The first table below looks at the demand for SAP FI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP FI over the 3 months to 24 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 Birmingham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
Rank 35 54 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Contract jobs citing SAP FI 8 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.822% 0.322% -
As % of the Business Applications category 12.90% 3.571% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £440 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.36% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £62.50 £53.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+17.92% +194.44%
All Business Applications
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
62 56 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 14.12% 9.018% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 27 37
Average daily rate £398 £420 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.35% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £180 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £545 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £175.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP FI
West Midlands

SAP FI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham SAP FI Jobs Demand Trend

SAP FI
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham SAP FI Daily Rate Trend

SAP FI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP FI across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham SAP FI Daily Rate Histogram

SAP FI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham SAP FI Hourly Rate Trend

SAP FI
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing SAP FI 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 FI.

1 17 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (64.71%) SAP FI/CO
2 11 (64.71%) SAP CO
3 6 (35.29%) Cognos
3 6 (35.29%) SAP HR
3 6 (35.29%) ResourceLink
3 6 (35.29%) Data Migration
3 6 (35.29%) Migration
4 5 (29.41%) Retail
5 3 (17.65%) ABAP
5 3 (17.65%) CCA
6 2 (11.76%) EDI
6 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
6 2 (11.76%) General Ledger
6 2 (11.76%) SAP Security
6 2 (11.76%) FMCG
7 1 (5.882%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (5.882%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (5.882%) SAP ERP
7 1 (5.882%) ERP
7 1 (5.882%) SAPscript
7 1 (5.882%) SAP Smart Forms
7 1 (5.882%) Banking

SAP FI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing SAP FI 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 FI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.76%) EDI
2 1 (5.882%) SAP Smart Forms
Business Applications
1 11 (64.71%) SAP FI/CO
1 11 (64.71%) SAP CO
2 6 (35.29%) SAP HR
2 6 (35.29%) ResourceLink
3 1 (5.882%) SAP FSCM
3 1 (5.882%) SAP ERP
General
1 5 (29.41%) Retail
2 2 (11.76%) General Ledger
3 1 (5.882%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (5.882%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Consultant
2 7 (41.18%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
2 7 (41.18%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (29.41%) SAP FI Consultant
3 5 (29.41%) SAP CO Consultant
3 5 (29.41%) Applications Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Data Migration
1 6 (35.29%) Migration
2 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
2 2 (11.76%) SAP Security
3 1 (5.882%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) ABAP
2 1 (5.882%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) CCA
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (35.29%) Cognos