Hyperion Planning
4 4 (8.163%) MFGPRO
4 4 (8.163%) Agresso
5 3 (6.122%) SAP BPC
5 3 (6.122%) HFM
6 1 (2.041%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (2.041%) Epicor iScala
6 1 (2.041%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (2.041%) Dynamics GP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 7 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 7 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (12.24%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (10.20%) Cognos Powerplay
3 5 (10.20%) Cognos Impromptu
3 5 (10.20%) OLAP
3 5 (10.20%) Essbase
3 5 (10.20%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 20 (40.82%) Finance
2 7 (14.29%) Marketing
3 3 (6.122%) Legal
4 2 (4.082%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) Analyst
2 12 (24.49%) Developer
3 7 (14.29%) SQL Server Developer
3 7 (14.29%) SQL Developer
4 6 (12.24%) SQL DBA
4 6 (12.24%) Server Administrator
4 6 (12.24%) SQL Database Developer
4 6 (12.24%) Teradata DBA
4 6 (12.24%) Systems Support Analyst
4 6 (12.24%) SQL Server DBA
4 6 (12.24%) Database Developer
4 6 (12.24%) Administrator
4 6 (12.24%) Systems Analyst
4 6 (12.24%) DBA
4 6 (12.24%) Systems Support
4 6 (12.24%) Support Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) Business Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) RPG Developer
5 5 (10.20%) AS400 Developer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (44.90%) iSeries
2 13 (26.53%) AS400
3 2 (4.082%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.082%) SaaS
3 2 (4.082%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.041%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 15 (30.61%) Windows
1 15 (30.61%) Windows Server 2008
2 9 (18.37%) Windows 7
2 9 (18.37%) Windows XP
2 9 (18.37%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (87.76%) ERP
2 19 (38.78%) Project Management
3 15 (30.61%) User Acceptance Testing
3 15 (30.61%) Volume Testing
4 13 (26.53%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (24.49%) ITIL
6 10 (20.41%) Business Analysis
7 7 (14.29%) E-Commerce
7 7 (14.29%) CRM
7 7 (14.29%) Data Analysis
8 6 (12.24%) Analytics
8 6 (12.24%) Marketing Analytics
9 5 (10.20%) DRM
10 3 (6.122%) PRINCE2
10 3 (6.122%) GAP Analysis
11 2 (4.082%) System Testing
11 2 (4.082%) Supply Chain Management
11 2 (4.082%) Workflow
11 2 (4.082%) PLM
11 2 (4.082%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.57%) C
2 12 (24.49%) SQL
3 9 (18.37%) RPG
4 5 (10.20%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 18 (36.73%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) MCDBA
2 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.122%) ACCA
3 3 (6.122%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.37%) SLA
Vendors
1 25 (51.02%) JD Edwards
2 19 (38.78%) Cognos
3 14 (28.57%) IBM
4 8 (16.33%) Hyperion
5 6 (12.24%) Sage
5 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
6 5 (10.20%) Lotus
7 4 (8.163%) SAP
7 4 (8.163%) Oracle
7 4 (8.163%) CODA
8 3 (6.122%) Infor
9 2 (4.082%) Epicor
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