The first part of the 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 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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.

SAP Human Resources (HR)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank12696105
Rank change year-on-year
Down-30Up+9
Matching contract IT job ads113117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire0.356 %1.050 %0.611 %
As % of the Business Applications category5.914 %11.92 %6.227 %
Number of daily rates quoted355
Average daily rate£625£425£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+47.05 %-5.55 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£495£480£450
% change year-on-year
+3.12 %+6.66 %
Number of hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£27.25£20.00
% change year-on-year
-+36.25 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
186260273
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire6.027 %8.805 %9.813 %
Number of daily rates quoted6097105
Average daily rate£425£415£401
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.40 %+3.49 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£282£250£264
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£750£475£570
UK excluding London average daily rate£438£420£400
% change year-on-year
+4.16 %+5.00 %
Number of hourly rates quoted123
Average hourly rate£53.00£25.00£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+112.00 %-3.84 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£21.48£33.75
% change year-on-year
+4.74 %-36.35 %
SAP HR South EastSAP HR
South East

SAP HR
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
ReadingDown-53--
WindsorDown-12--
SAP HR South EastSAP HR
South East

SAP HR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

129 (100.00 %)SAP
211 (37.93 %)Telecoms
38 (27.59 %)Wireless
38 (27.59 %)Business Intelligence
38 (27.59 %)SAP HCM
46 (20.69 %)SAP Payroll
55 (17.24 %)User Acceptance Testing
55 (17.24 %)Data Modelling
55 (17.24 %)SAP BW
55 (17.24 %)ABAP
55 (17.24 %)Stakeholder Management
64 (13.79 %)SAP BI
64 (13.79 %)Project Management
73 (10.34 %)SAP Oil and Gas
73 (10.34 %)Test Scripting
73 (10.34 %)Middleware
82 (6.897 %)WPA
82 (6.897 %)NetWeaver
82 (6.897 %)SAP Certification
82 (6.897 %)Data Management
91 (3.448 %)SAP CO
91 (3.448 %)Logistics
91 (3.448 %)Polish Language
91 (3.448 %)Learning Management System
91 (3.448 %)SAP FI-AP
91 (3.448 %)SAP IS-U
91 (3.448 %)Performance Management
91 (3.448 %)FMCG
91 (3.448 %)Data Architecture
91 (3.448 %)SAP SD

SAP HR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (10.34 %)Middleware
21 (3.448 %)SAP Basis
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (6.897 %)NetWeaver
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (3.448 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (27.59 %)SAP HCM
26 (20.69 %)SAP Payroll
33 (10.34 %)SAP Oil and Gas
41 (3.448 %)SAP CO
41 (3.448 %)SAP FI-AP
41 (3.448 %)SAP IS-U
41 (3.448 %)SAP SD
41 (3.448 %)SAP FI
41 (3.448 %)SAP MM
41 (3.448 %)SAP FI/CO
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (27.59 %)Wireless
22 (6.897 %)WPA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (17.24 %)SAP BW
24 (13.79 %)SAP BI
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (37.93 %)Telecoms
21 (3.448 %)Polish Language
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (24.14 %)SAP Consultant
17 (24.14 %)Consultant
26 (20.69 %)Project Manager
26 (20.69 %)SAP Manager
26 (20.69 %)SAP Project Manager
26 (20.69 %)SAP HR Project Manager
35 (17.24 %)Architect
35 (17.24 %)Analyst
44 (13.79 %)SAP HR Consultant
44 (13.79 %)Developer
44 (13.79 %)SAP BI Developer
44 (13.79 %)SAP Developer
44 (13.79 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
53 (10.34 %)SAP Architect
53 (10.34 %)SAP Analyst
53 (10.34 %)ABAP Developer
62 (6.897 %)Data Analyst
62 (6.897 %)SAP HCM Consultant
62 (6.897 %)SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
62 (6.897 %)SAP Functional Analyst
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (3.448 %)Learning Management System
11 (3.448 %)FMCG
11 (3.448 %)Management Information System
11 (3.448 %)E-Learning
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (27.59 %)Business Intelligence
25 (17.24 %)User Acceptance Testing
25 (17.24 %)Data Modelling
25 (17.24 %)Stakeholder Management
34 (13.79 %)Project Management
43 (10.34 %)Test Scripting
52 (6.897 %)Data Management
61 (3.448 %)Logistics
61 (3.448 %)Performance Management
61 (3.448 %)Data Architecture
61 (3.448 %)PRINCE2
61 (3.448 %)E-Commerce
61 (3.448 %)Change Management
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (17.24 %)ABAP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (6.897 %)SAP Certification
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
129 (100.00 %)SAP