The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP 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 Vendors for the Aberdeen 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 6 6 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 -4
Contract jobs citing SAP 22 25 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 13.75% 13.16% 16.41%
As % of the Vendors category 27.50% 27.78% 26.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 9
Average daily rate £450 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £399 £290 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £600 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £12.50 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -1.31%
All Vendors
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
80 90 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 50.00% 47.37% 61.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 46 45
Average daily rate £350 £250 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £116 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £500 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 11
Average hourly rate £15.77 - £17.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.10 - £13.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.20 - £31.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
Scotland

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Aberdeen SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Aberdeen SAP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SAP 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 SAP.

1 21 (53.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 11 (28.21%) Degree
3 10 (25.64%) Logistics
4 9 (23.08%) SAP MM
5 8 (20.51%) Change Management
5 8 (20.51%) SAP CO
6 7 (17.95%) Data Management
6 7 (17.95%) SAP SCM
6 7 (17.95%) SAP GTS
6 7 (17.95%) Telecoms
7 6 (15.38%) Finance
7 6 (15.38%) Wireless
7 6 (15.38%) Remedy
7 6 (15.38%) BGP
7 6 (15.38%) EIGRP
7 6 (15.38%) MGCP
7 6 (15.38%) H.323
7 6 (15.38%) Citrix
7 6 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (15.38%) VPN
7 6 (15.38%) Cisco
7 6 (15.38%) CCIE
7 6 (15.38%) LAN
7 6 (15.38%) VoIP
7 6 (15.38%) WAN
7 6 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (15.38%) Time Management
7 6 (15.38%) Riverbed
7 6 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (15.38%) SAP CCM

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (10.26%) SAP Smart Forms
2 3 (7.692%) Web Dynpro
3 2 (5.128%) BAPI
3 2 (5.128%) SAP PI
4 1 (2.564%) SAP Business Workflow
4 1 (2.564%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.128%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.564%) Documentum
Applications
1 2 (5.128%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.564%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.564%) MS Project
2 1 (2.564%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 21 (53.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 9 (23.08%) SAP MM
3 8 (20.51%) SAP CO
4 7 (17.95%) SAP SCM
4 7 (17.95%) SAP GTS
5 6 (15.38%) SAP CCM
6 4 (10.26%) SAP R/3
7 3 (7.692%) SAP FI
7 3 (7.692%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (5.128%) Maximo
8 2 (5.128%) SAP PM
8 2 (5.128%) SmartPlant
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) VPN
1 6 (15.38%) BGP
1 6 (15.38%) EIGRP
1 6 (15.38%) MGCP
1 6 (15.38%) H.323
1 6 (15.38%) Wireless
1 6 (15.38%) IP Telephony
1 6 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
1 6 (15.38%) LAN
1 6 (15.38%) VoIP
1 6 (15.38%) WAN
2 1 (2.564%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) SAP BW
2 3 (7.692%) SAP BI
2 3 (7.692%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.564%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (17.95%) Telecoms
2 6 (15.38%) Finance
3 4 (10.26%) Billing
4 3 (7.692%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Consultant
2 11 (28.21%) SAP Consultant
3 6 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Business Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) SAP SCM Consultant
6 3 (7.692%) SAP Manager
6 3 (7.692%) IT Business Analyst
6 3 (7.692%) SAP Support
7 2 (5.128%) SAP Team Leader
7 2 (5.128%) Support Team Leader
7 2 (5.128%) SAP Developer
7 2 (5.128%) ABAP Developer
7 2 (5.128%) Team Leader
7 2 (5.128%) ABAP Consultant
7 2 (5.128%) SAP SD Consultant
7 2 (5.128%) SAP Project Manager
7 2 (5.128%) SAP MM Consultant
7 2 (5.128%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.564%) Data Conversion
2 1 (2.564%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.564%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) Logistics
2 8 (20.51%) Change Management
3 7 (17.95%) Data Management
4 6 (15.38%) Time Management
5 5 (12.82%) Change Control
5 5 (12.82%) E-Procurement
6 4 (10.26%) Portfolio Management
6 4 (10.26%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (7.692%) Supply Chain Management
7 3 (7.692%) ERP
7 3 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (7.692%) OO
7 3 (7.692%) Migration
8 2 (5.128%) CRM
8 2 (5.128%) Project Management
8 2 (5.128%) Process Management
8 2 (5.128%) Business Analysis
9 1 (2.564%) SAP Implementation
9 1 (2.564%) ITIL
9 1 (2.564%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) ABAP
1 4 (10.26%) SAPscript
2 2 (5.128%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) CCIE
2 6 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (12.82%) CCNP
4 2 (5.128%) ACCA
4 2 (5.128%) CIMA
5 1 (2.564%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Cisco
1 6 (15.38%) Citrix
1 6 (15.38%) Remedy
1 6 (15.38%) Riverbed
2 4 (10.26%) Adobe
3 3 (7.692%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.692%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.564%) Oracle