The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 City of London 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 194 208 229
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +21
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 9 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.140% 0.114% 0.072%
As % of the Application Development category 0.489% 0.451% 0.261%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 6
Average daily rate £469 £525 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +10.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £444 £525 £444
10% offered a daily rate of more than £663 £525 £544
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
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1841 1995 2685
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.65% 25.38% 27.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1452 1472 2083
Average daily rate £413 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 28 21
Average hourly rate £41.50 £25.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.00% -44.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.58 £15.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £44.75 £125.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP Basis
London

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London SAP Basis Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Basis across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

City of London SAP Basis Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Basis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (36.36%) Java
2 4 (36.36%) SAP BW
2 4 (36.36%) NetWeaver
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 2 (18.18%) ABAP
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle
4 2 (18.18%) UNIX
4 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 2 (18.18%) Client/Server
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) IXOS
4 2 (18.18%) Korn
4 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
4 2 (18.18%) FMCG
4 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
4 2 (18.18%) SAP Portal
4 2 (18.18%) Bourne shell
4 2 (18.18%) C
5 1 (9.091%) SWIFT
5 1 (9.091%) SAP GTS
5 1 (9.091%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (9.091%) SCCM
5 1 (9.091%) Marketing
5 1 (9.091%) Summit
5 1 (9.091%) SAP PM
5 1 (9.091%) Business Continuity
5 1 (9.091%) Change Management

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) NetWeaver
2 2 (18.18%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) SAP GTS
1 1 (9.091%) Summit
1 1 (9.091%) SAP PM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SAP BW
2 1 (9.091%) SAP BI
2 1 (9.091%) DB2
General
1 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Marketing
2 1 (9.091%) Financial Institution
2 1 (9.091%) Front Office
2 1 (9.091%) Back Office
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Consultant
2 6 (54.55%) SAP Basis Consultant
2 6 (54.55%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Manager
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Basis Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Senior SAP Basis Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Integration Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Client/Server
1 2 (18.18%) FMCG
2 1 (9.091%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) UNIX
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Migration
1 2 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
2 1 (9.091%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (9.091%) Business Continuity
2 1 (9.091%) Change Management
2 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (9.091%) ERP
2 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (9.091%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Java
2 3 (27.27%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) ABAP
3 2 (18.18%) Korn
3 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 2 (18.18%) Bourne shell
3 2 (18.18%) C
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
1 1 (9.091%) Control-M
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) IXOS
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft