The first table below looks at the demand for SAP HR 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 HR 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 Human Resources (HR)
Rank 116 128 94
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -34
Contract jobs citing SAP HR 7 11 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.289% 0.361% 1.043%
As % of the Business Applications category 4.516% 5.528% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 5
Average daily rate £625 £625 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +47.05%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £500 £480
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.25
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 HR
South East

SAP HR
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SAP HR Jobs Demand Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SAP HR Daily Rate Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire SAP HR Daily Rate Histogram

SAP HR
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SAP HR Hourly Rate Trend

SAP HR
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP HR 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
Reading +9 1 - -
Windsor +3 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 £308 -
SAP HR
South East

SAP HR
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) SAP HCM
3 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (30.00%) SAP Smart Forms
3 3 (30.00%) BAPI
3 3 (30.00%) Workflow
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Web Dynpro
3 3 (30.00%) SAP ALE
3 3 (30.00%) ABAP
4 1 (10.00%) IT Governance
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) CMMI
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Adobe
4 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
4 1 (10.00%) SAP XI
4 1 (10.00%) Logistics
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (10.00%) Demand Management
4 1 (10.00%) COBIT

SAP HR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) Web Dynpro
1 3 (30.00%) SAP Smart Forms
1 3 (30.00%) BAPI
1 3 (30.00%) SAP ALE
2 1 (10.00%) SAP XI
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP HCM
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Payroll
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Consultant
1 4 (40.00%) SAP Project Manager
1 4 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
1 4 (40.00%) SAP Manager
2 3 (30.00%) ABAP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Payroll Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Payroll Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP HR Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP HR Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Workflow
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (10.00%) Demand Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) CMMI
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) COBIT
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Adobe