The first table below looks at the demand for SAP BPC 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 BPC 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 of the Business Applications 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC)
Rank 121 138 118
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -20
Contract jobs citing SAP BPC 2 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.083% 0.033% 0.235%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.290% 0.503% 2.473%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £550 - £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
155 199 283
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 6.405% 6.527% 9.519%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 70 112
Average daily rate £450 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £327 £300 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £610 £745 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £53.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +112.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
SAP BPC
South East

SAP BPC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SAP BPC Jobs Demand Trend

SAP BPC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SAP BPC Daily Rate Trend

SAP BPC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP BPC within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bracknell - 1 - -
Slough - 1 £550 -
SAP BPC
South East

SAP BPC
Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (20.00%) ABAP
2 1 (20.00%) CIPFA
2 1 (20.00%) CIMA
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver
2 1 (20.00%) ACCA
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management

SAP BPC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects XI
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Support Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP BW Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Developer
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Support
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Support Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP BPC Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) CRM
1 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ACCA
1 1 (20.00%) CIPFA
1 1 (20.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP