The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP Basis over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Development category for the Cheshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Basis
Rank 56 58 60
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +2
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 11 9 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.517% 1.104% 1.395%
As % of the Application Development category 6.587% 3.557% 5.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
Average daily rate £500 £388 £419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.03% -7.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £382 £404
10% offered a daily rate of more than £640 £502 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £480 £500 £434
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +15.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - -
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
167 253 258
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 23.03% 31.04% 27.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 154 158
Average daily rate £370 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £453 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 8
Average hourly rate £30.00 £13.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+122.22% -55.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
SAP Basis
North West

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SAP Basis Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SAP Basis Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Basis across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cheshire SAP Basis Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Basis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Basis within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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SAP Basis
North West

SAP Basis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis.

1 18 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (83.33%) DB2
3 12 (66.67%) Oracle
4 9 (50.00%) NetWeaver
5 7 (38.89%) UNIX
5 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (27.78%) Migration
6 5 (27.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 4 (22.22%) SAP BW
7 4 (22.22%) SAP XI
7 4 (22.22%) AIX
7 4 (22.22%) SAP BPC
8 3 (16.67%) Solaris
8 3 (16.67%) CRM
8 3 (16.67%) Client/Server
8 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
8 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 3 (16.67%) LAN
8 3 (16.67%) WAN
8 3 (16.67%) Java
8 3 (16.67%) ABAP
8 3 (16.67%) MS Project
8 3 (16.67%) SAN
9 2 (11.11%) Tivoli
9 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
9 2 (11.11%) ITIL
9 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
10 1 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (5.556%) SAP HANA
10 1 (5.556%) Release Management

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (22.22%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 9 (50.00%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 3 (16.67%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) LAN
1 3 (16.67%) WAN
1 3 (16.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (83.33%) DB2
2 4 (22.22%) SAP BW
3 1 (5.556%) SAP HANA
General
1 1 (5.556%) German Language
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Consultant
1 14 (77.78%) SAP Consultant
2 11 (61.11%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) SAP Manager
3 3 (16.67%) SAP Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Release Manager
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Team Leader
4 2 (11.11%) Team Leader
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Basis Team Leader
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Release Manager
5 1 (5.556%) NetWeaver Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) SAP Basis Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) UNIX
2 4 (22.22%) AIX
3 3 (16.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (27.78%) Migration
3 3 (16.67%) CRM
4 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.556%) Release Management
5 1 (5.556%) SOA
5 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (5.556%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Java
1 3 (16.67%) ABAP
2 1 (5.556%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (66.67%) Oracle
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
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