The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Implementation 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 Implementation over the 3 months to 20 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Implementation
Rank 55 65 69
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +4
Contract jobs citing SAP Implementation 12 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.630% 0.378% 0.326%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.128% 0.619% 0.478%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
Average daily rate £398 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.47% +13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.25 £24.00
% change year-on-year
- +88.54%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
564 485 628
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.63% 61.08% 68.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 249 348
Average daily rate £370 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £275 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 27
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% -18.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
SAP Implementation
North West

SAP Implementation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Implementation across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cheshire SAP Implementation Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Implementation
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SAP Implementation Daily Rate Trend

SAP Implementation
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SAP Implementation 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 Implementation.

1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (84.62%) HP
2 11 (84.62%) QuickTest Pro
2 11 (84.62%) SAP HR
2 11 (84.62%) Test Scripting
2 11 (84.62%) Performance Management
2 11 (84.62%) Test Automation
2 11 (84.62%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (7.692%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (7.692%) Business Objects
3 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
3 1 (7.692%) FMCG
3 1 (7.692%) Migration
3 1 (7.692%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (7.692%) ETL

SAP Implementation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 11 (84.62%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (7.692%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 11 (84.62%) QuickTest Pro
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Analyst
1 11 (84.62%) Test Analyst
2 10 (76.92%) Automation Analyst
3 7 (53.85%) SAP Test Analyst
3 7 (53.85%) SAP Analyst
4 6 (46.15%) Automation Test Analyst
5 4 (30.77%) Test Automation Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Automated Test Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) SAP HR Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Consultant
6 1 (7.692%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Test Scripting
1 11 (84.62%) Performance Management
1 11 (84.62%) Test Automation
2 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
2 1 (7.692%) Migration
2 1 (7.692%) ETL
Systems Management
1 11 (84.62%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (84.62%) HP
3 1 (7.692%) Business Objects