The first table below looks at the demand for SAP BPC 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 BPC 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 of the Business Applications 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC)
Rank 59 65 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing SAP BPC 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.277% 0.248% -
As % of the Business Applications category 2.500% 3.125% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £425 £425 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
80 64 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 11.08% 7.921% 5.528%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 23 18
Average daily rate £448 £425 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.29% +8.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £300 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
Average hourly rate £50.70 £50.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.39% +11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
SAP BPC
North West

SAP BPC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SAP BPC Jobs Demand Trend

SAP BPC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SAP BPC Daily Rate Trend

SAP BPC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP BPC within the Cheshire 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
Chester - 1 - -
SAP BPC
North West

SAP BPC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (90.91%) SAP BW
3 9 (81.82%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (72.73%) SAP XI
4 8 (72.73%) SAP Basis
4 8 (72.73%) NetWeaver
4 8 (72.73%) UNIX
4 8 (72.73%) Oracle
4 8 (72.73%) DB2
5 3 (27.27%) CRM
5 3 (27.27%) Middleware
6 2 (18.18%) Cognos
6 2 (18.18%) ABAP
6 2 (18.18%) Migration
6 2 (18.18%) Finance
7 1 (9.091%) QA
7 1 (9.091%) SAP Business Workflow
7 1 (9.091%) SAP GRC
7 1 (9.091%) Validation
7 1 (9.091%) SAP CO
7 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
7 1 (9.091%) Web Dynpro
7 1 (9.091%) Open Text
7 1 (9.091%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (9.091%) Workflow
7 1 (9.091%) Adobe
7 1 (9.091%) Java
7 1 (9.091%) OO
7 1 (9.091%) SAP FI
7 1 (9.091%) SAP MM

SAP BPC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (72.73%) SAP XI
1 8 (72.73%) SAP Basis
2 3 (27.27%) Middleware
3 1 (9.091%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (9.091%) SAP Business Workflow
Application Platforms
1 8 (72.73%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) SAP HR
1 1 (9.091%) SAP SD
1 1 (9.091%) SAP FI
1 1 (9.091%) SAP MM
1 1 (9.091%) SAP PS
1 1 (9.091%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (9.091%) SAP CO
1 1 (9.091%) SAP GRC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) SAP BW
2 8 (72.73%) DB2
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Consultant
1 7 (63.64%) SAP Basis Consultant
1 7 (63.64%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Data Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Developer
3 1 (9.091%) ABAP Developer
3 1 (9.091%) SAP Developer
3 1 (9.091%) SAP Basis Specialist
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (27.27%) CRM
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) OO
4 1 (9.091%) Workflow
4 1 (9.091%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) ABAP
2 1 (9.091%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (72.73%) Oracle
3 2 (18.18%) Cognos
4 1 (9.091%) Adobe
4 1 (9.091%) Open Text