The first table below looks at the demand for SAP R/3 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 R/3 over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP R/3
Rank - 133 127
Contract jobs citing SAP R/3 0 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - 0.131% 0.034%
As % of the Business Applications category - 1.980% 0.360%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £391 £398 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.69% +13.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £7.00
All Business Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
156 202 278
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 6.412% 6.591% 9.514%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 72 111
Average daily rate £463 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.82% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £300 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £613 £735 £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 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +12.50%
SAP R/3
South East

SAP R/3
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SAP R/3 Jobs Demand Trend

SAP R/3
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SAP R/3 Daily Rate Trend

SAP R/3
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire SAP R/3 Hourly Rate Trend

SAP R/3
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SAP R/3 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 R/3.

1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Billing
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Business Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) SAPscript
2 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (50.00%) ABAP
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office

SAP R/3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SAP R/3 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 R/3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Business Workflow
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
General
1 1 (50.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP
1 1 (50.00%) SAPscript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP