Cheshire SAP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Andover Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chorley City of London Colchester Corby Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Essex Fareham Farnborough Filton Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hayes Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Powys Preston Reading Redcar Rugby Runcorn Salford Scotland Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thame Thames Valley Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	18	33
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	57	31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.076 %	0.031 %
As % of the category below	14.39 %	7.990 %
Daily rates quoted	17	14
Average minimum daily rate	£349	£372
Average daily rate	£371	£388
% change on same period last year	-4.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£404
UK excluding London average daily rate	£453	£443
% change on same period last year	+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.86	£14.67
Average hourly rate	£21.21	£15.67
% change on same period last year	+35.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.57	£16.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.48	£27.88
% change on same period last year	-22.96 %
Vendors Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	396	388
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.528 %	0.387 %
Daily rates quoted	108	103
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£309
Average daily rate	£347	£322
% change on same period last year	+7.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£359
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted	60	29
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.27	£21.79
Average hourly rate	£24.02	£22.63
% change on same period last year	+6.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.76	£23.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.10	£24.81
% change on same period last year	-2.85 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within SAP AG.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Warrington	+10	13	£363	-29.26 %
Chester	+2	10	£475	-
Runcorn	+2	10	£474	-
Knutsford	-3	4	-	-
Alderley Edge	-	2	£210	-
Macclesfield	-	1	£350	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 14 (13.46 %) Finance 2 12 (11.54 %) IXOS 3 10 (9.615 %) Project Management 4 9 (8.654 %) MS PowerPoint 5 8 (7.692 %) SAP R/3 5 8 (7.692 %) UNIX 5 8 (7.692 %) MS Excel 5 8 (7.692 %) Microsoft 5 8 (7.692 %) Business Intelligence 6 7 (6.731 %) ITIL 6 7 (6.731 %) Oracle 6 7 (6.731 %) MS Office 6 7 (6.731 %) SAP BW 6 7 (6.731 %) IBM 6 7 (6.731 %) Banking

7 6 (5.769 %) Service Delivery 7 6 (5.769 %) Windows 8 5 (4.808 %) Mainframe 8 5 (4.808 %) EAM 8 5 (4.808 %) Health 8 5 (4.808 %) VAX 8 5 (4.808 %) Auditing 8 5 (4.808 %) IBM Mainframe 9 4 (3.846 %) Incident Management 9 4 (3.846 %) Supplier Management 9 4 (3.846 %) SAP QM 9 4 (3.846 %) Change Management 9 4 (3.846 %) Telecoms 9 4 (3.846 %) Service Management 9 4 (3.846 %) Remedy

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 4 (3.846 %) J2EE 2 3 (2.885 %) WebSphere 3 2 (1.923 %) SAP Basis 3 2 (1.923 %) XML 3 2 (1.923 %) EDI 3 2 (1.923 %) EDIFACT 4 1 (0.962 %) SAP XI 4 1 (0.962 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 3 (2.885 %) NetWeaver 2 1 (0.962 %) Gentran 2 1 (0.962 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (0.962 %) SharePoint 2 1 (0.962 %) Documentum
Applications 1 9 (8.654 %) MS PowerPoint 2 8 (7.692 %) MS Excel 3 7 (6.731 %) MS Office 4 3 (2.885 %) Spreadsheet 5 1 (0.962 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 8 (7.692 %) SAP R/3 2 4 (3.846 %) SAP PP 2 4 (3.846 %) SAP QM 3 3 (2.885 %) SAP HR 3 3 (2.885 %) SAP SD 4 2 (1.923 %) SAP APO 4 2 (1.923 %) SAP SM 4 2 (1.923 %) SAP FI 5 1 (0.962 %) SAP MM 5 1 (0.962 %) SAP SCM
Communications & Networking 1 2 (1.923 %) ISDN 1 2 (1.923 %) FTP 1 2 (1.923 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (6.731 %) SAP BW 2 4 (3.846 %) SAP BI
Development Applications 1 1 (0.962 %) ClearCase	General 1 14 (13.46 %) Finance 2 7 (6.731 %) Banking 3 5 (4.808 %) Auditing 3 5 (4.808 %) Health 4 4 (3.846 %) Telecoms 5 2 (1.923 %) Manufacturing 5 2 (1.923 %) Back Office 6 1 (0.962 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (0.962 %) FMCG 6 1 (0.962 %) Billing 6 1 (0.962 %) General Ledger
Job Titles 1 27 (25.96 %) Consultant 2 25 (24.04 %) SAP Consultant 3 20 (19.23 %) Analyst 4 11 (10.58 %) Administrator 5 6 (5.769 %) Business Analyst 6 5 (4.808 %) Service Manager 6 5 (4.808 %) Trainer 6 5 (4.808 %) SAP Trainer 7 4 (3.846 %) SAP QM Consultant 7 4 (3.846 %) SAP PP Consultant 7 4 (3.846 %) Developer 7 4 (3.846 %) Support Analyst 8 3 (2.885 %) Coordinator 8 3 (2.885 %) Test Manager 8 3 (2.885 %) Data Analyst 8 3 (2.885 %) SAP SD Consultant 8 3 (2.885 %) Web Analyst 8 3 (2.885 %) SAP Manager 8 3 (2.885 %) Financial Analyst 8 3 (2.885 %) SAP Test Manager	Miscellaneous 1 5 (4.808 %) Mainframe 1 5 (4.808 %) VAX 1 5 (4.808 %) IBM Mainframe 2 3 (2.885 %) CMDB 3 1 (0.962 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 8 (7.692 %) UNIX 2 6 (5.769 %) Windows 3 2 (1.923 %) Solaris 4 1 (0.962 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (9.615 %) Project Management 2 8 (7.692 %) Business Intelligence 3 7 (6.731 %) ITIL 4 6 (5.769 %) Service Delivery 5 5 (4.808 %) EAM 6 4 (3.846 %) Change Management 6 4 (3.846 %) Supplier Management 6 4 (3.846 %) Incident Management 6 4 (3.846 %) Service Management 7 3 (2.885 %) CRM 7 3 (2.885 %) Migration 7 3 (2.885 %) Release Management 7 3 (2.885 %) Time Management 8 2 (1.923 %) SAP Implementation 8 2 (1.923 %) Document Management 8 2 (1.923 %) Financial Modelling 8 2 (1.923 %) Web Development 8 2 (1.923 %) ERP 8 2 (1.923 %) PRINCE 9 1 (0.962 %) Data Modelling
Programming Languages 1 3 (2.885 %) Java 2 1 (0.962 %) ABAP 2 1 (0.962 %) VBA 2 1 (0.962 %) LotusScript 2 1 (0.962 %) C	Qualifications 1 4 (3.846 %) ITIL Certification 2 2 (1.923 %) Degree 3 1 (0.962 %) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.923 %) SLA 1 2 (1.923 %) QA 2 1 (0.962 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 2 (1.923 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 2 (1.923 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 2 1 (0.962 %) OpenView 2 1 (0.962 %) Legato	Vendors 1 12 (11.54 %) IXOS 2 8 (7.692 %) Microsoft 3 7 (6.731 %) Oracle 3 7 (6.731 %) IBM 4 4 (3.846 %) Remedy 4 4 (3.846 %) Citrix 5 2 (1.923 %) SEEBURGER 6 1 (0.962 %) Primavera 6 1 (0.962 %) Hyperion 6 1 (0.962 %) Lotus 6 1 (0.962 %) Vignette 6 1 (0.962 %) HP