The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP 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 Vendors for the Cardiff 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 11 29 21
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -8
Contract jobs citing SAP 18 6 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 9.783% 2.667% 5.785%
As % of the Vendors category 19.78% 6.061% 11.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 7
Average daily rate £400 £700 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% +75.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £400 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £581 £1,140 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +5.26%
All Vendors
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
91 99 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 49.46% 44.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 49 82
Average daily rate £358 £308 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.26% -5.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £213 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £425 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 2
Average hourly rate £12.50 £14.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% -26.31%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
South Wales

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 24 (48.00%) SAP BW
2 20 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
2 20 (40.00%) ABAP
2 20 (40.00%) Business Objects
3 19 (38.00%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (28.00%) Finance
4 14 (28.00%) SAP Data Services
5 11 (22.00%) Data Modelling
6 7 (14.00%) Data Extraction
6 7 (14.00%) Data Management
7 6 (12.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 6 (12.00%) Xcelsius
7 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
8 5 (10.00%) Web Services
8 5 (10.00%) Migration
8 5 (10.00%) Open Text
8 5 (10.00%) BusinessObjects XI
8 5 (10.00%) Data Analysis
9 4 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (8.000%) Data Migration
9 4 (8.000%) Security Cleared
9 4 (8.000%) ETL
10 3 (6.000%) Adobe
10 3 (6.000%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (6.000%) UNIX
10 3 (6.000%) Windows
10 3 (6.000%) Oracle
10 3 (6.000%) SQL Server
10 3 (6.000%) Informix
10 3 (6.000%) MS Excel

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 (10.00%) Web Services
2 1 (2.000%) EDI
2 1 (2.000%) DWR
2 1 (2.000%) SAP Basis
2 1 (2.000%) SAP ALE
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.000%) LiveLink
2 1 (2.000%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.000%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (2.000%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.000%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (6.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.000%) SAP SRM
1 2 (4.000%) SAP ERP
1 2 (4.000%) SAP CRM
1 2 (4.000%) SAP MM
2 1 (2.000%) SAP HR
2 1 (2.000%) SAP APO
2 1 (2.000%) SAP PM
2 1 (2.000%) SAP EBP
2 1 (2.000%) SAP BPC
2 1 (2.000%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.000%) LAN
1 1 (2.000%) WAN
1 1 (2.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (48.00%) SAP BW
2 20 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
3 14 (28.00%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (12.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 6 (12.00%) Xcelsius
5 5 (10.00%) BusinessObjects XI
6 3 (6.000%) SQL Server
6 3 (6.000%) Informix
7 2 (4.000%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 14 (28.00%) Finance
2 2 (4.000%) Billing
3 1 (2.000%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.000%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 20 (40.00%) Developer
2 17 (34.00%) Consultant
3 14 (28.00%) SAP Developer
3 14 (28.00%) SAP BW Developer
4 11 (22.00%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (10.00%) Analyst
6 4 (8.000%) Project Manager
6 4 (8.000%) Business Developer
7 3 (6.000%) SAP Manager
7 3 (6.000%) SAP Project Manager
7 3 (6.000%) SAP BW Consultant
7 3 (6.000%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 3 (6.000%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 2 (4.000%) Junior Systems Administrator
8 2 (4.000%) ABAP Consultant
8 2 (4.000%) Junior
8 2 (4.000%) Administrator
8 2 (4.000%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (4.000%) Business Analyst
9 1 (2.000%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (2.000%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.000%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (6.000%) UNIX
1 3 (6.000%) Windows
1 3 (6.000%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (4.000%) Linux
3 1 (2.000%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.00%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (22.00%) Data Modelling
3 7 (14.00%) Data Management
4 5 (10.00%) Migration
4 5 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 4 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (8.000%) Data Migration
5 4 (8.000%) ETL
6 3 (6.000%) ERP
6 3 (6.000%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (6.000%) Programme Management
7 2 (4.000%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (4.000%) Risk Management
7 2 (4.000%) Quality Management
7 2 (4.000%) Project Management
7 2 (4.000%) CRM
7 2 (4.000%) SOA
8 1 (2.000%) Change Management
8 1 (2.000%) Workflow
8 1 (2.000%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 20 (40.00%) ABAP
2 2 (4.000%) SQL
3 1 (2.000%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.000%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.000%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.000%) CTC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.000%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.000%) NetBackup
1 1 (2.000%) Backup Exec
1 1 (2.000%) HP SIM
1 1 (2.000%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (40.00%) Business Objects
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (10.00%) Open Text
4 3 (6.000%) Adobe
4 3 (6.000%) Oracle
5 1 (2.000%) HP
5 1 (2.000%) Veritas
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