The first table below looks at the demand for SAP BW 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 BW 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Business Information Warehouse (NetWeaver BW)
Rank 59 59 58
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs citing SAP BW 4 4 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.552% 0.501% 1.445%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.252% 2.532% 6.278%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £575 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £475 £350
% change year-on-year
-15.78% +35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £35.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
-44.28% +94.44%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
123 158 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 16.99% 19.77% 23.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 80 115
Average daily rate £388 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.16% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £260 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £379 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 10
Average hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +81.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SAP BW
North West

SAP BW
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SAP BW Jobs Demand Trend

SAP BW
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SAP BW Daily Rate Trend

SAP BW
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SAP BW Hourly Rate Trend

SAP BW
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP BW within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 BW
North West

SAP BW
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SAP BW 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 BW.

1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 18 (90.00%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (50.00%) SAP BI
4 9 (45.00%) SAP BPC
5 7 (35.00%) SAP Basis
5 7 (35.00%) SAP XI
5 7 (35.00%) NetWeaver
5 7 (35.00%) UNIX
5 7 (35.00%) Oracle
5 7 (35.00%) DB2
6 6 (30.00%) Business Objects
6 6 (30.00%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (25.00%) Primavera
8 4 (20.00%) Test Scripting
9 3 (15.00%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (15.00%) Finance
9 3 (15.00%) Migration
9 3 (15.00%) Degree
9 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (15.00%) Cognos
10 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (10.00%) CRM
10 2 (10.00%) Middleware
11 1 (5.000%) Data Migration
11 1 (5.000%) Data Mapping
11 1 (5.000%) SAP Data Services
11 1 (5.000%) Validation
11 1 (5.000%) Unit Testing
11 1 (5.000%) Data Analysis
11 1 (5.000%) SAP PS

SAP BW
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SAP BW 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 BW. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (35.00%) SAP Basis
1 7 (35.00%) SAP XI
2 2 (10.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (35.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 9 (45.00%) SAP BPC
2 1 (5.000%) SAP PS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (50.00%) SAP BI
2 7 (35.00%) DB2
3 6 (30.00%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (5.000%) SAP Data Services
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Consultant
2 9 (45.00%) SAP Consultant
3 6 (30.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 3 (15.00%) Business Consultant
5 3 (15.00%) SAP Business Consultant
5 3 (15.00%) SAP Tester
5 3 (15.00%) SAP BI Consultant
5 3 (15.00%) Tester
6 2 (10.00%) Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Data Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (5.000%) SAP BW Consultant
7 1 (5.000%) Cognos Consultant
7 1 (5.000%) SAP Basis Specialist
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (15.00%) Migration
3 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (10.00%) CRM
5 1 (5.000%) Data Migration
5 1 (5.000%) Data Mapping
5 1 (5.000%) Validation
5 1 (5.000%) Unit Testing
5 1 (5.000%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.000%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.000%) Java
1 1 (5.000%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (35.00%) Oracle
3 6 (30.00%) Business Objects
4 5 (25.00%) Primavera
5 3 (15.00%) Cognos