The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services 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 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 8 11 18
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs citing SAP 93 83 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 12.85% 10.39% 7.018%
As % of the Vendors category 25.83% 18.40% 14.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 35 23
Average daily rate £443 £400 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.62% -6.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £364 £293 £329
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +5.26%
All Vendors
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
360 451 475
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 49.72% 56.45% 49.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 220 249
Average daily rate £370 £355 £357
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.22% -0.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £270 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 12
Average hourly rate £39.00 £17.50 £15.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+122.85% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.48 £14.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
North West

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire SAP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +10 27 £475 +13.77%
Chester -9 13 £425 +19.29%
Alderley Edge 0 1 £425 +6.25%
Macclesfield -8 1 £425 +9.67%
SAP
North West

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 38 (22.75%) Oracle
2 37 (22.16%) Test Scripting
3 34 (20.36%) SAP HR
4 30 (17.96%) Business Intelligence
5 26 (15.57%) Migration
6 24 (14.37%) DB2
7 22 (13.17%) MS Excel
8 21 (12.57%) Finance
9 20 (11.98%) Open Text
9 20 (11.98%) SAP BW
9 20 (11.98%) Microsoft
9 20 (11.98%) SAP Basis
10 19 (11.38%) HP Quality Center
11 17 (10.18%) Project Management
12 16 (9.581%) AIX
13 15 (8.982%) UNIX
13 15 (8.982%) ITIL
13 15 (8.982%) HP
14 13 (7.784%) SAP Implementation
15 12 (7.186%) SAP BI
15 12 (7.186%) QuickTest Pro
16 11 (6.587%) MS Office
16 11 (6.587%) Tivoli
16 11 (6.587%) Workflow
16 11 (6.587%) Performance Management
16 11 (6.587%) Data Migration
16 11 (6.587%) Test Automation
17 10 (5.988%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
17 10 (5.988%) NetWeaver
17 10 (5.988%) Business Objects

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 20 (11.98%) SAP Basis
2 8 (4.790%) SAP XI
3 6 (3.593%) XML
4 4 (2.395%) SAP PI
4 4 (2.395%) .NET
5 3 (1.796%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.796%) WCF
5 3 (1.796%) WPF
5 3 (1.796%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.796%) Java EE
5 3 (1.796%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.796%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 2 (1.198%) SAP Business Workflow
6 2 (1.198%) Middleware
7 1 (0.599%) SOAP
7 1 (0.599%) Web Services
7 1 (0.599%) Web Dynpro
Application Platforms
1 10 (5.988%) NetWeaver
2 5 (2.994%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.994%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (2.395%) LiveLink
4 2 (1.198%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.198%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.599%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 22 (13.17%) MS Excel
2 11 (6.587%) MS Office
3 9 (5.389%) MS Visio
3 9 (5.389%) MS Project
4 3 (1.796%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 34 (20.36%) SAP HR
2 10 (5.988%) SAP BPC
3 8 (4.790%) SAP GRC
3 8 (4.790%) SAP R/3
4 6 (3.593%) SAP PS
5 5 (2.994%) SAP Travel Management
5 5 (2.994%) SAP CO
6 4 (2.395%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (2.395%) SAP FI
6 4 (2.395%) SAP Payroll
7 3 (1.796%) SAP WM
7 3 (1.796%) SAP FI-AP
7 3 (1.796%) Maximo
8 2 (1.198%) SAP LE
8 2 (1.198%) SAP MM
8 2 (1.198%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.599%) SAP APO
9 1 (0.599%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.599%) SAP FI-CA
9 1 (0.599%) SAP QM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.593%) SAN
2 5 (2.994%) SNMP
3 4 (2.395%) LAN
4 3 (1.796%) WAN
5 1 (0.599%) SMTP
5 1 (0.599%) FTP
5 1 (0.599%) HTTP
5 1 (0.599%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.599%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (14.37%) DB2
2 20 (11.98%) SAP BW
3 12 (7.186%) SAP BI
4 10 (5.988%) BusinessObjects
5 7 (4.192%) SAP Data Services
6 6 (3.593%) Oracle 8/8i
7 5 (2.994%) Oracle BI EE
8 4 (2.395%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.796%) SQL Server 2008
9 3 (1.796%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (1.198%) Oracle 11g
10 2 (1.198%) Oracle 10g
10 2 (1.198%) MS Access
10 2 (1.198%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.599%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (7.186%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (1.796%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.599%) LSMW
General
1 21 (12.57%) Finance
2 6 (3.593%) Telecoms
3 3 (1.796%) Banking
4 2 (1.198%) Retail
4 2 (1.198%) French Language
5 1 (0.599%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.599%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.599%) German Language
5 1 (0.599%) Billing
5 1 (0.599%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (39.52%) Consultant
2 45 (26.95%) SAP Consultant
3 27 (16.17%) Analyst
4 14 (8.383%) Test Analyst
4 14 (8.383%) SAP Basis Consultant
5 13 (7.784%) SAP Analyst
6 11 (6.587%) SAP Manager
7 10 (5.988%) Architect
7 10 (5.988%) Automation Analyst
8 9 (5.389%) SAP Test Analyst
8 9 (5.389%) Functional Consultant
9 8 (4.790%) Data Analyst
10 7 (4.192%) Coordinator
10 7 (4.192%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.593%) Automation Test Analyst
11 6 (3.593%) Developer
12 5 (2.994%) Tester
12 5 (2.994%) SAP Tester
12 5 (2.994%) SAP HR Consultant
13 4 (2.395%) Test Automation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.796%) Client/Server
1 3 (1.796%) Management Information System
1 3 (1.796%) FMCG
2 2 (1.198%) Clustering
2 2 (1.198%) CMDB
3 1 (0.599%) PMI
3 1 (0.599%) Blackberry
3 1 (0.599%) AS400
3 1 (0.599%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.581%) AIX
2 15 (8.982%) UNIX
3 8 (4.790%) Windows
4 4 (2.395%) Solaris
5 3 (1.796%) Linux
6 2 (1.198%) Tru64
7 1 (0.599%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.599%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.599%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.599%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (22.16%) Test Scripting
2 30 (17.96%) Business Intelligence
3 26 (15.57%) Migration
4 17 (10.18%) Project Management
5 15 (8.982%) ITIL
6 13 (7.784%) SAP Implementation
7 11 (6.587%) Workflow
7 11 (6.587%) Performance Management
7 11 (6.587%) Data Migration
7 11 (6.587%) Test Automation
8 9 (5.389%) Logistics
9 8 (4.790%) Change Management
10 7 (4.192%) Service Delivery
10 7 (4.192%) Service Management
10 7 (4.192%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (4.192%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (3.593%) ETL
11 6 (3.593%) PRINCE2
12 5 (2.994%) CRM
12 5 (2.994%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.389%) ABAP
1 9 (5.389%) Java
2 8 (4.790%) SQL
3 3 (1.796%) C#
4 2 (1.198%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.599%) C
5 1 (0.599%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (4.790%) Degree
2 7 (4.192%) SAP Certification
3 4 (2.395%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.599%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.599%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.599%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.599%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.593%) SLA
2 4 (2.395%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.599%) QA
System Software
1 10 (5.988%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (0.599%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.599%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (0.599%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.599%) XenApp
2 1 (0.599%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (11.38%) HP Quality Center
2 11 (6.587%) Tivoli
3 9 (5.389%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 38 (22.75%) Oracle
2 20 (11.98%) Open Text
2 20 (11.98%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.982%) HP
4 10 (5.988%) Business Objects
5 8 (4.790%) Primavera
5 8 (4.790%) Ariba
6 3 (1.796%) Cognos
6 3 (1.796%) Citrix
6 3 (1.796%) IBM
6 3 (1.796%) VMware
7 1 (0.599%) Siebel
7 1 (0.599%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.599%) NetApp
7 1 (0.599%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.599%) BMC
7 1 (0.599%) CA
7 1 (0.599%) Hitachi
7 1 (0.599%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.599%) Dell
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