The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the Bristol 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 20 27 22
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -5
Contract jobs citing SAP 30 37 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 5.618% 4.353% 4.806%
As % of the Vendors category 13.82% 13.96% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 34 16
Average daily rate £350 £316 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.67% -6.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £216 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £435 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -1.31%
All Vendors
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
217 265 243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 40.64% 31.18% 37.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 169 110
Average daily rate £325 £313 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -10.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £160 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 20 19
Average hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.44% +40.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £16.25 £11.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £40.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
South West

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bristol SAP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing SAP 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.

1 43 (55.84%) Finance
2 21 (27.27%) Banking
3 14 (18.18%) Mainframe
4 13 (16.88%) ISEB
4 13 (16.88%) ISTQB
5 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (12.99%) Migration
7 9 (11.69%) SAP BW
7 9 (11.69%) ABAP
7 9 (11.69%) Windows
8 7 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (9.091%) SQL Server
8 7 (9.091%) Telecoms
8 7 (9.091%) Change Management
9 6 (7.792%) Retail
9 6 (7.792%) C#
9 6 (7.792%) Project Management
9 6 (7.792%) Data Migration
9 6 (7.792%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (6.494%) SQL Server 2005
10 5 (6.494%) Retail Banking
10 5 (6.494%) Test Management
10 5 (6.494%) Marketing
10 5 (6.494%) .NET
10 5 (6.494%) PRINCE2
10 5 (6.494%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (6.494%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (5.195%) SAP Basis
11 4 (5.195%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (5.195%) General Ledger

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing SAP 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (6.494%) .NET
2 4 (5.195%) SAP Basis
3 3 (3.896%) CSS
3 3 (3.896%) HTML
4 2 (2.597%) EDI
5 1 (1.299%) LAMP
5 1 (1.299%) SAP Smart Forms
5 1 (1.299%) SAP XI
5 1 (1.299%) SAP BC
5 1 (1.299%) Zend Framework
5 1 (1.299%) CakePHP
5 1 (1.299%) jQuery
5 1 (1.299%) HTML5
5 1 (1.299%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.896%) NetWeaver
2 2 (2.597%) SAS
3 1 (1.299%) TeamSite
3 1 (1.299%) CMS
3 1 (1.299%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.299%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.896%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.299%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (5.195%) SAP HR
1 4 (5.195%) SAP Payroll
2 3 (3.896%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (3.896%) SAP SRM
2 3 (3.896%) SAP FI-GL
3 2 (2.597%) SAP HCM
3 2 (2.597%) SAP PS
3 2 (2.597%) SAP R/3
4 1 (1.299%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.299%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.299%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.299%) WebTrends
4 1 (1.299%) Agresso
4 1 (1.299%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.299%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.299%) SAP FI-AP
4 1 (1.299%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.299%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.69%) SAP BW
2 7 (9.091%) SQL Server
3 6 (7.792%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (6.494%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (6.494%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (5.195%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (3.896%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.597%) MySQL
8 1 (1.299%) BODI
8 1 (1.299%) DTS
8 1 (1.299%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.299%) MS Access
8 1 (1.299%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (1.299%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.597%) LSMW
General
1 43 (55.84%) Finance
2 21 (27.27%) Banking
3 7 (9.091%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.792%) Retail
5 5 (6.494%) Retail Banking
5 5 (6.494%) Marketing
6 4 (5.195%) General Ledger
6 4 (5.195%) Billing
7 3 (3.896%) Electronics
7 3 (3.896%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.299%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.299%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (31.17%) Analyst
2 16 (20.78%) Consultant
3 13 (16.88%) Business Analyst
3 13 (16.88%) SAP Consultant
4 11 (14.29%) Developer
5 10 (12.99%) Project Manager
5 10 (12.99%) Test Analyst
6 9 (11.69%) SAP Analyst
7 8 (10.39%) SAP Manager
8 7 (9.091%) Functional Consultant
8 7 (9.091%) SAP Business Analyst
9 6 (7.792%) Test Manager
9 6 (7.792%) SAP Test Analyst
10 5 (6.494%) .NET Developer
10 5 (6.494%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 4 (5.195%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (5.195%) SAP Basis Consultant
11 4 (5.195%) SAP Project Manager
11 4 (5.195%) Senior Business Analyst
12 3 (3.896%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.18%) Mainframe
2 3 (3.896%) DTV
3 1 (1.299%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.299%) Open Source
3 1 (1.299%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.69%) Windows
2 1 (1.299%) Linux
2 1 (1.299%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (12.99%) Migration
3 7 (9.091%) Change Management
3 7 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (7.792%) Data Migration
4 6 (7.792%) Project Management
5 5 (6.494%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (6.494%) PRINCE2
5 5 (6.494%) Test Management
6 3 (3.896%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (3.896%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (3.896%) Programme Management
7 2 (2.597%) Data Analysis
7 2 (2.597%) OO
7 2 (2.597%) ETL
7 2 (2.597%) Data Mapping
7 2 (2.597%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (2.597%) Test Scripting
7 2 (2.597%) Business Analysis
8 1 (1.299%) Strategic Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.69%) ABAP
2 6 (7.792%) C#
3 4 (5.195%) SQL
4 2 (2.597%) PHP
5 1 (1.299%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.299%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.299%) VBA
5 1 (1.299%) SAPscript
5 1 (1.299%) PHP5
5 1 (1.299%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (16.88%) ISEB
1 13 (16.88%) ISTQB
2 3 (3.896%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (3.896%) ACCA
3 1 (1.299%) CIMA
3 1 (1.299%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.299%) Basel II
System Software
1 1 (1.299%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.896%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (5.195%) Oracle
1 4 (5.195%) Business Objects
1 4 (5.195%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.299%) HP
2 1 (1.299%) Omniture
2 1 (1.299%) Google
2 1 (1.299%) Zend
2 1 (1.299%) Sitecore