IFS Contracts

IFS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of IFS products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IFS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IFS AB.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 627 772
Rank change year-on-year +104 +145 -97
Contract jobs citing IFS 52 55 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.098% 0.075%
As % of the Vendors category 0.28% 0.23% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 37 33
10th Percentile £356 £378 £363
25th Percentile £398 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% -3.05%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £600
90th Percentile £758 £731 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -32.00% +25.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.99 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.99 - -

All Vendors
UK

IFS is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,277 24,339 35,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.45% 43.42% 40.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,373 16,241 23,612
10th Percentile £263 £265 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,141 647 855
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.97 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £47.98
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -42.77% +92.31% +8.33%

IFS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IFS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IFS in the UK

IFS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IFS.

Daily rate trend for IFS in the UK

IFS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IFS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IFS in the UK

IFS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IFS.

Hourly rate trend for IFS in the UK

IFS
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IFS within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +66 46 £425 -32.00% 33
England +86 42 £600 - 45
Work from Home +113 27 £425 -26.09% 17
South East +29 24 - - 13
Scotland +41 9 £388 -20.51% 1
East of England +8 6 £600 -14.29%
London +72 5 £725 +21.59% 11
Midlands +24 4 £425 -26.09% 6
West Midlands +15 4 £425 -26.09% 6
North of England +25 3 - - 9
North East - 3 - - 4

IFS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (19.23%) SAS
2 4 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (17.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (15.38%) MS Visio
3 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.62%) iPaaS
1 5 (9.62%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.92%) Azure
2 1 (1.92%) Boomi
2 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.92%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.15%) Crystal Reports
2 5 (9.62%) Power BI
3 2 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.92%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 26 (50.00%) Finance
2 12 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (21.15%) Telecoms
4 10 (19.23%) Manufacturing
4 10 (19.23%) Social Skills
5 8 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (28.85%) Analyst
2 14 (26.92%) Developer
3 13 (25.00%) IFS Developer
4 10 (19.23%) Lead
5 8 (15.38%) ERP Analyst
6 7 (13.46%) Business Analyst
6 7 (13.46%) Consultant
6 7 (13.46%) IFS Analyst
6 7 (13.46%) IFS Consultant
7 5 (9.62%) ERP Manager
7 5 (9.62%) Product Manager
7 5 (9.62%) Report Developer
8 4 (7.69%) Data Analyst
8 4 (7.69%) Data Manager
8 4 (7.69%) Data Migration Lead
8 4 (7.69%) Data Migration Manager
8 4 (7.69%) ERP Business Analyst
8 4 (7.69%) Migration Manager
8 4 (7.69%) Workstream Lead
8 4 (7.69%) Workstream Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 4 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (1.92%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
1 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
1 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (67.31%) ERP
2 15 (28.85%) Analytics
3 11 (21.15%) Data Security
3 11 (21.15%) Project Management
3 11 (21.15%) User Experience
4 10 (19.23%) Data Analytics
4 10 (19.23%) Matrix Organization
4 10 (19.23%) Migration
5 8 (15.38%) Contract Management
5 8 (15.38%) Logistics
6 7 (13.46%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (11.54%) Data Migration
7 6 (11.54%) Development Roadmap
7 6 (11.54%) Project Delivery
7 6 (11.54%) Roadmaps
8 5 (9.62%) Data Architecture
8 5 (9.62%) Data Governance
8 5 (9.62%) Data Integration
8 5 (9.62%) Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 14 (26.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (13.46%) Degree
2 3 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (5.77%) CPIM
2 3 (5.77%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.85%) SLA
3 1 (1.92%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (30.77%) SAP
2 2 (3.85%) Oracle
3 1 (1.92%) Ariba
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft