The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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 37 37 24
Rank change year-on-year
0 -13
Contract jobs citing SAP 28 40 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 3.553% 3.937% 5.472%
As % of the Vendors category 8.023% 8.163% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 27
Average daily rate £475 £300 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+58.33% -18.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £158 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £1,330 £420 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +63.26%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -1.31%
All Vendors
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
349 490 420
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 44.29% 48.23% 39.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 196 140
Average daily rate £320 £315 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.74% -8.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £173 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 43 56
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.09 £12.50 £9.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £42.40 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
South East

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +5 18 £463 +54.16%
SAP
South East

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 25 (36.23%) ITIL
2 19 (27.54%) Finance
3 12 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 12 (17.39%) ITIL Certification
4 11 (15.94%) Project Management
4 11 (15.94%) MS Office
5 10 (14.49%) Windows
5 10 (14.49%) Lotus Notes
5 10 (14.49%) Windows XP
5 10 (14.49%) Broadband
5 10 (14.49%) TCP/IP
5 10 (14.49%) VPN
5 10 (14.49%) 3G
5 10 (14.49%) Remedy
5 10 (14.49%) Lotus
5 10 (14.49%) Active Directory
5 10 (14.49%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (14.49%) Retail
5 10 (14.49%) PDA
5 10 (14.49%) Windows Vista
5 10 (14.49%) Windows 7
6 9 (13.04%) NetWeaver
7 8 (11.59%) CRM
7 8 (11.59%) SQL
8 7 (10.14%) Logistics
9 6 (8.696%) Marketing
9 6 (8.696%) Oracle
9 6 (8.696%) Business Objects
9 6 (8.696%) PRINCE2
9 6 (8.696%) Business Intelligence

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 4 (5.797%) SAP XI
1 4 (5.797%) SAP PI
2 3 (4.348%) SOAP
3 2 (2.899%) Web Services
3 2 (2.899%) XML
3 2 (2.899%) XSLT
3 2 (2.899%) JDBC
3 2 (2.899%) JMS
3 2 (2.899%) Middleware
3 2 (2.899%) BAPI
3 2 (2.899%) SAP ALE
4 1 (1.449%) soapUI
4 1 (1.449%) SAP Basis
4 1 (1.449%) COM
4 1 (1.449%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 10 (14.49%) Lotus Notes
2 9 (13.04%) NetWeaver
3 3 (4.348%) ESB
Applications
1 11 (15.94%) MS Office
2 2 (2.899%) MS Project
3 1 (1.449%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.449%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.348%) SAP CRM
1 3 (4.348%) SAP HR
1 3 (4.348%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.899%) SAP SD
2 2 (2.899%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.449%) SAP WM
3 1 (1.449%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (1.449%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.449%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.449%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.449%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.449%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.449%) Oracle ASCP
3 1 (1.449%) Demantra
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.49%) TCP/IP
1 10 (14.49%) VPN
1 10 (14.49%) 3G
1 10 (14.49%) Wi-Fi
1 10 (14.49%) Broadband
2 3 (4.348%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.696%) BusinessObjects
1 6 (8.696%) SAP BW
2 5 (7.246%) SAP BI
2 5 (7.246%) SAP Data Services
3 4 (5.797%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.899%) SAP HANA
4 2 (2.899%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.449%) TOAD
5 1 (1.449%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.449%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 19 (27.54%) Finance
2 10 (14.49%) Retail
3 6 (8.696%) Marketing
4 2 (2.899%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (33.33%) Analyst
2 13 (18.84%) Consultant
2 13 (18.84%) SAP Consultant
3 11 (15.94%) Support Analyst
4 9 (13.04%) Service Analyst
4 9 (13.04%) Service Desk Analyst
5 8 (11.59%) Applications Support
6 6 (8.696%) Applications Support Analyst
7 5 (7.246%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 5 (7.246%) SAP Support
7 5 (7.246%) SAP BI Consultant
8 4 (5.797%) SAP Analyst
8 4 (5.797%) Designer
8 4 (5.797%) Transition Manager
9 3 (4.348%) Service Manager
9 3 (4.348%) Test Manager
9 3 (4.348%) Architect
9 3 (4.348%) SAP Test Manager
9 3 (4.348%) SAP Manager
9 3 (4.348%) Training Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) PDA
2 3 (4.348%) Mathematics
3 2 (2.899%) EPoS
3 2 (2.899%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.899%) Replication
3 2 (2.899%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.49%) Windows
1 10 (14.49%) Windows XP
1 10 (14.49%) Windows Vista
1 10 (14.49%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (36.23%) ITIL
2 11 (15.94%) Project Management
3 8 (11.59%) CRM
4 7 (10.14%) Logistics
5 6 (8.696%) PRINCE2
5 6 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (7.246%) ETL
7 4 (5.797%) Test Strategy
7 4 (5.797%) ERP
7 4 (5.797%) CMMI
7 4 (5.797%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (5.797%) Scrum
8 3 (4.348%) Programme Management
8 3 (4.348%) Service Delivery
8 3 (4.348%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (4.348%) Business Development
8 3 (4.348%) SAP Implementation
8 3 (4.348%) ITIL V3
8 3 (4.348%) Supply Chain Management
8 3 (4.348%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.59%) SQL
2 5 (7.246%) ABAP
3 2 (2.899%) Java
4 1 (1.449%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (17.39%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.348%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.449%) GxP
System Software
1 10 (14.49%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.49%) Lotus
2 10 (14.49%) Remedy
3 6 (8.696%) Oracle
3 6 (8.696%) Business Objects
4 3 (4.348%) RedPrairie
5 2 (2.899%) Sybase
5 2 (2.899%) JDA
6 1 (1.449%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (1.449%) PeopleSoft
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