The first table below looks at the demand for SAP PI 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 PI over the 3 months to 22 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 Application Development 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP PI)
Rank - 59 -
Contract jobs citing SAP PI 0 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - 0.741% -
As % of the Application Development category - 2.500% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £525 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £431 £500 £435
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £61.25 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+122.72% -
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
164 240 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.31% 29.63% 26.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 130 171
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £274 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -13.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP PI
North West

SAP PI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SAP PI Jobs Demand Trend

SAP PI
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SAP PI Daily Rate Trend

SAP PI
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SAP PI 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 PI.

1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) MS Project
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing

SAP PI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SAP PI 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 PI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) MS Project
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Consultant
2 3 (75.00%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (75.00%) SAP PI Consultant
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Consultant
3 2 (50.00%) Process Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft