The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 17 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 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.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 12 4 3
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -1
Contract jobs citing SAP 12 20 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 8.759% 17.39% 17.50%
As % of the Vendors category 17.39% 37.04% 38.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 4
Average daily rate £425 £356 £415
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.29% -14.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £300 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £471 £462
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -1.31%
All Vendors
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
69 54 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 50.36% 46.96% 45.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 23
Average daily rate £300 £334 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.11% -7.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £146 £150 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £471 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 2
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 £25.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -45.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.35 £14.00 £9.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.47 £21.20 £41.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
Cheshire

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 18 (64.29%) Oracle
1 18 (64.29%) DB2
2 13 (46.43%) SAP Basis
3 12 (42.86%) UNIX
4 10 (35.71%) AIX
5 8 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (28.57%) SAP BW
5 8 (28.57%) NetWeaver
5 8 (28.57%) SAP XI
5 8 (28.57%) SAP BPC
6 7 (25.00%) Migration
6 7 (25.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 6 (21.43%) Tivoli
7 6 (21.43%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 4 (14.29%) SAP Certification
8 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
9 3 (10.71%) SAN
9 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (10.71%) Middleware
9 3 (10.71%) CRM
9 3 (10.71%) ITIL
9 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
10 2 (7.143%) Java
10 2 (7.143%) Citrix
10 2 (7.143%) ABAP
10 2 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
10 2 (7.143%) SAP R/3
10 2 (7.143%) VMware
10 2 (7.143%) Service Management

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 13 (46.43%) SAP Basis
2 8 (28.57%) SAP XI
3 3 (10.71%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 8 (28.57%) NetWeaver
2 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (3.571%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (28.57%) SAP BPC
2 2 (7.143%) SAP R/3
3 1 (3.571%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (64.29%) DB2
2 8 (28.57%) SAP BW
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (3.571%) Finance
1 1 (3.571%) Billing
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) Consultant
1 15 (53.57%) SAP Consultant
2 12 (42.86%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 3 (10.71%) Migration Consultant
3 3 (10.71%) Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.571%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.571%) IT Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.571%) SAP Programme Manager
5 1 (3.571%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (3.571%) SAP Basis Specialist
5 1 (3.571%) SAP Manager
5 1 (3.571%) PMO Manager
5 1 (3.571%) Tivoli Specialist
5 1 (3.571%) Service Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.571%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 12 (42.86%) UNIX
2 10 (35.71%) AIX
3 1 (3.571%) Linux
3 1 (3.571%) Tru64
3 1 (3.571%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.71%) ITIL
4 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
4 3 (10.71%) CRM
5 2 (7.143%) Project Management
5 2 (7.143%) Service Management
5 2 (7.143%) Data Migration
5 2 (7.143%) Change Management
6 1 (3.571%) ITIL V3
6 1 (3.571%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (3.571%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.571%) Capacity Management
6 1 (3.571%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.571%) Information Management
6 1 (3.571%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.571%) Problem Management
6 1 (3.571%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.143%) Java
1 2 (7.143%) ABAP
2 1 (3.571%) Shell Script
2 1 (3.571%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) SAP Certification
2 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.571%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.571%) Degree
3 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 6 (21.43%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 18 (64.29%) Oracle
2 2 (7.143%) Citrix
2 2 (7.143%) VMware