The first table below looks at the demand for SAP ALE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP ALE over the 3 months to 23 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 Application Development category for the Berkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
Rank - 137 130
Contract jobs citing SAP ALE 0 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - 0.032% 0.165%
As % of the Application Development category - 0.184% 0.676%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £575 £388 £335
% change year-on-year
+48.38% +15.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
527 544 740
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 21.95% 17.26% 24.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 248 313
Average daily rate £388 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 11 65
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -49.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP ALE
South East

SAP ALE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SAP ALE Jobs Demand Trend

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SAP ALE Daily Rate Trend

SAP ALE
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SAP ALE 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 ALE.

1 5 (100.00%) ABAP
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) SAP Smart Forms
1 5 (100.00%) BAPI
1 5 (100.00%) Workflow
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Data Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Web Dynpro
3 3 (60.00%) SAP HR
4 1 (20.00%) Adobe
4 1 (20.00%) SAP PM
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management

SAP ALE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SAP ALE 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 ALE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) SAP Smart Forms
1 5 (100.00%) BAPI
2 4 (80.00%) Web Dynpro
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (20.00%) SAP PM
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) SAP Consultant
1 4 (80.00%) ABAP Consultant
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Workflow
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe