The first table below looks at the demand for SAP MM 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 MM 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Materials Management (MM)
Rank 65 65 72
Rank change year-on-year
0 +7
Contract jobs citing SAP MM 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.276% 0.245% 0.107%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.469% 3.509% 1.754%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £413 - £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £433 £450 £450
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £41.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year
- -25.45%
All Business Applications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
81 57 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 11.17% 6.994% 6.116%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 21 25
Average daily rate £425 £425 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +22.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £280 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £578 £620
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £408
% change year-on-year
- +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
Average hourly rate £50.70 £50.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.39% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.22 £50.00 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £50.00 £46.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+44.00% -13.79%
SAP MM
North West

SAP MM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SAP MM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP MM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SAP MM Daily Rate Trend

SAP MM
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (50.00%) SAP SD
2 1 (50.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (50.00%) SAP PS
2 1 (50.00%) SAP WM
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (50.00%) Open Text
2 1 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (50.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) SAP LE
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Business Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) SAP GRC
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BPC
2 1 (50.00%) ABAP

SAP MM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Business Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
1 1 (50.00%) SAP SD
1 1 (50.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PS
1 1 (50.00%) SAP WM
1 1 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (50.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (50.00%) SAP LE
1 1 (50.00%) SAP GRC
1 1 (50.00%) SAP BPC
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP MM Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SAP WM Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Open Text