The first table below looks at the demand for SAP PS 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 PS over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Project System (PS)
Rank 58 - 67
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAP PS 4 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.547% - 0.505%
As % of the Business Applications category 4.819% - 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 - £643
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
83 64 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 11.35% 8.020% 5.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 24 19
Average daily rate £440 £425 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.52% +11.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £300 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 2
Average hourly rate £50.70 £50.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.39% +11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP PS
North West

SAP PS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SAP PS Jobs Demand Trend

SAP PS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SAP PS Daily Rate Trend

SAP PS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP PS within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Warrington - 1 - -
SAP PS
North West

SAP PS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SAP PS 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 PS.

1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (66.67%) Primavera
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) SAP HR
3 2 (33.33%) SAP FI
3 2 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (33.33%) SAP CO
3 2 (33.33%) SAP GRC
3 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (16.67%) SAP BPC
4 1 (16.67%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) SAP Business Workflow
4 1 (16.67%) SAP MM
4 1 (16.67%) SAP BI
4 1 (16.67%) SAP SD
4 1 (16.67%) Adobe
4 1 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (16.67%) SAP Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CA
4 1 (16.67%) SAP BW
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) ABAP
4 1 (16.67%) Business Objects
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
4 1 (16.67%) Finance

SAP PS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing SAP PS 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 PS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Business Workflow
1 1 (16.67%) Web Dynpro
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP HR
1 2 (33.33%) SAP FI
1 2 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (33.33%) SAP CO
1 2 (33.33%) SAP GRC
2 1 (16.67%) SAP BPC
2 1 (16.67%) SAP FI-CA
2 1 (16.67%) SAP MM
2 1 (16.67%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SAP BI
1 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (16.67%) SAP BW
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Defect Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Business Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Tester
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP BI Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Tester
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) ABAP Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Business Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (66.67%) Primavera
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe
3 1 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) CA
3 1 (16.67%) Business Objects
3 1 (16.67%) Open Text