The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP Basis over the 3 months to 21 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 Chester 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Basis
Rank 22 16 17
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 3 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 2.113% 5.128% 3.727%
As % of the Application Development category 20.00% 40.00% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £380 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £463 £438
% change year-on-year
+1.62% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - -
All Application Development
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
15 15 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 10.56% 12.82% 24.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 22
Average daily rate £375 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -1.40%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £9.00 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP Basis
Cheshire

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester SAP Basis Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester SAP Basis Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis.

1 12 (100.00%) DB2
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (75.00%) Oracle
3 7 (58.33%) SAP XI
3 7 (58.33%) UNIX
3 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (58.33%) SAP BW
3 7 (58.33%) NetWeaver
3 7 (58.33%) SAP BPC
4 3 (25.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 3 (25.00%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) Java
5 2 (16.67%) ABAP
5 2 (16.67%) Middleware
5 2 (16.67%) CRM

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (58.33%) SAP XI
2 2 (16.67%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (58.33%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 7 (58.33%) SAP BPC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (100.00%) DB2
2 7 (58.33%) SAP BW
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Consultant
1 11 (91.67%) SAP Basis Consultant
1 11 (91.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (8.333%) SAP Basis Specialist
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Java
1 2 (16.67%) ABAP
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (75.00%) Oracle