The first table below looks at the demand for SAP FI/CO 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/CO over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP FICO
Rank 42 52 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 7 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.556% 0.322% -
As % of the Business Applications category 10.45% 3.704% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £363 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.68% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £425 £425
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £62.50 £53.00 -
% change year-on-year
+17.92% -
All Business Applications
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
67 54 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 14.89% 8.682% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 25 36
Average daily rate £363 £420 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.69% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £181 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £560 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £175.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
SAP FI/CO
West Midlands

SAP FI/CO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham SAP FI/CO Jobs Demand Trend

SAP FI/CO
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham SAP FI/CO Daily Rate Trend

SAP FI/CO
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP FI/CO across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham SAP FI/CO Daily Rate Histogram

SAP FI/CO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham SAP FI/CO Hourly Rate Trend

SAP FI/CO
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing SAP FI/CO 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/CO.

1 10 (100.00%) SAP
1 10 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 10 (100.00%) SAP CO
2 4 (40.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 2 (20.00%) FMCG
3 2 (20.00%) CCA
3 2 (20.00%) ABAP
4 1 (10.00%) SAPscript
4 1 (10.00%) EDI
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Smart Forms
4 1 (10.00%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Security
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP

SAP FI/CO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing SAP FI/CO 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/CO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) EDI
1 1 (10.00%) SAP Smart Forms
Business Applications
1 10 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 10 (100.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (10.00%) SAP FSCM
2 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
General
1 4 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (20.00%) General Ledger
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Consultant
1 6 (60.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
1 6 (60.00%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) SAP FI Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) SAP CO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (10.00%) ERP
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) ABAP
2 1 (10.00%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CCA
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP