The first table below looks at the demand for SAP HCM 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 HCM over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Human Capital Management (SAP HCM)
Rank 196 217 242
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +25
Contract jobs citing SAP HCM 3 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.047% 0.025% 0.030%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.585% 0.366% 0.397%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £750 £445 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+68.53% +4.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 £575 £500
% change year-on-year
-4.34% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
513 546 756
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 8.076% 6.936% 7.581%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 373 540
Average daily rate £450 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 2
Average hourly rate £32.58 £50.00 £34.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.84% +45.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £14.75 £19.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.51 £56.25 £48.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP HCM
London

SAP HCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London SAP HCM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP HCM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAP HCM across the City of London region.

City of London SAP HCM Daily Rate Trend

SAP HCM
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SAP HCM 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 HCM.

1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (50.00%) SAP HR
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) SAP PI
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Open Text
3 1 (16.67%) SAP XI

SAP HCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SAP HCM 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 HCM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) SAP PI
1 1 (16.67%) SAP XI
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) SAP HR
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
1 4 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) SAP HCM Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP PI Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP XI Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Open Text