The first table below looks at the demand for SAP BPC 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 BPC 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 of the Business Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC)
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAP BPC 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 0.719% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 9.091% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
11 8 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 7.914% 6.838% 10.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
Average daily rate £325 £475 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.57% +58.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
Average hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP BPC
Cheshire

SAP BPC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester SAP BPC Jobs Demand Trend

SAP BPC
Top 14 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) DB2
1 7 (100.00%) SAP
1 7 (100.00%) UNIX
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SAP BW
1 7 (100.00%) NetWeaver
1 7 (100.00%) SAP XI
1 7 (100.00%) SAP Basis
2 2 (28.57%) Middleware
2 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) ABAP

SAP BPC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) SAP XI
1 7 (100.00%) SAP Basis
2 2 (28.57%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) NetWeaver
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) DB2
1 7 (100.00%) SAP BW
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) SAP Consultant
1 6 (85.71%) SAP Basis Consultant
1 6 (85.71%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Basis Specialist
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) ABAP
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) SAP