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This section looks at the demand for SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP XI over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI)
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank5157
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.852 %1.099 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£422£509
% change on same period last year-17.10 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£23.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£40.00
% change on same period last year-41.25 %
Application Development BirminghamApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads162182
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.208 %0.204 %
Daily rates quoted3641
Average minimum daily rate£295£319
Average daily rate£308£346
% change on same period last year-11.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£334
% change on same period last year+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted510
Average minimum hourly rate£20.84£23.72
Average hourly rate£23.40£27.51
% change on same period last year-14.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.97£31.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.40£31.83
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
SAP XI West MidlandsSAP XI
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAP XI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SAP XI across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Birmingham SAP XI Demand Trend

SAP XI
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham SAP XI Daily Rate Trend

SAP XI
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SAP XI across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham SAP XI Hourly Rate Trend

SAP XI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing SAP XI also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAP XI.

112 (100.00 %)SAP
211 (91.67 %)Java
211 (91.67 %)Oracle
39 (75.00 %)HTML
48 (66.67 %)J2EE
48 (66.67 %)PL/SQL
48 (66.67 %)SQL
48 (66.67 %)SOAP
48 (66.67 %)WebServices
48 (66.67 %)XML
48 (66.67 %)JMS
48 (66.67 %)FTP
48 (66.67 %)HTTP
48 (66.67 %)WSDL
48 (66.67 %)HTTPS
48 (66.67 %)RDBMS
48 (66.67 %)SSL
48 (66.67 %)Oracle 10g
48 (66.67 %)Oracle HTTP Server
48 (66.67 %)SQLPlus
48 (66.67 %)Oracle 11g
57 (58.33 %)XSL
57 (58.33 %)ABAP
66 (50.00 %)e-GIF
66 (50.00 %)XML Schema
66 (50.00 %)SOA
66 (50.00 %)SAML
66 (50.00 %)W3C
66 (50.00 %)X.509
66 (50.00 %)Middleware

SAP XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing SAP XI also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAP XI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
19 (75.00 %)HTML
28 (66.67 %)J2EE
28 (66.67 %)SOAP
28 (66.67 %)WebServices
28 (66.67 %)XML
28 (66.67 %)JMS
28 (66.67 %)WSDL
37 (58.33 %)XSL
46 (50.00 %)XML Schema
46 (50.00 %)SAML
46 (50.00 %)Middleware
55 (41.67 %)UDDI
62 (16.67 %)JavaBeans
62 (16.67 %)XSD
62 (16.67 %)Struts
62 (16.67 %)JSP
62 (16.67 %).NET
62 (16.67 %).NET Framework
62 (16.67 %)Spring
71 (8.333 %)SAP BSP
Application Platforms
18 (66.67 %)Oracle HTTP Server
23 (25.00 %)NetWeaver
32 (16.67 %)Documentum
Business Applications
13 (25.00 %)SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
18 (66.67 %)FTP
18 (66.67 %)HTTP
18 (66.67 %)HTTPS
18 (66.67 %)SSL
26 (50.00 %)X.509
34 (33.33 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
18 (66.67 %)RDBMS
18 (66.67 %)Oracle 10g
18 (66.67 %)SQLPlus
18 (66.67 %)Oracle 11g
23 (25.00 %)SAP BI
32 (16.67 %)Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
12 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
12 (16.67 %)Oracle Forms
12 (16.67 %)JDeveloper
12 (16.67 %)XMLSpy
21 (8.333 %)LSMW
General
16 (50.00 %)Government
22 (16.67 %)Finance
31 (8.333 %)Graphic Design
Job Titles
16 (50.00 %)Developer
25 (41.67 %)Java Developer
32 (16.67 %)Applications Support
41 (8.333 %)Trainer
41 (8.333 %)SAP Trainer
41 (8.333 %)Applications Support Specialist
41 (8.333 %)SAP Developer
41 (8.333 %)Functional Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Applications Specialist
41 (8.333 %)Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
16 (50.00 %)W3C
Processes & Methodologies
16 (50.00 %)SOA
16 (50.00 %)e-GIF
16 (50.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
24 (33.33 %)CRM
24 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence
32 (16.67 %)Content Management
41 (8.333 %)Logistics
41 (8.333 %)Service Management
41 (8.333 %)ITIL
41 (8.333 %)OO
41 (8.333 %)Use Case
Programming Languages
111 (91.67 %)Java
28 (66.67 %)PL/SQL
28 (66.67 %)SQL
37 (58.33 %)ABAP
41 (8.333 %)SAPscript
Qualifications
12 (16.67 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (8.333 %)WAI
Vendors
112 (100.00 %)SAP
211 (91.67 %)Oracle
33 (25.00 %)FatWire
42 (16.67 %)Stellent
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