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This section looks at the demand for SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP XI over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI)
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3217
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.009 %
As % of the category below1.333 %13.79 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£450£500
Average daily rate£450£514
% change on same period last year-12.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£527
UK excluding London average daily rate£422£509
% change on same period last year-17.10 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£40.00
% change on same period last year-41.25 %
Application Development ChesterApplication Development
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads7558
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.096 %0.065 %
Daily rates quoted76
Average minimum daily rate£367£323
Average daily rate£377£336
% change on same period last year+12.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£334
% change on same period last year+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted267
Average minimum hourly rate£34.27£19.16
Average hourly rate£36.61£20.92
% change on same period last year+75.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.95£22.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.40£31.83
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
SAP XI CheshireSAP XI
Cheshire

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.

SAP XI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SAP XI across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Chester SAP XI Demand Trend

SAP XI
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester SAP XI Daily Rate Trend

SAP XI
Top 20 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Chester region citing SAP XI also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAP XI.

15 (100.00 %)SAP
15 (100.00 %)SAP Basis
23 (60.00 %)SAP R/3
31 (20.00 %)Service Management
31 (20.00 %)ITSM
31 (20.00 %)Java
31 (20.00 %)SQL
31 (20.00 %)ABAP
31 (20.00 %)J2EE
31 (20.00 %)Oracle
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server
31 (20.00 %)ITIL
31 (20.00 %)Unix
31 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (20.00 %)AIX
31 (20.00 %)Oracle Certification
31 (20.00 %)SAP Certification
31 (20.00 %)SAP BW
31 (20.00 %)NetWeaver
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000

SAP XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Chester region citing SAP XI also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAP XI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
15 (100.00 %)SAP Basis
21 (20.00 %)J2EE
Application Platforms
11 (20.00 %)NetWeaver
Business Applications
13 (60.00 %)SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
11 (20.00 %)SAP BW
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Job Titles
13 (60.00 %)Administrator
13 (60.00 %)SAP Administrator
21 (20.00 %)SAP Basis Specialist
Operating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Unix
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)AIX
Processes & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)ITIL
11 (20.00 %)Service Management
11 (20.00 %)ITSM
Programming Languages
11 (20.00 %)Java
11 (20.00 %)SQL
11 (20.00 %)ABAP
Qualifications
11 (20.00 %)Oracle Certification
11 (20.00 %)SAP Certification
Vendors
15 (100.00 %)SAP
21 (20.00 %)Oracle
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