The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Data Services 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 Data Services 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 Data Services (SAP BODS, SAP DS)
Rank 62 61 69
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +8
Contract jobs citing SAP Data Services 1 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.138% 0.250% 0.310%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.813% 1.266% 1.345%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £360 £550 £419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.54% +31.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £500 £498
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £23.00
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 Data Services
North West

SAP Data Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SAP Data Services Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Data Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SAP Data Services Daily Rate Trend

SAP Data Services
Top 17 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (71.43%) XML
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) SNMP
2 5 (71.43%) Workflow
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle Workflow
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle BI EE
3 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (28.57%) Business Objects
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 1 (14.29%) FMCG
5 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (14.29%) ETL
5 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
5 1 (14.29%) SAP BI

SAP Data Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (28.57%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
3 1 (14.29%) SAP BI
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) OBIEE Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Workflow
2 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (14.29%) ETL
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) Business Objects